Genesis 6
1 When people began to become very numerous all over the earth, and many daughters were born to them,
Jumlah manusia semakin bertambah dan menyebar di muka bumi. Di antara mereka terdapat banyak gadis yang begitu cantik sehingga anak-anak laki-laki Allah mengambil dan mengawini siapa saja yang mereka sukai dari para gadis itu.
2 some of the men who (belonged to/believed in) God saw that some of the women who did not (belong to/believe in) God were very beautiful. So they took whichever ones they chose to become their wives.
3 Then Yahweh said, “[I will] not [allow] my Spirit to keep people alive forever (OR, the breath of life will not remain in people forever). They will die eventually. They will live not more than 120 years before they die (OR, there will be only 120 more years before they die).”
Maka berkatalah TUHAN, “Aku tidak mau nafas kehidupan-Ku tinggal dalam diri manusia selamanya-lamanya. Semua manusia adalah makhluk fana yang harus mati. Aku menetapkan bahwa umur setiap manusia tidak akan melebihi 120 tahun.”
4 There were [giants called] Nephils who lived on the earth at that time and later. During that time [some of the Nephil] men who (belonged to/believed in) God had sex [EUP] with women who did not (belong to/believe in) God, and they gave birth to children. The Nephils were considered to be heroic fighters, and they became famous.
Banyak anak dilahirkan karena kawin campur tersebut. Pada waktu itu, muncullah orang-orang yang disebut Nefilim. Mereka terkenal pada zaman itu sebagai orang-orang yang sangat kuat dan tangguh dalam perang.
5 Yahweh saw that people on the earth had become very wicked, and that everything they thought about evil things continually.
TUHAN melihat bahwa manusia di muka bumi sudah sangat jahat, dan isi hati mereka pun jahat.
6 Yahweh was sorry that he had made people.
Dia sangat menyesal sudah menciptakan manusia di bumi. Hal itu membuat hati-Nya amat sedih.
7 So he said, “I will completely destroy the people I made. I will also destroy all the animals and the creatures that scurry across the ground and the birds. None of them will remain on the earth, because I regret that I made them.”
Berkatalah TUHAN, “Aku akan memusnahkan seluruh manusia, binatang berkaki empat, binatang melata, binatang merayap, dan burung-burung. Tidak akan ada satu pun yang tertinggal dari segala yang masih hidup di atas bumi. Aku sangat menyesal karena sudah menciptakan semua makhluk hidup itu.”
8 But Yahweh was pleased with Noah.
Tetapi TUHAN bermurah hati kepada Nuh.
9 This is why: Noah was a man who always acted in a righteous way. No one who lived at that time could criticize him about anything. Noah lived in close fellowship with God.
Beginilah riwayat tentang Nuh: Di antara semua orang yang hidup pada masa itu, hanya Nuh yang hidupnya benar di mata Allah. Nuh bersekutu erat dengan Allah.
10 Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Nuh mempunyai tiga anak laki-laki, yaitu Sem, Yafet, dan Ham.
11 At that time God considered that everyone else on earth was very wicked, and everywhere on the earth, people [MTY] were acting cruelly and violently toward each other.
Waktu itu, Allah melihat bahwa semua manusia yang lain di muka bumi sudah sangat jahat. Mereka bertindak kejam dan keras satu sama lain.
12 God was dismayed when he saw how evil people [MTY] were, because everyone (OR, all living creatures) had begun to behave in an evil way.
Allah begitu kecewa karena bumi sudah sangat rusak akibat kejahatan yang dilakukan manusia.
13 So God said to Noah, “I have decided to destroy everyone, because all over the earth people are acting violently toward each other. So I am about to get rid of them as well as everything else on the earth.
Berkatalah Allah kepada Nuh, “Aku sudah memutuskan untuk memusnahkan seluruh manusia dan makhluk hidup yang lain, karena kekerasan manusia terhadap satu sama lain sudah memenuhi bumi.
14 [I want you to] make for yourself a large boat from cypress wood. Make rooms inside it. Cover the outside and the inside with tar [to make it (waterproof/so that water cannot get in and sink the boat]).
Buatlah bagimu kapal dari kayu pilihan. Di dalamnya, buatlah banyak ruang. Dan supaya air tidak bisa masuk, lapisilah bagian dalam dan luar kapal itu dengan ter.
15 This is the size you must make it: It shall be (150 yards/135 meters) long, (25 yards/22.5 meters) wide, and (15 yards/13.5 meters) high.
Inilah ukuran kapal yang harus kamu buat: Panjangnya 138 meter, lebarnya 23 meter, dan tingginya 14 meter.
16 Make a roof for the boat. Leave a space of about (18 in./.5 meter) between the sides and the roof to let air and light enter (OR, the middle of the roof should be 18 inches higher than the sides). Build the boat with three decks inside, and put a door in one side.
Buatlah atap kapal itu, dan berilah jarak 46 sentimeter antara atap dengan semua dinding di bawahnya, supaya udara dan cahaya dapat masuk. Buatlah tiga dek di dalamnya, dek atas, dek tengah, dan dek bawah. Buatlah juga pintu di bagian samping kapal.
17 Listen carefully! I am about to cause a flood to occur that will destroy every creature that lives beneath the sky. Everything on the earth will die.
Dengarlah baik-baik! Aku akan mendatangkan banjir besar di atas bumi untuk membinasakan semua makhluk yang bernafas di bawah langit. Segala sesuatu yang ada di bumi akan mati.
18 But I will make an agreement with you(sg): You and your wife, your sons and their wives will enter the boat.
Namun, sekarang Aku mengadakan perjanjian denganmu. Kamu, istrimu, ketiga putramu, dan ketiga menantumu akan selamat di dalam kapal itu.
19 And I want to save some of all kinds of creatures. So you must also bring two of all living creatures, a male and a female, into the boat with you, so that their species also may remain alive.
Dan karena Aku ingin menyelamatkan semua jenis makhluk hidup, maka kamu harus membawa sepasang dari tiap jenis, yaitu satu jantan dan satu betina, supaya setiap jenis binatang juga tetap hidup.
20 Two of every kind of creature will come to [in order that by your putting them in the boat] you will keep them alive. They will include two of each kind of bird and each kind of animal and each kind of creature that scurries across the ground.
Sepasang dari masing-masing jenis burung, jenis binatang berkaki empat, jenis binatang melata, dan jenis binatang merayap akan datang kepadamu, agar dapat ikut ke dalam kapal dan tetap terpelihara.
21 You must also take some of every kind of food that you and all these animals will need, and store it in the boat.”
Kamu juga harus membawa persediaan makanan untuk keluargamu dan untuk semua binatang itu. Simpanlah semuanya di dalam kapal.”
22 So Noah did everything that God told him to do.
Maka Nuh melakukan semua yang sudah Allah perintahkan kepadanya.
The World is Destroyed by Water
