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

¹And it came to pass when mankind began to multiply on the earth, and daughters were born to 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 took themselves wives of all that they chose.

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

³And Jehovah said, My Spirit shall not always plead with Man; for he indeed is flesh; but his days shall be a 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।

⁴In those days were the giants on the earth, and also afterwards, when the sons of God had come in to the daughters of men, and they had borne [children] to them; these were the heroes, who of old were men of renown.

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

⁵And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of Man was great on the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil continually.

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

⁶And Jehovah repented that he had made Man on the earth, and it grieved him in 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 Jehovah said, I will destroy Man, whom I have created, from the earth -- from man to cattle, to creeping things, and to fowl of the heavens; for I repent that I have made them.

⁸तर न्‌हले परमप्रभुलाई खुशी तुल्याए।

⁸But Noah found favour in the eyes of Jehovah.

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

⁹This is the history of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect amongst his generations: Noah walked with God.

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

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

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

¹¹And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was full of 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 its way on 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 to Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me, for the earth is full of 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 thyself an ark of gopher wood: [with] cells shalt thou make the ark; and pitch it inside and outside with pitch.

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

¹⁵And thus shalt thou make it: let the length of the ark 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 light shalt thou make to the ark; and to a cubit high shalt thou finish it above. And the door of the ark shalt thou set in its side: [with] a lower, second, and third [story] shalt thou make it.

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

¹⁷For I, behold, I bring a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy all flesh under the heavens in which is the breath of life: everything that is on the earth shall expire.

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 go 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 fowl after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of each shall go in to 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 of all food that is eaten, and gather [it] to thee, that it may be for food for thee and for them.

²²परमेश्वरको आज्ञा अनुसार नूहले सबै काम पूरा गर्यो।

²²And Noah did it; according to all that God had commanded him, so did he.