¹पृथ्वीमा जब मानिसहरुको संख्या बढदै गयो, तिनीहरुले कन्याहरुलाई जन्म दिए।

¹And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

²परमेश्वरका छोराहरुले ती मानव कन्याहरुलाई मन पराए। यसकारण परमेश्वरका छोराहरुले आफूले रोजेका केही कन्याहरुलाई विवाह गरे।

²That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

³तब परमेश्वरले भन्नुभयो, “तिनीहरु मरणशील भएकाले मानव रुपमा लामो समयसम्म बाँच्ने छैनन्। 3तिनीहरुको आयु केवल 120 वर्षसम्म मात्र हुने छ।”

³And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

⁴यस पृथ्वीमा नपील मानिसहरु त्यस समय र त्यसपछि पनि थिए। परमेश्वरका छोराहरुले जब मनुष्य कन्याहरुसित शारीरिक सम्बन्ध राखे तिनीहरुले परमेश्वरका छोराहरुका नानीहरु जन्माए। तिनीहरु प्राचीन समयबाट नै प्रसिद्ध लडाकुहरु थिए।

⁴There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

⁵परमप्रभुले देख्नु भयो पृथ्वीका मानिसहरुमा दुष्टता अत्यन्तै धेरै थियो अनि तिनीहरुले मनमा जे चिताउँद थिए सँधै विचारहरु नै दुष्टपूर्ण हुन्थ्यो।

⁵And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

⁶अनि परमप्रभु पृथ्वीमा मनुष्य जाति सृष्टि गरेकोमा दुःखी हुनुभयो। त्यसले परमप्रभुलाई हृदयबाट नै दुःखी तुल्यायो।

⁶And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

⁷तब परमप्रभुले भन्नुभयो, “पुथ्वीबाट नै यी मानिसहरुलाई म ध्वंश पार्ने छु। म मानिस, घस्रने र अन्य पशुहरु अनि आकाशमा उड्ने चराहरु जे मैले सृष्टि गरें म सबैलाई ध्वंश पार्नेछु।”

⁷And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

⁸तर न्‌हले परमप्रभुलाई खुशी तुल्याए।

⁸But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

⁹यो नूहको पारिवारीक इतिहास हो। न्‌ह उसको जीनवनभरि एकजना असल व्यक्ति थिए। न्‌हले सँधैं परमेश्वरको अनुसरण गर्द थिए।

⁹These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

¹⁰नूहका तीन छोराहरु शेम, हाम र येपेत नाउँ भएका थिए।

¹⁰And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

¹¹परमेश्वरको नजरमा पृथ्वी भ्रष्ट थियो। मानिसहरुले पृथ्वीमा हिंसा ब्याप्त पारेका थिए।

¹¹The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

¹²परमेश्वरले पृथ्वीमा देख्नु भयो पृथ्वीका मानिसहरुले आफ्नो जीवन भ्रष्ट पारेकोले पृथ्वी नै नष्ट भएको थियो।

¹²And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

¹³तब परमेश्वरले न्‌हलाई भन्नुभयो, “मानिसहरुको हिंसाले पृथ्वी भरिएकोले यसमा भएका सबै प्राणीहरुलाई नष्ट पार्न मैले निर्णय लिएँ। यसर्थ पृथ्वीसितै तिनीहरु सबैलाई म झट्टै नष्ट पार्नेछु।

¹³And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

¹⁴तैंले गोपेर काठको एउटा जहाज बनाउनु र त्यसमा कोठाहरु बनाउनु र त्यसको भित्र र बाहिर पट्टी अलकत्राले लिप्नु।

¹⁴Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

¹⁵“त्यो जहाज 300 हात लामो, 50 हात चौडा र 30 हात अल्गो बनाउनु र

¹⁵And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

¹⁶त्यसमा छाना लगाउनु। जब छानाको एक हात तल झ्याल बनाउँनु। त्यस जहाजको एकापट्टी एउटा ढोका राख्नु र त्यसमा पहिले, दोस्रो र तेस्रो तला बनाउनु।

¹⁶A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

¹⁷“मेरो भागमा म यस धर्तीका सबै प्राणीहरुको सर्वनाश पार्न खतरनाक बाढी ल्याइरहेको छु। सजीव वस्तुहरु मर्नेछन्।

¹⁷And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

¹⁸तर म तँसँग एउटा करार गर्नेछु। जहाज भित्र पस्दा तैंले आफूसँग आफ्नो छोराहरु, पत्नी, अनि बुहारीहरु लानु।

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

¹⁹अनि आफूसँग प्रत्येक जोडी जीवित प्राणी जहाज भित्र लानु, ती जीवित प्राणीहरु सबै भाले-पोथीको जोडी होस् र तिनीहरु पनि तिमीहरुसितै बाँचिरहुन्।

¹⁹And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.

²⁰जीवन रक्षाको निम्ति प्रत्येक जातका पशु चरा र घस्रने प्राणीहरु त्यहाँ तिमीहरुसित रहनेछन्।

²⁰Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.

²¹अनि तेरो भागमा सबै प्रकारको खाद्य सामग्री भोजनको लागि जम्मा गर्नु। तेरो र ती सब प्राणीहरुका निम्ति भोजन हुनेछ।”

²¹And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.

²²परमेश्वरको आज्ञा अनुसार नूहले सबै काम पूरा गर्यो।

²²Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.