उत्पत्ति 6

1 मानिसहरूको संख्या पृथ्वीमा वृद्धि हुँदैजाँदा र तिनीहरूका छोरीहरू जन्‍मे,

And it came to pass, 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 ।

That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all whom they chose.

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

And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an 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 giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them, the same became mighty men who were of old, men of renown.

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

And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

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

And the LORD repented that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at 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 destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for I repent that I have made them.

8 तर नोआले परमप्रभुको निगाह पाए ।

But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

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 a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

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

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

11 परमेश्‍वरको दृष्‍टिमा पृथ्वी भ्रष्‍ट भएको र हिंसाले भरिएको थियो ।

The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with 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 his way upon 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 filled with 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 thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

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

And this is the fashion in which thou shalt make it: The length of the ark shall 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 window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in its side; with lower, second, and third stories 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 ।

And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, in which is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is on the earth shall die.

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 come 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 fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after its kind, two of every sort shall come 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 to thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.

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

Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

The World is Destroyed by Water