Kejadian 8
1 Maka Allah mengingat Nuh dan segala binatang liar dan segala ternak, yang bersama-sama dengan dia dalam bahtera itu, dan Allah membuat angin menghembus melalui bumi, sehingga air itu turun.
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.
2 Ditutuplah mata-mata air samudera raya serta tingkap-tingkap di langit dan berhentilah hujan lebat dari langit,
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.
3 dan makin surutlah air itu dari muka bumi. Demikianlah berkurang air itu sesudah seratus lima puluh hari.
The water on the earth gradually receded. 150 days after the flood began,
4 Dalam bulan yang ketujuh, pada hari yang ketujuh belas bulan itu, terkandaslah bahtera itu pada pegunungan Ararat.
(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.
5 Sampai bulan yang kesepuluh makin berkuranglah air itu; dalam bulan yang kesepuluh, pada tanggal satu bulan itu, tampaklah puncak-puncak gunung.
The water continued to recede until, on the first day of the tenth month [of that year], the tops of other mountains became visible.
6 Sesudah lewat empat puluh hari, maka Nuh membuka tingkap yang dibuatnya pada bahtera itu.
40 days later, Noah opened the window that he had made in the side of the boat, and sent out a raven.
7 Lalu ia melepaskan seekor burung gagak; dan burung itu terbang pulang pergi, sampai air itu menjadi kering dari atas bumi.
The raven flew back and forth [to and from the boat] until the water was completely gone.
8 Kemudian dilepaskannya seekor burung merpati untuk melihat, apakah air itu telah berkurang dari muka bumi.
Then Noah sent out a dove to find out if the water had all receded on the ground.
9 Tetapi burung merpati itu tidak mendapat tempat tumpuan kakinya dan pulanglah ia kembali mendapatkan Nuh ke dalam bahtera itu, karena di seluruh bumi masih ada air; lalu Nuh mengulurkan tangannya, ditangkapnya burung itu dan dibawanya masuk ke dalam bahtera.
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.
10 Ia menunggu tujuh hari lagi, kemudian dilepaskannya pula burung merpati itu dari bahtera;
Noah waited seven more days. Then he sent the dove out of the boat again.
11 menjelang waktu senja pulanglah burung merpati itu mendapatkan Nuh, dan pada paruhnya dibawanya sehelai daun zaitun yang segar. Dari situlah diketahui Nuh, bahwa air itu telah berkurang dari atas bumi.
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.
12 Selanjutnya ditunggunya pula tujuh hari lagi, kemudian dilepaskannya burung merpati itu, tetapi burung itu tidak kembali lagi kepadanya.
Noah waited seven more days. Then he sent the dove out again, but this time it did not return to him.
13 Dalam tahun keenam ratus satu, dalam bulan pertama, pada tanggal satu bulan itu, sudahlah kering air itu dari atas bumi; kemudian Nuh membuka tutup bahtera itu dan melihat-lihat; ternyatalah muka bumi sudah mulai kering.
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.
14 Dalam bulan kedua, pada hari yang kedua puluh tujuh bulan itu, bumi telah kering.
By the 27th day of the next month, the ground was completely dry.
15 Lalu berfirmanlah Allah kepada Nuh:
Then God said to Noah,
16 "Keluarlah dari bahtera itu, engkau bersama-sama dengan isterimu serta anak-anakmu dan isteri anak-anakmu;
“Leave the boat, along with your wife and your sons and their wives.
17 segala binatang yang bersama-sama dengan engkau, segala yang hidup: burung-burung, hewan dan segala binatang melata yang merayap di bumi, suruhlah keluar bersama-sama dengan engkau, supaya semuanya itu berkeriapan di bumi serta berkembang biak dan bertambah banyak di bumi."
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.”
18 Lalu keluarlah Nuh bersama-sama dengan anak-anaknya dan isterinya dan isteri anak-anaknya.
So Noah left the boat, along with his wife and his sons and their wives.
19 Segala binatang liar, segala binatang melata dan segala burung, semuanya yang bergerak di bumi, masing-masing menurut jenisnya, keluarlah juga dari bahtera itu.
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.
20 Lalu Nuh mendirikan mezbah bagi TUHAN; dari segala binatang yang tidak haram dan dari segala burung yang tidak haram diambilnyalah beberapa ekor, lalu ia mempersembahkan korban bakaran di atas mezbah itu.
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.
21 Ketika TUHAN mencium persembahan yang harum itu, berfirmanlah TUHAN dalam hati-Nya: "Aku takkan mengutuk bumi ini lagi karena manusia, sekalipun yang ditimbulkan hatinya adalah jahat dari sejak kecilnya, dan Aku takkan membinasakan lagi segala yang hidup seperti yang telah Kulakukan.
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.
22 Selama bumi masih ada, takkan berhenti-henti musim menabur dan menuai, dingin dan panas, kemarau dan hujan, siang dan malam."
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.”
A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark
