¹ 神记念挪亚和挪亚方舟里的一切走兽牲畜。神叫风吹地，水势渐落。

² 渊源和天上的窗户都闭塞了，天上的大雨也止住了。

³ 水从地上渐退。过了一百五十天，水就渐消。

⁴ 七月十七日，方舟停在亚拉腊山上。

⁵ 水又渐消，到十月初一日，山顶都现出来了。

⁶ 过了四十天，挪亚开了方舟的窗户，

⁷ 放出一只乌鸦去；那乌鸦飞来飞去，直到地上的水都乾了。

⁸ 他又放出一只鸽子去，要看看水从地上退了没有。

⁹ 但遍地上都是水，鸽子找不着落脚之地，就回到方舟挪亚那里，挪亚伸手把鸽子接进方舟来。

¹⁰ 他又等了七天，再把鸽子从方舟放出去。

¹¹ 到了晚上，鸽子回到他那里，嘴里叼着一个新拧下来的橄榄叶子，挪亚就知道地上的水退了。

¹² 他又等了七天，放出鸽子去，鸽子就不再回来了。

¹³ 到挪亚六百零一岁，正月初一日，地上的水都乾了。挪亚撤去方舟的盖观看，便见地面上乾了。

¹⁴ 到了二月二十七日，地就都乾了。

¹⁵ 神对挪亚说：

¹⁶ 你和你的妻子、儿子、儿妇都可以出方舟。

¹⁷ 在你那里凡有血肉的活物，就是飞鸟、牲畜，和一切爬在地上的昆虫，都要带出来，叫他在地上多多滋生，大大兴旺。

¹⁸ 於是挪亚和他的妻子、儿子、儿妇都出来了。

¹⁹ 一切走兽、昆虫、飞鸟，和地上所有的动物，各从其类，也都出了方舟。

²⁰ 挪亚为耶和华筑了一座坛，拿各类洁净的牲畜、飞鸟献在坛上为燔祭。

²¹ 耶和华闻那馨香之气，就心里说：我不再因人的缘故咒诅地（人从小时心里怀着恶念），也不再按着我才行的灭各种的活物了。

²² 地还存留的时候，稼穑、寒暑、冬夏、昼夜就永不停息了。

¹ When I would heal Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered, also the wickedness of Samaria; for they commit falsehood, and the thief enters in, and the gang of robbers ravages outside.

² They don't consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness. Now their own deeds have engulfed them. They are before my face.

³ They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

⁴ They are all adulterers. They are burning like an oven that the baker stops stirring, from the kneading of the dough, until it is leavened.

⁵ On the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine. He joined his hand with mockers.

⁶ For they have prepared their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait. Their baker sleeps all the night. In the morning it burns as a flaming fire.

⁷ They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges. All their kings have fallen. There is no one among them who calls to me.

⁸ Ephraim, he mixes himself among the nations. Ephraim is a pancake not turned over.

⁹ Strangers have devoured his strength, and he doesn't realize it. Indeed, gray hairs are here and there on him, and he doesn't realize it.

¹⁰ The pride of Israel testifies to his face; yet they haven't returned to Yahweh their God, nor sought him, for all this.

¹¹ "Ephraim is like an easily deceived dove, without understanding. They call to Egypt. They go to Assyria.

¹² When they go, I will spread my net on them. I will bring them down like the birds of the sky. I will chastise them, as their congregation has heard.

¹³ Woe to them! For they have wandered from me. Destruction to them! For they have trespassed against me. Though I would redeem them, yet they have spoken lies against me.

¹⁴ They haven't cried to me with their heart, but they howl on their beds. They assemble themselves for grain and new wine. They turn away from me.

¹⁵ Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet they plot evil against me.

¹⁶ They return, but not to the Most High. They are like a faulty bow. Their princes will fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.