Kejadian 8
1 Allah tidak melupakan Nuh dan segala binatang yang ada bersamanya di dalam kapal itu. Allah membuat angin bertiup, sehingga air itu mulai surut.
And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark: and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters were assuaged;
2 Semua mata air di bawah bumi dan semua pintu air di langit ditutupnya. Hujan berhenti,
The fountains also of the deep, and the windows of heaven were stopped; and the rain from heaven was restrained.
3 dan air semakin surut. Sesudah 150 hari air tidak begitu tinggi lagi.
And the waters returned from off the earth, gradually returning; and the waters were abated after the end of the hundred and fifty days.
4 Pada tanggal tujuh belas bulan tujuh, kapal itu kandas di sebuah puncak di pegunungan Ararat.
And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
5 Air terus surut dan pada tanggal satu bulan sepuluh, puncak-puncak gunung mulai tampak.
And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen;
6 Setelah empat puluh hari, Nuh membuka sebuah jendela kapal,
And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made;
7 dan melepaskan seekor burung gagak. Burung itu tidak kembali ke kapal melainkan terus terbang kian kemari sampai air banjir sudah surut sama sekali.
And he sent forth a raven which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
8 Sementara itu, Nuh melepaskan seekor burung merpati untuk mengetahui apakah air itu memang telah surut.
He then sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground.
9 Tetapi karena air masih menutupi seluruh muka bumi, burung merpati itu tidak menemukan tempat untuk bertengger. Maka kembalilah ia ke kapal; Nuh mengulurkan tangannya lalu membawanya masuk.
But the dove found no resting-place for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him unto the ark; for there was water on the face of the whole earth; then he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her into the ark.
10 Nuh menunggu tujuh hari lagi, lalu melepaskan lagi burung merpati itu.
And he stayed yet another seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.
11 Pada petang hari burung itu kembali kepadanya membawa sehelai daun zaitun yang segar pada paruhnya. Sekarang Nuh tahu bahwa air telah surut.
And the dove came in to him at the time of the evening; and, lo, an olive-leaf plucked off was in her mouth; so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
12 Setelah menunggu tujuh hari lagi, ia melepaskan merpati itu sekali lagi; dan kali itu burung itu tidak kembali kepadanya.
And he stayed yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove; but she returned not again unto him any more.
13 Pada waktu Nuh berumur 601 tahun, pada tanggal satu bulan satu, air sudah surut sama sekali. Nuh membuka atap kapal itu, dan melihat ke sekelilingnya. Ia melihat bahwa permukaan tanah sudah kering.
And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, that the waters were dried up from off the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
14 Pada tanggal dua puluh tujuh bulan dua, bumi sudah kering.
And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth perfectly dried up.
15 Lalu berkatalah Allah kepada Nuh,
And God spoke unto Noah, saying,
16 "Keluarlah dari kapal itu bersama-sama dengan istrimu, anak-anakmu dan istri-istri mereka.
Go forth from the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.
17 Bawalah keluar semua burung dan binatang lainnya, besar maupun kecil, supaya mereka bisa berkembang biak dan menyebar ke seluruh bumi."
Every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, bring forth with thee; that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
18 Lalu keluarlah Nuh dari kapal itu bersama-sama dengan istrinya, anak-anaknya dan istri-istri mereka.
And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him.
19 Semua burung dan binatang darat keluar dari kapal itu, masing-masing bersama kelompok sejenisnya.
Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their families, went forth out of the ark.
20 Nuh mendirikan sebuah mezbah untuk TUHAN. Diambilnya seekor dari setiap jenis burung dan binatang lainnya yang halal, lalu dipersembahkannya sebagai kurban bakaran di atas mezbah itu.
And Noah built an altar unto the Lord, and he took of every clean cattle, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar.
21 Bau harum kurban persembahan itu menyenangkan hati TUHAN, dan Ia berkata di dalam hati, "Aku tak akan lagi mengutuk dunia ini karena perbuatan manusia; Aku tahu bahwa sejak masa mudanya, pikiran manusia itu jahat. Aku tak akan pernah lagi membinasakan segala makhluk yang hidup seperti yang baru Kulakukan ini.
And the Lord smelled the sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for the sake of man; although the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth: neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
22 Selama dunia ini ada, selalu akan ada masa menanam dan masa menuai, musim dingin dan musim panas, musim kemarau dan musim hujan, siang dan malam."
All the while the earth remaineth, seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease.
A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark
