Kejadian 8
1 Maka Allah mengingat Nuh dan segala binatang liar dan segala ternak, yang bersama-sama dengan dia dalam bahtera itu, dan Allah membuat angin menghembus melalui bumi, sehingga air itu turun.
And God remembered Noe, and all the wild beasts, and all the cattle, and all the birds, and all the reptiles that creep, as many as were with him in the ark, and God brought a wind upon the earth, and the water stayed.
2 Ditutuplah mata-mata air samudera raya serta tingkap-tingkap di langit dan berhentilah hujan lebat dari langit,
And the fountains of the deep were closed up, and the flood-gates of heaven, and the rain from heaven was withheld.
3 dan makin surutlah air itu dari muka bumi. Demikianlah berkurang air itu sesudah seratus lima puluh hari.
And the water subsided, and went off the earth, and after an hundred and fifty days the water was diminished, and the ark rested in the seventh month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.
4 Dalam bulan yang ketujuh, pada hari yang ketujuh belas bulan itu, terkandaslah bahtera itu pada pegunungan Ararat.
And the water continued to decrease until the tenth month.
5 Sampai bulan yang kesepuluh makin berkuranglah air itu; dalam bulan yang kesepuluh, pada tanggal satu bulan itu, tampaklah puncak-puncak gunung.
And in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the heads of the mountains were seen.
6 Sesudah lewat empat puluh hari, maka Nuh membuka tingkap yang dibuatnya pada bahtera itu.
And it came to pass after forty days Noe opened the window of the ark which he had made.
7 Lalu ia melepaskan seekor burung gagak; dan burung itu terbang pulang pergi, sampai air itu menjadi kering dari atas bumi.
And he sent forth a raven; and it went forth and returned not until the water was dried from off the earth.
8 Kemudian dilepaskannya seekor burung merpati untuk melihat, apakah air itu telah berkurang dari muka bumi.
And he sent a dove after it to see if the water had ceased from off the earth.
9 Tetapi burung merpati itu tidak mendapat tempat tumpuan kakinya dan pulanglah ia kembali mendapatkan Nuh ke dalam bahtera itu, karena di seluruh bumi masih ada air; lalu Nuh mengulurkan tangannya, ditangkapnya burung itu dan dibawanya masuk ke dalam bahtera.
And the dove not having found rest for her feet, returned to him into the ark, because the water was on all the face of the earth, and he stretched out his hand and took her, and brought her to himself into the ark.
10 Ia menunggu tujuh hari lagi, kemudian dilepaskannya pula burung merpati itu dari bahtera;
And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove from the ark.
11 menjelang waktu senja pulanglah burung merpati itu mendapatkan Nuh, dan pada paruhnya dibawanya sehelai daun zaitun yang segar. Dari situlah diketahui Nuh, bahwa air itu telah berkurang dari atas bumi.
And the dove returned to him in the evening, and had a leaf of olive, a sprig in her mouth; and Noe knew that the water had ceased from off the earth.
12 Selanjutnya ditunggunya pula tujuh hari lagi, kemudian dilepaskannya burung merpati itu, tetapi burung itu tidak kembali lagi kepadanya.
And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove, and she did not return to him again any more.
13 Dalam tahun keenam ratus satu, dalam bulan pertama, pada tanggal satu bulan itu, sudahlah kering air itu dari atas bumi; kemudian Nuh membuka tutup bahtera itu dan melihat-lihat; ternyatalah muka bumi sudah mulai kering.
And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year of the life of Noe, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the water subsided from off the earth, and Noe opened the covering of the ark which he had made, and he saw that the water had subsided from the face of the earth.
14 Dalam bulan kedua, pada hari yang kedua puluh tujuh bulan itu, bumi telah kering.
And in the second month the earth was dried, on the twenty-seventh day of the month.
15 Lalu berfirmanlah Allah kepada Nuh:
And the Lord God spoke to Noe, saying,
16 "Keluarlah dari bahtera itu, engkau bersama-sama dengan isterimu serta anak-anakmu dan isteri anak-anakmu;
Come out from the ark, you and your wife and your sons, and your sons' wives with you.
17 segala binatang yang bersama-sama dengan engkau, segala yang hidup: burung-burung, hewan dan segala binatang melata yang merayap di bumi, suruhlah keluar bersama-sama dengan engkau, supaya semuanya itu berkeriapan di bumi serta berkembang biak dan bertambah banyak di bumi."
And all the wild beasts as many as are with you, and all flesh both of birds and beasts, and every reptile moving upon the earth, bring forth with you: and increase you and multiply upon the earth.
18 Lalu keluarlah Nuh bersama-sama dengan anak-anaknya dan isterinya dan isteri anak-anaknya.
And Noe came forth, and his wife and his sons, and his sons' wives with him.
19 Segala binatang liar, segala binatang melata dan segala burung, semuanya yang bergerak di bumi, masing-masing menurut jenisnya, keluarlah juga dari bahtera itu.
And all the wild beasts and all the cattle and every bird, and every reptile creeping upon the earth after their kind, came forth out of the ark.
20 Lalu Nuh mendirikan mezbah bagi TUHAN; dari segala binatang yang tidak haram dan dari segala burung yang tidak haram diambilnyalah beberapa ekor, lalu ia mempersembahkan korban bakaran di atas mezbah itu.
And Noe built an altar to the Lord, and took of all clean beasts, and of all clean birds, and offered a whole burnt offering upon the altar.
21 Ketika TUHAN mencium persembahan yang harum itu, berfirmanlah TUHAN dalam hati-Nya: "Aku takkan mengutuk bumi ini lagi karena manusia, sekalipun yang ditimbulkan hatinya adalah jahat dari sejak kecilnya, dan Aku takkan membinasakan lagi segala yang hidup seperti yang telah Kulakukan.
And the Lord God smelled a smell of sweetness, and the Lord God having considered, said, I will not any more curse the earth, because of the works of men, because the imagination of man is intently bent upon evil things from his youth, I will not therefore any more strike all living flesh as I have done.
22 Selama bumi masih ada, takkan berhenti-henti musim menabur dan menuai, dingin dan panas, kemarau dan hujan, siang dan malam."
All the days of the earth, seed and harvest, cold and heat, summer and spring, shall not cease by day or night.
A Dove is Sent Forth from the Ark
