Genesi 8

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Recordatus autem Deus Noe cunctorumque animantium et omnium iumentorum, quae erant cum eo in arca, adduxit spiritum super terram, et imminutae sunt aquae.	1 Then God remembered Noah, and all living things, and all the cattle, which were with him in the ark, and he brought a wind across the earth, and the waters were diminished.
2 Et clausi sunt fontes abyssi et cataractae caeli, et prohibitae sunt pluviae de caelo.	2 And the fountains of the abyss and the floodgates of heaven were closed. And the rain from heaven was restrained.
3 Reversaeque sunt aquae de terra euntes et redeuntes et coeperunt minui post centum quinquaginta dies.	3 And the waters were restored to their coming and going from the earth. And they began to diminish after one hundred and fifty days.
4 Requievitque arca mense septimo, decima septima die mensis super montes Ararat.	4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, upon the mountains of Armenia.
5 At vero aquae ibant et decrescebant usque ad decimum mensem; decimo enim mense, prima die mensis, apparuerunt cacumina montium.	5 Yet in truth, the waters were departing and decreasing until the tenth month. For in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tips of the mountains appeared.
6 Cumque transissent quadraginta dies, aperiens Noe fenestram arcae, quam fecerat, dimisit corvum;	6 And when forty days had passed, Noah, opening the window that he had made in the ark, sent forth a raven,
7 qui egrediebatur exiens et rediens, donec siccarentur aquae super terram.	7 which went forth and did not return, until the waters were dried up across the earth.
8 Emisit quoque columbam a se, ut videret si iam cessassent aquae super faciem terrae.	8 Likewise, he sent forth a dove after him, in order to see if the waters had now ceased upon the face of the earth.
9 Quae, cum non invenisset, ubi requiesceret pes eius, reversa est ad eum in arcam; aquae enim erant super universam terram. Extenditque manum et apprehensam intulit in arcam.	9 But when she did not find a place where her foot might rest, she returned to him in the ark. For the waters were upon the whole earth. And he extended his hand and caught her, and he brought her into the ark.
10 Exspectatis autem ultra septem diebus aliis, rursum dimisit columbam ex arca.	10 And then, having waited a further seven days, he again sent forth the dove out of the ark.
11 At illa venit ad eum ad vesperam portans ramum olivae virentibus foliis in ore suo. Intellexit ergo Noe quod cessassent aquae super terram.	11 And she came to him in the evening, carrying in her mouth an olive branch with green leaves. Noah then understood that the waters had ceased upon the earth.
12 Exspectavitque nihilominus septem alios dies; et emisit columbam, quae non est reversa ultra ad eum.	12 And nevertheless, he waited another seven days. And he sent forth the dove, which no longer returned to him.
13 Igitur sescentesimo primo anno, primo mense, prima die mensis, siccatae sunt aquae super terram; et aperiens Noe tectum arcae, et ecce aspexit viditque quod exsiccata erat superficies terrae.	13 Therefore, in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the waters were diminished upon the earth. And Noah, opening the cover of the ark, gazed out and saw that the surface of the earth had become dry.
14 Mense secundo, septima et vicesima die mensis, arefacta est terra.	14 In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was made dry.
15 Locutus est autem Deus ad Noe dicens:	15 Then God spoke to Noah, saying:
16 “Egredere de arca tu et uxor tua, filii tui et uxores filiorum tuorum tecum.	16 “Go out of the ark, you and your wife, your sons and the wives of your sons with you.
17 Cuncta animantia, quae sunt apud te ex omni carne, tam in volatilibus quam in pecoribus et in universis reptilibus, quae reptant super terram, educ tecum, ut pullulent super terram et crescant et multiplicentur super eam”.	17 Bring out with you all the living things that are with you, all that is flesh: as with the birds, so also with the wild beasts and all the animals that move upon the earth. And enter upon the land: increase and multiply upon it.”
18 Egressus est ergo Noe et filii eius, uxor illius et uxores filiorum eius cum eo.	18 And so Noah and his sons went out, and his wife and the wives of his sons with him.
19 Sed et omnia animantia, iumenta, volatilia et reptilia, quae reptant super terram, secundum genus suum egressa sunt de arca.	19 Then also all living things, and the cattle, and the animals that move upon the earth, according to their kinds, departed from the ark.
20 Aedificavit autem Noe altare Domino; et tollens de cunctis pecoribus mundis et volucribus mundis obtulit holocausta super altare.	20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord. And, taking from each of the cattle and birds that were clean, he offered holocausts upon the altar.
21 Odoratusque est Dominus odorem suavitatis et locutus est Dominus ad cor suum: “Nequaquam ultra maledicam terrae propter homines, quia cogitatio humani cordis in malum prona est ab adulescentia sua. Non igitur ultra percutiam omnem animam viventem, sicut feci.	21 And the Lord smelled the sweet odor and said: “I will no longer curse the earth because of man. For the feelings and thoughts of the heart of man are prone to evil from his youth. Therefore, I will no longer pierce every living soul as I have done.
22 Cunctis diebus terrae, sementis et messis, frigus et aestus, aestas et hiems, dies et nox non requiescent”.	22 All the days of the earth, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, night and day, will not cease.”