Genesis 8

1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters abated;

Da ihukom Gud Noa og alle de vilde Dyr og Kvæget, som var hos ham i Arken; og Gud lod en Storm fare hen over Jorden, saa at Vandet begyndte at falde;

2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

Verdensdybets Kilder og Himmelens Sluser lukkedes, Regnen fra Himmelen standsede,

3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

og Vandet veg lidt efter lidt bort fra Jorden, og Vandet tog af efter de 150 Dages Forløb.

4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

Paa den syttende Dag i den syvende Maaned sad Arken fast paa Ararats Bjerge,

5 And the waters decreased continually till the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

og Vandet vedblev at synke indtil den tiende Maaned, og paa den første Dag i denne Maaned dukkede Bjergenes Toppe frem.

6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:

Da der var gaaet fyrretyve Dage: aabnede Noa den Luge, han havde lavet paa Arken,

7 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, till the waters were dried from off the earth.

og sendte en Ravn ud; den fløj frem og tilbage, indtil Vandet var tørret bort fra Jorden.

8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

Da sendte han en Due ud for at se, om Vandet var sunket fra Jordens Overflade;

9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned to him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in to him into the ark.

men Duen fandt intet Sted at sætte sin Fod og vendte tilbage til ham i Arken, fordi der endnu var Vand over hele Jorden; og han rakte Haanden ud og tog den ind i Arken til sig.

10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;

Derpaa biede han yderligere syv Dage og sendte saa atter Duen ud fra Arken;

11 And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

ved Aftenstid kom Duen tilbage til ham, og se, den havde et friskt Olieblad i Næbbet. Da skønnede Noa, at Vandet var svundet bort fra Jorden.

12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again to him any more.

Derpaa biede han syv Dage til, og da han saa sendte Duen ud, kom den ikke mere tilbage til ham.

13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.

I Noas 601ste Leveaar paa den første Dag i den første Maaned var Vandet tørret bort fra Jorden. Da tog Noa Dækket af Arken, og da han saa sig om, se, da var Jordens Overflade tør.

14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.

Paa den syv og tyvende Dag i den anden Maaned var Jorden tør.

15 And God spoke to Noah, saying,

Da sagde Gud til Noa:

16 Go forth from the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.

»Gaa ud af Arken med din Hustru, dine Sønner og dine Sønnekoner

17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth.

og for alle Dyr, der er hos dig, alt Kød, Fugle, Kvæg og alt Kryb, der kryber paa Jorden, ud med dig, at de kan vrimle paa Jorden og blive frugtbare og mangfoldige paa Jorden!«

18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him:

Da gik Noa ud med sine Sønner, sin Hustru og sine Sønnekoner;

19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went out of the ark.

og alle de vildtlevende Dyr, alt Kvæget, alle Fuglene og alt Krybet, der kryber paa Jorden, efter deres Slægter, gik ud af Arken.

20 And Noah built an altar to the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

Derpaa byggede Noa HERREN et Alter og tog nogle af alle de rene Dyr og Fugle og ofrede Brændofre paa Alteret.

21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every living thing, as I have done.

Og da HERREN indaandede den liflige Duft, sagde han til sig selv: »Jeg vil aldrig mere forbande Jorden for Menneskenes Skyld, thi Menneskehjertets Higen er ond fra Ungdommen af, og jeg vil aldrig mere tilintetgøre alt, hvad der lever, saaledes som jeg nu har gjort!

22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

Herefter skal, saa længe Jorden staar, Sæd og Høst, Kulde og Hede, Sommer og Vinter, Dag og Nat ikke ophøre!«

A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark