Genesis 6

1 And it came to pass when men had begun to multiply on the face of the ground and daughters had been born to them,

١ وَحَدَثَ لَمَّا ابْتَدَأَ النَّاسُ يَتَكَاثَرُونَ عَلَى سَطْحِ الأَرْضِ وَوُلِدَ لَهُمْ بَنَاتٌ،

2 that the sons of God saw the daughters of men! that they were, fair, —so they took to themselves wives of whomsoever they chose,

٢ انْجَذَبَتْ أَنْظَارُ أَبْنَاءِ اللهِ إِلَى بَنَاتِ النَّاسِ فَرَأَوْا أَنَّهُنَّ جَمِيلاتٌ فَاتَّخَذُوا لأَنْفُسِهِمْ مِنْهُنَّ زَوْجَاتٍ كَمَا طَابَ لَهُمْ.

3 And Yahweh said—My spirit shall not rule in man to times age—abiding, for that, he also, is flesh, —Yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.

٣ فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: «لَنْ يَمْكُثَ رُوحِي مُجَاهِداً فِي الإِنْسَانِ إِلَى الأَبَدِ. هُوَ بَشَرِيٌّ زَائِغٌ، لِذَلِكَ لَنْ تَطُولَ أَيَّامُهُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ مِئَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً فَقَطْ».

4 The giants, were in the earth in those days, and also, after that, when the sons of God began to go in unto the daughters of men, and sons were born to them, the same, were the heroes that were from age-past times the men of renown.

٤ وَفِي تِلْكَ الْحِقَبِ، كَانَ فِي الأَرْضِ جَبَابِرَةٌ، وَبَعْدَ أَنْ دَخَلَ أَبْنَاءُ اللهِ عَلَى بَنَاتِ النَّاسِ وَلَدْنَ لَهُمْ أَبْنَاءً، صَارَ هَؤُلَاءِ الأَبْنَاءُ أَنْفُسُهُمُ الْجَبَابِرَةَ الْمَشْهُورِينَ مُنْذُ الْقِدَمِ.

5 Then Yahweh saw that great, was the wickedness of man in the earth, and that, every purpose of the devices of his heart, was only wicked all the day;

٥ وَرَأَى الرَّبُّ أَنَّ شَرَّ الإِنْسَانِ قَدْ كَثُرَ فِي الأَرْضِ، وَأَنَّ كُلَّ تَصَوُّرِ فِكْرِ قَلْبِهِ يَتَّسِمُ دَائِماً بِالإِثْمِ،

6 and it grieved Yahweh, that he had made man in the earth, —and he took sorrow unto his heart.

٦ فَمَلأَ قَلبَهُ الأَسَفُ وَالْحُزْنُ لأَنَّهُ خَلَقَ الإِنْسَانَ.

7 And Yahweh said—I must wipe off man whom I created from off the face of the ground, from man unto beast unto creeping thing, and unto the bird of the heavens, —for I am grieved that I made them.

٧ وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: «أَمْحُو الإِنْسَانَ الَّذِي خَلَقْتُهُ عَنْ وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ مَعَ سَائِرِ النَّاسِ وَالْحَيَوَانَاتِ وَالزَّوَاحِفِ وَطُيُورِ السَّمَاءِ، لأَنِّي حَزِنْتُ أَنِّي خَلَقْتُهُ».

8 But, Noah, had found favour in the eyes, of Yahweh.

٨ أَمَّا نُوحٌ فَقَدْ حَظِيَ بِرِضَى الرَّبِ.

9 These, are the generations of Noah, Noah, was, a righteous man blameless, in his generations, —with God, did Noah walk.

٩ وَهَذَا سِجِلُّ مَوَالِيدِ نُوحٍ: كَانَ نُوحٌ صَالِحاً كَامِلاً فِي زَمَانِهِ، وَسَارَ نُوحٌ مَعَ اللهِ.

10 And Noah begat three sons, —Shem, Ham and Japheth.

١٠ وَأَنْجَبَ نُوحٌ ثَلَاثَةَ أَبْنَاءٍ هُمْ سَامٌ وَحَامٌ وَيَافَثُ.

11 And the earth corrupted itself before God, —and the earth was filled with violence,

١١ وَإِذْ سَادَ الشَّرُّ الأَرْضَ أَمَامَ اللهِ وَعَمَّهَا الظُّلْمُ،

12 And God beheld the earth, and lo! it had corrupted itself, —surely all flesh had corrupted its way, on the earth.

١٢ نَظَرَ اللهُ وَإذَا بِها فَاسِدَةٌ لأَنَّ كُلَّ بَشَرٍ عَلَى الأَرْضِ قَدْ سَلَكَ فِي طَرِيقِ الإِثْمِ.

13 So God said unto Noah: the end of all flesh, hath come in before me, for, filled, is the earth with violence, because of them, —behold me, then, destroying them with the earth.

١٣ فَقَالَ اللهُ لِنُوحٍ: «قَدْ أَزِفَتْ نِهَايَةُ الْبَشَرِ جَمِيعاً أَمَامِي، لأَنَّهُمْ مَلَأُوا الأَرْضَ ظُلْماً. لِذَلِكَ سَأُبِيدُهُمْ مَعَ الأَرْضِ.

14 Make for thee an ark of timbers of gopher, rooms, shalt thou make with the ark, —and thou shalt cover it within and without with pitch.

١٤ ابْنِ لَكَ فُلْكاً مِنْ خَشَبِ السَّرْوِ، وَاجْعَلْ فِيهِ غُرَفاً تَطْلِيهَا بِالزِّفْتِ مِنَ الدَّاخِلِ وَالْخَارِجِ.

15 And, this, is how thou shalt make it, —three hundred cubits, the length of the ark, fifty cubits, the breadth thereof, and thirty cubits the height thereof.

١٥ اصْنَعْهُ عَلَى هَذَا الْمِثَالِ: لِيَكُنْ طُولُهُ ثَلَاثَ مِئَةِ ذِرَاعٍ (نَحْوَ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسَةٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ مِتْراً)، وَعَرْضُهُ خَمْسِينَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ اثْنَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ مِتْراً وَنِصْفِ الْمِتْرِ) وَارْتِفَاعُهُ ثَلَاثِينَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ مِتْراً وَنِصْفِ الْمِتْرِ).

16 A place for light, shalt thou make to the ark and to a cubit, shalt thou finish it upwards, and the opening of the ark—in the side thereof, shalt thou put, —with lower, second and third stories, shalt thou make it.

١٦ وَاجْعَلْ لَهُ نَافِذَةً عَلَى انْخِفَاضِ ذِرَاعٍ (نَحْوَ خَمْسَةٍ وَأَرْبَعِينَ سَنْتِمِتْراً) مِنَ السَّقْفِ، وَبَاباً تُقِيمُهُ فِي جَانِبِهِ. وَلْيَكُنْ لِلْفُلْكِ طَوَابِقُ سُفْلِيَّةٌ وَمُتَوَسِّطَةٌ وَعُلْوِيَّةٌ.

17 And, I, behold me! bringing in the flood—even waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh wherein is the spirit of life, from under the heavens, —everything that is in the earth, shall cease to breathe:

١٧ فَهَا أَنَا أُغْرِقُ الأَرْضَ بِطُوفَانٍ مِنَ الْمِيَاهِ لأُبِيدَ كُلَّ كَائِنٍ حَيٍّ فِيهَا مِمَّنْ تَحْتَ السَّمَاءِ. كُلُّ مَا عَلَى الأَرْضِ لَابُدَّ أَنْ يَمُوتَ.

18 therefore will I establish my covenant with thee, —and thou shalt enter into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives, with thee.

١٨ وَلَكِنِّي سَأُقِيمُ مَعَكَ عَهْداً، فَتَدْخُلُ أَنْتَ مَعَ بَنِيكَ وَامْرَأَتِكَ وَنِسَاءِ بَنِيكَ إِلَى الْفُلْكِ.

19 Moreover of all the living creatures of all flesh—two of each, shalt thou bring into the ark to keep alive with thee, —male and female, shall they be.

١٩ وَتَأْخُذُ مَعَكَ فِي الْفُلْكِ زَوْجَيْنِ، ذَكَراً وَأُنْثَى، مِنْ كُلِّ كَائِنٍ حَيٍّ ذِي جَسَدٍ، لاسْتِبْقَائِهَا مَعَكَ.

20 Of the bird after its kind and of the beast after its kind, [and] of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of each, shall come in unto thee. for keeping alive.

٢٠ تُدْخِلُ مَعَكَ اثْنَيْنِ مِنْ كُلِّ صَنْفٍ مِنْ أَصْنَافِ الطُّيُورِ وَالْبَهَائِمِ وَالزَّوَاحِفِ عَلَى الأَرْضِ، حِفَاظاً عَلَى اسْتِمْرَارِ بَقَائِهَا.

21 But thou, take to thee of all food that is eaten, and gather it unto thee, —and it shall be for thee and for them for food.

٢١ وَتَدَّخِرُ لِنَفْسِكَ مِنْ كُلِّ طَعَامٍ يُؤْكَلُ وَتَخْزُنُهُ عِنْدَكَ لِيَكُونَ لَكَ وَلَهَا غِذَاءً».

22 And Noah did [so], —according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

٢٢ وَفَعَلَ نُوحٌ تَمَاماً حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا أَمَرَ الرَّبُّ بِهِ.

The World is Destroyed by Water