Genesis 6

1 Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,

1 当时，人类在地上开始逐渐增多，生了女儿。

2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.

2 上帝的儿子们 看见人的女儿漂亮，就随意选来做妻子。

3 So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”

3 耶和华说：“人既然是血肉之躯，我的灵不会永远住在人的里面，然而人还可以活一百二十年。”

4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.

4 从上帝的儿子和人的女儿交合生子起，地上出现了巨人，他们是上古英武有名的人。

5 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.

5 耶和华看见人在地上罪恶深重，心里终日思想的都是恶事，

6 And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

6 就后悔在地上造了人，心里伤痛，

7 So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”

7 说：“我要把所造的人，连同一切飞禽走兽和爬虫从地上都毁灭，因为我后悔造了他们。”

8 Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.

8 只有挪亚在耶和华面前蒙恩。

9 This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.

9 以下是有关挪亚的记载。 挪亚是个义人，在当时的世代是个纯全无过的人，他与上帝同行。

10 And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

10 挪亚生了三个儿子：闪、含和雅弗。

11 Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.

11 那时大地在上帝眼中败坏了，充满了暴行。

12 And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.

12 上帝看见大地败坏了，因为世人都行为败坏。

13 Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.

13 祂对挪亚说：“我决定消灭世人，因为他们使大地充满暴行。我要把他们和大地一起毁灭。

14 Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out.

14 你要为自己用歌斐木建造一艘方舟，里面要有舱房，内外都要涂上柏油。

15 And this is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.

15 你建造的方舟要长一百三十五米，宽二十二米半，高十三米半。

16 You are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks.

16 舟顶要有四十五厘米高的透光口，门开在方舟的侧面，整艘方舟要分为上、中、下三层。

17 And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.

17 看啊，我要使洪水在地上泛滥，毁灭天下一切有生命气息的活物，地上的一切都要灭亡。

18 But I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.

18 但我要和你立约，你与妻子、儿子和儿媳都可以进方舟。

19 And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.

19 每样动物你要带两只进方舟，雌雄各一只，好保存它们的生命。

20 Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.

20 各类飞禽走兽和爬虫每样一对都要到你那里，好保全生命。

21 You are also to take for yourself every kind of food that is eaten and gather it as food for yourselves and for the animals.”

21 你要为自己和这些动物预备各种食物，贮存起来。”

22 So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.

22 挪亚就照着上帝的吩咐把事情都办好了。