Genesis 6
1 People started to increase in number and spread out across the earth. Daughters were born to them,
Cumque cœpissent homines multiplicari super terram, et filias procreassent,
2 and the sons of God saw that these women were beautiful, and they took whichever ones they wanted.
videntes filii Dei filias hominum quod essent pulchræ, acceperunt sibi uxores ex omnibus, quas elegerant.
3 Then the Lord said, “My life-giving Spirit will not remain in these people forever, because they are only mortal. The time they have left will be 120 years.”
Dixitque Deus: Non permanebit spiritus meus in homine in æternum, quia caro est: eruntque dies illius centum viginti annorum.
4 There were giants on earth in those days, and also later on. They were born after the sons of God slept with the daughters of these people. Their sons became the great warriors and famous men of ancient times.
Gigantes autem erant super terram in diebus illis. Postquam enim ingressi sunt filii Dei ad filias hominum, illæque genuerunt, isti sunt potentes a sæculo viri famosi.
5 The Lord saw how terribly evil people on earth had become—every single thought in their minds was evil all the time!
Videns autem Deus quod multa malitia hominum esset in terra, et cuncta cogitatio cordis intenta esset ad malum omni tempore,
6 The Lord was sorry he'd made human beings to live on the earth; it made him very sad to think about it.
pœnituit eum quod hominum fecisset in terra. Et tactus dolore cordis intrinsecus,
7 So the Lord said, “I'm going to wipe out these people I created from the earth, and not only them but also the animals, the creatures that run along the ground, and the birds, because I'm sorry I made them.”
delebo, inquit, hominem, quem creavi, a facie terræ, ab homine usque ad animantia, a reptili usque ad volucres cæli. Pœnitet enim me fecisse eos.
8 But the Lord was pleased with Noah.
Noe vero invenit gratiam coram Domino.
9 This is the story of Noah and his family. Noah was a man of integrity, living a moral life among the people of his time. He had a close relationship with God.
Hæ sunt generationes Noe: Noe vir iustus atque perfectus fuit in generationibus suis, cum Deo ambulavit.
10 Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Et genuit tres filios, Sem, Cham et Iapheth.
11 God saw how corrupt the whole world had become, full of violent and lawless people.
Corrupta est autem terra coram Deo, et repleta est iniquitate.
12 God recognized that the corruption in the world was due to everyone on earth living corrupt lives.
Cumque vidisset Deus terram esse corruptam, (omnis quippe caro corruperat viam suam super terram)
13 So God told Noah, “I have decided to put an end to all people on earth because they are all violent and lawless. I myself am going to destroy all of them, along with the earth.
dixit ad Noe: Finis universæ carnis venit coram me: repleta est terra iniquitate a facie eorum, et ego disperdam eos cum terra.
14 Build an ark out of cypress wood. Make rooms inside the ark, and coat it with tar, both inside and out.
Fac tibi arcam de lignis lævigatis: mansiunculas in arca facies, et bitumine linies intrinsecus, et extrinsecus.
15 This is how to build it: the ark is to measure 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.
Et sic facies eam: Trecentorum cubitorum erit longitudo arcæ, quinquaginta cubitorum latitudo, et triginta cubitorum altitudo illius.
16 Make a roof for the ark, leaving a cubit-wide opening between the roof and the top of the sides. Put a door in the side of the ark, and construct three decks inside.
Fenestram in arca facies, et in cubito consummabis summitatem eius: ostium autem arcæ pones ex latere: deorsum, cœnacula, et tristega facies in ea.
17 I myself am going to flood the earth with water that will destroy everything that breathes, Every living thing everywhere on earth will die.
Ecce ego adducam aquas diluvii super terram, ut interficiam omnem carnem, in qua spiritus vitæ est subter cælum: Universa quæ in terra sunt, consumentur.
18 But I will keep my agreement with you. You are to go into the ark, taking with you your wife and your sons and their wives.
Ponamque fœdus meum tecum: et ingredieris arcam tu et filii tui, uxor tua, et uxores filiorum tuorum tecum.
19 Take a pair, male and female, of every kind of animal into the ark and make sure you keep them alive.
Et ex cunctis animantibus universæ carnis bina induces in arcam, ut vivant tecum: masculini sexus et feminini.
20 The same applies to every kind of bird, livestock, and the creatures that run along the ground—a pair of every kind will come to you so they can be kept alive.
De volucribus iuxta genus suum, et de iumentis in genere suo, et ex omni reptili terræ secundum genus suum: bina de omnibus ingredientur tecum, ut possint vivere.
21 Take all kinds of food with you too. Store it so you and the animals will have enough to eat.”
Tolles igitur tecum ex omnibus escis, quæ mandi possunt, et comportabis apud te: et erunt tam tibi, quam illis in cibum.
22 Noah did exactly what God ordered him to do.
Fecit igitur Noe omnia, quæ præceperat illi Deus.
The World is Destroyed by Water
