1 And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
Bwana akamwambia Nuhu, Ingia wewe na jamaa yako yote katika safina; kwa maana nimekuona wewe u mwenye haki mbele zangu katika kizazi hiki.
2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
Katika wanyama wote walio safi ujitwalie saba saba, mume na mke; na katika wanyama wasio safi wawili wawili, mume na mke.
3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
Tena katika ndege wa angani saba saba, mume na mke; ili kuhifadhi hai mbegu juu ya uso wa nchi yote.
4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
Kwa maana baada ya siku saba nitainyeshea dunia mvua, siku arobaini mchana na usiku; na kila kilicho hai nilichokifanya juu ya uso wa nchi nitakifutilia mbali.
5 And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.
Nuhu akafanya kama vile Bwana alivyomwamuru.
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
Naye Nuhu alikuwa mtu wa miaka mia sita hapo hiyo gharika ya maji ilipokuwa juu ya nchi.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
Nuhu akaingia katika safina, yeye, na wanawe, na mkewe, na wake za wanawe pamoja naye; kwa sababu ya maji ya gharika.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
Na katika wanyama walio safi, na wanyama wasio safi, na ndege, navyo vyote vitambaavyo juu ya nchi,
9 there went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
wakaingia katika safina alimo Nuhu, wawili wawili, mume na mke, kama vile Mungu alivyomwamuru Nuhu.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
Ikawa baada ya siku hizo saba, maji ya gharika yakawa juu ya nchi.
The Great Flood
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Katika mwaka wa mia sita wa maisha ya Nuhu, mwezi wa pili, siku ya kumi na saba ya mwezi, siku ile chemchemi zote za vilindi vikuu zilibubujika kwa nguvu, madirisha ya mbinguni yakafunguka.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
Mvua ikanyesha juu ya nchi, siku arobaini mchana na usiku.
13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
Siku ile ile Nuhu akaingia katika safina, yeye, na Shemu na Hamu na Yafethi, wana wa Nuhu, na mkewe Nuhu, na wake watatu wa wanawe pamoja naye;
14 they, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
wao na kila mnyama wa mwitu kwa jinsi yake, na kila mnyama wa kufugwa kwa jinsi yake, na kila kitambaacho, chenye kutambaa juu ya nchi, kwa jinsi yake, na kirukacho kwa jinsi yake, kila ndege wa namna yo yote.
15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
Waliingia katika safina alimo Nuhu, wawili wawili, wa kila chenye mwili kilicho na pumzi ya uhai ndani yake.
16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.
Na walioingia, waliingia mume na mke, wa kila kitu chenye mwili, kama vile alivyomwamuru Mungu; Bwana akamfungia.
17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
Ile gharika ilikuwako juu ya nchi siku arobaini; nayo maji yakazidi, yakaieleza safina, ikaelea juu ya nchi.
18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
Maji yakapata nguvu, yakazidi sana juu ya nchi; na ile safina ikaelea juu ya uso wa maji.
19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Maji yakapata nguvu sana sana juu ya nchi; na milima mirefu yote iliyokuwako chini ya mbingu ikafunikizwa.
20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
Maji yakapata nguvu, hata ikafunikwa milima kiasi cha mikono kumi na mitano.
21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:
Wakafa wote wenye mwili waendao juu ya nchi, na ndege, na wanyama wa kufugwa, na kila mnyama wa mwitu, na kila kitambaacho chenye kutambaa juu ya nchi, na kila mwanadamu;
22 all in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land , died.
kila kitu chenye pumzi ya roho ya uhai puani mwake kikafa, kila kilichokuwako katika nchi kavu.
23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive , and they that were with him in the ark.
Kila kilicho hai juu ya uso wa nchi kikafutiliwa mbali tangu mwanadamu hata mnyama wa kufugwa, na kitambaacho, na ndege wa angani; vilifutiliwa mbali katika nchi, akabaki Nuhu tu, na hao walio pamoja naye katika safina.
24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.
Maji yakapata nguvu juu ya nchi siku mia na hamsini.
