Genesis · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Genesis 6 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Και ότε ήρχισαν οι άνθρωποι να πληθύνωνται επί του προσώπου της γης, και θυγατέρες εγεννήθησαν εις αυτούς,
1 When men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them,
2 ιδόντες οι υιοί του Θεού τας θυγατέρας των ανθρώπων, ότι ήσαν ώραίαι, έλαβον εις εαυτούς γυναίκας εκ πασών όσας έκλεξαν.
2 God’s sons saw that men’s daughters were beautiful, and they took any that they wanted for themselves as wives.
3 Και είπε Κύριος, Δεν θέλει καταμείνει πάντοτε το πνεύμά μου μετά του ανθρώπου, διότι είναι σάρξ· αι ημέραι αυτού θέλουσιν είσθαι ακόμη εκατόν είκοσι έτη.
3 Yahweh said, “My Spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; so his days will be one hundred twenty years.”
4 Κατ' εκείνας τας ημέρας ήσαν οι γίγαντες επί της γης, και έτι, ύστερον, αφού οι υιοί του Θεού εισήλθον εις τας θυγατέρας των ανθρώπων, και αύται ετεκνοποίησαν εις αυτούς· εκείνοι ήσαν οι δυνατοί, οι έκπαλαι άνδρες ονομαστοί.
4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also after that, when God’s sons came in to men’s daughters and had children with them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
5 Και είδεν ο Κύριος ότι επληθύνετο η κακία του ανθρώπου επί της γης, και πάντες οι σκοποί των διαλογισμών της καρδίας αυτού ήσαν μόνον κακία πάσας τας ημέρας.
5 Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of man’s heart was continually only evil.
6 Και μετεμελήθη ο Κύριος ότι εποίησε τον άνθρωπον επί της γης. και ελυπήθη εν τη καρδία αυτού.
6 Yahweh was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.
7 Και είπεν ο Κύριος, Θέλω εξαλείψει τον άνθρωπον, τον οποίον εποίησα, από προσώπου της γής· από ανθρώπου έως κτήνους, έως ερπετού, και έως πτηνού του ουρανού· επειδή μετεμελήθην ότι εποίησα αυτούς.
7 Yahweh said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground—man, along with animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky—for I am sorry that I have made them.”
8 Ο δε Νώε εύρε χάριν ενώπιον Κυρίου.
8 But Noah found favor in Yahweh’s eyes.
9 Αύτη είναι η γενεαλογία του Νώε. Ο Νώε ήτο άνθρωπος δίκαιος, τέλειος μεταξύ των συγχρόνων αυτού· μετά του Θεού περιεπάτησεν ο Νώε.
9 This is the history of the generations of Noah: Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.
10 Και εγέννησεν ο Νώε τρεις υιούς, τον Σημ, τον Χαμ και τον Ιάφεθ.
10 Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 Διεφθάρη δε η γη ενώπιον του Θεού, και ενεπλήσθη η γη αδικίας.
11 The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
12 Και είδεν ο Θεός την γην, και ιδού, ήτο διεφθαρμένη· διότι πάσα σαρξ είχε διαφθείρει την οδόν αυτής επί της γης.
12 God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
13 Και είπεν ο Θεός προς τον Νώε, Το τέλος πάσης σαρκός ήλθεν ενώπιόν μου, διότι η γη ενεπλήσθη αδικίας απ' αυτών· και ιδού, θέλω εξολοθρεύσει αυτούς και την γην.
13 God said to Noah, “I will bring an end to all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them and the earth.
14 Κάμε εις σεαυτόν κιβωτόν εκ ξύλων Γόφερ· κατά δωμάτια θέλεις κάμει την κιβωτόν, και θέλεις αλείψει αυτήν έσωθεν και έξωθεν με πίσσαν.
14 Make a ship of gopher wood. You shall make rooms in the ship, and shall seal it inside and outside with pitch.
15 Και ούτω θέλεις κάμει αυτήν· το μεν μήκος της κιβωτού θέλει είσθαι τριακοσίων πηχών, το δε πλάτος αυτής πεντήκοντα πηχών, και το ύψος αυτής τριάκοντα πηχών.
15 This is how you shall make it. The length of the ship shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.
16 Στέγην θέλεις κάμει εις την κιβωτόν, και εις πήχην θέλεις τελειώσει αυτήν άνωθεν· και την θύραν της κιβωτού θέλεις βάλει εκ πλαγίων· κατώγαια, διώροφα, και τριώροφα θέλεις κάμει αυτήν.
16 You shall make a roof in the ship, and you shall finish it to a cubit upward. You shall set the door of the ship in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third levels.
17 Εγώ δε, ιδού, εγώ επιφέρω τον κατακλυσμόν των υδάτων επί της γης, διά να εξολοθρεύσω πάσαν σάρκα, έχουσαν εν εαυτή πνεύμα ζωής υποκάτω του ουρανού· παν ό,τι είναι επί της γης, θέλει αποθάνει.
17 I, even I, will bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky. Everything that is on the earth will die.
18 Και θέλω στήσει την διαθήκην μου προς σέ· και θέλεις εισέλθει εις την κιβωτόν, συ, και οι υιοί σου, και η γυνή σου, και αι γυναίκες των υιών σου μετά σου.
18 But I will establish my covenant with you. You shall come into the ship, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.
19 Και από παντός ζώου εκ πάσης σαρκός, ανά δύο εκ πάντων θέλεις εισάξει εις την κιβωτόν, διά να φυλάξης την ζωήν αυτών μετά σεαυτού· άρσεν και θήλυ θέλουσιν είσθαι.
19 Of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ship, to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female.
20 Από των πτηνών κατά το είδος αυτών, και από των κτηνών κατά το είδος αυτών, από πάντων των ερπετών της γης κατά το είδος αυτών, ανά δύο εκ πάντων θέλουσιν εισέλθει προς σε, διά να φυλάξης την ζωήν αυτών.
20 Of the birds after their kind, of the livestock after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort will come to you, to keep them alive.
21 Και συ λάβε εις σεαυτόν από παντός φαγητού το οποίον τρώγεται, και θέλεις συνάξει αυτό πλησίον σου· και θέλει είσθαι εις σε, και εις αυτά, προς τροφήν.
21 Take with you some of all food that is eaten, and gather it to yourself; and it will be for food for you, and for them.”
22 Και έκαμεν ο Νώε κατά πάντα όσα προσέταξεν εις αυτόν ο Θεός· ούτως έκαμε.
22 Thus Noah did. He did all that God commanded him.
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Noah
A righteous man who found favor with God and rode out the flood in an ark.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 5:28–9:29
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 2 Psalm 82:6–7; 1 John 2:16; Romans 9:7–8; Nehemiah 13:24–27; Deuteronomy 7:3–4
- 3 Nehemiah 9:30; Isaiah 63:10; 1 Peter 3:18–20; Jeremiah 11:11; Galatians 5:16–24
- 4 Numbers 13:33; 1 Samuel 17:4; 2 Samuel 21:15–22; Deuteronomy 3:11; Deuteronomy 2:20–21
- 5 Matthew 15:19; Romans 1:28–31; Mark 7:21–23; Jeremiah 4:14; Jeremiah 17:9
- 6 Isaiah 63:10; 1 Samuel 15:11; Ephesians 4:30; 1 Samuel 15:29; Hebrews 3:10
- 7 Zephaniah 1:3; Psalm 37:20; Romans 3:20–22; Proverbs 16:4; Proverbs 10:27
- 8 Hebrews 4:16; Genesis 19:19; Psalm 84:11; Psalm 145:20; Luke 1:30
- 9 Hebrews 11:7; Luke 1:6; Galatians 3:11; Genesis 5:24; 2 Peter 2:5
- 10 Genesis 5:32
- 11 Ezekiel 8:17; Hosea 4:1–2; Habakkuk 2:8; Romans 2:13; Romans 3:19
- 12 Psalm 53:2–3; Proverbs 15:3; Psalm 14:1–3; Job 22:15–17; 2 Peter 2:5
- 13 Hosea 4:1–2; 1 Peter 4:7; Genesis 6:11–12; Ezekiel 7:2–6; 2 Peter 3:6–7
- 14 1 Peter 3:20; Luke 17:27; Matthew 24:38; Exodus 2:3
- 15 Genesis 7:20; Deuteronomy 3:11
- 16 Genesis 7:16; Genesis 8:6; Ezekiel 41:16; 2 Kings 9:30; Ezekiel 42:3
- 17 Genesis 7:4; 2 Peter 2:5; Genesis 7:21–23; 1 Peter 3:20; Hebrews 11:7
- 18 Hebrews 11:7; Genesis 7:7; Genesis 7:13; Genesis 17:7; Isaiah 26:20
- 19 Genesis 7:8–9; Genesis 7:15–16; Psalm 36:6; Genesis 7:2–3; Genesis 8:17
- 20 Acts 10:11–12; Genesis 2:19; John 5:40; Genesis 1:20–24; Genesis 7:8–16
- 21 Psalm 136:25; Psalm 145:16; Genesis 1:29–30; Job 40:20; Matthew 6:26
- 22 Exodus 40:16; John 15:14; John 2:5; Matthew 7:24–27; Genesis 7:5
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