Genesis 8

1 But God (did not forget/thought) about Noah and all the wild animals and all the kinds of livestock that were with him in the boat. So one day God sent a wind to blow across the earth, and the wind caused the water [to begin] to recede.

١ ثُمَّ افْتَقَدَ اللهُ نُوحاً وَمَا مَعَهُ فِي الْفُلْكِ مِنْ وُحُوشٍ وبَهَائِمَ، فَأَرْسَلَ رِيحاً عَلَى الأَرْضِ فَتَقَلَّصَتِ الْمِيَاهُ

2 God caused the water that was under the earth to stop bursting forth, and he caused the floodgates of water from the sky to close so that it stopped raining.

٢ وَانْسَدَّتْ يَنَابِيعُ الْمَاءِ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاءِ، وَاحْتَبَسَ الْمَطَرُ.

3 The water on the earth gradually receded. 150 days after the flood began,

٣ وَتَرَاجَعَتِ الْمِيَاهُ عَنِ الأَرْضِ تَدْرِيجِيًّا. وَبَعْدَ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسِينَ يَوْماً نَقَصَتِ الْمِيَاهُ.

4 (on the 17th day of the seventh month [of that year/late in March]), the boat came to rest on one of the mountains in the Ararat region.

٤ وَاسْتَقَرَّ الْفُلْكُ عَلَى جِبَالِ أَرَارَاطَ فِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ السَّابِعِ لِلطُّوفَانِ.

5 The water continued to recede until, on the first day of the tenth month [of that year], the tops of other mountains became visible.

٥ وَظَلَّتِ الْمِيَاهُ تَتَنَاقَصُ تَدْرِيجِيًّا حَتَّى الشَّهْرِ الْعَاشِرِ. وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الأَوَّلِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الْعَاشِرِ بَدَتْ قِمَمُ الْجِبَالِ.

6 40 days later, Noah opened the window that he had made in the side of the boat, and sent out a raven.

٦ وَبَعْدَ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْماً أُخْرَى فَتَحَ نُوحٌ النَّافِذَةَ الَّتِي كَانَ قَدْ عَمِلَهَا فِي الْفُلْكِ.

7 The raven flew back and forth [to and from the boat] until the water was completely gone.

٧ وَأَطْلَقَ غُرَاباً، فَخَرَجَ وَظَلَّ يَحُومُ مُتَرَدِّداً إِلَى الْفُلْكِ حَتَّى جَفَّتِ الْمِيَاهُ عَنِ الأَرْضِ.

8 Then Noah sent out a dove to find out if the water had all receded on the ground.

٨ ثُمَّ أَطْلَقَ نُوحٌ حَمَامَةً مِنَ الْفُلْكِ لِيَرَى إِنْ كَانَتِ الْمِيَاهُ قَدْ تَقَلَّصَتْ عَنْ وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ،

9 But the dove did not find any place to perch, so it flew back to Noah in the boat, because there was still water all over the surface of the earth. So Noah reached out his hand and took the dove back inside the boat.

٩ وَلَكِنَّ الْحَمَامَةَ لَمْ تَجِدْ مَوْضِعاً تَسْتَقِرُّ عَلَيْهِ رِجْلُهَا فَرَجَعَتْ إِلَيْهِ فِي الْفُلْكِ، لأَنَّ الْمِيَاهَ كَانَتْ مَازَالَتْ تَغْمُرُ سَطْحَ الأَرْضِ، فَمَدَّ يَدَهُ وَأَخَذَهَا، وَأَدْخَلَهَا عِنْدَهُ إِلَى الْفُلْكِ.

10 Noah waited seven more days. Then he sent the dove out of the boat again.

١٠ وَانْتَظَرَ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ أُخْرَى ثُمَّ عَادَ فَأَطْلَقَ الْحَمَامَةَ مِنَ الْفُلْكِ،

11 This time the dove returned to him in the evening and, [surprisingly], in its beak there was a leaf from an olive tree that the dove had just plucked. Then Noah knew that the water had truly receded from the surface of the ground.

١١ فَرَجَعَتْ إِلَيْهِ عِنْدَ الْمَسَاءِ تَحْمِلُ فِي مِنْقَارِهَا وَرَقَةَ زَيْتُونٍ خَضْرَاءَ، فَأَدْرَكَ نُوحٌ أَنَّ الْمِيَاهَ قَدْ تَنَاقَصَتْ عَنِ الأَرْضِ.

12 Noah waited seven more days. Then he sent the dove out again, but this time it did not return to him.

١٢ فَمَكَثَ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ أُخْرَى ثُمَّ أَطْلَقَ الْحَمَامَةَ فَلَمْ تَرْجِعْ إِلَيْهِ هَذِهِ الْمَرَّةَ.

13 Noah was now 601 years old. By the first day of the first month [of the Jewish year], the water had completely drained away from the ground. Noah removed the covering on top of the ark, and he was surprised to see that the surface of the ground was drying.

١٣ وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الأَوَّلِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الأَوَّلِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ الْوَاحِدَةِ وَالسِّتِّ مِئَةٍ مِنْ عُمْرِ نُوحٍ، جَفَّتِ الْمِيَاهُ عَنِ الأَرْضِ، فَرَفَعَ نُوحٌ سَقْفَ الْفُلْكِ وَتَطَلَّعَ حَوْلَهُ، فَرَأَى أَنَّ سَطْحَ الأَرْضِ قَدْ أَخَذَ فِي الْجَفَافِ.

14 By the 27th day of the next month, the ground was completely dry.

١٤ وَلَكِنَّ الأَرْضَ لَمْ تَجِفَّ تَمَاماً إِلّا فِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الثَّانِي.

15 Then God said to Noah,

١٥ وَخَاطَبَ اللهُ نُوحاً قَائِلا:

16 “Leave the boat, along with your wife and your sons and their wives.

١٦ «اخْرُجْ مِنَ الْفُلْكِ أَنْتَ وَامْرَأَتُكَ وَبَنُوكَ وَنِسَاءُ بَنِيكَ مَعَكَ،

17 Bring out with you all the birds, the animals, and all the creatures that scurry across the ground, in order that they can spread all over the earth and become very numerous.”

١٧ وَأَخْرِجْ كُلَّ مَا مَعَكَ مِنَ الْكَائِنَاتِ الْحَيَّةِ، مِنْ طُيُورٍ وَبَهَائِمَ وَكُلِّ مَا يَزْحَفُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ لِتَتَوَالَدَ وَتَتَكَاثَرَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ».

18 So Noah left the boat, along with his wife and his sons and their wives.

١٨ وَخَرَجَ نُوحٌ وَبَنُوهُ وَامْرَأَتُهُ وَزَوْجَاتُ بَنِيهِ مَعَهُ.

19 And every kind of creature, including all those that scurry across the ground, all the birds, every creature that moves on the earth, left the boat. They left the boat in groups of their own species.

١٩ وَكَذَلِكَ خَرَجَتْ مَعَهُ كُلُّ الْحَيَوَانَاتِ، وَالزَّوَاحِفِ وَالطُّيُورِ، وَكُلُّ مَا يَدِبُّ عَلَى الأَرْضِ، كُلٌّ مِنْهَا كَجِنْسِهَا.

20 Then Noah built a (stone altar/place for offering sacrifices) to Yahweh. Then he took some of the animals that Yahweh had said were acceptable as sacrifices and killed them. Then he burned them whole on the altar.

٢٠ وَبَنَى نُوحٌ مَذْبَحاً لِلرَّبِّ ثُمَّ اخْتَارَ بَعْضاً مِنْ جَمِيعِ الْبَهَائِمِ وَالطُّيُورِ الطَّاهِرَةِ وَقَرَّبَهَا مُحْرَقَاتٍ عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ.

21 When Yahweh smelled the pleasant odor, he was pleased with the sacrifice. Then he said to himself, “I will never again devastate everything on the earth because of the sinful things people do. Even though everything that people think is evil from the time they are young, I will not destroy all the living creatures again, as I did this time.

٢١ فَتَقَبَّلَهَا الرَّبُّ بِرِضًى، وَقَالَ فِي نَفْسِهِ: «لَنْ أَلْعَنَ الأَرْضَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى مِنْ أَجْلِ الإِنْسَانِ، لأَنَّ أَهْوَاءَ قَلْبِ الإِنْسَانِ شِرِّيرَةٌ مُنْذُ حَدَاثَتِهِ وَلَنْ أُقْدِمَ عَلَى إِهْلاكِ كُلِّ حَيٍّ كَمَا فَعَلْتُ.

22 As long as the earth exists, each year there will be seasons for planting seeds and seasons for harvesting crops. Each year there will be times when it is cold and times when it is hot, summer and winter (OR, rainy season and dry season). Each day there will be daytime and nighttime.”

٢٢ وَتَكُونُ كُلُّ أَيَّامِ الأَرْضِ مَوَاسِمَ زَرْعٍ وَحَصَادٍ وَبَرْدٍ وَحَرٍّ وَصَيْفٍ وَشِتَاءٍ وَنَهَارٍ وَلَيْلٍ، لَنْ تَبْطُلَ أَبَداً».

A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark