उत्पत्ति 6

1 मानिसहरूको संख्या पृथ्वीमा वृद्धि हुँदैजाँदा र तिनीहरूका छोरीहरू जन्‍मे,

And it came to pass when mankind began to multiply on the earth, and daughters were born to them,

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

that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and took themselves wives of all that they chose.

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

And Jehovah said, My Spirit shall not always plead with Man; for he indeed is flesh; but his days shall 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 ।

In those days were the giants on the earth, and also afterwards, when the sons of God had come in to the daughters of men, and they had borne [children] to them; these were the heroes, who of old were men of renown.

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

And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of Man was great on the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil continually.

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

And Jehovah repented that he had made Man on the earth, and it grieved him 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 Jehovah said, I will destroy Man, whom I have created, from the earth — from man to cattle, to creeping things, and to fowl of the heavens; for I repent that I have made them.

8 तर नोआले परमप्रभुको निगाह पाए ।

But Noah found favour in the eyes of Jehovah.

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

This is the history of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect amongst his generations: Noah walked with God.

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

And Noah begot three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

11 परमेश्‍वरको दृष्‍टिमा पृथ्वी भ्रष्‍ट भएको र हिंसाले भरिएको थियो ।

And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was 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 behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted its way 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 is come before me, for the earth is full of violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

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

Make thyself an ark of gopher wood: [with] cells shalt thou make the ark; and pitch it inside and outside with pitch.

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

And thus shalt thou make it: let the length of the ark be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

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

A light shalt thou make to the ark; and to a cubit high shalt thou finish it above. And the door of the ark shalt thou set in its side: [with] a lower, second, and third [story] shalt thou make it.

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

For I, behold, I bring a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy all flesh under the heavens in which is the breath of life: everything that is on the earth shall expire.

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

But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt go into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

19 हरेक जीवित प्रणीमध्ये ठुला जनावरहरू र

And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every [sort] shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep [them] alive with thee: they shall be male and female.

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

Of fowl after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of each shall go in to thee, to keep [them] alive.

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

And take thou of all food that is eaten, and gather [it] to thee, that it may be for food for thee and for them.

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

And Noah did it; according to all that God had commanded him, so did he.

The World is Destroyed by Water