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The Wickedness and Judgment of Man

¹Now it came to pass, ⚓when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them, ²that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they ⚓took wives for themselves of all whom they chose.
³And the Lord said, ⚓“My Spirit shall not ⚓strive with man forever, ⚓for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.” ⁴There were giants on the earth in those ⚓days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
⁵Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every ⚓intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. ⁶And ⚓the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and ⚓He was grieved in His ⚓heart. ⁷So the Lord said, “I will ⚓destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.” ⁸But Noah ⚓found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

Noah Pleases God

⁹This is the genealogy of Noah. ⚓Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah ⚓walked with God. ¹⁰And Noah begot three sons: ⚓Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
¹¹The earth also was corrupt ⚓before God, and the earth was ⚓filled with violence. ¹²So God ⚓looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for ⚓all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.

The Ark Prepared

¹³And God said to Noah, ⚓“The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; ⚓and behold, ⚓I will destroy them with the earth. ¹⁴Make yourself an ark of gopherwood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch. ¹⁵And this is how you shall make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. ¹⁶You shall make a window for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above; and set the door of the ark in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third decks. ¹⁷⚓And behold, I Myself am bringing ⚓floodwaters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall ⚓die. ¹⁸But I will establish My ⚓covenant with you; and ⚓you shall go into the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you. ¹⁹And of every living thing of all flesh you shall bring ⚓two of every sort into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female. ²⁰Of the birds after their kind, of animals after their kind, and of every creeping thing of the earth after its kind, two of every kind⚓will come to you to keep them alive. ²¹And you shall take for yourself of all food that is eaten, and you shall gather it to yourself; and it shall be food for you and for them.”
²²⚓Thus Noah did; ⚓according to all that ⚓God commanded him, so he did.

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Neeg ua Phem ua Qias

¹Thaum neeg huamvam mus nyob puv ntiajteb, thiab yug tau tej ntxhais coob, ²muaj ib cov timtswv qaum ntuj pom cov ntxhais ntawd zoo nkauj heev, yog li ntawd lawv txawm tuaj yuav cov ntxhais uas lawv nyiam ua pojniam. ³Ces tus TSWV hais tias, “Kuv yuav tsis pub neeg muaj sia nyob ntev mus ibtxhis, rau qhov lawv yog neeg uas txawj tuag. Txij no mus lawv tsuas muaj sia nyob ntev li ib puas nees nkaum xyoo lawm xwb.” ⁴Tiam ntawd thiab tiam tom qab no, muaj cov neeg loj heev nyob hauv ntiajteb no, lawv yog xeebntxwv ntawm neeg ntiajteb tej ntxhais uas yuav cov timtswv qaum ntuj. Lawv yog cov neeg uas ua tau heev thiab muaj koob meej nyob txheej thaum ub los lawm.
⁵Thaum tus TSWV pom txhua tus neeg uas nyob hauv ntiajteb no, muaj lub siab ua phem ua qias, thiab xav phem txhua lub sijhawm, ⁶tus TSWV tu siab thiab khuvxim qhov uas nws tsim neeg los nyob hauv lub ntiajteb no, nws tu siab kawg li. ⁷Yog li ntawd, tus TSWV thiaj hais tias, “Kuv yuav muab cov neeg uas kuv tau tsim no, thiab tej tsiaj loj tsiaj me, tej noog uas ya saum nruab ntug ua kom puastsuaj huv tibsi mus, kuv tu siab heev vim kuv tau tsim lawv los.” ⁸Tiamsis tus TSWV txaus siab heev rau Nau-es.

Nau-es Txua Nkoj

^9-10Zaj no yog hais txog Nau-es lub neej. Nau-es muaj peb leeg tub, Xees, Has thiab Yafej. Nau-es yog ib tug neeg ncaj ncees thiab nws yeej ibtxwm ua zoo tas nws simneej. Nws ua neej raws li Vajtswv lub siab nyiam, ¹¹tiamsis dua li lwm tus Vajtswv pom hais tias sawvdaws puavleej ua txhaum huv tibsi, thiab pheej ua kev phem kev qias heev zuj zus mus thoob plaws txhua qhov txhia chaw. ¹²Vajtswv saib lub ntiajteb, nws pom kev phem kev qias puv nkaus. Rau qhov tej neeg puavleej ua phem kawg li.
¹³Vajtswv thiaj hais rau Nau-es hais tias, “Kuv txiav txim siab yuav ua kom neeg tuag tu noob. Kuv yuav ua kom lawv raug kev puastsuaj tas huv tibsi mus, rau qhov lub ntiajteb no puv nkaus lawv txojkev ua nruj ua tsiv xwb. ¹⁴Koj cia li mus muab cov ntoo kubtwm los txua ua ib lub nkoj, ua kom muaj ntau chav rau hauv lub nkoj ntawd thiab muab roj ntoo los leem kom thoob plaws sab hauv thiab sab nraud huv tibsi. ¹⁵Txua lub nkoj ntawd qhov ntev kom muaj peb puas tshim, qhov dav kom muaj tsib caug tshim, thiab qhov siab kom muaj peb caug tshim. ¹⁶Muab vuas vov lub nkoj ntawd thiab tseg li ib tshim thoob plaws tsis txhob xov kom ti rau saum cov vuas. Lub nkoj ntawd ua kom muaj peb tshooj thiab ua lub qhovrooj rau ib sab. ¹⁷Kuv yuav tso dej los nyab lub ntiajteb no kom txhua tsav yam uas muaj sia nyob raug puastsuaj mus. Txhua yam uas nyob hauv ntiajteb no yuav tuag tas huv tibsi. ¹⁸Tiamsis kuv yuav coglus rau koj. Koj cia li coj koj tus pojniam, koj cov tub thiab koj cov nyab mus nyob hauv lub nkoj. ^19-20Coj txhua yam tsiaj ib yam ib nkawg thiab txhua yam noog ib yam ib nkawg nrog koj mus nyob hauv lub nkoj, kom tej tsiaj ntawd thiaj tsis tuag. ²¹Npaj txhua yam zaub mov coj mus rau koj tsev neeg thiab tej tsiaj tau noj nyob hauv lub nkoj.” ²²Nau-es thiaj ua txhua yam raws li Vajtswv tau hais.