Yaratılış 6

¹Yeryüzünde insanlar çoğalmaya başladığında ve onların kızları doğduğunda,

²Tanrı'nın oğulları, insanların kızlarının güzel olduğunu gördüler ve kendileri için seçtiklerinin hepsinden kendilerine eşler aldılar.

³Ve Rab Tanrı şöyle dedi: "Benim ruhum bu insanlarda sonsuza dek kalmayacaktır, çünkü onlar ettir; bu yüzden onların günleri yüz yirmi yıl olacaktır."

⁴O günlerde yeryüzünde devler vardı; ondan sonra da Tanrı'nın oğulları insanların kızlarına vardıklarında kendilerine çocuklar doğurdular. Bunlar başlangıçtan beri var olan devler, ünlü adamlardı.

⁵Rab Tanrı, yeryüzünde insanların kötülüklerinin çoğaldığını ve herkesin kendi yüreğinde her gün özenle kötülükleri tasarladığını gördü.

⁶Ve Tanrı yeryüzünde insanı yarattığına içerledi ve derin derin düşündü.

⁷Ve Tanrı şöyle dedi: "Yarattığım insanı yeryüzünün yüzünden sileceğim; insandan evcil hayvana, sürüngenlerden göğün kuşlarına kadar her şeyi yok edeceğim, çünkü onları yarattığıma pişman oldum."

⁸Ama Nuh, Rab Tanrı'nın huzurunda lütuf buldu.

⁹Nuh'un soyu şöyledir: Nuh doğru bir adamdı, kendi kuşağı arasında kusursuzdu; Nuh Tanrı'yı hoşnut etti.

¹⁰Nuh'un üç oğlu oldu: Sam, Ham ve Yafes.

¹¹Yeryüzü Tanrı'nın huzurunda yozlaşmıştı ve yeryüzü adaletsizlikle doluydu.

¹²Ve Rab Tanrı yeryüzüne baktı ve onun yozlaştırılmış olduğunu gördü; çünkü yeryüzündeki her beden kendi yolunu bozmuştu.

¹³Ve Rab Tanrı Nuh'a şöyle dedi: "Her insanın vakti huzuruma ulaştı; çünkü onlar yüzünden yeryüzü adaletsizlikle doldu. İşte, ben onları ve yeryüzünü yok ediyorum."

¹⁴Öyleyse kendine dört köşe kesilmiş kerestelerden bir gemi yap; geminin içinde bölmeler yapacaksın ve onu içeriden de dışarıdan da ziftle ziftleyeceksin.

¹⁵Gemiyi şöyle yapacaksın: Geminin uzunluğu üç yüz arşın, genişliği elli arşın ve yüksekliği otuz arşın olacak.

¹⁶Gemiyi yukarıya doğru daraltarak yapacaksın ve üstten bir arşına tamamlayacaksın; geminin kapısını yan tarafa koyacaksın. Onu yer altı, ikinci ve üçüncü katlı yapacaksın.

¹⁷Ben ise, göklerin altında yaşam soluğu olan bütün bedenleri yok etmek için yeryüzüne tufan, yani sular getireceğim; yeryüzünde olan her şey can verecektir.

¹⁸Ama seninle antlaşmamı kuracağım; sen, oğulların, karın ve oğullarının karıları seninle birlikte gemiye gireceksiniz.

¹⁹Bütün evcil hayvanlardan, bütün sürüngenlerden, bütün yabanıl hayvanlardan ve her bedenden, seninle birlikte beslemek üzere her birinden ikişer ikişer gemiye alacaksın; bunlar erkek ve dişi olacaklar.

²⁰Türlerine göre her çeşit kuştan, türlerine göre her çeşit evcil hayvandan ve türlerine göre yeryüzünde sürünen her çeşit sürüngenden, seninle birlikte beslenmek üzere her birinden ikişer ikişer sana gelecekler; bunlar erkek ve dişi olacaklar.

²¹Sen de yenebilecek her türlü yiyecekten yanına al ve kendin için biriktir; bu hem senin hem de onlar için yiyecek olacak.

²²Nuh, Rab Tanrı'nın kendisine buyurduğu her şeyi yaptı; aynen öyle yaptı.

¹ΚΑΙ ἐγένετο ἡνίκα ἤρξαντο οἱ ἄνθρωποι πολλοὶ γίνεσθαι ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ θυγατέρες ἐγεννήθησαν αὐτοῖς.

²ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ τὰς θυγατέρας τῶν ἀνθρώπων ὅτι καλαί εἰσιν, ἔλαβον ἑαυτοῖς γυναῖκας ἀπὸ πασῶν, ὧν ἐξελέξαντο.

³καὶ εἶπε Κύριος ὁ Θεός· οὐ μὴ καταμείνῃ τὸ πνεῦμά μου ἐν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις τούτοις εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα διὰ τὸ εἶναι αὐτοὺς σάρκας, ἔσονται δὲ αἱ ἡμέραι αὐτῶν ἑκατὸν εἴκοσιν ἔτη.

⁴οἱ δὲ γίγαντες ἦσαν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις· καὶ μετ᾿ ἐκεῖνο, ὡς ἂν εἰσεπορεύοντο οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ πρὸς τὰς θυγατέρας τῶν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ ἐγεννῶσαν ἑαυτοῖς· ἐκεῖνοι ἦσαν οἱ γίγαντες οἱ ἀπ᾿ αἰῶνος, οἱ ἄνθρωποι οἱ ὀνομαστοί.

⁵᾿Ιδὼν δὲ Κύριος ὁ Θεός, ὅτι ἐπληθύνθησαν αἱ κακίαι τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς καὶ πᾶς τις διανοεῖται ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ ἐπιμελῶς ἐπὶ τὰ πονηρὰ πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας,

⁶καὶ ἐνεθυμήθη ὁ Θεὸς ὅτι ἐποίησε τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ διενοήθη.

⁷καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Θεός· ἀπαλείψω τὸν ἄνθρωπον, ὃν ἐποίησα ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆς γῆς, ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπου ἕως κτήνους καὶ ἀπό ἑρπετῶν ἕως πετεινῶν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ὅτι μετεμελήθην ὅτι ἐποίησα αὐτούς.

⁸Νῶε δὲ εὗρε χάριν ἐναντίον Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ.

⁹Αὗται δὲ αἱ γενέσεις Νῶε· Νῶε ἄνθρωπος δίκαιος, τέλειος ὢν ἐν τῇ γενεᾷ αὐτοῦ· τῷ Θεῷ εὐηρέστησε Νῶε.

¹⁰ἐγέννησε δὲ Νῶε τρεῖς υἱούς, τὸν Σήμ, τὸν Χάμ, τὸν ᾿Ιάφεθ.

¹¹ἐφθάρη δὲ ἡ γῆ ἐναντίον τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ ἐπλήσθη ἡ γῆ ἀδικίας.

¹²καὶ εἶδε Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς τὴν γῆν, καὶ ἦν κατεφθαρμένη, ὅτι κατέφθειρε πᾶσα σὰρξ τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

¹³καὶ εἶπε Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς τῷ Νῶε· καιρὸς παντὸς ἀνθρώπου ἥκει ἐναντίον μου, ὅτι ἐπλήσθη ἡ γῆ ἀδικίας ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ καταφθείρω αὐτοὺς καὶ τὴν γῆν.

¹⁴ποίησον οὖν σεαυτῷ κιβωτὸν ἐκ ξύλων τετραγώνων· νοσσιὰς ποιήσεις τὴν κιβωτὸν καὶ ἀσφαλτώσεις αὐτὴν ἔσωθεν καὶ ἔξωθεν τῇ ἀσφάλτῳ.

¹⁵καὶ οὕτω ποιήσεις τὴν κιβωτόν· τριακοσίων πήχεων τὸ μῆκος τῆς κιβωτοῦ καὶ πεντήκοντα πήχεων τὸ πλάτος καὶ τριάκοντα πήχεων τὸ ὕψος αὐτῆς·

¹⁶ἐπισυνάγων ποιήσεις τὴν κιβωτὸν καὶ εἰς πῆχυν συντελέσεις αὐτὴν ἄνωθεν· τὴν δὲ θύραν τῆς κιβωτοῦ ποιήσεις ἐκ πλαγίων· κατάγαια διώροφα καὶ τριώροφα ποιήσεις αὐτήν.

¹⁷ἐγὼ δὲ ἰδοὺ ἐπάγω τὸν κατακλυσμόν, ὕδωρ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν καταφθεῖραι πᾶσαν σάρκα, ἐν ᾗ ἐστι πνεῦμα ζωῆς, ὑποκάτω τοῦ οὐρανοῦ· καὶ ὅσα ἐὰν ᾖ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, τελευτήσει.

¹⁸καὶ στήσω τὴν διαθήκην μου μετὰ σοῦ· εἰσελεύσῃ δὲ εἰς τὴν κιβωτὸν σὺ καὶ οἱ υἱοί σου καὶ ἡ γυνή σου καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες τῶν υἱῶν σου μετὰ σοῦ.

¹⁹καὶ ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν κτηνῶν καὶ ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ἑρπετῶν καὶ ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν θηρίων καὶ ἀπὸ πάσης σαρκός, δύο δύο ἀπὸ πάντων εἰσάξεις εἰς τὴν κιβωτόν, ἵνα τρέφῃς μετὰ σεαυτοῦ· ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ ἔσονται.

²⁰ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ὀρνέων τῶν πετεινῶν κατὰ γένος, καὶ ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν κτηνῶν κατὰ γένος καὶ ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ἑρπετῶν τῶν ἑρπόντων ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς κατὰ γένος αὐτῶν, δύο δύο ἀπὸ πάντων εἰσελεύσονται πρὸς σὲ τρέφεσθαι μετὰ σοῦ, ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ.

²¹σὺ δὲ λήψῃ σεαυτῷ ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν βρωμάτων, ἃ ἔδεσθε, καὶ συνάξεις πρὸς σεαυτόν, καὶ ἔσται σοι καὶ ἐκείνοις φαγεῖν.

²²καὶ ἐποίησε Νῶε πάντα, ὅσα ἐνετείλατο αὐτῷ Κύριος ὁ Θεός, οὕτως ἐποίησε.

¹AND it came to pass when men began to be numerous upon the earth, and daughters were born to them,

²that the sons of God having seen the daughters of men that they were beautiful, took to themselves wives of all whom they chose.

³And the Lord God said, My Spirit shall certainly not remain among these men for ever, because they are flesh, but their days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

⁴Now the giants were upon the earth in those days; and after that when the sons of God were wont to go in to the daughters of men, they bore [children to them, those were the giants of old, the men of renown.

⁵And the Lord God, having seen that the wicked actions of men were multiplied upon the earth, and that every one in his heart was intently brooding over evil continually,

⁶then God laid it to heart that he had made man upon the earth, and he pondered [it] deeply.

⁷And God said, I will blot out man whom I have made from the face of the earth, even man with cattle, and reptiles with flying creatures of the sky, for I am grieved that I have made them.

⁸But Noe found grace before the Lord God.

⁹And these [are] the generations of Noe. Noe was a just man; being perfect in his generation, Noe was well-pleasing to God.

¹⁰And Noe begot three sons, Sem, Cham, Japheth.

¹¹But the earth was corrupted before God, and the earth was filled with iniquity.

¹²And the Lord God saw the earth, and it was corrupted; because all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth.

¹³And the Lord God said to Noe, A period of all men is come before me; because the earth has been filled with iniquity by them, and, behold, I destroy them and the earth.

¹⁴Make therefore for thyself an ark of square timber; thou shalt make the ark in compartments, and thou shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

¹⁵And thus shalt thou make the ark; three hundred cubits the length of the ark, and fifty cubits the breadth, and thirty cubits the height of it.

¹⁶Thou shalt narrow the ark in making it, and in a cubit above thou shalt finish it, and the door of the ark thou shalt make on the side; with lower, second, and third stories thou shalt make it.

¹⁷And behold I bring a flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven, and whatsoever things are upon the earth shall die.

¹⁸And I will establish my covenant with thee, and thou shalt enter into the ark, and thy sons and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

¹⁹And of all cattle and of all reptiles and of all wild beasts, even of all flesh, thou shalt bring by pairs of all, into the ark, that thou mayest feed them with thyself: male and female they shall be.

²⁰Of all winged birds after their kind, and of all cattle after their kind, and of all reptiles creeping upon the earth after their kind, pairs of all shall come in to thee, male and female to be fed with thee.

²¹And thou shalt take to thyself of all kinds of food which ye eat, and thou shalt gather them to thyself, and it shall be for thee and them to eat.

²²And Noe did all things whatever the Lord God commanded him, so did he.