Genesis 8

1 ಆಗ ದೇವರು ನೋಹನನ್ನೂ ಅವನ ಸಂಗಡ ನಾವೆಯಲ್ಲಿದ್ದ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಜೀವರಾಶಿ ಗಳನ್ನೂ ಪಶುಗಳನ್ನೂ ಜ್ಞಾಪಕಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡು ದೇವರು ಭೂಮಿಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಗಾಳಿ ಬೀಸುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡಲಾಗಿ ನೀರು ತಗ್ಗಿತು.

2 ಅಗಾಧದ ಬುಗ್ಗೆಗಳೂ ಆಕಾಶದ ಕಿಟಕಿಗಳೂ ಮುಚ್ಚಲ್ಪಟ್ಟವು. ಇದಲ್ಲದೆ ಆಕಾಶದಿಂದ ಬೀಳುವ ಮಳೆಯೂ ನಿಂತಿತು.

3 ಹೀಗೆ ಭೂಮಿಯ ಮೇಲಿದ್ದ ಜಲವು ಕ್ರಮವಾಗಿ ತಗ್ಗಿಹೋಯಿತು. ನೂರೈವತ್ತು ದಿನಗಳಾದ ಮೇಲೆ ನೀರು ಕಡಿಮೆ ಯಾಯಿತು.

4 ಏಳನೆಯ ತಿಂಗಳಿನ ಹದಿನೇಳನೆಯ ದಿನದಲ್ಲಿ ನಾವೆಯು ಅರಾರಾಟ್‌ ಬೆಟ್ಟಗಳ ಮೇಲೆ ನೆಲೆಸಿತ್ತು.

5 ಹತ್ತನೆಯ ತಿಂಗಳಿನ ವರೆಗೆ ನೀರು ಕ್ರಮವಾಗಿ ಕಡಿಮೆಯಾಗುತ್ತಾ ಬಂತು. ಹತ್ತನೆಯ ತಿಂಗಳಿನ ಮೊದಲನೆಯ ದಿನದಲ್ಲಿ ಬೆಟ್ಟಗಳ ತುದಿಗಳು ಕಾಣ ಬಂದವು.

6 ನಾಲ್ವತ್ತು ದಿವಸಗಳಾದ ತರುವಾಯ ಆದದ್ದೇ ನಂದರೆ, ನೋಹನು ತಾನು ಮಾಡಿದ ನಾವೆಯ ಕಿಟಕಿಯನ್ನು ತೆರೆದು

7 ಒಂದು ಕಾಗೆಯನ್ನು ಹೊರಗೆ ಬಿಟ್ಟನು; ಅದು ಹೊರಟು ಭೂಮಿಯ ಮೇಲಿದ್ದ ಜಲವು ಆರಿಹೋಗುವ ವರೆಗೆ ಹೋಗುತ್ತಾ ಬರುತ್ತಾ ಇತ್ತು.

8 ಭೂಮುಖದ ಮೇಲೆ ನೀರು ಕಡಿಮೆ ಆಯಿತೋ ಇಲ್ಲವೋ ಎಂದು ನೋಡುವಂತೆ ಒಂದು ಪಾರಿವಾಳವನ್ನು ಬಿಟ್ಟನು.

9 ಆದರೆ ನೀರು ಭೂಮುಖದಲ್ಲೆಲ್ಲಾ ಇದ್ದದ್ದರಿಂದ ಪಾರಿವಾಳದ ಅಂಗಾಲಿಗೆ ವಿಶ್ರಮಿಸುವದಕ್ಕೆ ಸ್ಥಳವು ಸಿಕ್ಕದೆ ಅದು ತಿರಿಗಿ ಅವನ ಬಳಿಗೆ ನಾವೆಗೆ ಬಂತು. ಅವನು ಕೈಚಾಚಿ ಅದನ್ನು ಹಿಡಿದು ನಾವೆಯೊಳಗೆ ಸೇರಿಸಿ ಕೊಂಡನು.

10 ಅವನು ಇನ್ನು ಏಳು ದಿನಗಳಾದ ಮೇಲೆ ತಿರಿಗಿ ನಾವೆಯೊಳಗಿಂದ ಪಾರಿವಾಳವನ್ನು ಬಿಟ್ಟನು.

11 ಸಾಯಂಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಪಾರಿವಾಳವು ಅವನ ಬಳಿಗೆ ಬರಲಾಗಿ ಇಗೋ, ಕಿತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಹಿಪ್ಪೆ ಎಲೆಯು ಅದರ ಬಾಯಲ್ಲಿತ್ತು; ಆಗ ನೋಹನು ಭೂಮಿಯ ಮೇಲಿನಿಂದ ನೀರು ಕಡಿಮೆಯಾಯಿತೆಂದು ತಿಳು ಕೊಂಡನು.

12 ಇನ್ನೂ ಏಳು ದಿನಗಳು ತಡೆದು ಪಾರಿವಾಳವನ್ನು ಬಿಟ್ಟಾಗ ಅದು ತಿರಿಗಿ ಅವನ ಬಳಿಗೆ ಬರಲೇ ಇಲ್ಲ.

13 ಆರುನೂರ ಒಂದನೆಯ ವರುಷದ ಮೊದಲನೆಯ ತಿಂಗಳಿನ ಮೊದಲನೆಯ ದಿನದಲ್ಲಿ ಆದದ್ದೇನಂದರೆ, ನೀರು ಭೂಮಿಯ ಮೇಲಿನಿಂದ ಒಣಗಿಹೋಗಿತ್ತು. ನೋಹನು ನಾವೆಯ ಮುಚ್ಚಳವನ್ನು ತೆಗೆದು ನೋಡಲಾಗಿ, ಇಗೋ, ಭೂಮಿಯು ಒಣಗಿಹೋಗಿತ್ತು.

14 ಎರಡನೆಯ ತಿಂಗಳಿನ ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತೇಳನೆಯ ದಿನದಲ್ಲಿ ಭೂಮಿಯು ಒಣಗಿತ್ತು.

15 ಆಗ ದೇವರು ನೋಹನೊಂದಿಗೆ ಮಾತನಾಡಿ ಹೇಳಿದ್ದೇನಂದರೆ--

16 ನೀನೂ ನಿನ್ನ ಸಂಗಡ ನಿನ್ನ ಹೆಂಡತಿಯೂ ನಿನ್ನ ಕುಮಾರರೂ ಅವರ ಹೆಂಡತಿ ಯರೂ ನಾವೆಯೊಳಗಿಂದ ಹೊರಗೆ ಹೋಗಿರಿ.

17 ನಿನ್ನ ಸಂಗಡ ಇರುವ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಶರೀರದ ಪಕ್ಷಿಗಳೂ ಮೃಗಗಳೂ ಭೂಮಿಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಹರಿದಾಡುವ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಕ್ರಿಮಿಗಳೂ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಜೀವಜಂತುಗಳೂ ಭೂಮಿಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಯಾಗಿ ಭೂಮಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹೆಚ್ಚುವ ಹಾಗೆ ಅವು ನಿನ್ನ ಸಂಗಡ ಹೊರಗೆ ಬರಮಾಡು ಅಂದನು.

18 ಆಗ ನೋಹನ ಸಂಗಡ ಅವನ ಹೆಂಡತಿ ಕುಮಾರರು ಸೊಸೆಯರು ಹೊರಗೆ ಬಂದರು.

19 ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಮೃಗಗಳೂ ಕ್ರಿಮಿಗಳೂ ಪಕ್ಷಿಗಳೂ ಭೂಮಿ ಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹರಿದಾಡುವ ಎಲ್ಲವುಗಳು ತಮ್ಮತಮ್ಮ ಜಾತ್ಯಾ ನುಸಾರವಾಗಿ ನಾವೆಯೊಳಗಿಂದ ಹೊರಬಂದವು.

20 ನೋಹನು ಕರ್ತನಿಗೆ ಬಲಿಪೀಠವನ್ನು ಕಟ್ಟಿ ಶುದ್ಧವಾದ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಪಶು ಪಕ್ಷಿಗಳಿಂದಲೂ (ಕೆಲವನ್ನು) ತೆಗೆದು ಬಲಿಪೀಠದ ಮೇಲೆ ದಹನಬಲಿಗಳನ್ನು ಅರ್ಪಿಸಿದನು.

21 ಆಗ ಕರ್ತನಿಗೆ ಅದರ ಸುವಾಸನೆಯು ಗಮಗಮಿಸಲು ತನ್ನ ಹೃದಯದಲ್ಲಿ--ಇನ್ನು ಮೇಲೆ ನಾನು ಮನುಷ್ಯನಿಗೋಸ್ಕರ ಭೂಮಿಯನ್ನು ಶಪಿಸುವ ದಿಲ್ಲ; ಯಾಕಂದರೆ ಮನುಷ್ಯನ ಹೃದಯದ ಕಲ್ಪನೆಯು ಅವನ ಚಿಕ್ಕತನದಿಂದಲೇ ಕೆಟ್ಟದ್ದು. ನಾನು ಈಗ ಮಾಡಿದ ಪ್ರಕಾರ ಇನ್ನು ಮೇಲೆ ಜೀವಿಗಳನ್ನೆಲ್ಲಾ ಸಂಹರಿಸುವದಿಲ್ಲ.

22 ಭೂಮಿಯು ಇರುವ ವರೆಗೆ ಬಿತ್ತುವ ಕಾಲವೂ ಕೊಯ್ಯುವ ಕಾಲವೂ ತಂಪೂ ಶೆಕೆಯೂ ಬೇಸಿಗೆಯೂ ಚಳಿಗಾಲವೂ ಹಗಲೂ ರಾತ್ರಿಯೂ ನಿಂತು ಹೋಗವು ಎಂದು ಅಂದು ಕೊಂಡನು.

1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;

2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:

7 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.

10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;

11 And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.

13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.

14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.

15 And God spake unto Noah, saying,

16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.

17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.

18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him:

19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.

20 And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

21 And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

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.