Genesis
Chapter8
1andthenGodrememberedNoahandalltheanimals,wildandtame,thatwerewithhimintheark.SoGodmadeawindsweepovertheearth,andthewatersbegantosubside.
天主想起了诺厄和同他在方舟内的一切野兽和牲畜，遂使风吹过大地，水渐渐退落；
2Thefountainsoftheabyssandthefloodgatesoftheskywereclosed,andthedownpourfromtheskywasheldback.
深渊的泉源和天上的水闸已关闭，雨也由天上停止降落，
3Graduallythewatersrecededfromtheearth.Attheendofonehundredandfiftydays,thewatershadsodiminished
于是水逐渐由地上退去；过了一百五十天，水就低落了。
41that,intheseventhmonth,ontheseventeenthdayofthemonth,thearkcametorestonthemountainsofArarat.
七月十七日，方舟停在阿辣辣特山上。
5Thewaterscontinuedtodiminishuntilthetenthmonth,andonthefirstdayofthetenthmonththetopsofthemountainsappeared.
洪水继续减退，直到十月；十月一日，许多山顶都露出来。
62AttheendoffortydaysNoahopenedthehatchhehadmadeintheark,
过了四十天，诺厄开了在方舟上做的窗户，
7andhesentoutaraven,toseeifthewatershadlessenedontheearth.Itflewbackandforthuntilthewatersdriedofffromtheearth.
放了一只乌鸦；乌鸦飞去又飞回，直到地上的水都干了。
8Thenhesentoutadove,toseeifthewatershadlessenedontheearth.
诺厄等待了七天，又放出了一只鸽子，看看水是否已由地面退尽。
9Butthedovecouldfindnoplacetoalightandperch,anditreturnedtohimintheark,fortherewaswaterallovertheearth.Puttingouthishand,hecaughtthedoveanddrewitbacktohiminsidetheark.
但是，因为全地面上还有水，鸽子找不着落脚的地方，遂飞回方舟；诺厄伸手将它接入方舟内。
10Hewaitedsevendaysmoreandagainsentthedoveoutfromtheark.
再等了七天，他由方舟中又放出一只鸽子，
11Intheeveningthedovecamebacktohim,andthereinitsbillwasaplucked-offoliveleaf!SoNoahknewthatthewatershadlessenedontheearth.
傍晚时，那只鸽子飞回他那里，看，嘴里衔着一根绿的橄榄树枝；诺厄于是知道，水已由地上退去。
12Hewaitedstillanothersevendaysandthenreleasedthedoveoncemore;andthistimeitdidnotcomeback.
诺厄又等了七天再放出一只鸽子；这只鸽子没有回来。
13InthesixhundredandfirstyearofNoah'slife,inthefirstmonth,onthefirstdayofthemonth,thewaterbegantodryupontheearth.Noahthenremovedthecoveringofthearkandsawthatthesurfaceofthegroundwasdryingup.
诺厄六百零一岁，正月初一，地上的水都干了，诺厄就撤开方舟的顶观望，看见地面已干。
14Inthesecondmonth,onthetwenty-seventhdayofthemonth,theearthwasdry.
二月二十七日，大地全干了。
15ThenGodsaidtoNoah:
天主于是吩咐诺厄说：
16＂Gooutoftheark,togetherwithyourwifeandyoursonsandyoursons'wives.
＂你和你的妻子、儿子及儿媳，同你由方舟出来；
17Bringoutwithyoueverylivingthingthatiswithyou——allbodilycreatures,betheybirdsoranimalsorcreepingthingsoftheearth-andletthemaboundontheearth,breedingandmultiplyingonit.＂
所有同你在方舟内的有血肉的生物：飞禽、牲畜和各种地上的爬虫，你都带出来，叫他们在地上滋生，在地上生育繁殖。＂
18SoNoahcameout,togetherwithhiswifeandhissonsandhissons'wives;
诺厄遂同他的儿子、妻子及儿媳出来；
19andalltheanimals,wildandtame,allthebirds,andallthecreepingcreaturesoftheearthlefttheark,onekindafteranother.
所有的爬虫、飞禽和地上所有的动物，各依其类出了方舟。
20ThenNoahbuiltanaltartotheLORD,andchoosingfromeverycleananimalandeverycleanbird,heofferedholocaustsonthealtar.
诺厄给上主筑了一座祭坛，拿各种洁净的牲畜和洁净的飞禽，献在祭坛上，作为全燔祭。
213WhentheLORDsmelledthesweetodor,hesaidtohimself:＂NeveragainwillIdoomtheearthbecauseofman,sincethedesiresofman'sheartareevilfromthestart;norwillIeveragainstrikedownalllivingbeings,asIhavedone.
上主闻到了馨香，心里说：＂我再不为人的缘故咒骂大地，因为人心的思念从小就邪恶；我也再不照我所作的打击一切生物了，
22Aslongastheearthlasts,seedtimeandharvest,coldandheat,Summerandwinter,anddayandnightshallnotcease.＂
只愿大地存在之日，稼穑寒暑，冬夏昼夜，循环不息。＂
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Footnotes(注解)
1[4]Ararat:ancientUrartu,northoftheMesopotamianplain,partofmodernArmenia.
2[6]IntheoriginalYahwistsource,fromwhichthisverseistaken,thefortydaysrefertothefullperiodoftheflooditself(cfGenesis7:4,17);inthepresentcontext,however,theyseemtorefertoaperiodfollowingthedatejustgiveninGenesis8:5fromthePriestlysource.
3[21]Fromthestart:literally＂fromhisyouth.＂Itisuncertainwhetherthismeansfromthebeginningofthehumanraceorfromtheearlyyearsoftheindividual.