Genesis 6

1 Cumque cœpissent homines multiplicari super terram, et filias procreassent,

Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,

2 videntes filii Dei filias hominum quod essent pulchræ, acceperunt sibi uxores ex omnibus, quas elegerant.

the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.

3 Dixitque Deus: Non permanebit spiritus meus in homine in æternum, quia caro est: eruntque dies illius centum viginti annorum.

So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”

4 Gigantes autem erant super terram in diebus illis: postquam enim ingressi sunt filii Dei ad filias hominum, illæque genuerunt, isti sunt potentes a sæculo viri famosi.

The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.

5 Videns autem Deus quod multa malitia hominum esset in terra, et cuncta cogitatio cordis intenta esset ad malum omni tempore,

Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.

6 pœnituit eum quod hominum fecisset in terra. Et tactus dolore cordis intrinsecus,

And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

7 Delebo, inquit, hominem, quem creavi, a facie terræ, ab homine usque ad animantia, a reptili usque ad volucres cæli: pœnitet enim me fecisse eos.

So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”

8 Noë vero invenit gratiam coram Domino.

Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.

9 Hæ sunt generationes Noë: Noë vir justus atque perfectus fuit in generationibus suis; cum Deo ambulavit.

This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.

10 Et genuit tres filios, Sem, Cham et Japheth.

And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

11 Corrupta est autem terra coram Deo, et repleta est iniquitate.

Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.

12 Cumque vidisset Deus terram esse corruptam (omnis quippe caro corruperat viam suam super terram),

And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.

13 dixit ad Noë: Finis universæ carnis venit coram me: repleta est terra iniquitate a facie eorum, et ego disperdam eos cum terra.

Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.

14 Fac tibi arcam de lignis lævigatis; mansiunculas in arca facies, et bitumine linies intrinsecus et extrinsecus.

Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out.

15 Et sic facies eam: trecentorum cubitorum erit longitudo arcæ, quinquaginta cubitorum latitudo, et triginta cubitorum altitudo illius.

And this is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.

16 Fenestram in arca facies, et in cubito consummabis summitatem ejus: ostium autem arcæ pones ex latere; deorsum, cœnacula et tristega facies in ea.

You are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks.

17 Ecce ego adducam aquas diluvii super terram, ut interficiam omnem carnem, in qua spiritus vitæ est subter cælum: universa quæ in terra sunt, consumentur.

And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.

18 Ponamque fœdus meum tecum: et ingredieris arcam tu et filii tui, uxor tua, et uxores filiorum tuorum tecum.

But I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.

19 Et ex cunctis animantibus universæ carnis bina induces in arcam, ut vivant tecum: masculini sexus et feminini.

And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.

20 De volucribus juxta genus suum, et de jumentis in genere suo, et ex omni reptili terræ secundum genus suum: bina de omnibus ingredientur tecum, ut possint vivere.

Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.

21 Tolles igitur tecum ex omnibus escis, quæ mandi possunt, et comportabis apud te: et erunt tam tibi, quam illis in cibum.

You are also to take for yourself every kind of food that is eaten and gather it as food for yourselves and for the animals.”

22 Fecit igitur Noë omnia quæ præceperat illi Deus.

So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.

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