1 Mosebog 8

1 Og Gud ihukom Noa og alle vilde Dyr og alt Kvæg, som var med ham i Arken, og Gud lod Vejr fare over Jorden, og Vandet faldt.

And God remembered Noe, and all the wild beasts, and all the cattle, and all the birds, and all the reptiles that creep, as many as were with him in the ark, and God brought a wind upon the earth, and the water stayed.

2 Og Kilderne i Afgrunden stoppedes, og Himmelens Sluser og Regnen fra Himmelen holdt op.

And the fountains of the deep were closed up, and the flood-gates of heaven, and the rain from heaven was withheld.

3 Og Vandet vendte tilbage af Jorden, gaaende frem og tilbage; og Vandet formindskedes, efter at hundrede og halvtredsindstyve Dage vare forløbne.

And the water subsided, and went off the earth, and after an hundred and fifty days the water was diminished, and the ark rested in the seventh month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.

4 Og Arken hvilede i den syvende Maaned, paa deri syttende Dag i Maaneden, paa Ararats Bjerge.

And the water continued to decrease until the tenth month.

5 Og Vandet for hid og did og formindskedes indtil den tiende Maaned; i den tiende Maaned, paa den første Dag i Maaneden, lode Toppene af Bjergene sig til Syne.

And in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the heads of the mountains were seen.

6 Og det hændte sig efter fyrretyve Dage, da oplod Noa Vinduet paa Arken, som han havde gjort.

And it came to pass after forty days Noe opened the window of the ark which he had made.

7 Og han udlod en Ravn; den fløj frem og tilbage, indtil Vandet borttørredes af Jorden.

And he sent forth a raven; and it went forth and returned not until the water was dried from off the earth.

8 Og han udlod en Due fra sig for at se, om Vandet var sunket fra Jordens Overflade.

And he sent a dove after it to see if the water had ceased from off the earth.

9 Og der Duen ikke fandt det, den kunde hvile sin Fodsaale paa, da kom den igen til ham i Arken, fordi Vandet endnu var over den ganske Jord; og han udrakte sin Haand og annammede den og tog den til sig i Arken.

And the dove not having found rest for her feet, returned to him into the ark, because the water was on all the face of the earth, and he stretched out his hand and took her, and brought her to himself into the ark.

10 Da biede han endnu syv andre Dage og udlod atter en Due af Arken.

And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove from the ark.

11 Og den Due kom til ham ved Aftens Tid, og se, den havde et afbrudt Olieblad i sin Mund; da fornam Noa, at Vandet var sunket paa Jorden.

And the dove returned to him in the evening, and had a leaf of olive, a sprig in her mouth; and Noe knew that the water had ceased from off the earth.

12 Men han biede endnu andre syv Dage og udlod en Due, og den kom ikke ydermere til ham.

And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove, and she did not return to him again any more.

13 Og det skete i det seks Hundrede og første Aar, i den første Maaned, paa den første Dag i Maaneden, da tørredes Vandet fra Jorden; da tog Noa Dækket af Arken og saa sig om, og se, Jordens Overflade tørredes.

And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year of the life of Noe, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the water subsided from off the earth, and Noe opened the covering of the ark which he had made, and he saw that the water had subsided from the face of the earth.

14 Og i den anden Maaned, paa den syr og tyvende Dag i Maaneden, blev Jorden tør.

And in the second month the earth was dried, on the twenty-seventh day of the month.

15 Da talede Gud til Noa og sagde:

And the Lord God spoke to Noe, saying,

16 Gak ud ad Arken, du og din Hustru og dine Sønner og dine Sønners Hustruer med dig.

Come out from the ark, you and your wife and your sons, and your sons' wives with you.

17 Udfør med dig alle Dyr, som ere hos dig af alt Kød, af Fugle og af Kvæg og af alle Kryb, som krybe paa Jorden, og de skulle vrimle paa Jorden og vorde frugtbare og mangfoldige paa Jorden.

And all the wild beasts as many as are with you, and all flesh both of birds and beasts, and every reptile moving upon the earth, bring forth with you: and increase you and multiply upon the earth.

18 Saa gik Noa ud og hans Sønner og hans Hustru og hans Sønners Hustruer med ham.

And Noe came forth, and his wife and his sons, and his sons' wives with him.

19 Alle vilde Dyr og alle Kryb og alle Fugle, alt hvad der kryber paa Jorden, efter deres Slags, de gik ud ad Arken.

And all the wild beasts and all the cattle and every bird, and every reptile creeping upon the earth after their kind, came forth out of the ark.

20 Og Noa byggede Herren et Alter og tog af alle Haande rent Kvæg og af alle Haande rene Fugle og ofrede Brændoffer paa Alteret.

And Noe built an altar to the Lord, and took of all clean beasts, and of all clean birds, and offered a whole burnt offering upon the altar.

21 Og Herren lugtede den behagelige Lugt; da sagde Herren i sit Hjerte: Jeg vil ikke mere herefter forbande Jorden for Menneskets Skyld, thi Menneskets Hjertes Tanke er ond fra hans Ungdom; og jeg vil ikke mere slaa alt, hvad der lever, saaledes som jeg har gjort.

And the Lord God smelled a smell of sweetness, and the Lord God having considered, said, I will not any more curse the earth, because of the works of men, because the imagination of man is intently bent upon evil things from his youth, I will not therefore any more strike all living flesh as I have done.

22 Saa længe Jorden staar, skal Sæd og Høst og Frost og Hede og Sommer og Vinter og Dag og Nat ikke aflade.

All the days of the earth, seed and harvest, cold and heat, summer and spring, shall not cease by day or night.

A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark