اَلتَّكْوِينُ 6

١ 1 وَحَدَثَ لَمَّا ٱبْتَدَأَ ٱلنَّاسُ يَكْثُرُونَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَوُلِدَ لَهُمْ بَنَاتٌ،

And Noe was five hundred years old, and he begot three sons, Sem, Cham, and Japheth. And it came to pass when men began to be numerous upon the earth, and daughters were born to them,

٢ 2 أَنَّ أَبْنَاءَ ٱللهِ رَأَوْا بَنَاتِ ٱلنَّاسِ أَنَّهُنَّ حَسَنَاتٌ. فَٱتَّخَذُوا لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ نِسَاءً مِنْ كُلِّ مَا ٱخْتَارُوا.

that the sons of God having seen the daughters of men that they were beautiful, took to themselves wives of all whom they chose.

٣ 3 فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «لَا يَدِينُ رُوحِي فِي ٱلْإِنْسَانِ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ، لِزَيَغَانِهِ، هُوَ بَشَرٌ. وَتَكُونُ أَيَّامُهُ مِئَةً وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً».

And the Lord God said, My Spirit shall certainly not remain among these men for ever, because they are flesh, but their days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

٤ 4 كَانَ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ طُغَاةٌ فِي تِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامِ. وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ أَيْضًا إِذْ دَخَلَ بَنُو ٱللهِ عَلَى بَنَاتِ ٱلنَّاسِ وَوَلَدْنَ لَهُمْ أَوْلَادًا، هَؤُلَاءِ هُمُ ٱلْجَبَابِرَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مُنْذُ ٱلدَّهْرِ ذَوُو ٱسْمٍ.

Now the giants were upon the earth in those days; and after that when the sons of God were wont to go in to the daughters of men, they bore [children] to them, those were the giants of old, the men of renown.

٥ 5 وَرَأَى ٱلرَّبُّ أَنَّ شَرَّ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ قَدْ كَثُرَ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَأَنَّ كُلَّ تَصَوُّرِ أَفْكَارِ قَلْبِهِ إِنَّمَا هُوَ شِرِّيرٌ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ.

And the Lord God, having seen that the wicked actions of men were multiplied upon the earth, and that every one in his heart was intently brooding over evil continually,

٦ 6 فَحَزِنَ ٱلرَّبُّ أَنَّهُ عَمِلَ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَتَأَسَّفَ فِي قَلْبِهِ.

then God laid it to heart that he had made man upon the earth, and he pondered [it] deeply.

٧ 7 فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «أَمْحُو عَنْ وَجْهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقْتُهُ، ٱلْإِنْسَانَ مَعَ بَهَائِمَ وَدَبَّابَاتٍ وَطُيُورِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ، لِأَنِّي حَزِنْتُ أَنِّي عَمِلْتُهُمْ».

And God said, I will blot out man whom I have made from the face of the earth, even man with cattle, and reptiles with flying creatures of the sky, for I am grieved that I have made them.

٨ 8 وَأَمَّا نُوحٌ فَوَجَدَ نِعْمَةً فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

But Noe found grace before the Lord God.

٩ 9 هَذِهِ مَوَالِيدُ نُوحٍ: كَانَ نُوحٌ رَجُلًا بَارًّا كَامِلًا فِي أَجْيَالِهِ. وَسَارَ نُوحٌ مَعَ ٱللهِ.

And these [are] the generations of Noe. Noe was a just man; being perfect in his generation, Noe was well-pleasing to God.

١٠ 10 وَوَلَدَ نُوحٌ ثَلَاثَةَ بَنِينَ: سَامًا، وَحَامًا، وَيَافَثَ.

And Noe begot three sons, Sem, Cham, Japheth.

١١ 11 وَفَسَدَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ أَمَامَ ٱللهِ، وَٱمْتَلَأَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ ظُلْمًا.

But the earth was corrupted before God, and the earth was filled with iniquity.

١٢ 12 وَرَأَى ٱللهُ ٱلْأَرْضَ فَإِذَا هِيَ قَدْ فَسَدَتْ، إِذْ كَانَ كُلُّ بَشَرٍ قَدْ أَفْسَدَ طَرِيقَهُ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ.

And the Lord God saw the earth, and it was corrupted; because all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth.

١٣ 13 فَقَالَ ٱللهُ لِنُوحٍ: «نِهَايَةُ كُلِّ بَشَرٍ قَدْ أَتَتْ أَمَامِي، لِأَنَّ ٱلْأَرْضَ ٱمْتَلَأَتْ ظُلْمًا مِنْهُمْ. فَهَا أَنَا مُهْلِكُهُمْ مَعَ ٱلْأَرْضِ.

And the Lord God said to Noe, A period of all men is come before me; because the earth has been filled with iniquity by them, and, behold, I destroy them and the earth.

١٤ 14 اِصْنَعْ لِنَفْسِكَ فُلْكًا مِنْ خَشَبِ جُفْرٍ. تَجْعَلُ ٱلْفُلْكَ مَسَاكِنَ، وَتَطْلِيهِ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ وَمِنْ خَارِجٍ بِٱلْقَارِ.

Make therefore for thyself an ark of square timber; thou shalt make the ark in compartments, and thou shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

١٥ 15 وَهَكَذَا تَصْنَعُهُ: ثَلَاثَ مِئَةِ ذِرَاعٍ يَكُونُ طُولُ ٱلْفُلْكِ، وَخَمْسِينَ ذِرَاعًا عَرْضُهُ، وَثَلَاثِينَ ذِرَاعًا ٱرْتِفَاعُهُ.

And thus shalt thou make the ark; three hundred cubits the length of the ark, and fifty cubits the breadth, and thirty cubits the height of it.

١٦ 16 وَتَصْنَعُ كَوًّا لِلْفُلْكِ، وَتُكَمِّلُهُ إِلَى حَدِّ ذِرَاعٍ مِنْ فَوْقُ. وَتَضَعُ بَابَ ٱلْفُلْكِ فِي جَانِبِهِ. مَسَاكِنَ سُفْلِيَّةً وَمُتَوَسِّطَةً وَعُلْوِيَّةً تَجْعَلُهُ.

Thou shalt narrow the ark in making it, and in a cubit above thou shalt finish it, and the door of the ark thou shalt make on the side; with lower, second, and third stories thou shalt make it.

١٧ 17 فَهَا أَنَا آتٍ بِطُوفَانِ ٱلْمَاءِ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ لِأُهْلِكَ كُلَّ جَسَدٍ فِيهِ رُوحُ حَيَاةٍ مِنْ تَحْتِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ. كُلُّ مَا فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ يَمُوتُ.

And behold I bring a flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven, and whatsoever things are upon the earth shall die.

١٨ 18 وَلَكِنْ أُقِيمُ عَهْدِي مَعَكَ، فَتَدْخُلُ ٱلْفُلْكَ أَنْتَ وَبَنُوكَ وَٱمْرَأَتُكَ وَنِسَاءُ بَنِيكَ مَعَكَ.

And I will establish my covenant with thee, and thou shalt enter into the ark, and thy sons and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

١٩ 19 وَمِنْ كُلِّ حَيٍّ مِنْ كُلِّ ذِي جَسَدٍ، ٱثْنَيْنِ مِنْ كُلٍّ تُدْخِلُ إِلَى ٱلْفُلْكِ لِٱسْتِبْقَائِهَا مَعَكَ. تَكُونُ ذَكَرًا وَأُنْثَى.

And of all cattle and of all reptiles and of all wild beasts, even of all flesh, thou shalt bring by pairs of all, into the ark, that thou mayest feed them with thyself: male and female they shall be.

٢٠ 20 مِنَ ٱلطُّيُورِ كَأَجْنَاسِهَا، وَمِنَ ٱلْبَهَائِمِ كَأَجْنَاسِهَا، وَمِنْ كُلِّ دَبَّابَاتِ ٱلْأَرْضِ كَأَجْنَاسِهَا. ٱثْنَيْنِ مِنْ كُلٍّ تُدْخِلُ إِلَيْكَ لِٱسْتِبْقَائِهَا.

Of all winged birds after their kind, and of all cattle after their kind, and of all reptiles creeping upon the earth after their kind, pairs of all shall come in to thee, male and female to be fed with thee.

٢١ 21 وَأَنْتَ، فَخُذْ لِنَفْسِكَ مِنْ كُلِّ طَعَامٍ يُؤْكَلُ وَٱجْمَعْهُ عِنْدَكَ، فَيَكُونَ لَكَ وَلَهَا طَعَامًا».

And thou shalt take to thyself of all kinds of food which ye eat, and thou shalt gather them to thyself, and it shall be for thee and them to eat.

٢٢ 22 فَفَعَلَ نُوحٌ حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا أَمَرَهُ بِهِ ٱللهُ. هَكَذَا فَعَلَ.

And Noe did all things whatever the Lord God commanded him, so did he.

The World is Destroyed by Water