उत्पत्ति 6

1 मानिसहरूको संख्या पृथ्वीमा वृद्धि हुँदैजाँदा र तिनीहरूका छोरीहरू जन्‍मे,

And after a time, when men were increasing on the earth, and had daughters,

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 fair; and they took wives for themselves from those who were pleasing to them.

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

And the Lord said, My spirit will not be in man for ever, for he is only flesh; so the days of his life will be a hundred and twenty 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 ।

There were men of great strength and size on the earth in those days; and after that, when the sons of God had connection with the daughters of men, they gave birth to children: these were the great men of old days, the men of great name.

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

And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.

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

And the Lord had sorrow because he had made man on the earth, and grief was 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 ।”

And the Lord said, I will take away man, whom I have made, from the face of the earth, even man and beast and that which goes on the earth and every bird of the air; for I have sorrow for having made them.

8 तर नोआले परमप्रभुको निगाह पाए ।

But Noah had grace in the eyes of God.

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

These are the generations of Noah. Noah was an upright man and without sin in his generation: he went in the ways of 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 ।

And the earth was evil in God's eyes and full of violent ways.

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

And God, looking on the earth, saw that it was evil: for the way of all flesh had become evil on the earth.

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 ।

And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come; the earth is full of their violent doings, and now I will put an end to them with 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 with rooms in it, and make it safe from the water 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 the way you are to make it: it is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty 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 put a window in the ark, a cubit from the roof, and a door in the side of it, and you are to make it with a lower and second and third floors.

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

For truly, I will send a great flow of waters over the earth, for the destruction from under the heaven of all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything on the earth will come to an end.

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

But with you I will make an agreement; and you will come into the ark, you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you.

19 हरेक जीवित प्रणीमध्ये ठुला जनावरहरू र

And you will take with you into the ark two of every sort of living thing, and keep them safe with you; they will be male and female.

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

Two of every sort of bird and cattle and of every sort of living thing which goes on the earth will you take with you to keep them from destruction.

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

And make a store of every sort of food for yourself and them.

22 यसैले नोआले यो गरे । तिनले परमेश्‍वरले आज्ञा गर्नुभएबमोजिम गरे ।

And all these things Noah did; as God said, so he did.

The World is Destroyed by Water