1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
Ikawa wanadamu walipoanza kuzidi usoni pa nchi na wana wa kike walizaliwa kwao,
2 that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
wana wa Mungu waliwaona hao binti za wanadamu ya kuwa ni wazuri; wakajitwalia wake wo wote waliowachagua.
3 And 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.
Bwana akasema, Roho yangu haitashindana na mwanadamu milele, kwa kuwa yeye naye ni nyama; basi siku zake zitakuwa miaka mia na ishirini.
4 There 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.
Nao Wanefili walikuwako duniani siku zile; tena, baada ya hayo, wana wa Mungu walipoingia kwa binti za binadamu, wakazaa nao wana; hao ndiyo waliokuwa watu hodari zamani, watu wenye sifa.
5 And 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.
Bwana akaona ya kuwa maovu ya mwanadamu ni makubwa duniani na kwamba kila kusudi analowaza moyoni mwake ni baya tu sikuzote.
6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
Bwana akaghairi kwa kuwa amemfanya mwanadamu duniani, akahuzunika moyo.
7 And 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.
Bwana akasema, Nitamfutilia mbali mwanadamu niliyemwumba usoni pa nchi; mwanadamu na mnyama, na kitambaacho na ndege wa angani; kwa maana naghairi ya kwamba nimewafanya.
8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
Lakini Nuhu akapata neema machoni pa Bwana.
9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
Hivi ndivyo vizazi vya Nuhu. Nuhu alikuwa mtu wa haki, mkamilifu katika vizazi vyake; Nuhu alikwenda pamoja na Mungu.
10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Nuhu akazaa wana watatu wa kiume, Shemu, na Hamu, na Yafethi.
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
Dunia ikaharibika mbele za Mungu, dunia ikajaa dhuluma.
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
Mungu akaiona dunia, na tazama, imeharibika; maana kila mwenye mwili amejiharibia njia yake duniani.
The Ark
13 And 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.
Mungu akamwambia Nuhu, Mwisho wa kila mwenye mwili umekuja mbele zangu; kwa sababu wameijaza dunia dhuluma, basi nitawaharibu pamoja na dunia.
14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
Ujifanyie safina ya mti wa mvinje; fanya na vyumba ndani ya safina, ukaifunike ndani na nje kwa lami.
15 And 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.
Hivi ndivyo utakavyoifanya; mikono mia tatu urefu wa safina, mikono hamsini upana wake, na mikono thelathini kwenda juu kwake.
16 A 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.
Uifanyie safina mwangaza, ukaumalize juu kiasi cha mkono mmoja; ukautie mlango wa safina katika ubavu wake; ukaifanyie dari tatu, ya chini, ya pili, na ya tatu.
17 And, 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.
Na tazama, nitaleta gharika ya maji juu ya nchi, niharibu kila kitu chenye mwili na pumzi ya uhai, kisiwepo chini ya mbingu; kila kilichoko duniani kitakufa.
18 But 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.
Lakini nitafanya agano langu nawe kuwa thabiti; nawe utaingia katika safina, wewe, na wanao, na mkeo, na wake za wanao, pamoja nawe.
19 And 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.
Na katika kila kilicho hai chenye mwili, wawili wa kila namna utawaleta ndani ya safina, kuwahifadhi pamoja nawe; wawe mume na mke.
20 Of 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.
Katika vyote virukavyo kwa jinsi yake, na kila namna ya mnyama kwa jinsi yake, kila kitambaacho juu ya nchi kwa jinsi yake, wawili wa kila namna watakuja kwako ili uwahifadhi.
21 And 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.
Ukajitwalie chakula cha kila namna kinacholika, ukakusanye, nacho kitakuwa ni chakula chenu na chao.
22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
Ndivyo alivyofanya Nuhu, sawasawa na vyote alivyomwamuru Mungu, hivyo ndivyo alivyofanya.
