Genesis 6 (GOFL)

1Asay sa7a bolla darida wode entaw macca nayti yeletidosona.Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,

2“Xoossaa nayta” geetetiya medhetethati he macca nayti mala lo77o gideysa be7idi entafe bantaw dooridaysata machidosona.the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.

3Goday, “Asas de7o immiya ta Ayyaanay asan merinaw deenna. Asi hayqeysa gidiya gisho, hizape iya laythay issi xeetanne laatama gidana” yaagis.So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”

4He wodenne hessafe guye, Xoossa nayti asa macca nayta ekin, nayti yeletida wode, wogga adussa asati sa7a bolla de7idosona. Enti beni wode olas minonne eretida asata.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.

5Goday he wode sa7a bolla de7iya asa iitatethi daridaysanne enta wozanay ubba wode qopiyabay iita xalaala gididaysaThen 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.

6be7idi, ase ha sa7a bolla medhidaysan azzanis; ba wozanan daro qiirotis.And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

7Taani ase ayis medhadina gada qiirotas. Hessa gisho, Goday, “Taani medhida ase, mehe, do7a, sa7ara gooshetiya medhetethatanne salo kafota sa7a bollafe dhaysana” yaagis.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.”

8Shin Nohey Godaa sinthan saba demmis.Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.

9Nohe taarkey haysafe kaallidi xaafetidaysa. Nohey ba wode de7iya asa giddofe Xoossaa ufaysiyanne suure asi.This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.

10Nohey Seema, Kaamanne Yaafeta geetetiya heedzu adde nayta yelis.And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

11He wode biittay kumethi Xoossa sinthan tunis; biitta ubbay geellatethan kumis.Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.

12Xoossay ha biitta xeelliya wode sa7an de7iya asa ubbay banta ogiya tunisidi de7eysa be7is.And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.

13Hessa gisho, Xoossay Nohe haysada yaagidi kiittis; “Taani asa ubbaa dhaysana hanayis. Enta gaason biittay geellatethan kumida gisho, ase biittafe dhaysana.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.

14Hessa gisho, mino mithafe new markabe keexa. He markabiya giddon daro qol7ata kessa. Yaatada sooranne karera made melaban meesha.Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out.

15Markabiya haysada yaatada keexa; adussatethaa 300 wadha, gompaa 50 wadha, geesa 30 wadha ootha.And this is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.

16Markabiyas kaara medha; kaarapenne godaape giddon issi wadha gidiya bessi dooya agga. Pengiya markabiyas miye baggara kessa; markabiya heedzu pooqe kessada keexa.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.

17“Taani salope garsan shempora de7iya medhetetha ubbaa dhaysanaw dhayo haatha yeddada ha sa7aa bolla de7iyaba ubbaa dhaysana.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.

18Shin taani ta caaquwa neera caaqana. Neeni, ne machiw, ne adde naytanne enta macheta ekada markabiya giddo gela.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.

19Enti neera de7on daana mela, de7oy de7iya medhetetha ubbaafe qommon qommon addenne macca nam7a nam7a oothada, markabiya giddo gelsa.And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.

20Dumma dumma qommo kafotape, dumma dumma qommo mehetapenne sa7ara gooshetiya dumma dumma qommo medhetetha ubbaafe nam7a nam7a gididi de7on daana mela neeko yo.Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.

21Qassi hintenne do7ati maanaw dumma dumma qommo miya kathi efada, markabiya giddon qola” yaagis.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.”

22Nohey ubbabaaka Xoossay kiitidaysada oothis.So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.

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