1But God showed concern for Noah. He also showed concern for all the wild animals and livestock that were with Noah in the ark. So God sent a wind to sweep over the earth. And the waters began to go down. 2The springs at the bottom of the oceans had been closed. The windows of the sky had also been closed. And the rain had stopped falling from the sky. 3The water on the earth continued to go down. At the end of the 150 days the water had gone down. 4On the 17th day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. 5The waters continued to go down until the tenth month. On the first day of that month, the tops of the mountains could be seen.
6After 40 days Noah opened a window he had made in the ark. 7He sent out a raven. It kept flying back and forth until the water on the earth had dried up. 8Then Noah sent out a dove. He wanted to see if the water on the surface of the ground had gone down. 9But the dove couldn’t find any place to rest. Water still covered the whole surface of the earth. So the dove returned to Noah in the ark. Noah reached out his hand and took the dove in. He brought it back to himself in the ark. 10He waited seven more days. Then he sent out the dove again from the ark. 11In the evening the dove returned to him. There in its beak was a freshly picked olive leaf! So Noah knew that the water on the earth had gone down. 12He waited seven more days. Then he sent out the dove again. But this time it didn’t return to him.
13It was the first day of the first month of Noah’s 601st year. The water on the earth had dried up. Then Noah removed the covering from the ark. He saw that the surface of the ground was dry. 14By the 27th day of the second month the earth was completely dry.
15Then God said to Noah, 16“Come out of the ark. Bring your wife and your sons and their wives with you. 17Bring out every kind of living thing that is with you. Bring the birds, the animals, and all the creatures that move along the ground. Then they can multiply on the earth. They can have little ones and the number of them can increase.”
18So Noah came out of the ark. His sons and his wife and his sons’ wives were with him. 19All the animals came out of the ark. The creatures that move along the ground also came out. So did all the birds. Everything that moves on land came out of the ark, one kind after another.
20Then Noah built an altar to honor the Lord. He took some of the “clean” animals and birds. He sacrificed them on the altar as burnt offerings. 21The smell of the offerings pleased the Lord. He said to himself, “I will never put a curse on the ground again because of human beings. I will not do it even though their hearts are always directed toward evil. Their thoughts are evil from the time they are young. I will never destroy all living things again, as I have just done.
22“As long as the earth lasts,
there will always be a time to plant
and a time to gather the crops.
As long as the earth lasts,
there will always be cold and heat.
There will always be summer and winter,
day and night.”
Ang Pagbaba ng Baha
1Hindi kinalimutan ng Dios si Noe at ang mga kasama niyang hayop sa loob ng barko. Kaya pinaihip niya ang hangin sa mundo at dahan-dahang bumaba ang tubig. 2Tinakpan niya ang mga bukal at pinahinto ang ulan. 3Patuloy ang pagbaba ng tubig sa loob ng 150 araw. 4At nang ika-17 araw ng ikapitong buwan, sumadsad ang barko sa Bundok ng Ararat. 5Patuloy ang pagbaba ng tubig. At nang unang araw ng ikasampung buwan, nakikita na ang tuktok ng mga bundok.
6Pagkalipas ng 40 araw mula ng panahon na nakita na ang tuktok ng mga bundok, binuksan ni Noe ang bintana ng barko 7at pinakawalan ang isang uwak. At ang uwak na itoʼy parooʼt paritong lumilipad hanggang sa patuloy na pagbaba ng tubig. 8Pinakawalan din ni Noe ang isang kalapati para malaman niya kung bumaba na ang tubig, 9pero walang madapuan ang kalapati dahil natatakpan pa rin ng tubig ang buong mundo. Kaya bumalik na lamang ang kalapati kay Noe sa barko. Pinadapo ni Noe ang kalapati sa kamay niya at pinapasok sa barko. 10Pinalipas muna ni Noe ang pitong araw at muli niyang pinakawalan ang kalapati. 11Gabi na nang bumalik ang kalapati na may dalang sariwang dahon ng olibo sa kanyang tuka. Kaya nalaman ni Noe na bumaba na ang tubig. 12Pinalipas muli ni Noe ang pitong araw pa at muli niyang pinakawalan ang kalapati, pero hindi na ito bumalik.
13Noong unang araw ng unang buwan tuluyan nang bumaba ang tubig. Si Noe ay 601 taong gulang na noon. Binuksan niya ang takip ng barko at nakita niya na tuyo na ang lupa. 14Nang ika-27 araw ng ikalawang buwan, tuyong-tuyo na talaga ang lupa sa buong mundo.
15Sinabi agad ng Dios kay Noe, 16“Lumabas na kayong lahat sa barko. 17Palabasin nʼyo rin ang lahat ng hayop para dumami sila at mangalat sa buong mundo.” 18Kaya lumabas si Noe kasama ang kanyang asawa, mga anak na lalaki at mga manugang niya. 19Lumabas din ang lahat ng hayop: mga lumalakad, lumilipad at gumagapang. Magkakasama sila ayon sa kani-kanilang uri.
Naghandog si Noe
20Gumawa si Noe ng altar para sa Panginoon. Pagkatapos, kumuha siya ng isa sa bawat uri ng hayop na malinis8:20 malinis: Ang ibig sabihin, maaaring ihandog o, kainin. pati rin sa bawat uri ng mga ibon na malinis, at sinunog niya ito sa altar bilang handog sa Panginoon. 21Nang naamoy ng Panginoon ang mabangong samyo nito, sinabi niya sa kanyang sarili, “Hindi ko na muling susumpain ang lupa dahil sa ginawa ng tao, kahit alam kong makasalanan ang tao mula nang bata pa siya. Hindi ko na talaga muling lilipulin ang lahat ng nabubuhay katulad ng aking ginawa noon. 22Habang nagpapatuloy ang mundo, may panahon ng pagtatanim at pag-ani. May taglamig at may tag-init, may tag-ulan at may tag-araw, at may araw at may gabi.”
