Genesis
Chapter9
1GodblessedNoahandhissonsandsaidtothem:"Befertileandmultiplyandfilltheearth.
天主降福诺厄和他的儿子们说：“你们要滋生繁殖，充满大地。
2Dreadfearofyoushallcomeuponalltheanimalsoftheearthandallthebirdsoftheair,uponallthecreaturesthatmoveaboutonthegroundandallthefishesofthesea;intoyourpowertheyaredelivered.
地上的各种野兽，天空的各种飞鸟，地上的各种爬虫和水中的各种游鱼，都要对你们表示惊恐畏惧：这一切都已交在你们手中。
31Everycreaturethatisaliveshallbeyourstoeat;IgivethemalltoyouasIdidthegreenplants.
凡有生命的动物，都可作你们的食物；我将这一切赐给你们，有如以前赐给你们蔬菜一样；
42Onlyfleshwithitslifebloodstillinityoushallnoteat.
凡有生命，带血的肉，你们不可吃；
5Foryourownlifeblood,too,Iwilldemandanaccounting:fromeveryanimalIwilldemandit,andfrommaninregardtohisfellowmanIwilldemandanaccountingforhumanlife.
并且，我要追讨害你们生命的血债：向一切野兽追讨，向人，向为弟兄的人，追讨人命。
6Ifanyoneshedsthebloodofman,bymanshallhisbloodbeshed;ForintheimageofGodhasmanbeenmade.
凡流人血的，他的血也要为人所流，因为人是照天主的肖像造的。
7Befertile,then,andmultiply;aboundonearthandsubdueit."
你们要生育繁殖，在地上滋生繁衍。”
8GodsaidtoNoahandtohissonswithhim:
天主对诺厄和他的儿子们说：
9"See,Iamnowestablishingmycovenantwithyouandyourdescendantsafteryou
“看，我现在与你们和你们未来的后裔立约，
10andwitheverylivingcreaturethatwaswithyou:allthebirds,andthevarioustameandwildanimalsthatwerewithyouandcameoutoftheark.
并与同你们在一起的一切生物：飞鸟、牲畜和一切地上野兽，即凡由方舟出来的一切地上生物立约。
11Iwillestablishmycovenantwithyou,thatneveragainshallallbodilycreaturesbedestroyedbythewatersofaflood;thereshallnotbeanotherfloodtodevastatetheearth."
我与你们立约：凡有血肉的，以后决不再受洪水湮灭，再没有洪水来毁灭大地。”
12Godadded:"ThisisthesignthatIamgivingforallagestocome,ofthecovenantbetweenmeandyouandeverylivingcreaturewithyou:
天主说：“这是我在我与你们以及同你们在一起的一切生物之间，立约的永远标记：
13Isetmybowinthecloudstoserveasasignofthecovenantbetweenmeandtheearth.
我把虹霓放在云间，作我与大地之间立约的标记。
14WhenIbringcloudsovertheearth,andthebowappearsintheclouds,
几时我兴云遮盖大地，云中要出现虹霓，
15IwillrecallthecovenantIhavemadebetweenmeandyouandalllivingbeings,sothatthewatersshallneveragainbecomeafloodtodestroyallmortalbeings.
那时我便想起我与你们以及各种属血肉的生物之间所立的盟约：这样水就不会再成为洪水，毁灭一切血肉的生物。
16Asthebowappearsintheclouds,IwillseeitandrecalltheeverlastingcovenantthatIhaveestablishedbetweenGodandalllivingbeings——allmortalcreaturesthatareonearth."
几时虹霓在云间出现，我一看见，就想起在天主与地上各种属血肉的生物之间所立的永远盟约。”
17GodtoldNoah:"ThisisthesignofthecovenantIhaveestablishedbetweenmeandallmortalcreaturesthatareonearth."
天主对诺厄说：“这就是我在我与地上一切有血肉的生物之间，所立的盟约的标记。”
183ThesonsofNoahwhocameoutofthearkwereShem,HamandJapheth.(HamwasthefatherofCanaan.)
诺厄的儿子由方舟出来的，有闪、含、和耶斐特。含是客纳罕的父亲。
19ThesethreewerethesonsofNoah,andfromthemthewholeearthwaspeopled.
这三人是诺厄的儿子；人类就由这三人分布天下。
20NowNoah,amanofthesoil,wasthefirsttoplantavineyard.
诺厄原是农夫，遂开始种植葡萄园。
21Whenhedranksomeofthewine,hebecamedrunkandlaynakedinsidehistent.
一天他喝酒喝醉了，就在自己的帐幕内脱去了衣服。
22Ham,thefatherofCanaan,sawhisfather'snakedness,andhetoldhistwobrothersoutsideaboutit.
客纳罕的父亲含看见了父亲赤身露体，遂去告诉外面的两个兄弟。
23ShemandJapheth,however,tookarobe,andholdingitontheirbacks,theywalkedbackwardandcoveredtheirfather'snakedness;sincetheirfaceswereturnedtheotherway,theydidnotseetheirfather'snakedness.
闪和耶斐特二人于是拿了件外衣，搭在肩上，倒退着走进去，盖上父亲的裸体。他们的脸背着，没有看见父亲的裸体。
24WhenNoahwokeupfromhisdrunkennessandlearnedwhathisyoungestsonhaddonetohim,
诺厄醒了后，知道了小儿对他作的事，
25hesaid:"CursedbeCaanan!Thelowestofslavesshallhebetohisbrothers."
就说：“客纳罕是可咒骂的，给兄弟当最下贱的奴隶。”
264Healsosaid:"BlessedbetheLORD,theGodofShem!LetCanaanbehisslave.
又说：“上主，闪的天主，应受赞美，客纳罕应作他的奴隶。
275MayGodexpandJapheth,sothathedwellsamongthetentsofShem;andletCanaanbehisslave."
愿天主扩展耶斐特，使他住在闪的帐幕内；客纳罕应作他的奴隶。”
28Noahlivedthreehundredandfiftyyearsaftertheflood.
洪水以后，诺厄又活了三百五十年。
29ThewholelifetimeofNoahwasninehundredandfiftyyears;thenhedied.
诺厄共活了九百五十岁死了。
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Footnotes(注解)
1[3]Antediluviancreatures,includingman,aredepictedasvegetarians(Genesis1:29-30),becomingcarnivorousonlyaftertheflood.
2[4]Becausealivingbeingdieswhenitlosesmostofitsblood,theancientsregardedbloodastheseatoflife,andthereforeassacred.AlthoughinitselftheprohibitionagainsteatingmeatwithbloodinitiscomparabletotherituallawsoftheMosaiccode,theJewsconsidereditbindingonallmen,becauseitwasgivenbyGodtoNoah,thenewancestorofallmankind;thereforetheearlyChristianChurchretaineditforatime(Acts15:20,29).
3[18-27]Thisstoryseemstobeacompositeoftwoearlieraccounts;intheone,Hamwasguilty,whereas,intheother,itwasCanaan.OnepurposeofthestoryistojustifytheIsraelites'enslavementoftheCanaanitesbecauseofcertainindecentsexualpracticesintheCanaanitereligion.ObviouslythestoryoffersnojustificationforenslavingAfricanNegroes,eventhoughCanaanispresentedasa"son"ofHambecausethelandofCanaanbelongedtoHamiticEgyptatthetimeoftheIsraeliteinvasion.
4[26]BlessedShem:perhapsthetextreadoriginally,"BlessedoftheLORDbeShem,"whichwouldbeexpectedinthecontext.
5[27]IntheHebrewtextthereisaplayonthewordsyapt("expand")andyepet("Japheth").