God’s Covenant With Noah
1Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth. 2The fear and dread of you will fall on all the beasts of the earth, and on all the birds in the sky, on every creature that moves along the ground, and on all the fish in the sea; they are given into your hands. 3Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.
4“But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it. 5And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being.
6“Whoever sheds human blood,
by humans shall their blood be shed;
for in the image of God
has God made mankind.
7As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.”
8Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him: 9“I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you 10and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you—every living creature on earth. 11I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”
12And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: 13I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, 15I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. 16Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.”
17So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth.”
The Sons of Noah
18The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.) 19These were the three sons of Noah, and from them came the people who were scattered over the whole earth.
20Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded9:20 Or soil, was the first to plant a vineyard. 21When he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent. 22Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside. 23But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered their father’s naked body. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father naked.
24When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him, 25he said,
“Cursed be Canaan!
The lowest of slaves
will he be to his brothers.”
26He also said,
“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Shem!
May Canaan be the slave of Shem.
27May God extend Japheth’s9:27 Japheth sounds like the Hebrew for extend. territory;
may Japheth live in the tents of Shem,
and may Canaan be the slave of Japheth.”
28After the flood Noah lived 350 years. 29Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.
Ang Kasunduan ng Dios kay Noe
1Binasbasan ng Dios si Noe at ang mga anak niya at sinabi, “Magkaroon kayo ng mga anak para dumami at mangalat kayo sa buong mundo. 2Matatakot sa inyo ang lahat ng hayop: ang mga lumalakad, lumilipad, gumagapang, at ang mga nakatira sa tubig. Kayo ang maghahari sa kanilang lahat. 3Makakakain na kayo ngayon ng mga hayop. Ibinibigay ko ito sa inyo bilang pagkain, kagaya ng mga ibinigay ko sa inyo na mga pananim na makakain.
4“Pero huwag ninyong kakainin ang hayop na nang mamatay ay hindi lumabas ang dugo, dahil ang dugo ay simbolo ng buhay. 5Sisingilin ko ang sinumang papatay sa inyo, kahit ang mga hayop. Sisingilin ko ang sinumang papatay sa kanyang kapwa.
6“Ang sinumang pumatay sa kanyang kapwa ay papatayin din ng kanyang kapwa. Sapagkat ang tao ay ginawa ng Dios na kawangis niya. 7Ngayon, magkaroon kayo ng mga anak para dumami at mangalat sa buong mundo.”
8Sinabi pa ng Dios kay Noe at sa mga anak niya, 9-11“Ito ang kasunduan ko sa inyo at sa mga lahi ninyo, at sa lahat ng nabubuhay sa mundo pati sa lahat ng hayop na naging kasama ninyo sa barko: Hindi ko na muling lilipulin ang lahat ng nabubuhay sa pamamagitan ng baha. At wala nang baha na mangyayari pa para malipol ang mundo.”
12-13At sinabi pa ng Dios, “Bilang palatandaan ng kasunduan ko sa inyo at sa mga hayop, at sa lahat ng susunod nʼyo pang mga henerasyon, maglalagay ako ng bahaghari sa ulap. 14Sa tuwing gagawin kong maulap ang langit at lilitaw ang bahaghari, 15aalalahanin ko agad ang kasunduan ko sa inyo at sa lahat ng uri ng hayop, na hindi ko na lilipuling muli sa pamamagitan ng baha ang lahat ng may buhay. 16Tuwing lilitaw ang bahaghari sa mga ulap, aalalahanin ko agad ang walang hanggang kasunduan ko sa lahat ng may buhay sa mundo.”
17Kaya sinabi ng Dios kay Noe, “Ang bahaghari ang siyang palatandaan ng kasunduan ko sa lahat ng nabubuhay sa mundo.”
Ang mga Anak ni Noe
18Ito ang mga anak ni Noe na kasama niya sa barko: sina Shem, Ham at Jafet. (Si Ham ang ama ni Canaan.) 19Silang tatlo ang pinagmulan ng lahat ng tao sa mundo.
20Si Noe ay isang magsasaka at siya ang unang nagtanim ng ubas. 21Isang araw, uminom siya ng alak na mula sa ubas, at nalasing. Nakatulog siyang hubad sa loob ng kanyang tolda. 22Ngayon, si Ham na ama ni Canaan ay pumasok sa tolda, at nakita niyang hubad ang kanyang ama. Kaya lumabas siya at sinabi ito sa dalawang kapatid niya. 23Kumuha sina Shem at Jafet ng damit at inilagay sa balikat nila, pagkatapos, lumakad sila nang paurong papasok sa tolda para takpan ang kanilang ama. Hindi sila lumingon dahil ayaw nilang makita ang kahubaran ng kanilang ama. 24Nang mahimasmasan na si Noe sa pagkalasing niya, at nalaman kung ano ang ginawa ng bunsong anak niya, 25sinabi niya;
“Sumpain ka Canaan! Maghihirap ka at magiging alipin ng iyong mga kapatid.”
26At sinabi rin niya,
“Purihin ang Panginoon, ang Dios ni Shem.
Nawaʼy maging alipin ni Shem si Canaan.
27Nawaʼy palawakin ng Dios ang lupain ni Jafet,
at maging mabuti ang pagsasama ng mga lahi niya at ng mga lahi ni Shem.
At nawaʼy maging alipin din ni Jafet si Canaan.”
28Nabuhay pa si Noe ng 350 taon pagkatapos ng baha. 29Namatay siya sa edad na 950.
