Genesis, 6

1. And when men began to be multiplied upon the earth, and daughters were born to them,

1. Kad su se ljudi poèeli širiti po zemlji i kæeri im se narodile,

2. the sons of God, seeing that the daughters of men were beautiful, took to themselves wives from all whom they chose.

2. opaze sinovi Božji da su kæeri ljudske pristale, pa ih uzimahu sebi za žene koje su god htjeli.

3. And God said: “My spirit shall not remain in man forever, because he is flesh. And so his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.”

3. Onda Jahve reèe: "Neæe moj duh u èovjeku ostati dovijeka; èovjek je tjelesan, pa neka mu vijek bude stotinu dvadeset godina."

4. Now giants were upon the earth in those days. For after the sons of God went in to the daughters of men, and they conceived, these became the powerful ones of ancient times, men of renown.

4. U ona su vremena - a i kasnije - na zemlji bili Nefili, kad su Božji sinovi opæili s ljudskim kæerima pa im one raðale djecu. To su oni od starine po snazi glasoviti ljudi.

5. Then God, seeing that the wickedness of men was great upon the earth and that every thought of their heart was intent upon evil at all times,

5. Vidje Jahve kako je èovjekova pokvarenost na zemlji velika i kako je svaka pomisao u njegovoj pameti uvijek samo zloæa.

6. repented that he had made man on the earth. And being touched inwardly with a sorrow of heart,

6. Jahve se pokaja i u svom srcu ražalosti što je naèinio èovjeka na zemlji.

7. he said, “I will eliminate man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth, from man to other living things, from animals even to the flying things of the air. For it grieves me that I have made them.”

7. Reèe Jahve: "Ljude koje sam stvorio izbrisat æu s lica zemlje - od èovjeka do zvijeri, puzavce i ptice u zraku - jer sam se pokajao što sam ih napravio."

8. Yet truly, Noah found grace before the Lord.

8. Ali je Noa našao milost u oèima Jahvinim.

9. These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a just man, and yet he was predominate among his generations, for he walked with God.

9. Ovo je povijest Noina: Noa je bio èovjek pravedan i neporoèan u svom vremenu. S Bogom je Noa hodio.

10. And he conceived three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

10. Tri su se sina rodila Noi: Šem, Ham i Jafet.

11. Yet the earth was corrupted before the eyes of God, and it was filled with iniquity.

11. U oèima Božjim zemlja se bila iskvarila; nepravdom se napunila.

12. And when God had seen that the earth had been corrupted, (indeed, all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth)

12. I kad je Bog vidio kako se zemlja iskvarila - tÓa svako se biæe na zemlji izopaèilo -

13. he said to Noah: “The end of all flesh has arrived in my sight. The earth has been filled with iniquity by their presence, and I will destroy them, along with the earth.

13. reèe Bog Noi: "Odluèio sam da bude kraj svim biæima jer se zemlja napunila opaèinom; i, evo, uništit æu ih zajedno sa zemljom.

14. Make yourself an ark from smoothed wood. You shall make little dwelling places in the ark, and you shall smear pitch on the interior and exterior.

14. Napravi sebi korablju od smolastoga drveta; korablju naèini s prijekletima i obloži je iznutra i izvana paklinom.

15. And thus shall you make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.

15. A pravit æeš je ovako: neka korablja bude trista lakata u duljinu, pedeset u širinu, a trideset lakata u visinu.

16. You shall make a window in the ark, and you shall complete it within a cubit of the top. Then you shall set the door of the ark at its side. You shall make in it: a lower part, upper rooms, and a third level.

16. Na korablji naèini otvor za svjetlo, završi ga jedan lakat od vrha. Vrata na korablji naèini sa strane; neka ima donji, srednji i gornji kat.

17. Behold, I shall bring the waters of a great flood upon the earth, so as to put to death all flesh in which there is the breath of life under heaven. All things that are on the earth shall be consumed.

17. Ja æu, evo, pustiti potop - vode na zemlju - da izgine svako biæe pod nebom, sve u èemu ima dah života: sve na zemlji mora poginuti.

18. And I shall establish my covenant with you, and you shall enter the ark, you and your sons, your wife and the wives of your sons with you.

18. A s tobom æu uèiniti Savez; ti æeš uæi u korablju - ti i s tobom tvoji sinovi, tvoja žena i žene tvojih sinova.

19. And from every living thing of all that is flesh, you shall lead pairs into the ark, so that they may survive with you: from the male sex and the female,

19. A od svega što je živo - od svih biæa - uvedi u korablju od svakoga po dvoje da s tobom preživi, i neka budu muško i žensko.

20. from birds, according to their kind, and from beasts, in their kind, and from among all animals on earth, according to their kind; pairs from each shall enter with you, so that they may be able to live.

20. Od ptica prema njihovim vrstama, od životinja prema njihovim vrstama i od svih stvorova što po tlu puze prema njihovim vrstama: po dvoje od svega neka uðe k tebi da preživi.

21. Therefore, you shall take with you from all the foods that are able to be eaten, and you shall carry these with you. And these shall be used as food, some for you, and the rest for them.”

21. Sa sobom uzmi svega za jelo pa èuvaj da bude hrane tebi i njima."

22. And so Noah did all things just as God had instructed him.

22. Noa uèini tako. Sve kako mu je Bog naredio, tako je izvršio.