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.
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 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.
Allah menghentikan hujan dan membuat semua mata air di bawah permukaan tanah berhenti menyembur.
3 The water on the earth gradually receded. 150 days after the flood began,
Air banjir yang tadinya menutupi permukaan bumi perlahan-lahan surut, sehingga sesudah 150 hari, air semakin berkurang.
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.
Pada tanggal tujuh belas bulan ketujuh, kapal itu terdampar di salah satu gunung di wilayah Ararat.
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.
Tanggal satu bulan kesepuluh, puncak-puncak gunung mulai terlihat karena permukaan air terus menurun.
6 40 days later, Noah opened the window that he had made in the side of the boat, and sent out a raven.
Empat puluh hari kemudian, Nuh membuka jendela yang sudah dibuatnya pada kapal itu,
7 The raven flew back and forth [to and from the boat] until the water was completely gone.
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 Noah sent out a dove to find out if the water had all receded on the ground.
Karena burung gagak itu tidak kembali, Nuh melepaskan seekor burung merpati untuk mencari tahu apakah air sudah surut.
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.
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 Noah waited seven more days. Then he sent the dove out of the boat again.
Tujuh hari kemudian, Nuh melepaskannya lagi.
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.
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 Noah waited seven more days. Then he sent the dove out again, but this time it did not return to him.
Tujuh hari sesudahnya, Nuh melepaskan burung itu lagi, tetapi kali ini burung merpati itu tidak kembali kepadanya.
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.
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 By the 27th day of the next month, the ground was completely dry.
Pada tanggal dua puluh tujuh bulan berikutnya, seluruh permukaan bumi sudah benar-benar kering.
15 Then God said to Noah,
Allah berkata kepada Nuh,
16 “Leave the boat, along with your wife and your sons and their wives.
“Keluarlah dari kapal itu bersama istrimu, anak-anakmu, juga menantu-menantumu.
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.”
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 So Noah left the boat, along with his wife and his sons and their wives.
Lalu Nuh keluar dari kapal bersama istrinya, anak-anaknya, dan menantu-menantunya.
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.
Setiap jenis makhluk hidup juga meninggalkan kapal itu secara berkelompok, menurut jenisnya masing-masing.
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.
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 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.
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 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.”
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
