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.
God Makes a Covenant With Noah
1Then God blessed Noah and his sons. He said to them, “Have children so that there are many of you. Fill the earth. 2All the land animals will be afraid of you. All the birds in the sky will be afraid of you. Every creature that moves along the ground will be afraid of you. So will every fish in the seas. Every living thing is put under your control. 3Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. I have already given you the green plants for food. Now I am giving you everything.
4“But you must not eat meat that still has blood in it. 5I will certainly hold someone accountable if you are murdered. I will even hold animals accountable if they kill you. I will also hold anyone accountable who murders another person.
6“Anyone who murders a human being
will be killed by a human being.
That is because I have made human beings
so that they are like me.
7Have children so that there will be many of you. Multiply and become many on the earth.”
8Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons who were with him. He said, 9“I am now making my covenant with you and with all your children who will be born after you. 10I am making it also with every living creature that was with you in the ark. I am making my covenant with the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals. I am making it with all the creatures that came out of the ark with you. In fact, I am making it with every living thing on earth. 11Here is my covenant I am making with you. The waters of a flood will never again destroy all life. A flood will never again destroy the earth.”
12God continued, “My covenant is between me and you and every living creature with you. It is a covenant for all time to come. Here is the sign of the covenant I am making. 13I have put my rainbow in the clouds. It will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14Sometimes when I bring clouds over the earth, a rainbow will appear in them. 15Then I will remember my covenant between me and you and every kind of living creature. The waters will never again become a flood to destroy all life. 16When the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it. I will remember that my covenant will last forever. It is a covenant between me and every kind of living creature on earth.”
17So God said to Noah, “The rainbow is the sign of my covenant. I have made my covenant between me and all life on 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. 19The people who were scattered over the earth came from Noah’s three sons.
20Noah was a man who farmed the land. He decided to plant a field that produced grapes for making wine. 21When he drank some of the wine, it made him drunk. Then he lay down inside his tent without any clothes on. 22Ham saw his father naked. Then Ham, the father of Canaan, went outside and told his two brothers. 23But Shem and Japheth picked up a piece of clothing and laid it across their shoulders. Then they walked backward into the tent. They covered their father’s body. They turned their faces away because they didn’t want to see their father naked.
24Then Noah woke up from his sleep that was caused by the wine. He found out what his youngest son had done to him. 25He said,
“May a curse be put on Canaan!
He will be the lowest of slaves to his brothers.”
26Noah also said,
“May the Lord, the God of Shem, be praised.
May Canaan be the slave of Shem.
27May God add land to Japheth’s 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.
