< Genesis 6 >

1 When men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them,
وَحَدَثَ لَمَّا ابْتَدَأَ النَّاسُ يَتَكَاثَرُونَ عَلَى سَطْحِ الأَرْضِ وَوُلِدَ لَهُمْ بَنَاتٌ،١
2 God’s sons saw that men’s daughters were beautiful, and they took any that they wanted for themselves as wives.
انْجَذَبَتْ أَنْظَارُ أَبْنَاءِ اللهِ إِلَى بَنَاتِ النَّاسِ فَرَأَوْا أَنَّهُنَّ جَمِيلاتٌ فَاتَّخَذُوا لأَنْفُسِهِمْ مِنْهُنَّ زَوْجَاتٍ كَمَا طَابَ لَهُمْ.٢
3 The LORD said, “My Spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; so his days will be one hundred twenty years.”
فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: «لَنْ يَمْكُثَ رُوحِي مُجَاهِداً فِي الإِنْسَانِ إِلَى الأَبَدِ. هُوَ بَشَرِيٌّ زَائِغٌ، لِذَلِكَ لَنْ تَطُولَ أَيَّامُهُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ مِئَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً فَقَطْ».٣
4 The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when God’s sons came in to men’s daughters and had children with them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
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.٤
5 The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of man’s heart was continually only evil.
وَرَأَى الرَّبُّ أَنَّ شَرَّ الإِنْسَانِ قَدْ كَثُرَ فِي الأَرْضِ، وَأَنَّ كُلَّ تَصَوُّرِ فِكْرِ قَلْبِهِ يَتَّسِمُ دَائِماً بِالإِثْمِ،٥
6 The LORD was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.
فَمَلأَ قَلبَهُ الأَسَفُ وَالْحُزْنُ لأَنَّهُ خَلَقَ الإِنْسَانَ.٦
7 The LORD said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground—man, along with animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky—for I am sorry that I have made them.”
وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: «أَمْحُو الإِنْسَانَ الَّذِي خَلَقْتُهُ عَنْ وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ مَعَ سَائِرِ النَّاسِ وَالْحَيَوَانَاتِ وَالزَّوَاحِفِ وَطُيُورِ السَّمَاءِ، لأَنِّي حَزِنْتُ أَنِّي خَلَقْتُهُ».٧
8 But Noah found favor in the LORD’s eyes.
أَمَّا نُوحٌ فَقَدْ حَظِيَ بِرِضَى الرَّبِ.٨
9 This is the history of the generations of Noah: Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.
وَهَذَا سِجِلُّ مَوَالِيدِ نُوحٍ: كَانَ نُوحٌ صَالِحاً كَامِلاً فِي زَمَانِهِ، وَسَارَ نُوحٌ مَعَ اللهِ.٩
10 Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
وَأَنْجَبَ نُوحٌ ثَلَاثَةَ أَبْنَاءٍ هُمْ سَامٌ وَحَامٌ وَيَافَثُ.١٠
11 The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
وَإِذْ سَادَ الشَّرُّ الأَرْضَ أَمَامَ اللهِ وَعَمَّهَا الظُّلْمُ،١١
12 God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
نَظَرَ اللهُ وَإذَا بِها فَاسِدَةٌ لأَنَّ كُلَّ بَشَرٍ عَلَى الأَرْضِ قَدْ سَلَكَ فِي طَرِيقِ الإِثْمِ.١٢
13 God said to Noah, “I will bring an end to all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them and the earth.
فَقَالَ اللهُ لِنُوحٍ: «قَدْ أَزِفَتْ نِهَايَةُ الْبَشَرِ جَمِيعاً أَمَامِي، لأَنَّهُمْ مَلَأُوا الأَرْضَ ظُلْماً. لِذَلِكَ سَأُبِيدُهُمْ مَعَ الأَرْضِ.١٣
14 Make a ship of gopher wood. You shall make rooms in the ship, and shall seal it inside and outside with pitch.
ابْنِ لَكَ فُلْكاً مِنْ خَشَبِ السَّرْوِ، وَاجْعَلْ فِيهِ غُرَفاً تَطْلِيهَا بِالزِّفْتِ مِنَ الدَّاخِلِ وَالْخَارِجِ.١٤
15 This is how you shall make it. The length of the ship shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.
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).١٥
16 You shall make a roof in the ship, and you shall finish it to a cubit upward. You shall set the door of the ship in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third levels.
وَاجْعَلْ لَهُ نَافِذَةً عَلَى انْخِفَاضِ ذِرَاعٍ (نَحْوَ خَمْسَةٍ وَأَرْبَعِينَ سَنْتِمِتْراً) مِنَ السَّقْفِ، وَبَاباً تُقِيمُهُ فِي جَانِبِهِ. وَلْيَكُنْ لِلْفُلْكِ طَوَابِقُ سُفْلِيَّةٌ وَمُتَوَسِّطَةٌ وَعُلْوِيَّةٌ.١٦
17 I, even I, will bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky. Everything that is in the earth will die.
فَهَا أَنَا أُغْرِقُ الأَرْضَ بِطُوفَانٍ مِنَ الْمِيَاهِ لأُبِيدَ كُلَّ كَائِنٍ حَيٍّ فِيهَا مِمَّنْ تَحْتَ السَّمَاءِ. كُلُّ مَا عَلَى الأَرْضِ لَابُدَّ أَنْ يَمُوتَ.١٧
18 But I will establish my covenant with you. You shall come into the ship, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.
وَلَكِنِّي سَأُقِيمُ مَعَكَ عَهْداً، فَتَدْخُلُ أَنْتَ مَعَ بَنِيكَ وَامْرَأَتِكَ وَنِسَاءِ بَنِيكَ إِلَى الْفُلْكِ.١٨
19 Of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ship, to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female.
وَتَأْخُذُ مَعَكَ فِي الْفُلْكِ زَوْجَيْنِ، ذَكَراً وَأُنْثَى، مِنْ كُلِّ كَائِنٍ حَيٍّ ذِي جَسَدٍ، لاسْتِبْقَائِهَا مَعَكَ.١٩
20 Of the birds after their kind, of the livestock after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort will come to you, to keep them alive.
تُدْخِلُ مَعَكَ اثْنَيْنِ مِنْ كُلِّ صَنْفٍ مِنْ أَصْنَافِ الطُّيُورِ وَالْبَهَائِمِ وَالزَّوَاحِفِ عَلَى الأَرْضِ، حِفَاظاً عَلَى اسْتِمْرَارِ بَقَائِهَا.٢٠
21 Take with you some of all food that is eaten, and gather it to yourself; and it will be for food for you, and for them.”
وَتَدَّخِرُ لِنَفْسِكَ مِنْ كُلِّ طَعَامٍ يُؤْكَلُ وَتَخْزُنُهُ عِنْدَكَ لِيَكُونَ لَكَ وَلَهَا غِذَاءً».٢١
22 Thus Noah did. He did all that God commanded him.
وَفَعَلَ نُوحٌ تَمَاماً حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا أَمَرَ الرَّبُّ بِهِ.٢٢

< Genesis 6 >

The World is Destroyed by Water
The World is Destroyed by Water