Genesis 8

1 God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the livestock that were with him in the ship; and God made a wind to pass over the earth. The waters subsided.

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 deep’s fountains and the sky’s windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

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

3 The waters continually receded from the earth. After the end of one hundred fifty days the waters receded.

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

4 The ship rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on Ararat’s mountains.

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

5 The waters receded continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were visible.

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

6 At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the ship which he had made,

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

7 and he sent out a raven. It went back and forth, until the waters were dried up from the earth.

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

8 He himself sent out a dove to see if the waters were abated from the surface 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 place to rest her foot, and she returned into the ship to him, for the waters were on the surface of the whole earth. He put out his hand, and took her, and brought her to him into the ship.

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 He waited yet another seven days; and again he sent the dove out of the ship.

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

11 The dove came back to him at evening and, behold, in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters were abated from 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 He waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove; and she didn’t return 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 In the six hundred first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from the earth. Noah removed the covering of the ship, and looked. He saw that the surface 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 In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.

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

15 God spoke to Noah, saying,

Da sagde Gud til Noa:

16 “Go out of the ship, you, your wife, your sons, and your sons’ wives with you.

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

17 Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, including birds, livestock, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, that they may breed abundantly in 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 Noah went out, with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives with him.

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

19 Every animal, every creeping thing, and every bird, whatever moves on the earth, after their families, went out of the ship.

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

20 Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean animal, and of every clean bird, 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 The LORD smelled the pleasant aroma. The LORD said in his heart, “I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake because the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth. I will never again strike 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 remains, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night will 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