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.
But God (did not forget/thought) about Noah and all the wild animals and all the kinds of livestock that were with him in the boat. So one day God sent a wind to blow across the earth, and the wind caused the water [to begin] to recede.
2 Og Kilderne i Afgrunden stoppedes, og Himmelens Sluser og Regnen fra Himmelen holdt op.
God caused the water that was under the earth to stop bursting forth, and he caused the floodgates of water from the sky to close so that it stopped raining.
3 Og Vandet vendte tilbage af Jorden, gaaende frem og tilbage; og Vandet formindskedes, efter at hundrede og halvtredsindstyve Dage vare forløbne.
The water on the earth gradually receded. 150 days after the flood began,
4 Og Arken hvilede i den syvende Maaned, paa deri syttende Dag i Maaneden, paa Ararats Bjerge.
(on the 17th day of the seventh month [of that year/late in March]), the boat came to rest on one of the mountains in the Ararat region.
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 water continued to recede until, on the first day of the tenth month [of that year], the tops of other mountains became visible.
6 Og det hændte sig efter fyrretyve Dage, da oplod Noa Vinduet paa Arken, som han havde gjort.
40 days later, Noah opened the window that he had made in the side of the boat, and sent out a raven.
7 Og han udlod en Ravn; den fløj frem og tilbage, indtil Vandet borttørredes af Jorden.
The raven flew back and forth [to and from the boat] until the water was completely gone.
8 Og han udlod en Due fra sig for at se, om Vandet var sunket fra Jordens Overflade.
Then Noah sent out a dove to find out if the water had all receded on 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 did not find any place to perch, so it flew back to Noah in the boat, because there was still water all over the surface of the earth. So Noah reached out his hand and took the dove back inside the boat.
10 Da biede han endnu syv andre Dage og udlod atter en Due af Arken.
Noah waited seven more days. Then he sent the dove out of the boat again.
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.
This time the dove returned to him in the evening and, [surprisingly], in its beak there was a leaf from an olive tree that the dove had just plucked. Then Noah knew that the water had truly receded from the surface of the ground.
12 Men han biede endnu andre syv Dage og udlod en Due, og den kom ikke ydermere til ham.
Noah waited seven more days. Then he sent the dove out again, but this time it did not return to him.
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.
Noah was now 601 years old. By the first day of the first month [of the Jewish year], the water had completely drained away from the ground. Noah removed the covering on top of the ark, and he was surprised to see that the surface of the ground was drying.
14 Og i den anden Maaned, paa den syr og tyvende Dag i Maaneden, blev Jorden tør.
By the 27th day of the next month, the ground was completely dry.
15 Da talede Gud til Noa og sagde:
Then God said to Noah,
16 Gak ud ad Arken, du og din Hustru og dine Sønner og dine Sønners Hustruer med dig.
“Leave the boat, along with your wife and your sons and their wives.
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 all the birds, the animals, and all the creatures that scurry across the ground, in order that they can spread all over the earth and become very numerous.”
18 Saa gik Noa ud og hans Sønner og hans Hustru og hans Sønners Hustruer med ham.
So Noah left the boat, along with his wife and his sons and their wives.
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 kind of creature, including all those that scurry across the ground, all the birds, every creature that moves on the earth, left the boat. They left the boat in groups of their own species.
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.
Then Noah built a (stone altar/place for offering sacrifices) to Yahweh. Then he took some of the animals that Yahweh had said were acceptable as sacrifices and killed them. Then he burned them whole 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.
When Yahweh smelled the pleasant odor, he was pleased with the sacrifice. Then he said to himself, “I will never again devastate everything on the earth because of the sinful things people do. Even though everything that people think is evil from the time they are young, I will not destroy all the living creatures again, as I did this time.
22 Saa længe Jorden staar, skal Sæd og Høst og Frost og Hede og Sommer og Vinter og Dag og Nat ikke aflade.
As long as the earth exists, each year there will be seasons for planting seeds and seasons for harvesting crops. Each year there will be times when it is cold and times when it is hot, summer and winter (OR, rainy season and dry season). Each day there will be daytime and nighttime.”
A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark
