Kejadian 8

1 Allah tidak melupakan Nuh dan segala binatang yang ada bersamanya di dalam kapal itu. Allah membuat angin bertiup, sehingga air itu mulai surut.

And God remembered Noah, and all the animals, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.

2 Semua mata air di bawah bumi dan semua pintu air di langit ditutupnya. Hujan berhenti,

And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were closed, and the pour of rain from heaven was stopped.

3 dan air semakin surut. Sesudah 150 hari air tidak begitu tinggi lagi.

And the waters retired from the earth, continually retiring; and in the course of a hundred and fifty days the waters abated.

4 Pada tanggal tujuh belas bulan tujuh, kapal itu kandas di sebuah puncak di pegunungan Ararat.

And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.

5 Air terus surut dan pada tanggal satu bulan sepuluh, puncak-puncak gunung mulai tampak.

And the waters abated continually until the tenth month: in the tenth [month], on the first of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.

6 Setelah empat puluh hari, Nuh membuka sebuah jendela kapal,

And it came to pass at the end of forty days that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.

7 dan melepaskan seekor burung gagak. Burung itu tidak kembali ke kapal melainkan terus terbang kian kemari sampai air banjir sudah surut sama sekali.

And he sent out the raven, which went forth going to and fro, until the waters were dried from the earth.

8 Sementara itu, Nuh melepaskan seekor burung merpati untuk mengetahui apakah air itu memang telah surut.

And he sent out the dove from him, to see if the waters had become low on the ground.

9 Tetapi karena air masih menutupi seluruh muka bumi, burung merpati itu tidak menemukan tempat untuk bertengger. Maka kembalilah ia ke kapal; Nuh mengulurkan tangannya lalu membawanya masuk.

But the dove found no resting-place for the sole of her foot, and returned to him into the ark; for the waters were on the whole earth; and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her to him into the ark.

10 Nuh menunggu tujuh hari lagi, lalu melepaskan lagi burung merpati itu.

And he waited yet other seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.

11 Pada petang hari burung itu kembali kepadanya membawa sehelai daun zaitun yang segar pada paruhnya. Sekarang Nuh tahu bahwa air telah surut.

And the dove came to him at eventide; and behold, in her beak was an olive-leaf plucked off; and Noah knew that the waters had become low on the earth.

12 Setelah menunggu tujuh hari lagi, ia melepaskan merpati itu sekali lagi; dan kali itu burung itu tidak kembali kepadanya.

And he waited yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove; but she returned no more to him.

13 Pada waktu Nuh berumur 601 tahun, pada tanggal satu bulan satu, air sudah surut sama sekali. Nuh membuka atap kapal itu, dan melihat ke sekelilingnya. Ia melihat bahwa permukaan tanah sudah kering.

And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first [month], on the first of the month, that the waters were dried up from the earth. And Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the surface of the ground was dried.

14 Pada tanggal dua puluh tujuh bulan dua, bumi sudah kering.

And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.

15 Lalu berkatalah Allah kepada Nuh,

And God spoke to Noah, saying,

16 "Keluarlah dari kapal itu bersama-sama dengan istrimu, anak-anakmu dan istri-istri mereka.

Go out of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.

17 Bawalah keluar semua burung dan binatang lainnya, besar maupun kecil, supaya mereka bisa berkembang biak dan menyebar ke seluruh bumi."

Bring forth with thee every animal which is with thee, of all flesh, fowl as well as cattle, and all the creeping things which creep on the earth, that they may swarm on the earth, and may be fruitful and multiply on the earth.

18 Lalu keluarlah Nuh dari kapal itu bersama-sama dengan istrinya, anak-anaknya dan istri-istri mereka.

And Noah went out, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him.

19 Semua burung dan binatang darat keluar dari kapal itu, masing-masing bersama kelompok sejenisnya.

All the animals, all the creeping things, and all the fowl — everything that moves on the earth, after their kinds, went out of the ark.

20 Nuh mendirikan sebuah mezbah untuk TUHAN. Diambilnya seekor dari setiap jenis burung dan binatang lainnya yang halal, lalu dipersembahkannya sebagai kurban bakaran di atas mezbah itu.

And Noah built an altar to Jehovah; and took of every clean animal, and of all clean fowl, and offered up burnt-offerings on the altar.

21 Bau harum kurban persembahan itu menyenangkan hati TUHAN, dan Ia berkata di dalam hati, "Aku tak akan lagi mengutuk dunia ini karena perbuatan manusia; Aku tahu bahwa sejak masa mudanya, pikiran manusia itu jahat. Aku tak akan pernah lagi membinasakan segala makhluk yang hidup seperti yang baru Kulakukan ini.

And Jehovah smelled the sweet odour. And Jehovah said in his heart, I will no more henceforth curse the ground on account of Man, for the thought of Man's heart is evil from his youth; and I will no more smite every living thing, as I have done.

22 Selama dunia ini ada, selalu akan ada masa menanam dan masa menuai, musim dingin dan musim panas, musim kemarau dan musim hujan, siang dan malam."

Henceforth, all the days of the earth, seed [time] and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease.

A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark