Génesis 6
1 Y los seres humanos comenzaron a multiplicarse y a esparcirse por toda la tierra. Y tenían hijas,
When people began to become very numerous all over the earth, and many daughters were born to them,
2 y los hijos de Dios se dieron cuenta de que estas mujeres eran hermosas, y tomaban para sí las que querían.
some of the men who (belonged to/believed in) God saw that some of the women who did not (belong to/believe in) God were very beautiful. So they took whichever ones they chose to become their wives.
3 Entonces el Señor dijo: “Mi espíritu de vida no permanecerá con este pueblo para siempre, porque son mortales. Ahora el tiempo de vida será de 120 años”.
Then Yahweh said, “[I will] not [allow] my Spirit to keep people alive forever (OR, the breath of life will not remain in people forever). They will die eventually. They will live not more than 120 years before they die (OR, there will be only 120 more years before they die).”
4 En esos días había gigantes en la tierra y, aún después, los hubo también. Estos nacieron después de que los hijos de Dios se acostaran con las hijas de este pueblo. Sus hijos se volvieron grandes guerreros y hombres de renombre en la antigüedad.
There were [giants called] Nephils who lived on the earth at that time and later. During that time [some of the Nephil] men who (belonged to/believed in) God had sex [EUP] with women who did not (belong to/believe in) God, and they gave birth to children. The Nephils were considered to be heroic fighters, and they became famous.
5 Y el Señor se dio cuenta de cuán malvados se habían vuelto los habitantes de la tierra, pues cada uno de los pensamientos en sus mentes estaban llenos de maldad.
Yahweh saw that people on the earth had become very wicked, and that everything they thought about evil things continually.
6 El Señor se lamentó de haber creado a los seres humanos para habitar la tierra, y le entristeció este pensamiento.
Yahweh was sorry that he had made people.
7 Así que el Señor dijo: “Voy a eliminar de la tierra a estas personas que he creado; y no solo a ellos, sino también a los animales, a los reptiles y a las aves, porque me lamento de haberlos creado”.
So he said, “I will completely destroy the people I made. I will also destroy all the animals and the creatures that scurry across the ground and the birds. None of them will remain on the earth, because I regret that I made them.”
8 Pero el Señor se agradó de Noé.
But Yahweh was pleased with Noah.
9 Esta es la historia de Noé y su familia. Noé era un hombre íntegro, que vivía una vida con principios morales entre las personas de su época. Él tenía una relación estrecha con Dios.
This is why: Noah was a man who always acted in a righteous way. No one who lived at that time could criticize him about anything. Noah lived in close fellowship with God.
10 Y Noé tenía tres hijos: Sem, Cam, y Jafet.
Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 Dios vio cuán inmoral se había vuelto el mundo entero, lleno de violencia y de personas que actuaban sin ley.
At that time God considered that everyone else on earth was very wicked, and everywhere on the earth, people [MTY] were acting cruelly and violently toward each other.
12 Dios se dio cuenta de que la perversión del mundo se debía a que todos vivían vidas inmorales.
God was dismayed when he saw how evil people [MTY] were, because everyone (OR, all living creatures) had begun to behave in an evil way.
13 Entonces Dios le dijo a Noé: “He decidido poner fin a todos los habitantes de la tierra porque todos son violentos y viven sin ley. Yo mismo los voy a destruir a todos, y a la tierra misma junto con ellos.
So God said to Noah, “I have decided to destroy everyone, because all over the earth people are acting violently toward each other. So I am about to get rid of them as well as everything else on the earth.
14 “Construye un arca de madera de ciprés. Haz habitaciones dentro del arca, y cúbrela con alquitrán, por dentro y por fuera.
[I want you to] make for yourself a large boat from cypress wood. Make rooms inside it. Cover the outside and the inside with tar [to make it (waterproof/so that water cannot get in and sink the boat]).
15 Y así es como deberás construirla: El arca debe medir 300 codos de largo, 50 codos de ancho, y 30 codos de alto.
This is the size you must make it: It shall be (150 yards/135 meters) long, (25 yards/22.5 meters) wide, and (15 yards/13.5 meters) high.
16 Hazle un techo al arca, dejando una ventana del tamaño de un codo entre el techo y la parte superior de los lados. Coloca una puerta lateral en el arca, y haz el arca de tres cubiertas.
Make a roof for the boat. Leave a space of about (18 in./.5 meter) between the sides and the roof to let air and light enter (OR, the middle of the roof should be 18 inches higher than the sides). Build the boat with three decks inside, and put a door in one side.
17 “Yo mismo voy a enviar un diluvio a la tierra que destruirá todo lo que respire. Todo ser vivo sobre la tierra morirá.
Listen carefully! I am about to cause a flood to occur that will destroy every creature that lives beneath the sky. Everything on the earth will die.
18 Pero yo guardaré mi pacto contigo. Tu entrarás al arca, tomarás contigo a tu esposa, a tus hijos y a sus esposas.
But I will make an agreement with you(sg): You and your wife, your sons and their wives will enter the boat.
19 Tomarás un par - macho y hembra - de cada especie de animal, y te asegurarás de preservarlos con vida.
And I want to save some of all kinds of creatures. So you must also bring two of all living creatures, a male and a female, into the boat with you, so that their species also may remain alive.
20 Harás lo mismo con cada especie de ave, ganado, y con los reptiles: un par de cada uno vendrá a ti para que puedas mantenerlos con vida.
Two of every kind of creature will come to [in order that by your putting them in the boat] you will keep them alive. They will include two of each kind of bird and each kind of animal and each kind of creature that scurries across the ground.
21 Lleva contigo toda clase de alimentos y almacénala para que tú y los animales tengan suficiente para comer”.
You must also take some of every kind of food that you and all these animals will need, and store it in the boat.”
22 Y Noé hizo exactamente lo que Dios le ordenó que hiciera.
So Noah did everything that God told him to do.
The World is Destroyed by Water
