उत्पत्ति 6

1 मानिसहरूको संख्या पृथ्वीमा वृद्धि हुँदैजाँदा र तिनीहरूका छोरीहरू जन्‍मे,

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

2 परमेश्‍वरका छोराहरूले मानव-जातिका छोरीहरूलाई आकर्षक (राम्री) देखे । तिनीहरूले तिनीहरूमध्ये कसैलाई आफैले चुनेको पत्‍नी ल्याए ।

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

3 परमप्रभुले भन्‍नुभयो, “मेरो आत्मा मानव-जातिमा सदासर्वदा रहनेछैन, किनभने तिनीहरू शरीर हुन् । तिनीहरू १२० वर्ष बाँच्‍नेछन् ।”

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

4 ती दिनहरूमा र पछि पनि पृथ्वीमा ठुला कदका मानिसहरू (राक्षस) थिए । जब परमेश्‍वरका छोराहरूले मानिसका छोरीहरूसँग विवाह गरे, तिनीहरूका छोराछोरीहरू जन्मे । यिनीहरू उहिलेका शक्तिशाली अर्थात् प्रख्यात मानिसहरू थिए ।

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 पृथ्वीका मानिसहरूको दुष्‍टता बढी भएको र तिनीहरूका हृदयका विचारको हरेक भावना निरन्तर खराबै मात्र भएको परमप्रभुले देख्‍नुभयो ।

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 पृथ्वीमा मानव-जातिलाई बनाउनुभएकोमा परमप्रभुले पछुतो मान्‍नुभयो, र यसले उहाँलाई दुःखित तुल्यायो ।

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

7 यसैले परमप्रभुले भन्‍नुभयो, “मैले सृष्‍टि गरेका मानव-जातिलाई पृथ्वीको सतहबाट नामेट पार्नेछु; मानव-जाति र ठुला-ठुला जनावरहरू, घस्रने जन्तुहरू र आकाशमा उड्ने पक्षीहरू सबैलाई नमाेट पार्नेछु, किनकि तिनीहरूलाई बनाएकोमा म दुःखित छु ।”

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 तर नोआले परमप्रभुको निगाह पाए ।

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

9 यिनीहरू नोआ बारेका घटनाहरू थिए । नोआ तिनका समयमा मानिसहरूमा धर्मी र दोषरहित मानिस थिए । नोआ परमेश्‍वरसँग हिँडे ।

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

10 नोआ शेम, हाम र येपेत तिन छोराहरूका बुबा भए ।

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

11 परमेश्‍वरको दृष्‍टिमा पृथ्वी भ्रष्‍ट भएको र हिंसाले भरिएको थियो ।

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

12 परमेश्‍वरले पृथ्वीलाई देख्‍नुभयो; हेर, यो त भ्रष्‍ट थियो, किनकि पृथ्वीका सबै मानिसहरूका मार्ग भ्रष्‍ट भएका थिए ।

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

13 परमेश्‍वरले नोआलाई भन्‍नुभयो, “यो सबै प्राणीको अन्त गर्ने समय आएको म देख्‍न सक्छु, किनभने पृथ्वी तिनीहरूको हिंसाले भरिएको छ । वास्तवमा, मैले तिनीहरूलाई पृथ्वीसँगै नष्‍ट पार्नेछु ।

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 तैँले आफ्नो निम्ति गोपेर काठको एउटा जहाज बनाउनू । जहाजभित्र कोठाहरू बनाउनू र त्यसलाई भित्र-बाहिर अलकत्र लगाउनू ।

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

15 तैँले यसलाई यसरी बनाउनुः यसको लम्बाइ एक सय चालिस मिटर, चौडाइ तेईस मिटर र यसको उच्‍चाइ चौध मिटरको होस् ।

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 जहाजको छानो बनाउनू र यसलाई टुप्पोमा एक पट्टी एक हात छोडेर सिद्ध्याउनू । जहाजको एकपट्टी ढोका राख्‍नू र पहिलो, दोस्रो र तेस्रो तला बनाउनू ।

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 सुन, जीवनको सास हुने आकाशमुनिका सबै प्राणीलाई सर्वनाश पार्न मैले पृथ्वीमा जलप्रलय ल्याउन लागेको छु । पृथ्वीमा भएको सबै प्राणी मर्नेछन् ।

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 तर तँसँग म मेरो करार स्थापित गर्नेछु । तँ, तेरा छोराहरू, तेरी पत्‍नी र तेरा छोराहरूका पत्‍नीहरू जहाजभित्र आउनेछौ ।

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 हरेक जीवित प्रणीमध्ये ठुला जनावरहरू र

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

20 पृथ्वीमाथि घस्रने जन्‍तुहरूलाई जीवित राख्‍न भाले र पोथी गरी दुइ-दुइ वटा जहाजभित्र ल्याउनू ।

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

21 खानलाई र भण्डरण गर्नलाई सबै किसिमका खानेकुराहरू जम्‍मा गर्नू, जुन तेरो र तिनीहरूका निम्‍ति आहारा हुनेछ ।”

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 यसैले नोआले यो गरे । तिनले परमेश्‍वरले आज्ञा गर्नुभएबमोजिम गरे ।

So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.

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