Génesis 6
1 Cuando los hombres comenzaron a multiplicarse sobre la superficie de la tierra, y les nacieron hijas,
When people began to become very numerous all over the earth, and many daughters were born to them,
2 Los hijos de Dios vieron que las hijas de los hombres eran hermosas, y tomaron para sí las que quisieron como esposas.
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 Yahvé dijo: “Mi Espíritu no luchará con el hombre para siempre, porque él también es carne; así que sus días serán de ciento veinte 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 Los Nefilim estaban en la tierra en esos días, y también después de eso, cuando los hijos de Dios entraron a las hijas de los hombres y tuvieron hijos con ellas. Esos eran los hombres poderosos que había en la antigüedad, hombres de renombre.
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 Yahvé vio que la maldad del hombre era grande en la tierra, y que todo designio de los pensamientos del corazón del hombre era de continuo sólo el mal.
Yahweh saw that people on the earth had become very wicked, and that everything they thought about evil things continually.
6 Yahvé se arrepintió de haber hecho al hombre en la tierra, y le dolió en su corazón.
Yahweh was sorry that he had made people.
7 Yahvé dijo: “Destruiré al hombre que he creado de la superficie de la tierra, junto con los animales, los reptiles y las aves del cielo, pues me arrepiento de haberlos hecho.”
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 Noé encontró el favor de los ojos de Yahvé.
But Yahweh was pleased with Noah.
9 Esta es la historia de las generaciones de Noé: Noé era un hombre justo, irreprochable entre la gente de su tiempo. Noé caminó 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 Noé fue padre de tres hijos: Sem, Cam y Jafet.
Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 La tierra estaba corrompida ante Dios, y la tierra estaba llena de violencia.
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 vio la tierra y vio que estaba corrompida, porque toda la carne había corrompido su camino en la tierra.
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 Dios dijo a Noé: “Voy a acabar con toda la carne, porque la tierra está llena de violencia por culpa de ellos. He aquí que los destruiré a ellos y a la tierra.
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 Haz un barco de madera de topo. Harás habitaciones en la nave, y la sellarás por dentro y por fuera con brea.
[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 Así lo harás. La longitud de la nave será de trescientos codos, su anchura de cincuenta codos, y su altura de treinta codos.
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 Harás un techo en la nave, y lo terminarás a un codo hacia arriba. Pondrás la puerta de la nave en su costado. La harás con niveles inferior, segundo y tercero.
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, yo mismo, traeré el diluvio de aguas sobre esta tierra, para destruir toda carne que tenga aliento de vida de debajo del cielo. Todo lo que hay en 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 estableceré mi pacto con ustedes. Entrarás en la nave, tú, tus hijos, tu mujer y las mujeres de tus hijos contigo.
But I will make an agreement with you(sg): You and your wife, your sons and their wives will enter the boat.
19 De todo ser viviente de toda carne, traerás dos de cada especie a la nave, para mantenerlos vivos contigo. Serán macho y hembra.
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 De las aves según su especie, del ganado según su especie, de todo reptil del suelo según su especie, dos de cada especie irán con vosotros, para 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 Toma contigo algo de todo lo que se come, y recógelo para ti, y te servirá de alimento a ti y a ellos.”
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 Así hizo Noé. Hizo todo lo que Dios le ordenó.
So Noah did everything that God told him to do.
The World is Destroyed by Water
