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 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 Verdensdybets Kilder og Himmelens Sluser lukkedes, Regnen fra Himmelen standsede,
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 veg lidt efter lidt bort fra Jorden, og Vandet tog af efter de 150 Dages Forløb.
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 Paa den syttende Dag i den syvende Maaned sad Arken fast paa Ararats Bjerge,
And the water continued to decrease until the tenth month.
5 og Vandet vedblev at synke indtil den tiende Maaned, og paa den første Dag i denne Maaned dukkede Bjergenes Toppe frem.
And in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the heads of the mountains were seen.
6 Da der var gaaet fyrretyve Dage: aabnede Noa den Luge, han havde lavet paa Arken,
And it came to pass after forty days Noe opened the 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.
And he sent forth a raven; and it went forth and returned not until the water was dried from off the earth.
8 Da sendte han en Due ud 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 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.
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 Derpaa biede han yderligere syv Dage og sendte saa atter Duen ud fra Arken;
And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove from the ark.
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 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 Derpaa biede han syv Dage til, og da han saa sendte Duen ud, kom den ikke mere tilbage 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 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 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 Paa den syv og tyvende Dag i den anden Maaned var Jorden tør.
And in the second month the earth was dried, on the twenty-seventh day of the month.
15 Da sagde Gud til Noa:
And the Lord God spoke to Noe, saying,
16 »Gaa ud af Arken med din Hustru, dine Sønner og dine Sønnekoner
Come out from the ark, you and your wife and your sons, and your sons' wives with you.
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!«
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 Da gik Noa ud med sine Sønner, sin Hustru og sine Sønnekoner;
And Noe came forth, and his wife and his sons, and his sons' wives with him.
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 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 Derpaa byggede Noa HERREN et Alter og tog nogle af alle de rene Dyr og Fugle og ofrede Brændofre 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 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 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 Herefter skal, saa længe Jorden staar, Sæd og Høst, Kulde og Hede, Sommer og Vinter, Dag og Nat ikke ophøre!«
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
