Genesis 6 (CTH)

1Talai vah tami pungdaw a kamtawng navah, canunaw a khe awh teh,Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,

2Cathut e capanaw ni tami e canunaw a meihawi e a hmu navah a ngai e patetlah a rawi awh teh, a paluen awh.the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.

3Hat torei teh, BAWIPA ni ka muitha teh taminaw koe yungyoe kaawm sak mahoeh toe. Bangkongtetpawiteh, tami teh tak lah ao dawkvah, atu hoi teh tami e a hringnae teh kum 120 touh han toe telah ati.So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”

4Hatnae tueng dawk Nephilimnaw teh talai van ao awh. Hathnukkhu, Cathut e capanaw ni tami e canunaw a yonkhai awh teh, ahnimouh hanelah canaw a khe awh. Hote taminaw teh ayan e tueng dawk Athakasaipounge hoi min kamthang e naw lah ao awh.The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.

5BAWIPA ni talai van dawk tami e thoenae a len e hoi lungpouk pueng pou a payon toe tie a hmu.Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.

6Hahoi BAWIPA ni talai van tami a sak e hah a lungmathoe teh a lung caca a pataw.And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

7Hatdawkvah, BAWIPA ni ka sak e tami teh talai dawk hoi ka takhoe han toe. Tami hai, saring hai, vonpui hoi kâvanaw hoi kalvannaw dawk e tavanaw hai, ahnimanaw ka sak e dawk ka lung caca a pataw telah ati.So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”

8Hatei Noah teh BAWIPA lungyouk e tami lah ao.Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.

9Hethateh, Noah e catounnaw doeh. Noah teh tamikalan, a miphun dawk toun han kaawm hoeh e tami lah ao. Cathut hoi cungtalah a ceio.This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.

10Noah ni Shem, Ham, hoi Japheth, ca tongpa kathum touh a khe.And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

11Hat navah, talai teh Cathut hmalah karawk e lah ao. Talai teh yonnae hoi akawi.Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.

12Cathut ni talai a khet navah, karawk e lah ao e hah a hmu. Bangkongtetpawiteh, talai van e tami pueng e takthai lamthung teh koung a ro toe.And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.

13Hatdawkvah, Cathut ni Noah koevah takthai pueng e a poutnae teh ka hmaitung a kamnue toe. Ahnimouh kecu dawk talai teh yonnae hoi akawi toe. Talai hoi cungtalah ahnimanaw teh ka raphoe katang han toe.Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.

14Gopher thing hoi nama hanelah, long sak leih. Athung haiyah rakhannaw sak nateh, athung, avan petkâkalup lah thingtapi hoi kanan sin haw.Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out.

15Hote long teh asaw e dong 300, akaw e dong 50, a rasang dong 30 touh a pha han.And this is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.

16Long lemphu na sak vaiteh, a lathueng lahoi dong touh kakaw lah hlalangaw na sak vaiteh, tapang koe lah tho na sak han. Apasuekpoung, apâhni hoi apâthum telah coung thum touh lah na sak han.You are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks.

17Kahring e saring pueng, kalvan rahim hoi ka raphoe hanelah, talai van tuikamuem ka tho sak vaiteh, talai van kaawm pueng koung a due awh han.And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.

18Nang koe ka lawkkam ka caksak han. Nama hoi capanaw na yu hoi langanaw teh long thung na kâen awh han.But I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.

19Hahoi ka hring e saring pueng thung e anapui hoi anatongpa kahni touh hring sak hanelah, nang hoi cungtalah long thung na kâen sak han.And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.

20Tava dawk hai amae aphun lah, saring dawk hai amae aphun lah, vonpui hoi kâva e dawk hai amae aphun lah, aphun tangkuem dawk e kahni touh hring sak hanelah nang koe a tho awh han.Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.

21Hahoi nama ni na ca hane hoi saringnaw ni a ca hanelah, cakawi rawca aphunphun na la vaiteh, na pâkhueng han telah atipouh.You are also to take for yourself every kind of food that is eaten and gather it as food for yourselves and for the animals.”

22Cathut ni kâ a poe e patetlah Noah ni koung a sak.So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.

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