1 Mosebog 6
1 Da nu Menneskene begyndte at blive talrige paa Jorden og der fødtes dem Døtre,
And it cometh to pass that mankind have begun to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters have been born to them,
2 fik Gudssønnerne Øje paa Menneskedøtrenes Skønhed, og de tog saa mange af dem, som de lystede, til Hustruer.
and sons of God see the daughters of men that they [are] fair, and they take to themselves women of all whom they have chosen.
3 Da sagde HERREN: »Min Aand skal ikke for evigt blive i Menneskene, eftersom de jo dog er Kød; deres Dage skal være 120 Aar.«
And Jehovah saith, 'My Spirit doth not strive in man — to the age; in their erring they [are] flesh:' and his days have been an hundred and twenty years.
4 I hine Dage, da Gudssønnerne gik ind til Menneskedøtrene og disse fødte dem Børn — men ogsaa senere hen i Tiden — levede Kæmperne paa Jorden. Det er Heltene, hvis Ry naar tilbage til Fortids Dage.
The fallen ones were in the earth in those days, and even afterwards when sons of God come in unto daughters of men, and they have borne to them — they [are] the heroes, who, from of old, [are] the men of name.
5 Men HERREN saa, at Menneskenes, Ondskab tog til paa Jorden, og at deres Hjerters Higen og Tragten kun var ond Dagen lang.
And Jehovah seeth that abundant [is] the wickedness of man in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil all the day;
6 Da angrede HERREN, at han havde gjort Menneskene paa Jorden, og det skar ham i Hjertet.
and Jehovah repenteth that He hath made man in the earth, and He grieveth Himself — unto His heart.
7 Og HERREN sagde: »Jeg vil udslette Menneskene, som jeg har skabt, af Jordens Flade, baade Mennesker, Kvæg, Kryb og Himmelens, Fugle, thi jeg angrer, at jeg gjorde dem!«
And Jehovah saith, 'I wipe away man whom I have prepared from off the face of the ground, from man unto beast, unto creeping thing, and unto fowl of the heavens, for I have repented that I have made them.'
8 Men Noa fandt Naade for HERRENS Øjne.
And Noah found grace in the eyes of Jehovah.
9 Dette er Noas Slægtebog. Noa var en retfærdig, ustraffelig Mand blandt sine samtidige; Noa vandrede med Gud.
These [are] births of Noah: Noah [is] a righteous man; perfect he hath been among his generations; with God hath Noah walked habitually.
10 Noa avlede tre Sønner: Sem, Kam og Jafet.
And Noah begetteth three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 Men Jorden fordærvedes for Guds Øjne, og Jorden blev fuld af Uret;
And the earth is corrupt before God, and the earth is filled [with] violence.
12 og Gud saa til Jorden, og se, den var fordærvet, thi alt Kød havde fordærvet sin Vej paa Jorden.
And God seeth the earth, and lo, it hath been corrupted, for all flesh hath corrupted its way on the earth.
13 Da sagde Gud til Noa: »Jeg har besluttet at gøre Ende paa alt Kød, fordi Jorden ved deres Skyld et fuld af Uret; derfor vil jeg nu udrydde dem af Jorden.
And God said to Noah, 'An end of all flesh hath come before Me, for the earth hath been full of violence from their presence; and lo, I am destroying them with the earth.
14 Men du skal gøre dig en Ark af Gofertræ og indrette den med Rum ved Rum og overstryge den med Beg baade indvendig og udvendig;
'Make for thyself an ark of gopher-wood; rooms dost thou make with the ark, and thou hast covered it within and without with cypress;
15 og saaledes skal du bygge Arken: Den skal være 300 Alen lang, 50 Alen bred og 30 Alen høj;
and this [is] that which thou dost with it: three hundred cubits [is] the length of the ark, fifty cubits its breadth, and thirty cubits its height;
16 du skal anbringe Taget paa Arken, og det skal ikke rage længer ud end een Alen fra oven; paa Arkens Side skal du sætte Døren, og du skal indrette den med et nederste, et mellemste og et øverste Stokværk.
a window dost thou make for the ark, and unto a cubit thou dost restrain it from above; and the opening of the ark thou dost put in its side, — lower, second, and third [stories] dost thou make it.
17 Se, jeg bringer nu Vandfloden over Jorden for at udrydde alt Kød under Himmelen, som har Livsaande; alt, hvad der er paa Jorden, skal forgaa.
'And I, lo, I am bringing in the deluge of waters on the earth to destroy all flesh, in which [is] a living spirit, from under the heavens; all that [is] in the earth doth expire.
18 Men jeg vil oprette min Pagt med dig. Du skal gaa ind i Arken med dine Sønner, din Hustru og dine Sønnekoner;
'And I have established My covenant with thee, and thou hast come in unto the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy son's wives with thee;
19 og af alle Dyr, af alt Kød skal du bringe et Par af hver Slags ind i Arken for at holde dem i Live hos dig. Han og Hundyr skal det være,
and of all that liveth, of all flesh, two of every [sort] thou dost bring in unto the ark, to keep alive with thee; male and female are they.
20 af Fuglene efter deres Arter, af Kvæget efter dets Arter og af alt Jordens Kryb efter dets Arter; Par for Par skal de gaa ind til dig for at holdes i Live.
Of the fowl after its kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every [sort] they come in unto thee, to keep alive.
21 Og du skal indsamle et Forraad af alle Slags Levnedsmidler, for at det kan tjene dig og dem til Føde.«
'And thou, take to thyself of all food that is eaten; and thou hast gathered unto thyself, and it hath been to thee and to them for food.'
22 Og Noa gjorde ganske som Gud havde paalagt ham; saaledes gjorde han.
And Noah doth according to all that God hath commanded him; so hath he done.
The World is Destroyed by Water
