God's Covenant with Noah
1 God blessed Noah and his sons and said, “Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth. 2 All the animals, birds, and fish will live in fear of you. They are all placed under your power. 3 Now you can eat them, as well as green plants; I give them all to you for food. 4 The one thing you must not eat is meat with blood still in it; I forbid this because the life is in the blood. 5 If anyone takes human life, he will be punished. I will punish with death any animal that takes a human life. 6 Human beings were made like God, so whoever murders one of them will be killed by someone else.
7 “You must have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth.”
8 God said to Noah and his sons, 9 “I am now making my covenant with you and with your descendants, 10 and with all living beings—all birds and all animals—everything that came out of the boat with you. 11 With these words I make my covenant with you: I promise that never again will all living beings be destroyed by a flood; never again will a flood destroy the earth. 12 As a sign of this everlasting covenant which I am making with you and with all living beings, 13 I am putting my bow in the clouds. It will be the sign of my covenant with the world. 14 Whenever I cover the sky with clouds and the rainbow appears, 15 I will remember my promise to you and to all the animals that a flood will never again destroy all living beings. 16 When the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between me and all living beings on earth. 17 That is the sign of the promise which I am making to all living beings.”
Noah and His Sons
18 The sons of Noah who went out of the boat were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.) 19 These three sons of Noah were the ancestors of all the people on earth.
20 Noah, who was a farmer, was the first man to plant a vineyard. 21 After he drank some of the wine, he became drunk, took off his clothes, and lay naked in his tent. 22 When Ham, the father of Canaan, saw that his father was naked, he went out and told his two brothers. 23 Then Shem and Japheth took a robe and held it behind them on their shoulders. They walked backward into the tent and covered their father, keeping their faces turned away so as not to see him naked. 24 When Noah sobered up and learned what his youngest son had done to him, 25 he said,
“A curse on Canaan!
He will be a slave to his brothers.
26 Give praise to the Lord, the God of Shem!
Canaan will be the slave of Shem.
27 May God cause Japheth to increase!
May his descendants live with the people of Shem!
Canaan will be the slave of Japheth.”
28 After the flood Noah lived 350 years 29 and died at the age of 950.
Dievs slēdz derību ar Nou
1 Dievs svētīja Nou un viņa dēlus un teica tiem: “Augļojieties, vairojieties un piepildiet zemi! 2 Un lai pār visiem zemes zvēriem, pār visiem debesu putniem, pār visiem, kas rāpo pa zemi, un pār zivīm jūrā nāk bailes un bijāšana no jums – tie ir atdoti jūsu rokās! 3 Katrs kustonis, kas dzīvs, jums būs par ēdamo, tāpat arī zaļoksni stādi – es jums atdodu visu! 4 Tikai neēdiet miesu, kurā ir dzīvība, – asinis jūs neēdiet! 5 Taču par jūsu asinīm, par jūsu dzīvību es atprasīšu no katra zvēra un cilvēka, no ikviena es atprasīšu cilvēka dzīvību!
6 Kas cilvēka asinis izlej,
tā asinis izlies cilvēks,
jo pēc Dieva tēla
viņš cilvēku taisīja!
7 Bet jūs augļojieties un vairojieties,
mudžiet virs zemes un vairojieties uz tās!”
8 Un Dievs teica Noam un viņa dēliem: 9 “Un es, redzi, – es celšu savu derību ar jums un ar jūsu pēcnācējiem pēc jums, 10 un ar katru dzīvu dvēseli, kas ar jums, – ar putniem, ar lopiem, ar visiem zemes zvēriem – ar visiem, kas iznāca no šķirsta, visiem, kas vien virs zemes dzīvo! 11 Es celšu ar jums savu derību, un visa miesa vairs netiks iznīdēta ūdensplūdos, un vairs nebūs plūdu, kas izposta zemi!” 12 Un Dievs teica: “Šī ir derības zīme, ko uz mūžīgām paaudzēm es lieku starp sevi un jums un starp katru dzīvu dvēseli, kas ir ar jums! 13 Savu loku es mākonī lieku, un tas būs par derības zīmi starp mani un zemi! 14 Un būs mans mākonis, mākonis pār zemi, un taps redzams mākonī loks! 15 Un es atcerēšos savu derību, kas starp mani un jums un starp visām dzīvām dvēselēm visā miesā, un nebūs vairs ūdensplūdu, kas izposta visu miesu! 16 Kad būs mākonī loks, es to uzlūkošu, lai atcerētos mūžīgo derību – starp Dievu un katru dzīvu dvēseli visā miesā, kas uz zemes!” 17 Un Dievs teica Noam: “Šī ir derības zīme, ko esmu cēlis starp sevi un starp visu miesu, kas uz zemes.”
Noas dēli
18 Noas dēli, kas iznāca no šķirsta, bija – Šēms, Hāms un Jafets. Hāms ir Kanaāna tēvs. 19 Šie trīs ir Noas dēli, un no tiem radās visas zemes ļaudis.
20 Un Noa bija pirmais vīrs, kas sāka apstrādāt zemi, un viņš dēstīja vīnadārzu. 21 Un viņš dzēra vīnu, apreiba un pliks gulēja telts vidū. 22 Un Hāms, Kanaāna tēvs, redzēja sava tēva kailumu un ārā pastāstīja abiem saviem brāļiem. 23 Bet Šēms un Jafets paņēma drānas, abi uzlika tās uz pleciem, iegāja atmuguriski un apsedza sava tēva kailumu – viņu sejas bija aizgrieztas projām, un sava tēva kailumu viņi neredzēja. 24 Un Noa atmodās no vīna skurbuma un uzzināja, ko viņam jaunākais dēls izdarījis. 25 Un viņš teica:
“Nolādēts Kanaāns –
vergu vergs
viņš būs saviem brāļiem!”
26 Un viņš teica:
“Slavēts Kungs, Šēma Dievs,
lai Kanaāns ir viņa vergs!
27 Lai Dievs vairo Jafetu un ļauj mājot Šēma teltīs, bet Kanaāns būs viņa vergs!” 28 Pēc plūdiem Noa dzīvoja trīs simti piecdesmit gadu. 29 Visas Noas dienas ilga deviņi simti piecdesmit gadu, un viņš nomira.
