1 και ηυλογησεν ο θεος τον νωε και τους υιους αυτου και ειπεν αυτοις αυξανεσθε και πληθυνεσθε και πληρωσατε την γην και κατακυριευσατε αυτης | 1 God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, 'Breed, multiply and fil the earth. |
2 και ο τρομος υμων και ο φοβος εσται επι πασιν τοις θηριοις της γης και επι παντα τα ορνεα του ουρανου και επι παντα τα κινουμενα επι της γης και επι παντας τους ιχθυας της θαλασσης υπο χειρας υμιν δεδωκα | 2 Be the terror and the dread of al the animals on land and al the birds of heaven, of everything thatmoves on land and all the fish of the sea; they are placed in your hands. |
3 και παν ερπετον ο εστιν ζων υμιν εσται εις βρωσιν ως λαχανα χορτου δεδωκα υμιν τα παντα | 3 Every living thing that moves wil be yours to eat, no less than the foliage of the plants. I give youeverything, |
4 πλην κρεας εν αιματι ψυχης ου φαγεσθε | 4 with this exception: you must not eat flesh with life, that is to say blood, in it. |
5 και γαρ το υμετερον αιμα των ψυχων υμων εκζητησω εκ χειρος παντων των θηριων εκζητησω αυτο και εκ χειρος ανθρωπου αδελφου εκζητησω την ψυχην του ανθρωπου | 5 And I shal demand account of your life-blood, too. I shall demand it of every animal, and of man. Ofman as regards his fel ow-man, I shal demand account for human life. |
6 ο εκχεων αιμα ανθρωπου αντι του αιματος αυτου εκχυθησεται οτι εν εικονι θεου εποιησα τον ανθρωπον | 6 He who sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for in the image of God was mancreated. |
7 υμεις δε αυξανεσθε και πληθυνεσθε και πληρωσατε την γην και πληθυνεσθε επ' αυτης | 7 Be fruitful then and multiply, teem over the earth and subdue it!' |
8 και ειπεν ο θεος τω νωε και τοις υιοις αυτου μετ' αυτου λεγων | 8 God spoke as fol ows to Noah and his sons, |
9 εγω ιδου ανιστημι την διαθηκην μου υμιν και τω σπερματι υμων μεθ' υμας | 9 'I am now establishing my covenant with you and with your descendants to come, |
10 και παση ψυχη τη ζωση μεθ' υμων απο ορνεων και απο κτηνων και πασι τοις θηριοις της γης οσα μεθ' υμων απο παντων των εξελθοντων εκ της κιβωτου | 10 and with every living creature that was with you: birds, cattle and every wild animal with you;everything that came out of the ark, every living thing on earth. |
11 και στησω την διαθηκην μου προς υμας και ουκ αποθανειται πασα σαρξ ετι απο του υδατος του κατακλυσμου και ουκ εσται ετι κατακλυσμος υδατος του καταφθειραι πασαν την γην | 11 And I shal maintain my covenant with you: that never again shal all living things be destroyed by thewaters of a flood, nor shal there ever again be a flood to devastate the earth.' |
12 και ειπεν κυριος ο θεος προς νωε τουτο το σημειον της διαθηκης ο εγω διδωμι ανα μεσον εμου και υμων και ανα μεσον πασης ψυχης ζωσης η εστιν μεθ' υμων εις γενεας αιωνιους | 12 'And this', God said, 'is the sign of the covenant which I now make between myself and you and everyliving creature with you for al ages to come: |
13 το τοξον μου τιθημι εν τη νεφελη και εσται εις σημειον διαθηκης ανα μεσον εμου και της γης | 13 I now set my bow in the clouds and it wil be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. |
14 και εσται εν τω συννεφειν με νεφελας επι την γην οφθησεται το τοξον μου εν τη νεφελη | 14 When I gather the clouds over the earth and the bow appears in the clouds, |
15 και μνησθησομαι της διαθηκης μου η εστιν ανα μεσον εμου και υμων και ανα μεσον πασης ψυχης ζωσης εν παση σαρκι και ουκ εσται ετι το υδωρ εις κατακλυσμον ωστε εξαλειψαι πασαν σαρκα | 15 I shal recall the covenant between myself and you and every living creature, in a word al living things,and never again will the waters become a flood to destroy al living things. |
16 και εσται το τοξον μου εν τη νεφελη και οψομαι του μνησθηναι διαθηκην αιωνιον ανα μεσον εμου και ανα μεσον πασης ψυχης ζωσης εν παση σαρκι η εστιν επι της γης | 16 When the bow is in the clouds I shall see it and call to mind the eternal covenant between God andevery living creature on earth, that is, al living things.' |
17 και ειπεν ο θεος τω νωε τουτο το σημειον της διαθηκης ης διεθεμην ανα μεσον εμου και ανα μεσον πασης σαρκος η εστιν επι της γης | 17 'That', God told Noah, 'is the sign of the covenant I have established between myself and al livingthings on earth.' |
18 ησαν δε οι υιοι νωε οι εξελθοντες εκ της κιβωτου σημ χαμ ιαφεθ χαμ ην πατηρ χανααν | 18 The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth-Ham being the father ofCanaan. |
19 τρεις ουτοι εισιν οι υιοι νωε απο τουτων διεσπαρησαν επι πασαν την γην | 19 These three were Noah's sons, and from these the whole earth was peopled. |
20 και ηρξατο νωε ανθρωπος γεωργος γης και εφυτευσεν αμπελωνα | 20 Noah, a til er of the soil, was the first to plant the vine. |
21 και επιεν εκ του οινου και εμεθυσθη και εγυμνωθη εν τω οικω αυτου | 21 He drank some of the wine, and while he was drunk, he lay uncovered in his tent. |
22 και ειδεν χαμ ο πατηρ χανααν την γυμνωσιν του πατρος αυτου και εξελθων ανηγγειλεν τοις δυσιν αδελφοις αυτου εξω | 22 Ham, father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside. |
23 και λαβοντες σημ και ιαφεθ το ιματιον επεθεντο επι τα δυο νωτα αυτων και επορευθησαν οπισθοφανως και συνεκαλυψαν την γυμνωσιν του πατρος αυτων και το προσωπον αυτων οπισθοφανες και την γυμνωσιν του πατρος αυτων ουκ ειδον | 23 Shem and Japheth took a cloak and they both put it over their shoulders, and walking backwards,covered their father's nakedness; they kept their faces turned away, and they did not look at their father naked. |
24 εξενηψεν δε νωε απο του οινου και εγνω οσα εποιησεν αυτω ο υιος αυτου ο νεωτερος | 24 When Noah awoke from his stupor he learned what his youngest son had done to him, |
25 και ειπεν επικαταρατος χανααν παις οικετης εσται τοις αδελφοις αυτου | 25 and said: Accursed be Canaan, he shal be his brothers' meanest slave. |
26 και ειπεν ευλογητος κυριος ο θεος του σημ και εσται χανααν παις αυτου | 26 He added: Blessed be Yahweh, God of Shem, let Canaan be his slave! |
27 πλατυναι ο θεος τω ιαφεθ και κατοικησατω εν τοις οικοις του σημ και γενηθητω χανααν παις αυτων | 27 May God make space for Japheth, may he live in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be his slave! |
28 εζησεν δε νωε μετα τον κατακλυσμον τριακοσια πεντηκοντα ετη | 28 After the flood Noah lived three hundred and fifty years. |
29 και εγενοντο πασαι αι ημεραι νωε εννακοσια πεντηκοντα ετη και απεθανεν | 29 In al , Noah's life lasted nine hundred and fifty years; then he died. |