Mwanzo 8
1 Mungu akamkumbuka Noa na wanyama wote wa porini na wa kufugwa waliokuwa naye ndani ya safina, akatuma upepo ukavuma katika dunia, nayo maji yakaondoka.
Then God remembered Noah, and all living things, and all the cattle, which were with him in the ark, and he brought a wind across the earth, and the waters were diminished.
2 Zile chemchemi zilizo chini sana ya ardhi pamoja na malango ya mafuriko ya mbinguni yakawa yamefungwa nayo mvua ikawa imekoma kunyesha kutoka angani.
And the fountains of the abyss and the floodgates of heaven were closed. And the rain from heaven was restrained.
3 Maji yakaendelea kupungua taratibu katika nchi. Kunako mwisho wa siku ya 150, maji yalikuwa yamepungua,
And the waters were restored to their coming and going from the earth. And they began to diminish after one hundred and fifty days.
4 katika siku ya kumi na saba ya mwezi wa saba, safina ikatua katika milima ya Ararati.
And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, upon the mountains of Armenia.
5 Maji yakaendelea kupungua hadi mwezi wa kumi, na siku ya kwanza ya mwezi wa kumi, vilele vya milima vikaonekana.
Yet in truth, the waters were departing and decreasing until the tenth month. For in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tips of the mountains appeared.
6 Baada ya siku arobaini Noa akafungua dirisha alilokuwa amelifanya katika safina
And when forty days had passed, Noah, opening the window that he had made in the ark, sent forth a raven,
7 na akamtoa kunguru, akawa akiruka kwenda na kurudi mpaka maji yalipokwisha kukauka juu ya nchi.
which went forth and did not return, until the waters were dried up across the earth.
8 Kisha akamtoa hua ili aone kama maji yameondoka juu ya uso wa ardhi.
Likewise, he sent forth a dove after him, in order to see if the waters had now ceased upon the face of the earth.
9 Lakini hua hakupata mahali pa kutua kwa kuwa maji yalienea juu ya uso wa dunia yote, kwa hiyo akarudi kwa Noa ndani ya safina. Noa akanyoosha mkono akamchukua yule hua akamrudisha ndani ya safina.
But when she did not find a place where her foot might rest, she returned to him in the ark. For the waters were upon the whole earth. And he extended his hand and caught her, and he brought her into the ark.
10 Noa akangojea siku saba zaidi kisha akamtoa tena hua kutoka safina.
And then, having waited a further seven days, he again sent forth the dove out of the ark.
11 Wakati hua aliporejea kwa Noa jioni, alikuwa amechukua katika mdomo wake jani bichi la mzeituni, lililochumwa wakati ule ule! Ndipo Noa akajua ya kuwa maji yameondoka juu ya uso wa dunia.
And she came to him in the evening, carrying in her mouth an olive branch with green leaves. Noah then understood that the waters had ceased upon the earth.
12 Akangojea siku saba zaidi na akamtuma tena hua, lakini wakati huu hua hakurudi tena kwa Noa.
And nevertheless, he waited another seven days. And he sent forth the dove, which no longer returned to him.
13 Katika siku ya kwanza ya mwezi wa kwanza ya mwaka 601, wa kuishi kwake Noa, maji yalikuwa yamekauka duniani. Kisha Noa akafungua mlango wa safina akaona ya kuwa uso wa ardhi ulikuwa umekauka.
Therefore, in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the waters were diminished upon the earth. And Noah, opening the cover of the ark, gazed out and saw that the surface of the earth had become dry.
14 Katika siku ya ishirini na saba ya mwezi wa pili dunia ilikuwa imekauka kabisa.
In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was made dry.
15 Ndipo Mungu akamwambia Noa,
Then God spoke to Noah, saying:
16 “Toka ndani ya safina, wewe na mkeo na wanao na wake zao.
“Go out of the ark, you and your wife, your sons and the wives of your sons with you.
17 Utoe nje kila aina ya kiumbe hai aliye pamoja nawe: Ndege, wanyama na viumbe vyote vitambaavyo juu ya ardhi, ili wakazae, na kuongezeka na kuijaza tena dunia.”
Bring out with you all the living things that are with you, all that is flesh: as with the birds, so also with the wild beasts and all the animals that move upon the earth. And enter upon the land: increase and multiply upon it.”
18 Kwa hiyo Noa akatoka nje pamoja na mkewe, wanawe na wake zao.
And so Noah and his sons went out, and his wife and the wives of his sons with him.
19 Wanyama wote na viumbe vyote vitambaavyo juu ya ardhi na ndege wote, kila kitu kiendacho juu ya nchi, aina moja baada ya nyingine vikatoka katika safina, kila aina ya kiumbe, kimoja baada ya kingine.
Then also all living things, and the cattle, and the animals that move upon the earth, according to their kinds, departed from the ark.
20 Kisha Noa akamjengea Bwana madhabahu, akachukua baadhi ya wale wanyama na ndege wote walio safi, akatoa sadaka za kuteketezwa juu ya madhabahu.
Then Noah built an altar to the Lord. And, taking from each of the cattle and birds that were clean, he offered holocausts upon the altar.
21 Bwana akasikia harufu nzuri ya kupendeza, naye akasema moyoni mwake, “Kamwe sitailaani tena ardhi kwa sababu ya mwanadamu, hata ingawa kila mwelekeo wa moyo wake ni mbaya tangu ujana. Kamwe sitaangamiza tena viumbe hai vyote kama nilivyofanya.
And the Lord smelled the sweet odor and said: “I will no longer curse the earth because of man. For the feelings and thoughts of the heart of man are prone to evil from his youth. Therefore, I will no longer pierce every living soul as I have done.
22 “Kwa muda dunia idumupo, wakati wa kupanda na wa kuvuna, wakati wa baridi na wa joto, wakati wa kiangazi na wa masika, usiku na mchana kamwe havitakoma.”
All the days of the earth, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, night and day, will not cease.”
A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark
