¹ 耶和华对挪亚说：你和你的全家都要进入方舟；因为在这世代中，我见你在我面前是义人。

² 凡洁净的畜类，你要带七公七母；不洁净的畜类，你要带一公一母；

³ 空中的飞鸟也要带七公七母，可以留种，活在全地上；

⁴ 因为再过七天，我要降雨在地上四十昼夜，把我所造的各种活物都从地上除灭。

⁵ 挪亚就遵着耶和华所吩咐的行了。

⁶ 当洪水泛滥在地上的时候，挪亚整六百岁。

⁷ 挪亚就同他的妻和儿子儿妇都进入方舟，躲避洪水。

⁸ 洁净的畜类和不洁净的畜类，飞鸟并地上一切的昆虫，

⁹ 都是一对一对的，有公有母，到挪亚那里进入方舟，正如神所吩咐挪亚的。

¹⁰ 过了那七天，洪水泛滥在地上。

¹¹ 当挪亚六百岁，二月十七日那一天，大渊的泉源都裂开了，天上的窗户也敞开了

¹² 四十昼夜降大雨在地上。

¹³ 正当那日，挪亚和他三个儿子闪、含、雅弗，并挪亚的妻子和三个儿妇，都进入方舟。

¹⁴ 他们和百兽，各从其类，一切牲畜，各从其类，爬在地上的昆虫，各从其类，一切禽鸟，各从其类，都进入方舟。

¹⁵ 凡有血肉、有气息的活物，都一对一对地到挪亚那里，进入方舟。

¹⁶ 凡有血肉进入方舟的，都是有公有母，正如神所吩咐挪亚的。耶和华就把他关在方舟里头。

¹⁷ 洪水泛滥在地上四十天，水往上长，把方舟从地上漂起。

¹⁸ 水势浩大，在地上大大地往上长，方舟在水面上漂来漂去。

¹⁹ 水势在地上极其浩大，天下的高山都淹没了。

²⁰ 水势比山高过十五肘，山岭都淹没了。

²¹ 凡在地上有血肉的动物，就是飞鸟、牲畜、走兽，和爬在地上的昆虫，以及所有的人，都死了。

²² 凡在旱地上、鼻孔有气息的生灵都死了。

²³ 凡地上各类的活物，连人带牲畜、昆虫，以及空中的飞鸟，都从地上除灭了，只留下挪亚和那些与他同在方舟里的。

²⁴ 水势浩大，在地上共一百五十天。

¹ Behold, Yahweh makes the earth empty, makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants.

² It will be as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest.

³ The earth will be utterly emptied and utterly laid waste; for Yahweh has spoken this word.

⁴ The earth mourns and fades away. The world languishes and fades away. The lofty people of the earth languish.

⁵ The earth also is polluted under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant.

⁶ Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell therein are found guilty. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

⁷ The new wine mourns. The vine languishes. All the merry-hearted sigh.

⁸ The mirth of tambourines ceases. The sound of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases.

⁹ They will not drink wine with a song. Strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it.

¹⁰ The confused city is broken down. Every house is shut up, that no man may come in.

¹¹ There is a crying in the streets because of the wine. All joy is darkened. The mirth of the land is gone.

¹² The city is left in desolation, and the gate is struck with destruction.

¹³ For it will be so in the midst of the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done.

¹⁴ These shall lift up their voice. They will shout for the majesty of Yahweh. They cry aloud from the sea.

¹⁵ Therefore glorify Yahweh in the east, even the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea!

¹⁶ From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs. Glory to the righteous! But I said, "I pine away! I pine away! woe is me!" The treacherous have dealt treacherously. Yes, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.

¹⁷ Fear, the pit, and the snare, are on you who inhabitant the earth.

¹⁸ It will happen that he who flees from the noise of the fear will fall into the pit; and he who comes up out of the midst of the pit will be taken in the snare; for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.

¹⁹ The earth is utterly broken. The earth is torn apart. The earth is shaken violently.

²⁰ The earth will stagger like a drunken man, and will sway back and forth like a hammock. Its disobedience will be heavy on it, and it will fall and not rise again.

²¹ It shall happen in that day that Yahweh will punish the army of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth.

²² They shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison; and after many days shall they be visited.

²³ Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Yahweh of Armies will reign on Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders will be glory.