Genesis 8
1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided;
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 windows of heaven were stopped, 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 continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were decreased.
dan air semakin surut. Sesudah 150 hari air tidak begitu tinggi lagi.
4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
Pada tanggal tujuh belas bulan tujuh, kapal itu kandas di sebuah puncak di pegunungan Ararat.
5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
Air terus surut dan pada tanggal satu bulan sepuluh, puncak-puncak gunung mulai tampak.
6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:
Setelah empat puluh hari, Nuh membuka sebuah jendela kapal,
7 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth back and forth, until the waters were dried up from off 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 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were decreased from off the face of the ground;
Sementara itu, Nuh melepaskan seekor burung merpati untuk mengetahui apakah air itu memang telah surut.
9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him 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 he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
Nuh menunggu tujuh hari lagi, lalu melepaskan lagi burung merpati itu.
11 And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were decreased from off 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 sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
Setelah menunggu tujuh hari lagi, ia melepaskan merpati itu sekali lagi; dan kali itu burung itu tidak kembali kepadanya.
13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
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 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
Pada tanggal dua puluh tujuh bulan dua, bumi sudah kering.
15 And God spoke unto Noah, saying,
Lalu berkatalah Allah kepada Nuh,
16 Go out of the ark, you, and your wife, and your sons, and your sons' wives with you.
"Keluarlah dari kapal itu bersama-sama dengan istrimu, anak-anakmu dan istri-istri mereka.
17 Bring forth with you every living thing that is with you, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
Bawalah keluar semua burung dan binatang lainnya, besar maupun kecil, supaya mereka bisa berkembang biak dan menyebar ke seluruh bumi."
18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him:
Lalu keluarlah Nuh dari kapal itu bersama-sama dengan istrinya, anak-anaknya dan istri-istri mereka.
19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creeps upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
Semua burung dan binatang darat keluar dari kapal itu, masing-masing bersama kelompok sejenisnya.
20 And Noah built an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on 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 the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again strike any more every thing living, 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 While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night 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
