Genesis 8
1 And God remembered Noah, and all the wild animals, and all the tame animals, and all the flying creatures, and all the crawling creatures that were with him in the ship; and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters began to recede.
Sesudah itu, perhatian Allah kembali tertuju kepada Nuh dan keluarganya serta semua yang bersama-sama dengan dia di dalam kapal itu. Maka Allah membuat angin bertiup di atas permukaan bumi, sehingga air mulai surut.
2 And the fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.
Allah menghentikan hujan dan membuat semua mata air di bawah permukaan tanah berhenti menyembur.
3 And the waters receded steadily from the land. And after the end of one hundred fifty days the waters had decreased significantly.
Air banjir yang tadinya menutupi permukaan bumi perlahan-lahan surut, sehingga sesudah 150 hari, air semakin berkurang.
4 And in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ship came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
Pada tanggal tujuh belas bulan ketujuh, kapal itu terdampar di salah satu gunung di wilayah Ararat.
5 The waters receded continually to the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains became visible.
Tanggal satu bulan kesepuluh, puncak-puncak gunung mulai terlihat karena permukaan air terus menurun.
6 It happened at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ship which he had made,
Empat puluh hari kemudian, Nuh membuka jendela yang sudah dibuatnya pada kapal itu,
7 and he sent forth a raven. It went back and forth, until the waters had dried up from the earth.
lalu melepaskan seekor burung gagak. Burung gagak itu tidak kembali lagi ke kapal, tetapi terus terbang ke sana kemari sampai air banjir benar-benar kering dari permukaan bumi.
8 Then he sent forth a dove from it, to see if the waters had abated from the surface of the ground,
Karena burung gagak itu tidak kembali, Nuh melepaskan seekor burung merpati untuk mencari tahu apakah air sudah surut.
9 but the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him into the ship; for the waters were on the surface of the whole earth. He put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her to him into the ship.
Merpati itu tidak dapat menemukan tempat untuk hinggap, karena air masih memenuhi seluruh permukaan bumi. Akhirnya, burung merpati itu kembali ke kapal. Nuh mengulurkan tangannya ke luar untuk menangkapnya, lalu mengembalikannya ke dalam kapal.
10 And he waited yet another seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ship.
Tujuh hari kemudian, Nuh melepaskannya lagi.
11 The dove came back to him at evening, and, look, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off. So Noah knew that the waters had abated from the earth.
Menjelang malam, burung merpati itu kembali kepada Nuh dengan membawa sehelai daun zaitun segar di paruhnya. Dari situlah Nuh tahu bahwa air benar-benar sudah surut.
12 He stayed yet another seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she did not return to him any more.
Tujuh hari sesudahnya, Nuh melepaskan burung itu lagi, tetapi kali ini burung merpati itu tidak kembali kepadanya.
13 And it happened in the six hundred first year of Noah's life, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters had dried up from the earth. And Noah removed the covering of the ship and looked out. And look, the surface of the ground was dry.
Pada waktu Nuh berusia 601 tahun, pada tanggal satu bulan satu, air sudah surut sepenuhnya. Kemudian Nuh membuka penutup di bagian atas kapal dan melihat bahwa permukaan bumi sudah kering.
14 In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
Pada tanggal dua puluh tujuh bulan berikutnya, seluruh permukaan bumi sudah benar-benar kering.
15 God spoke to Noah, saying,
Allah berkata kepada Nuh,
16 "Go out of the ship, you, and your wife, and your sons, and your sons' wives with you.
“Keluarlah dari kapal itu bersama istrimu, anak-anakmu, juga menantu-menantumu.
17 Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, of flying creatures, and animals, and every creature that crawls on the earth, that they may swarm on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth."
Lepaskanlah semua jenis burung, hewan, binatang melata, dan semua yang merayap di tanah, supaya mereka dapat berkembang biak, bertambah banyak, serta menyebar ke seluruh bumi.”
18 And Noah went forth, with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives with him.
Lalu Nuh keluar dari kapal bersama istrinya, anak-anaknya, dan menantu-menantunya.
19 And every wild animal, and every tame animal, and every flying creature, and every creature that crawls on the earth, after their families, went out of the ship.
Setiap jenis makhluk hidup juga meninggalkan kapal itu secara berkelompok, menurut jenisnya masing-masing.
20 Noah built an altar to God, and took of every clean animal, and of every clean flying creature, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Sesudah itu, Nuh membangun sebuah mezbah dari batu-batu untuk mempersembahkan kurban kepada TUHAN. Nuh memilih seekor dari tiap jenis binatang dan burung yang layak dipersembahkan kepada TUHAN, lalu mempersembahkannya di atas mezbah itu sebagai kurban yang dibakar habis.
21 And God smelled the pleasing aroma, and God said in his heart, "I will never again curse the ground because of humankind, even though the inclination of his heart is evil from his youth, nor will I again destroy every living thing, as I have done.
Ketika TUHAN mencium bau harum kurban itu, Dia berkenan dan memutuskan dalam hati-Nya, “Aku tidak akan lagi mengutuk bumi ini sebagai hukuman atas manusia, meskipun sejak kanak-kanak keinginan mereka selalu jahat. Aku tidak akan lagi membinasakan semua makhluk hidup seperti yang sudah Aku lakukan ini!
22 While the earth remains, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease."
Selama bumi masih ada, tak akan pernah berhenti musim tanam dan musim panen, musim dingin dan musim panas, musim kemarau dan musim hujan, siang dan malam.”
A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark
