1 Mosebog 8
1 Da ihukom Gud Noa og alle de vilde Dyr og Kvæget, som var hos ham i Arken; og Gud lod en Storm fare hen over Jorden, saa at Vandet begyndte at falde;
And God kept Noah in mind, and all the living things and the cattle which were with him in the ark: and God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters went down.
2 Verdensdybets Kilder og Himmelens Sluser lukkedes, Regnen fra Himmelen standsede,
And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were shut, and the rain from heaven was stopped.
3 og Vandet veg lidt efter lidt bort fra Jorden, og Vandet tog af efter de 150 Dages Forløb.
And the waters went slowly back from the earth, and at the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters were lower.
4 Paa den syttende Dag i den syvende Maaned sad Arken fast paa Ararats Bjerge,
And on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
5 og Vandet vedblev at synke indtil den tiende Maaned, og paa den første Dag i denne Maaned dukkede Bjergenes Toppe frem.
And still the waters went on falling, till on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains were seen.
6 Da der var gaaet fyrretyve Dage: aabnede Noa den Luge, han havde lavet paa Arken,
Then, after forty days, through the open window of the ark which he had made,
7 og sendte en Ravn ud; den fløj frem og tilbage, indtil Vandet var tørret bort fra Jorden.
Noah sent out a raven, which went this way and that till the waters were gone from the earth.
8 Da sendte han en Due ud for at se, om Vandet var sunket fra Jordens Overflade;
And he sent out a dove, to see if the waters had gone from the face of the earth;
9 men Duen fandt intet Sted at sætte sin Fod og vendte tilbage til ham i Arken, fordi der endnu var Vand over hele Jorden; og han rakte Haanden ud og tog den ind i Arken til sig.
But the dove saw no resting-place for her foot, and came back to the ark, for the waters were still over all the earth; and he put out his hand, and took her into the ark.
10 Derpaa biede han yderligere syv Dage og sendte saa atter Duen ud fra Arken;
And after waiting another seven days, he sent the dove out again;
11 ved Aftenstid kom Duen tilbage til ham, og se, den havde et friskt Olieblad i Næbbet. Da skønnede Noa, at Vandet var svundet bort fra Jorden.
And the dove came back at evening, and in her mouth was an olive-leaf broken off: so Noah was certain that the waters had gone down on the earth.
12 Derpaa biede han syv Dage til, og da han saa sendte Duen ud, kom den ikke mere tilbage til ham.
And after seven days more, he sent the dove out again, but she did not come back to him.
13 I Noas 601ste Leveaar paa den første Dag i den første Maaned var Vandet tørret bort fra Jorden. Da tog Noa Dækket af Arken, og da han saa sig om, se, da var Jordens Overflade tør.
And in the six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters were dry on the earth: and Noah took the cover off the ark and saw that the face of the earth was dry.
14 Paa den syv og tyvende Dag i den anden Maaned var Jorden tør.
And on the twenty-seventh day of the second month the earth was dry.
15 Da sagde Gud til Noa:
And God said to Noah,
16 »Gaa ud af Arken med din Hustru, dine Sønner og dine Sønnekoner
Go out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and your sons' wives.
17 og for alle Dyr, der er hos dig, alt Kød, Fugle, Kvæg og alt Kryb, der kryber paa Jorden, ud med dig, at de kan vrimle paa Jorden og blive frugtbare og mangfoldige paa Jorden!«
Take out with you every living thing which is with you, birds and cattle and everything which goes on the earth, so that they may have offspring and be fertile and be increased on the earth.
18 Da gik Noa ud med sine Sønner, sin Hustru og sine Sønnekoner;
And Noah went out with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives;
19 og alle de vildtlevende Dyr, alt Kvæget, alle Fuglene og alt Krybet, der kryber paa Jorden, efter deres Slægter, gik ud af Arken.
And every beast and bird and every living thing of every sort which goes on the earth, went out of the ark.
20 Derpaa byggede Noa HERREN et Alter og tog nogle af alle de rene Dyr og Fugle og ofrede Brændofre paa Alteret.
And Noah made an altar to the Lord, and from every clean beast and bird he made burned offerings on the altar.
21 Og da HERREN indaandede den liflige Duft, sagde han til sig selv: »Jeg vil aldrig mere forbande Jorden for Menneskenes Skyld, thi Menneskehjertets Higen er ond fra Ungdommen af, og jeg vil aldrig mere tilintetgøre alt, hvad der lever, saaledes som jeg nu har gjort!
And when the sweet smell came up to the Lord, he said in his heart, I will not again put a curse on the earth because of man, for the thoughts of man's heart are evil from his earliest days; never again will I send destruction on all living things as I have done.
22 Herefter skal, saa længe Jorden staar, Sæd og Høst, Kulde og Hede, Sommer og Vinter, Dag og Nat ikke ophøre!«
While the earth goes on, seed time and the getting in of the grain, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, will not come to an end.
A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark
