Mwanzo 8
1 Mungu akamtazama Nuhu, wanyama wote wa mwitu, na wanyama wote wa kufugwa ambao walikuwa pamoja naye kwenye safina. Mungu akafanya upepo uvume juu ya nchi, na maji yakaanza kuzama chini.
And God remembereth Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle which [are] with him in the ark, and God causeth a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subside,
2 Chemichemi za vilindi pamoja na madirisha ya mbingu vikafungwa, na mvua ikakoma kunyesha.
and closed are the fountains of the deep and the net-work of the heavens, and restrained is the shower from the heavens.
3 Maji ya gharika yakaanza kuzama kidogo kidogo katika nchi. na mwisho wa siku miamoja na hamsini maji yakawa yamezama chini.
And turn back do the waters from off the earth, going on and returning; and the waters are lacking at the end of a hundred and fifty days.
4 safina ikatulia katika mwezi wa saba, siku ya kumi na saba ya mwezi, juu ya milima ya Ararati.
And the ark resteth, in the seventh month, in the seventeenth day of the month, on mountains of Ararat;
5 Maji yakaendelea kuzama chini hadi mwezi wa kumi. Siku ya kwanza ya mwezi, vilele vya milima vikaonekana.
and the waters have been going and becoming lacking till the tenth month; in the tenth [month], on the first of the month, appeared the heads of the mountains.
6 Ikatokea kwamba baada ya siku arobaini Nuhu alifungua dirisha la safina ambayo aliitengeneza.
And it cometh to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah openeth the window of the ark which he made,
7 Akatuma kunguru na akaruka hadi maji yalipo kauka katika nchi.
and he sendeth forth the raven, and it goeth out, going out and turning back till the drying of the waters from off the earth.
8 Kisha akatuma njiwa kuona kama maji yamezama chini kutoka kwenye uso wa nchi,
And he sendeth forth the dove from him to see whether the waters have been lightened from off the face of the ground,
9 lakini njiwa hakuona sehemu ya kutua unyayo wake, na akarudi kwake ndani ya safina, kwa kuwa maji yalikuwa bado yamefunika nchi yote. Akanyoosha mkono wake, akamchukua na kumuweka ndani ya safina pamoja naye.
and the dove hath not found rest for the sole of her foot, and she turneth back unto him, unto the ark, for waters [are] on the face of all the earth, and he putteth out his hand, and taketh her, and bringeth her in unto him, unto the ark.
10 Akasubiri siku saba zingine akatuma tena njiwa kutoka kwenye safina.
And he stayeth yet other seven days, and addeth to send forth the dove from the ark;
11 Njiwa akarudi kwake jioni. Tazama! katika mdomo wake kulikuwa na jani bichi la mzeituni lililochumwa. Kwa hiyo Nuhu akatambua kuwa maji yamekwisha zama chini ya nchi.
and the dove cometh in unto him at even-time, and lo, an olive leaf torn off in her mouth; and Noah knoweth that the waters have been lightened from off the earth.
12 Akasubiri siku saba zingine na akamtuma njiwa tena. Njiwa hakurudi kwake tena.
And he stayeth yet other seven days, and sendeth forth the dove, and it added not to turn back unto him any more.
13 Ikawa kwamba katika mwaka wa mia sita na moja, katika mwezi wa kwanza, siku ya kwanza ya mwezi, maji yalikuwa yamekauka katika nchi. Nuhu akaondoa kifuniko cha safina, akatazama nje, na akaona kwamba, Tazama, uso wa nchi ulikuwa umekauka.
And it cometh to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first [month], in the first of the month, the waters have been dried from off the earth; and Noah turneth aside the covering of the ark, and looketh, and lo, the face of the ground hath been dried.
14 Katika mwezi wa pili, siku ya ishirini na saba ya mwezi, nchi ilikuwa imekauka.
And in the second month, in the seven and twentieth day of the month, the earth hath become dry.
15 Mungu akamwambia Nuhu,
And God speaketh unto Noah, saying, 'Go out from the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee;
16 “Toka nje ya safina, wewe, mke wako, wanao wa kiume, na wake wa wanao pamoja nawe.
every living thing that [is] with thee, of all flesh, among fowl, and among cattle, and among every creeping thing which is creeping on the earth, bring out with thee;
17 Wachukuwe utoke nje pamoja nao kila kiumbe hai chenye mwili ambacho kiko nawe - ndege, wanyama wa kufugwa, na kila kitambaacho ambacho hutambaa juu ya nchi - ili kwamba viweze kukua na kuwa na idadi kubwa zaidi ya viumbe hai katika nchi yote, kwa kuzaliana na kuongezeka juu ya nchi.”
and they have teemed in the earth, and been fruitful, and have multiplied on the earth.'
18 Kwa hiyo Nuhu akatoka nje pamoja na watoto wake wa kiume, mke wake, na wake wa wa wanawe pamoja naye.
And Noah goeth out, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him;
19 Kila kiumbe hai, kila kitambaacho, na kila ndege, na kila kiendacho juu ya nchi, kwa kabila zao, wakaiacha safina.
every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl; every creeping thing on the earth, after their families, have gone out from the ark.
20 Nuhu akajenga madhabahu kwa Yahwe. Akachukua baadhi ya wanyama walio safi na baadhi ya ndege walio safi, na kutoa sadaka ya kuteketezwa juu ya madhabahu.
And Noah buildeth an altar to Jehovah, and taketh of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and causeth burnt-offerings to ascend on the altar;
21 Yahwe akanusa harufu nzuri ya kuridhisha na akasema moyoni mwake, “Sita laani tena ardhi kwa sababu ya mwanadamu, ingawa nia za mioyo yao ni mbaya tokea utoto. Wala sita haribu kilakitu chenye uhai, kama nilivyo fanya.
and Jehovah smelleth the sweet fragrance, and Jehovah saith unto His heart, 'I continue not to disesteem any more the ground because of man, though the imagination of the heart of man [is] evil from his youth; and I continue not to smite any more all living, as I have done;
22 Wakati nchi isaliapo, majira ya kupanda mbegu na mavuno, baridi na joto, kiangazi na majira ya baridi, mchana na usiku havitakoma.”
during all days of the earth, seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, do not cease.'
A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark
