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 Noah, and all the wild animals, and all the tame animals, and all the flying creatures, and all the crawling creatures that were with him in the ship; and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters began to recede.

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

And the fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

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

And the waters receded steadily from the land. And after the end of one hundred fifty days the waters had decreased significantly.

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

And in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ship came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

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.

The waters receded continually to the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains became visible.

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

It happened at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ship 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. It went back and forth, until the waters had dried up from the earth.

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

Then he sent forth a dove from it, to see if the waters had abated from the surface of the ground,

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.

but the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him into the ship; for the waters were on the surface of the whole earth. He put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her to him into the ship.

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

And he waited yet another seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ship.

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.

The dove came back to him at evening, and, look, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off. So Noah knew that the waters had abated from the earth.

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

He stayed yet another seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she did not return to him 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 happened in the six hundred first year of Noah's life, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters had dried up from the earth. And Noah removed the covering of the ship and looked out. And look, the surface of the ground was dry.

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

In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.

15 Da talede Gud til Noa og sagde:

God spoke to Noah, saying,

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

"Go out of the ship, 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.

Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, of flying creatures, and animals, and every creature that crawls on the earth, that they may swarm on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth."

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

And Noah went forth, with his sons, his wife, 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 every wild animal, and every tame animal, and every flying creature, and every creature that crawls on the earth, after their families, went out of the ship.

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.

Noah built an altar to God, and took of every clean animal, and of every clean flying creature, and offered burnt offerings on 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 God smelled the pleasing aroma, and God said in his heart, "I will never again curse the ground because of humankind, even though the inclination of his heart is evil from his youth, nor will I again destroy every living thing, 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.

While the earth remains, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease."

A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark