Genesis 6
1 When people began to become very numerous all over the earth, and many daughters were born to them,
Cuando los hombres comenzaron a multiplicarse sobre la tierra y les nacieron hijas,
2 some of the men who (belonged to/believed in) God saw that some of the women who did not (belong to/believe in) God were very beautiful. So they took whichever ones they chose to become their wives.
y vieron los hijos de Dios que las hijas de los hombres eran hermosas, tomaron de entre todas ellas por mujeres las que les agradaron.
3 Then Yahweh said, “[I will] not [allow] my Spirit to keep people alive forever (OR, the breath of life will not remain in people forever). They will die eventually. They will live not more than 120 years before they die (OR, there will be only 120 more years before they die).”
Entonces dijo Yahvé: “No permanecerá para siempre mi espíritu en el hombre, a causa de su delito; no es más que carne, y serán sus días ciento veinte años.”
4 There were [giants called] Nephils who lived on the earth at that time and later. During that time [some of the Nephil] men who (belonged to/believed in) God had sex [EUP] with women who did not (belong to/believe in) God, and they gave birth to children. The Nephils were considered to be heroic fighters, and they became famous.
En aquellos días había gigantes en la tierra, y también después, cuando los hijos de Dios se llegaron a las hijas de los hombres y ellas les dieron hijos. Estos son los héroes, los varones famosos de la antigüedad.
5 Yahweh saw that people on the earth had become very wicked, and that everything they thought about evil things continually.
Viendo, pues, Yahvé que era grande la maldad del hombre sobre la tierra, y que todos los pensamientos de su corazón se dirigían únicamente al mal, todos los días,
6 Yahweh was sorry that he had made people.
Yahvé se arrepintió de haber hecho al hombre en la tierra, y se dolió en su corazón.
7 So he said, “I will completely destroy the people I made. I will also destroy all the animals and the creatures that scurry across the ground and the birds. None of them will remain on the earth, because I regret that I made them.”
Y dijo Yahvé: “Exterminaré de sobre la faz de la tierra al hombre que he creado, desde el hombre hasta las bestias, hasta los reptiles, y hasta las aves del cielo, porque me arrepiento de haberlo hecho.”
8 But Yahweh was pleased with Noah.
Mas Noé halló gracia a los ojos de Yahvé.
9 This is why: Noah was a man who always acted in a righteous way. No one who lived at that time could criticize him about anything. Noah lived in close fellowship with God.
He aquí la historia de Noé. Noé fue varón justo y perfecto entre los hombres de su tiempo, pues anduvo con Dios.
10 Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Y engendró Noé tres hijos: Sem, Cam y Jafet.
11 At that time God considered that everyone else on earth was very wicked, and everywhere on the earth, people [MTY] were acting cruelly and violently toward each other.
La tierra estaba entonces corrompida delante de Dios, y llena de violencia.
12 God was dismayed when he saw how evil people [MTY] were, because everyone (OR, all living creatures) had begun to behave in an evil way.
Miró, pues, Dios la tierra, y he aquí que estaba depravada, porque toda carne había corrompido su camino sobre la tierra.
13 So God said to Noah, “I have decided to destroy everyone, because all over the earth people are acting violently toward each other. So I am about to get rid of them as well as everything else on the earth.
Dijo entonces Dios a Noé: “He decidido el fin de toda carne; porque la tierra está colmada de violencia por culpa de ellos; por eso he aquí que voy a exterminarlos juntamente con la tierra.
14 [I want you to] make for yourself a large boat from cypress wood. Make rooms inside it. Cover the outside and the inside with tar [to make it (waterproof/so that water cannot get in and sink the boat]).
Hazte un arca de maderas resinosas, la cual dividirás en compartimientos y calafatearás por dentro y por fuera con betún.
15 This is the size you must make it: It shall be (150 yards/135 meters) long, (25 yards/22.5 meters) wide, and (15 yards/13.5 meters) high.
La fabricarás de esta manera: trescientos codos será la longitud del arca, cincuenta codos su anchura, y treinta codos su altura.
16 Make a roof for the boat. Leave a space of about (18 in./.5 meter) between the sides and the roof to let air and light enter (OR, the middle of the roof should be 18 inches higher than the sides). Build the boat with three decks inside, and put a door in one side.
Harás en el arca una abertura para la luz, la cual dispondrás arriba, a un codo del techo. La puerta del arca pondrás en uno de sus costados, y harás un piso primero, un segundo y un tercero.
17 Listen carefully! I am about to cause a flood to occur that will destroy every creature that lives beneath the sky. Everything on the earth will die.
Pues he aquí que voy a traer un diluvio de aguas sobre la tierra, para exterminar toda carne que tiene en sí aliento de vida bajo el cielo. Todo lo que existe en la tierra, perecerá.
18 But I will make an agreement with you(sg): You and your wife, your sons and their wives will enter the boat.
Pero contigo estableceré mi pacto: Entrarás en el arca tú, y tus hijos, y tu mujer, y las mujeres de tus hijos contigo.
19 And I want to save some of all kinds of creatures. So you must also bring two of all living creatures, a male and a female, into the boat with you, so that their species also may remain alive.
Y de todos los animales de toda carne, de toda clase (de ellos), introducirás parejas en el arca para que tengan vida contigo; serán macho y hembra;
20 Two of every kind of creature will come to [in order that by your putting them in the boat] you will keep them alive. They will include two of each kind of bird and each kind of animal and each kind of creature that scurries across the ground.
de las aves según su especie, de las bestias según su especie, de todos los reptiles de la tierra según su especie. Dos de cada clase vendrán a ti, para que les conserves la vida.
21 You must also take some of every kind of food that you and all these animals will need, and store it in the boat.”
Provéete de todo alimento que se come, acópiate provisiones para que os sirvan de comida a ti y a ellos.”
22 So Noah did everything that God told him to do.
Noé hizo conforme a cuanto Dios le había mandado. Así se hizo.
The World is Destroyed by Water
