創世記 8
1 上帝記念挪亞和挪亞方舟裏的一切走獸牲畜。上帝叫風吹地，水勢漸落。
Forsothe the Lord hadde mynde of Noe, and of alle lyuynge beestis, and of alle werk beestis, that weren with hym in the schip; and brouyte a wynd on the erthe.
2 淵源和天上的窗戶都閉塞了，天上的大雨也止住了。
And watris weren decreessid, and the wellis of the see weren closid, and the wyndowis of heuene weren closid, and reynes of heuene weren ceessid.
3 水從地上漸退。過了一百五十天，水就漸消。
And watrys turneden ayen fro erthe, and yeden ayen, and bigunnen to be decreessid aftir an hundrid and fifti daies.
4 七月十七日，方舟停在亞拉臘山上。
And the schip restide in the seuenthe monthe, in the seuene and twentithe dai of the monthe, on the hillis of Armenye.
5 水又漸消，到十月初一日，山頂都現出來了。
And sotheli the watrys yeden and decresiden til to the tenthe monethe, for in the tenthe monethe, in the firste dai of the monethe, the coppis of hillis apperiden.
6 過了四十天，挪亞開了方舟的窗戶，
And whanne fourti daies weren passid, Noe openyde the wyndow of the schip which he hadde maad, and sente out a crowe,
7 放出一隻烏鴉去；那烏鴉飛來飛去，直到地上的水都乾了。
which yede out, and turnede not ayen til the watris weren dried on erthe.
8 他又放出一隻鴿子去，要看看水從地上退了沒有。
Also Noe sente out a culuer aftir hym, to se if the watris hadden ceessid thanne on the face of erthe;
9 但遍地上都是水，鴿子找不着落腳之地，就回到方舟挪亞那裏，挪亞伸手把鴿子接進方舟來。
and whanne the culuer foond not where hir foot schulde reste, sche turnede ayen to hym in to the schip, for the watris weren on al erthe; and Noe helde forth his hoond, and brouyte the culuer takun in to the schip.
10 他又等了七天，再把鴿子從方舟放出去。
Sotheli whanne othere seuene daies weren abedun aftirward, eft he leet out a culuer fro the schip;
11 到了晚上，鴿子回到他那裏，嘴裏叼着一個新擰下來的橄欖葉子，挪亞就知道地上的水退了。
and sche cam to hym at euentid, and bare in hir mouth a braunche of olyue tre with greene leeuys. Therfor Noe vndirstood that the watris hadden ceessid on erthe;
12 他又等了七天，放出鴿子去，鴿子就不再回來了。
and neuerthelesse he abood seuene othere daies, and sente out a culuer, which turnede `no more ayen to hym.
13 到挪亞六百零一歲，正月初一日，地上的水都乾了。挪亞撤去方舟的蓋觀看，便見地面上乾了。
Therfor in the sixe hundrid and o yeer of the lijf of Noe, in the firste monethe, in the firste day of the monethe, watris weren decreessid on erthe; and Noe openede the roof of the schip, and bihelde and seiy that the face of the erthe was dried.
14 到了二月二十七日，地就都乾了。
In the secunde monethe, in the seuene and twentithe dai of the monethe, the erthe was maad drie.
15 上帝對挪亞說：
Sotheli the Lord spak to Noe;
16 「你和你的妻子、兒子、兒婦都可以出方舟。
and seide, Go out of the schip, thou, and thi wijf, thi sones, and the wyues of thi sones with thee;
17 在你那裏凡有血肉的活物，就是飛鳥、牲畜，和一切爬在地上的昆蟲，都要帶出來，叫牠在地上多多滋生，大大興旺。」
and lede out with thee alle lyuynge beestis that ben at thee of ech fleisch, as wel in volatilis as in vnresonable beestis, and alle `reptils that crepen on erthe; and entre ye on the erthe, encreesse ye, and be ye multiplied on erthe.
18 於是挪亞和他的妻子、兒子、兒婦都出來了。
Therfor Noe yede out, and hise sones, and his wijf, and the wyues of hise sones with hym;
19 一切走獸、昆蟲、飛鳥，和地上所有的動物，各從其類，也都出了方舟。
but also alle lyuynge beestis, and werk beestis, and `reptils that crepen on erthe, bi her kynde, yeden out of the schip.
20 挪亞為耶和華築了一座壇，拿各類潔淨的牲畜、飛鳥獻在壇上為燔祭。
Forsothe Noe bildide an auter to the Lord, and he took of alle clene beestis and briddis, and offride brent sacrifices on the auter.
21 耶和華聞那馨香之氣，就心裏說：「我不再因人的緣故咒詛地（人從小時心裏懷着惡念），也不再按着我才行的滅各種的活物了。
And the Lord sauerede the odour of swetnesse, and seide to hym, Y schal no more curse the erthe for men, for the wit and thouyt of mannus herte ben redi in to yuel fro yong wexynge age; therfor Y schal no more smyte ech lyuynge soule as Y dide;
22 地還存留的時候，稼穡、寒暑、冬夏、晝夜就永不停息了。」
in alle the daies of erthe, seed and ripe corn, coold and heete, somer and wyntir, nyyt and dai, shulen not reste.
A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark
