Mwanzo 6
1 Ikawa wakati watu walipoanza kuongezeka juu ya uso wa nchi na wana wa kike wakazaliwa kwao,
And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,
2 wana wa Mungu walipoona kuwa mabinti wa wanadamu ni wenye kuvutia. waliwachukua kuwa wake zao, kila waliye mchagua.
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 Yahwe akaema, “roho yangu haitasalia kwa mwanadamu milele, kwa kuwa wao ni nyama. Wataishi miaka 120.”
And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also [is] flesh: yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.
4 Majitu makubwa yalikuwa juu ya uso wa nchi nyakati hizo, na hata baada ya hapo. Hii ilitokea wakati wana wa Mungu walipowaoa binti za wanadamu, na kupata watoto pamoja nao. Hawa walikuwa watu hodari zamani, watu wenye sifa.
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 Yahwe akaona kwamba uovu wa watu umezidi katika nchi, na kwamba mawazo ya mioyo yao daima inaelekea tu katika uovu.
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 Yahwe akajuta kuwa amemuumba mwanadamu juu ya nchi, na ikamuhuzunisha moyo wake.
And the LORD repented that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
7 Kwa hiyo Yahwe akasema, “Nitamfutilia mbali mwanadamu ambaye nimemuumba katika uso wa nchi; mwanadamu na wanyama wakubwa, na vitambaavyo na ndege wa angani, kwa kuwa nimehuzunika kuwa nimeviumba.”
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 animal, and the fowls of the air; for I repent that I have made them.
8 Lakini Nuhu akapata neema ya upendeleo machoni pa Yahwe.
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
9 Kulikuwa na matukio kumuhusu Nuhu. Nuhu alikuwa mtu mwenye haki, na asiye na lawama miongoni mwa watu wa kipindi chake. Nuhu alitembea na Mungu.
These [are] the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man, [and] perfect in his generations, [and] Noah walked with God.
10 Nuhu akafanyika baba wa wana watatu wa kiume: Shem, Ham na Yafeti.
And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 Nchi iliharibika mbele za Mungu, na ikajaa ghasia.
The earth also was corrupt before God; and the earth was filled with violence.
12 Mungu akaiona nchi; tazama, ilikuwa imeharibika, kwa kuwa wote wenye mwili walikuwa wameharibu njia zao juu ya nchi.
And God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt: for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 Mungu akamwambia Nuhu, “Nimeona kuwa sasa niwakati wa mwisho kwa wote wenye mwili, kwa kuwa inchi imejaa ghasia kutokana na wao. Hakika, nitawaharibu wao pamoja na nchi.
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 Tengeneza safina ya mti wa mvinje kwa ajili yako. Tengeneza vyumba katika safina, na vifunike kwa lami ndani na nje.
Make thee an ark of gopher-wood: rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
15 Hivi ndivyo utakavyofanya: urefu wa safina dhiraa miatatu, upana wake dhiraa hamsini, kwenda juu kwake dhiraa thelathini.
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 Tengeneza paa la safina, na ulimalize kwa kipimo cha dhiraa kutoka juu ubavuni. Weka mlango katika ubavu wa safina na utengeneze dari ya chini, ya pili na ya tatu.
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 Sikiliza, nimekaribia kuleta gharika ya maji juu ya nchi, kuharibu wenye mwili wote wakaao ndani ya nchi wenye pumzi ya uhai chini ya mbingu. Kila kitu kilichopo juu ya nchi kitakufa.
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 Lakini nitalifanya thabiti agano langu na wewe. Utaingia ndani ya safina, wewe, na wana wako wa kiume, na mke wako, pamoja na wake za wanao.
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 Kwa kila kiumbe hai chenye mwili, viwili vya kila aina utavileta ndani ya safina, ili visalie hai pamoja nawe, vya kike na vya kiume.
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 Katika ndege kwa jinsi yake, na wanyama wakubwa kwa jinsi yake, kila kitambaacho ardhini kwa jinsi yake, viwili viwili vya kila aina vitakuja kwako ili viwe salama.
Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping animal of the earth after its kind, two of every [sort] shall come to thee, to keep [them] alive.
21 Kusanya kila aina ya chakula kinacholiwa kwa ajili yako na ukitunze, ili kwamba viwe chakula chako na chao.”
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 Kwa hiyo Nuhu akafanya hivi. kulingana na yote ambayo Mungu alimuagiza, ndivyo alifanya.
Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
The World is Destroyed by Water
