Jenesis 6
1 Mgbe ndị mmadụ bidoro mụbaa nʼụwa, mgbe a mụtakwaara ha ọtụtụ ụmụ ndị inyom,
When men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them,
2 ka ụmụ ndị ikom Chineke bidoro ilekwasị ụmụ ndị inyom ndị mmadụ anya, hụ na ha mara mma. Ha duuru ndị inyom ọbụla masịrị ha ka ha bụrụ nwunye ha.
God’s sons saw that men’s daughters were beautiful, and they took any that they wanted for themselves as wives.
3 Mgbe ahụ, Onyenwe anyị sịrị, “Mmụọ m na mmadụ agaghị anọgide nʼịgba mgba nʼime mmadụ ruo ebighị ebi, nʼihi na mmadụ efu ka ọ bụ. Ọnụọgụgụ ndụ ya ga-abụ narị afọ na iri afọ abụọ.”
Yahweh said, “My Spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; so his days will be one hundred twenty years.”
4 Ndị Nefilim nọ nʼụwa nʼoge ahụ, ma nʼoge sotere ya mgbe ahụ, ụmụ ndị ikom Chineke na-abakwuru ndị inyom ụmụ mmadụ, site na mmekọrịta dị otu a mụọ ụmụ. Ndị a bụ ndị dike mgbe ochie ahụ, ndị a ma ama.
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.
5 Onyenwe anyị hụrụ otu ịba ụba nke ajọ omume mmadụ si dị ukwuu, hụkwa na echiche uche nke obi ya niile dị naanị nʼime ihe ọjọọ, mgbe niile.
Yahweh 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.
6 O wutere Onyenwe anyị nke ukwuu na o kere mmadụ, mkpụrụobi ya jupụtakwara nʼihe mgbu.
Yahweh was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.
7 Nʼihi ya, Onyenwe anyị sịrị, “Aga m esi nʼụwa kpochapụ mmadụ niile m kere eke. E e, mmadụ na anụmanụ niile, na ihe e kere eke na-akpụgharị nʼelu ala, na anụ ufe niile. Nʼihi na o wutere m na m kere ha.”
Yahweh 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.”
8 Ma Noa nwetara ihuọma nʼanya Onyenwe anyị.
But Noah found favor in Yahweh’s eyes.
9 Nke a bụ akụkọ banyere usoro ndụ Noa na ezinaụlọ ya. Noa bụ onye ezi omume. Onye na-enweghị ịta ụta ọbụla nʼetiti ndị bi nʼoge ya. O mere ihe nʼụzọ Chineke chọrọ ya.
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.
10 Noa mụtara ụmụ ndị ikom atọ aha ha bụ, Shem, Ham, na Jafet.
Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 Ma nʼanya Chineke, ụwa bụ ihe rụrụ arụ, jupụtakwa nʼihe ike.
The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
12 Chineke hụrụ otu ụwa si jọgbuo onwe ya na njọ, hụkwa na ụmụ mmadụ bụ ndị ihe ọjọọ riri ahụ.
God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
13 Chineke sịrị Noa, “Aga m ebibi ihe niile bụ mmadụ, nʼihi na ụwa jupụtara nʼihe ike nʼihi omume mmadụ. E e, aga m ebibi ụwa na ndị niile nọ nʼime ya.
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.
14 Ya mere, jiri osisi gofa wuore onwe gị ụgbọ mmiri. Rụnye ọtụtụ ọnụụlọ nʼime ya. Jiri korota techie elu ya na ime ya.
Make a ship of gopher wood. You shall make rooms in the ship, and shall seal it inside and outside with pitch.
15 Otu a ka i ga-esi wuo ya: mee ka ogologo ụgbọ mmiri ahụ dịrị narị mita na iri mita anọ, obosara ya dịrị iri mita abụọ na atọ, ịdị elu ya dịrị mita iri na atọ na ọkara.
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.
16 Meere ụgbọ mmiri ahụ ihe e ji ekpuchi elu ya. Mekwa oghere ga-adị ọkara mita site nʼebe ihe mkpuchi elu ụgbọ mmiri ahụ gbadata. Tinye ọnụ ụzọ nʼakụkụ ụgbọ mmiri ahụ, ma rụọkwa okpukpu nkwasa atọ, nke ala ala, nke etiti na nke elu elu.
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.
17 Nʼihi na aga m eweta uju mmiri nʼụwa, ibibi ihe niile nwere ndụ dị nʼokpuru eluigwe. Ihe niile e kere eke na-eku ume ndụ ga-anwụ. Ihe niile nọ nʼụwa ga-ala nʼiyi.
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.
18 Ma aga m eme ka ọgbụgba ndụ m dịrị gị. Ị ga-abanye nʼụgbọ mmiri ahụ, gị na ụmụ gị ndị ikom, na nwunye gị, na ndị nwunye ụmụ gị ndị ikom.
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.
19 Ị ga-ewebata ihe niile e kere eke dị ndụ, abụọ abụọ, oke na nwunye, ichebe ha ndụ.
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.
20 Ụdị nnụnụ dị iche iche, abụọ abụọ, na ụdị anụmanụ ọbụla dị iche iche, na ụdị anụ na-akpụ akpụ dị iche iche, ga-abịakwute gị ka i debe ha ndụ.
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.
21 Ị ga-ewebata ụdị nri dị iche iche a na-eri eri, chịkọtaa ha ka ọ bụrụ nri nke gị na nke ha.”
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.”
22 Noa mere ihe niile dịka Chineke nyere ya iwu ime.
Thus Noah did. He did all that God commanded him.
The World is Destroyed by Water
