Genesis 6
1 ತರುವಾಯ ಭೂಮಿಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಜನರು ಹೆಚ್ಚುವದಕ್ಕೆ ಆರಂಭಿಸಿದಾಗ ಅವರಿಗೆ ಕುಮಾರ್ತೆಯರು ಹುಟ್ಟಿದರು.
2 ಆಗ ದೇವಕುಮಾರರು ಮನುಷ್ಯ ಕುಮಾರ್ತೆಯರ ಸೌಂದರ್ಯವನ್ನು ನೋಡಿ ತಾವು ಆರಿಸಿಕೊಂಡವರನ್ನೆಲ್ಲಾ ತಮಗೆ ಹೆಂಡತಿಯ ರನ್ನಾಗಿ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡರು.
3 ಆಗ ಕರ್ತನು--ನನ್ನ ಆತ್ಮನು ಮನುಷ್ಯನ ಸಂಗಡ ಯಾವಾಗಲೂ ವಿವಾದಮಾಡುವದಿಲ್ಲ; ಅವನು ಮನುಷ್ಯನಷ್ಟೆ. ಆದರೂ ಅವನ ದಿನಗಳು ಇನ್ನು ನೂರ ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತು ವರುಷಗಳಾಗಿರುವವು ಅಂದನು.
4 ಆ ದಿನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಭೂಮಿಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಮಹಾ ಶರೀರಗಳಾದವರು ಇದ್ದರು, ಆಮೇಲೆಯೂ ಇದ್ದರು; ದೇವಕುಮಾರರು ಮನುಷ್ಯ ಕುಮಾರ್ತೆಯರನ್ನು ಕೂಡಿದಾಗ ಅವರಿಗೆ ಮಕ್ಕಳನ್ನು ಹೆತ್ತರು. ಇವರೇ ಪೂರ್ವಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧರಾದ ಪರಾಕ್ರಮಶಾಲಿ ಗಳಾಗಿದ್ದವರು.
5 ಮನುಷ್ಯನ ದುಷ್ಟತ್ವವು ಭೂಮಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿದ್ದನ್ನೂ ಅವನ ಹೃದಯದ ಆಲೋಚನೆಗಳ ಕಲ್ಪನೆಗಳೆಲ್ಲಾ ಯಾವಾಗಲೂ ಬರೀ ಕೆಟ್ಟವುಗಳೆಂದೂ ದೇವರು ನೋಡಿದನು.
6 ಕರ್ತನು ಭೂಮಿಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಮನುಷ್ಯನನ್ನು ಉಂಟುಮಾಡಿದ್ದಕ್ಕೋಸ್ಕರ ಪಶ್ಚಾತ್ತಾಪ ಪಟ್ಟು ತನ್ನ ಹೃದಯದಲ್ಲಿ ನೊಂದುಕೊಂಡನು.
7 ಇದಲ್ಲದೆ ಕರ್ತನು--ನಾನು ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಸಿದ ಮನುಷ್ಯ ನನ್ನೂ ಮನುಷ್ಯನ ಸಂಗಡ ಸಕಲ ಮೃಗ, ಕ್ರಿಮಿ, ಆಕಾಶದ ಪಕ್ಷಿಗಳನ್ನೂ ಭೂಮುಖದಿಂದ ನಾಶಮಾಡು ವೆನು; ನಾನು ಅವರನ್ನು ಉಂಟುಮಾಡಿದ್ದಕ್ಕೆ ಅದು ಪಶ್ಚಾತ್ತಾಪಪಡುವಂತೆ ಆಯಿತು ಅಂದನು.
8 ಆದರೆ ನೋಹನಿಗೆ ಕರ್ತನ ದೃಷ್ಟಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕೃಪೆ ದೊರಕಿತು.
9 ನೋಹನ ವಂಶಾವಳಿಗಳು ಇವೇ: ನೋಹನು ತನ್ನ ವಂಶದವರಲ್ಲಿ ನೀತಿವಂತನೂ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣನೂ ಆಗಿದ್ದನು; ನೋಹನು ದೇವರ ಸಂಗಡ ನಡೆಯು ತ್ತಿದ್ದನು.
10 ನೋಹನಿಂದ ಶೇಮ್‌ ಹಾಮ್‌ ಯೆಫೆತ್‌ ಎಂಬ ಮೂವರು ಕುಮಾರರು ಹುಟ್ಟಿದರು.
11 ಭೂಲೋಕದವರು ದೇವರ ದೃಷ್ಟಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕೆಟ್ಟು ಹೋಗಿದ್ದರು; ಭೂಮಿಯು ಬಲಾತ್ಕಾರದಿಂದ ತುಂಬಿತ್ತು.
12 ದೇವರು ಭೂಮಿಯನ್ನು ನೋಡಲಾಗಿ, ಇಗೋ, ಅದು ಕೆಟ್ಟುಹೋದದ್ದಾಗಿತ್ತು; ಮನುಷ್ಯ ರೆಲ್ಲರು ಭೂಮಿಯ ಮೇಲೆ ತಮ್ಮ ಮಾರ್ಗವನ್ನು ಕೆಡಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದರು.
13 ಆಗ ದೇವರು ನೋಹನಿಗೆ--ಮನುಷ್ಯರೆಲ್ಲರ ಅಂತ್ಯವು ನನ್ನ ಮುಂದೆ ಬಂತು; ಅವರಿಂದ ಭೂಮಿಯು ಬಲಾತ್ಕಾರದಿಂದ ತುಂಬಿದೆ; ಇಗೋ, ನಾನು ಭೂಮಿಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ಅವರನ್ನು ನಾಶಮಾಡು ವೆನು.
14 ನೀನು ಗೋಫೆರ್‌ ಮರದಿಂದ ನಾವೆಯನ್ನು ಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡು ಆ ನಾವೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕೋಣೆಗಳನ್ನು ಮಾಡು; ಅದರ ಹೊರಭಾಗಕ್ಕೂ ಒಳಭಾಗಕ್ಕೂ ರಾಳವನ್ನು ಹಚ್ಚು.
15 ನೀನು ಅದನ್ನು ಮಾಡತಕ್ಕ ಮಾದರಿಯು ಇದೇ; ನಾವೆಯ ಉದ್ದವು ಮುನ್ನೂರು ಮೊಳ ಅಗಲ ಐವತ್ತು ಮೊಳ ಎತ್ತರ ಮೂವತ್ತು ಮೊಳ ಇರಬೇಕು.
16 ನೀನು ನಾವೆಗೆ ಕಿಟಕಿಯನ್ನು ಮಾಡಬೇಕು; ಒಂದು ಮೊಳದೊಳಗೆ ಅದನ್ನು ಮೇಲ್ಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಮುಗಿಸಬೇಕು. ಅದರ ಪಕ್ಕದಲ್ಲಿ ನಾವೆಯ ಬಾಗಲನ್ನು ಇಡಬೇಕು; ಕೆಳಗಿನದು ಎರಡನೆಯದು ಮೂರನೆಯದು ಎಂಬ ಅಂತಸ್ತುಗಳನ್ನು ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ಮಾಡಬೇಕು.
17 ಇಗೋ, ನಾನು ನಾನಾಗಿಯೇ ಆಕಾಶದ ಕೆಳಗೆ ಜೀವಶ್ವಾಸವಿರುವವುಗಳನ್ನೆಲ್ಲಾ ನಾಶ ಮಾಡುವದಕ್ಕೆ ಜಲಪ್ರಳಯವನ್ನು ಭೂಮಿಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಬರಮಾಡುತ್ತೇನೆ; ಆಗ ಭೂಮಿಯಲ್ಲಿರುವದೆಲ್ಲಾ ಸತ್ತುಹೋಗುವದು.
18 ಆದರೆ ನಿನ್ನ ಸಂಗಡ ನನ್ನ ಒಡಂಬಡಿಕೆಯನ್ನು ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸುವೆನು; ನೀನೂ ನಿನ್ನ ಹೆಂಡತಿ ಮಕ್ಕಳು ಸೂಸೆಯರ ಸಂಗಡ ನಾವೆ ಯೊಳಗೆ ಬರಬೇಕು.
19 ಇದಲ್ಲದೆ ಜೀವವುಳ್ಳ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಶರೀರಗಳ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ವಿಧವಾದ ಎರಡೆರಡು ನಿನ್ನ ಸಂಗಡ ಜೀವದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಪಾಡುವಂತೆ ನೀನು ಅವುಗಳನ್ನು ನಾವೆಯೊಳಗೆ ತರಬೇಕು; ಅವು ಗಂಡು ಹೆಣ್ಣಾಗಿರಬೇಕು.
20 ಪಶುಪಕ್ಷಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಅವುಗಳ ಜಾತ್ಯಾನುಸಾರವಾಗಿಯೂ ಭೂಮಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ರುವ ಸಕಲ ಕ್ರಿಮಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ತರವಾದದ್ದರಲ್ಲಿ ಎರಡೆ ರಡು ಜೀವದಲ್ಲಿ ಅವುಗಳನ್ನು ನೀನು ಕಾಪಾಡು ವಂತೆ ನಿನ್ನ ಬಳಿಗೆ ಬರುವವು.
21 ತಿನ್ನತಕ್ಕ ಆಹಾರ ವನ್ನೆಲ್ಲಾ ನಿನ್ನ ಕೂಡ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಂಡು ನಿನ್ನ ಬಳಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕೂಡಿಸಿಕೋ; ಅದು ನಿನಗೂ ಅವುಗಳಿಗೂ ಆಹಾರ ವಾಗಿರುವದು ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಿದನು.
22 ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ನೋಹನು ಮಾಡಿದನು; ದೇವರು ಅವನಿಗೆ ಅಪ್ಪಣೆಕೊಟ್ಟ ಪ್ರಕಾರವೇ ಅವನು ಮಾಡಿದನು.
1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
3 And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
6 And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
7 And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.
9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
1 Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the Lord hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.
2 And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
3 And it came to pass at the seven years’ end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.
4 And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.
5 And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.
6 And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.
7 And Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.
8 And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and inquire of the Lord by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels’ burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Ben-hadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
10 And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the Lord hath shewed me that he shall surely die.
11 And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.
12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
13 And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The Lord hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.
14 So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest surely recover.
15 And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.
16 And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.
17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
18 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.
19 Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.
20 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
21 So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.
22 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
23 And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
24 And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
25 In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.
26 Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
27 And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the Lord, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab.
28 And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth-gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.
29 And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.