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.
1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. 2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. 3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. 4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. 5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man. 6 Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. 7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
8 ¶ And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, 9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; 10 And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. 11 And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: 13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. 14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: 15 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. 16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. 17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
18 ¶ And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. 19 These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread. 20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: 21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. 23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.
24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him. 25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. 26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. 27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
28 ¶ And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. 29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.
