Genesis 6
1 So when men began to be multiplied vpon the earth, and there were daughters borne vnto them,
当人在世上多起来、又生女儿的时候，
2 Then the sonnes of God sawe the daughters of men that they were faire, and they tooke them wiues of all that they liked.
神的儿子们看见人的女子美貌，就随意挑选，娶来为妻。
3 Therefore the Lord saide, My Spirit shall not alway striue with man, because he is but flesh, and his dayes shalbe an hundreth and twentie yeeres.
耶和华说：“人既属乎血气，我的灵就不永远住在他里面；然而他的日子还可到一百二十年。”
4 There were gyants in the earth in those dayes: yea, and after that the sonnes of God came vnto the daughters of men, and they had borne them children, these were mightie men, which in olde time were men of renoume.
那时候有伟人在地上，后来 神的儿子们和人的女子们交合生子；那就是上古英武有名的人。
5 When the Lord sawe that the wickednesse of man was great in the earth, and all the imaginations of the thoughtes of his heart were onely euill continually,
耶和华见人在地上罪恶很大，终日所思想的尽都是恶，
6 Then it repented ye Lord, that he had made man in the earth, and he was sorie in his heart.
耶和华就后悔造人在地上，心中忧伤。
7 Therefore ye Lord said, I will destroy from the earth the man, whom I haue created, from man to beast, to the creeping thing, and to the foule of the heauen: for I repent that I haue made them.
耶和华说：“我要将所造的人和走兽，并昆虫，以及空中的飞鸟，都从地上除灭，因为我造他们后悔了。”
8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.
惟有挪亚在耶和华眼前蒙恩。
9 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a iust and vpright man in his time: and Noah walked with God.
挪亚的后代记在下面。挪亚是个义人，在当时的世代是个完全人。挪亚与 神同行。
10 And Noah begate three sonnes, Shem, Ham and Iapheth.
挪亚生了三个儿子，就是闪、含、雅弗。
11 The earth also was corrupt before God: for the earth was filled with crueltie.
世界在 神面前败坏，地上满了强暴。
12 Then God looked vpon the earth, and beholde, it was corrupt: for all flesh had corrupt his way vpon the earth.
神观看世界，见是败坏了；凡有血气的人在地上都败坏了行为。
13 And God said vnto Noah, An ende of all flesh is come before me: for the earth is filled with crueltie through them: and beholde, I wil destroy them with the earth.
神就对挪亚说：“凡有血气的人，他的尽头已经来到我面前；因为地上满了他们的强暴，我要把他们和地一并毁灭。
14 Make thee an Arke of pine trees: thou shalt make cabines in the Arke, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
你要用歌斐木造一只方舟，分一间一间地造，里外抹上松香。
15 And thus shalt thou make it: The length of the Arke shalbe three hundreth cubites, the breadth of it fiftie cubites, and the height of it thirtie cubites.
方舟的造法乃是这样：要长三百肘，宽五十肘，高三十肘。
16 A windowe shalt thou make in the Arke, and in a cubite shalt thou finish it aboue, and the doore of the Arke shalt thou set in the side thereof: thou shalt make it with the lowe, seconde and third roume.
方舟上边要留透光处，高一肘。方舟的门要开在旁边。方舟要分上、中、下三层。
17 And I, beholde, I will bring a flood of waters vpon the earth to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life vnder the heauen: all that is in the earth shall perish.
看哪，我要使洪水泛滥在地上，毁灭天下；凡地上有血肉、有气息的活物，无一不死。
18 But with thee will I establish my couenant, and thou shalt goe into the Arke, thou, and thy sonnes, and thy wife, and thy sonnes wiues with thee.
我却要与你立约；你同你的妻，与儿子儿妇，都要进入方舟。
19 And of euery liuing thing, of all flesh two of euery sort shalt thou cause to come into the Arke, to keepe them aliue with thee: they shalbe male and female.
凡有血肉的活物，每样两个，一公一母，你要带进方舟，好在你那里保全生命。
20 Of the foules, after their kinde, and of the cattell after their kind, of euery creeping thing of the earth after his kinde, two of euery sort shall come vnto thee, that thou mayest keepe them aliue.
飞鸟各从其类，牲畜各从其类，地上的昆虫各从其类，每样两个，要到你那里，好保全生命。
21 And take thou with thee of all meate that is eaten: and thou shalt gather it to thee, that it may be meate for thee and for them.
你要拿各样食物积蓄起来，好作你和它们的食物。”
22 Noah therefore did according vnto all, that God commanded him: euen so did he.
挪亚就这样行。凡 神所吩咐的，他都照样行了。
The World is Destroyed by Water
