Genesis 8

1 And God remembered Noe, and all the living creatures, and all the cattle which were with him in the ark, and brought a wind upon the earth, and the waters were abated.

Allah tidak melupakan Nuh dan segala binatang yang ada bersamanya di dalam kapal itu. Allah membuat angin bertiup, sehingga air itu mulai surut.

2 The fountains also of the deep, and the flood gates of heaven were shut up, and the rain from heaven was restrained.

Semua mata air di bawah bumi dan semua pintu air di langit ditutupnya. Hujan berhenti,

3 And the waters returned from off the earth going and coming: and they began to be abated after a hundred and fifty days.

dan air semakin surut. Sesudah 150 hari air tidak begitu tinggi lagi.

4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, the seven and twentieth day of the month, upon the mountains of Armenia.

Pada tanggal tujuh belas bulan tujuh, kapal itu kandas di sebuah puncak di pegunungan Ararat.

5 And the waters were going and decreasing until the tenth month: for in the tenth month, the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains appeared.

Air terus surut dan pada tanggal satu bulan sepuluh, puncak-puncak gunung mulai tampak.

6 And after that forty days were passed, Noe, opening the window of the ark which he had made, sent forth a raven:

Setelah empat puluh hari, Nuh membuka sebuah jendela kapal,

7 Which went forth and did not return, till the waters were dried up upon the earth.

dan melepaskan seekor burung gagak. Burung itu tidak kembali ke kapal melainkan terus terbang kian kemari sampai air banjir sudah surut sama sekali.

8 He sent forth also a dove after him, to see if the waters had now ceased upon the face of the earth.

Sementara itu, Nuh melepaskan seekor burung merpati untuk mengetahui apakah air itu memang telah surut.

9 But she, not finding where her foot might rest, returned to him into the ark: for the waters were upon the whole earth: and he put forth his hand, and caught her, and brought her into the ark.

Tetapi karena air masih menutupi seluruh muka bumi, burung merpati itu tidak menemukan tempat untuk bertengger. Maka kembalilah ia ke kapal; Nuh mengulurkan tangannya lalu membawanya masuk.

10 And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove out of the ark.

Nuh menunggu tujuh hari lagi, lalu melepaskan lagi burung merpati itu.

11 And she came to him in the evening, carrying a bough of an olive tree, with green leaves, in her mouth. Noe therefore understood that the waters were ceased upon the earth.

Pada petang hari burung itu kembali kepadanya membawa sehelai daun zaitun yang segar pada paruhnya. Sekarang Nuh tahu bahwa air telah surut.

12 And he stayed yet other seven days: and he sent forth the dove, which returned not any more unto him.

Setelah menunggu tujuh hari lagi, ia melepaskan merpati itu sekali lagi; dan kali itu burung itu tidak kembali kepadanya.

13 Therefore in the six hundredth and first year, the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were lessened upon the earth, and Noe opening the covering of the ark, looked, and saw that the face of the earth was dried.

Pada waktu Nuh berumur 601 tahun, pada tanggal satu bulan satu, air sudah surut sama sekali. Nuh membuka atap kapal itu, dan melihat ke sekelilingnya. Ia melihat bahwa permukaan tanah sudah kering.

14 In the second month, the seven and twentieth day of the month, the earth was dried.

Pada tanggal dua puluh tujuh bulan dua, bumi sudah kering.

15 And God spoke to Noe, saying:

Lalu berkatalah Allah kepada Nuh,

16 Go out of the ark, thou and thy wife, thy sons, and the wives of thy sons with thee.

"Keluarlah dari kapal itu bersama-sama dengan istrimu, anak-anakmu dan istri-istri mereka.

17 All living things that are with thee of all flesh, as well in fowls as in beasts, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, bring out with thee, and go ye upon the earth: increase and multiply upon it.

Bawalah keluar semua burung dan binatang lainnya, besar maupun kecil, supaya mereka bisa berkembang biak dan menyebar ke seluruh bumi."

18 So Noe went out, he and his sons: his wife, and the wives of his sons with him.

Lalu keluarlah Nuh dari kapal itu bersama-sama dengan istrinya, anak-anaknya dan istri-istri mereka.

19 And all living things, and cattle, and creeping things that creep upon the earth, according to their kinds, went out of the ark.

Semua burung dan binatang darat keluar dari kapal itu, masing-masing bersama kelompok sejenisnya.

20 And Noe built an altar unto the Lord: and taking of all cattle and fowls that were clean, offered holocausts upon the altar.

Nuh mendirikan sebuah mezbah untuk TUHAN. Diambilnya seekor dari setiap jenis burung dan binatang lainnya yang halal, lalu dipersembahkannya sebagai kurban bakaran di atas mezbah itu.

21 And the Lord smelled a sweet savour, and said: I will no more curse the earth for the sake of man: for the imagination and thought of man’s heart are prone to evil from his youth: therefore I will no more destroy every living soul as I have done.

Bau harum kurban persembahan itu menyenangkan hati TUHAN, dan Ia berkata di dalam hati, "Aku tak akan lagi mengutuk dunia ini karena perbuatan manusia; Aku tahu bahwa sejak masa mudanya, pikiran manusia itu jahat. Aku tak akan pernah lagi membinasakan segala makhluk yang hidup seperti yang baru Kulakukan ini.

22 All the days of the earth, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, night and day, shall not cease.

Selama dunia ini ada, selalu akan ada masa menanam dan masa menuai, musim dingin dan musim panas, musim kemarau dan musim hujan, siang dan malam."

A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark