Genesis 6
1 And it came to pass when men had begun to multiply on the face of the ground and daughters had been born to them,
当人在世上多起来、又生女儿的时候，
2 that the sons of God saw the daughters of men! that they were, fair, —so they took to themselves wives of whomsoever they chose,
神的儿子们看见人的女子美貌，就随意挑选，娶来为妻。
3 And Yahweh said—My spirit shall not rule in man to times age—abiding, for that, he also, is flesh, —Yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.
耶和华说：“人既属乎血气，我的灵就不永远住在他里面；然而他的日子还可到一百二十年。”
4 The giants, were in the earth in those days, and also, after that, when the sons of God began to go in unto the daughters of men, and sons were born to them, the same, were the heroes that were from age-past times the men of renown.
那时候有伟人在地上，后来 神的儿子们和人的女子们交合生子；那就是上古英武有名的人。
5 Then Yahweh saw that great, was the wickedness of man in the earth, and that, every purpose of the devices of his heart, was only wicked all the day;
耶和华见人在地上罪恶很大，终日所思想的尽都是恶，
6 and it grieved Yahweh, that he had made man in the earth, —and he took sorrow unto his heart.
耶和华就后悔造人在地上，心中忧伤。
7 And Yahweh said—I must wipe off man whom I created from off the face of the ground, from man unto beast unto creeping thing, and unto the bird of the heavens, —for I am grieved that I made them.
耶和华说：“我要将所造的人和走兽，并昆虫，以及空中的飞鸟，都从地上除灭，因为我造他们后悔了。”
8 But, Noah, had found favour in the eyes, of Yahweh.
惟有挪亚在耶和华眼前蒙恩。
9 These, are the generations of Noah, Noah, was, a righteous man blameless, in his generations, —with God, did Noah walk.
挪亚的后代记在下面。挪亚是个义人，在当时的世代是个完全人。挪亚与 神同行。
10 And Noah begat three sons, —Shem, Ham and Japheth.
挪亚生了三个儿子，就是闪、含、雅弗。
11 And the earth corrupted itself before God, —and the earth was filled with violence,
世界在 神面前败坏，地上满了强暴。
12 And God beheld the earth, and lo! it had corrupted itself, —surely all flesh had corrupted its way, on the earth.
神观看世界，见是败坏了；凡有血气的人在地上都败坏了行为。
13 So God said unto Noah: the end of all flesh, hath come in before me, for, filled, is the earth with violence, because of them, —behold me, then, destroying them with the earth.
神就对挪亚说：“凡有血气的人，他的尽头已经来到我面前；因为地上满了他们的强暴，我要把他们和地一并毁灭。
14 Make for thee an ark of timbers of gopher, rooms, shalt thou make with the ark, —and thou shalt cover it within and without with pitch.
你要用歌斐木造一只方舟，分一间一间地造，里外抹上松香。
15 And, this, is how thou shalt make it, —three hundred cubits, the length of the ark, fifty cubits, the breadth thereof, and thirty cubits the height thereof.
方舟的造法乃是这样：要长三百肘，宽五十肘，高三十肘。
16 A place for light, shalt thou make to the ark and to a cubit, shalt thou finish it upwards, and the opening of the ark—in the side thereof, shalt thou put, —with lower, second and third stories, shalt thou make it.
方舟上边要留透光处，高一肘。方舟的门要开在旁边。方舟要分上、中、下三层。
17 And, I, behold me! bringing in the flood—even waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh wherein is the spirit of life, from under the heavens, —everything that is in the earth, shall cease to breathe:
看哪，我要使洪水泛滥在地上，毁灭天下；凡地上有血肉、有气息的活物，无一不死。
18 therefore will I establish my covenant with thee, —and thou shalt enter into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives, with thee.
我却要与你立约；你同你的妻，与儿子儿妇，都要进入方舟。
19 Moreover of all the living creatures of all flesh—two of each, shalt thou bring into the ark to keep alive with thee, —male and female, shall they be.
凡有血肉的活物，每样两个，一公一母，你要带进方舟，好在你那里保全生命。
20 Of the bird after its kind and of the beast after its kind, [and] of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of each, shall come in unto thee. for keeping alive.
飞鸟各从其类，牲畜各从其类，地上的昆虫各从其类，每样两个，要到你那里，好保全生命。
21 But thou, take to thee of all food that is eaten, and gather it unto thee, —and it shall be for thee and for them for food.
你要拿各样食物积蓄起来，好作你和它们的食物。”
22 And Noah did [so], —according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
挪亚就这样行。凡 神所吩咐的，他都照样行了。
The World is Destroyed by Water
