Air Bah

Kejadian 6-8

The Flood

Kejadian 6-8

1. Bertahun-tahun kemudian, banyak orang yang hidup di dunia. Orang-orang itu menjadi sangat fasik dan kejam. Kehidupan di dunia menjadi begitu jahat sehingga Allah memutuskan untuk menghancurkan seluruh dunia dengan banjir besar.

1. After a long time, many people were living in the world. They had become very wicked and violent. It became so bad that God decided to destroy the whole world with a huge flood.

Pertanyaan 1: Mengapa Allah memutuskan untuk menghancurkan bumi?
Pertanyaan 2: Bagaimana Allah berencana untuk menghancurkan bumi?

Jawaban 1: Manusia telah menjadi sangat jahat dan kejam. [03-01]
Jawaban 2: Dia akan mengirimkan air bah. [03-01]

Question 1: Why did God decide to destroy the world?
Question 2: How did God plan to destroy the world?

Answer 1: People had become very wicked and violent. [03-01]
Answer 2: He would send a flood. [03-01]

2. Tetapi Nuh mendapat kasih karunia di mata Allah. Dia adalah orang yang benar yang hidup di antara semua orang-orang jahat itu. Allah memberitahukan kepada Nuh tentang banjir besar yang Dia rencanakan. Dia menyuruh Nuh untuk membangun sebuah perahu besar.

2. But Noah found favor with God. He was a righteous man, living among wicked people. God told Noah about the flood He was planning to send. He told Noah to build a huge boat.

Pertanyaan 3: Mengapa Nuh berkenan kepada Allah?

Jawaban 3: Dia adalah orang yang saleh. [03-02]

Question 3: Why did Noah find favor in God's eyes?

Answer 3: He was a righteous man. [03-02]

3. Allah menyuruh Nuh untuk membuat perahu yang panjangnya sekitar 140 meter, lebar 23 meter, dan tinggi 13,5 meter. Perahu itu harus dibuat dari kayu dan memiliki tiga tingkatan, banyak kamar, atap, dan jendela. Perahu itu akan melindungi Nuh, keluarganya, dan dua dari setiap jenis binatang darat selama banjir.

3. God told Noah to make the boat about 140 meters long, 23 meters wide, and 13.5 meters high. Noah was to build it with wood and to make three levels, many rooms, a roof, and a window. The boat would keep Noah, his family, and every kind of land animal safe during the flood.

Pertanyaan 4: Apa yang diperintahkan Allah kepada Nuh?
Pertanyaan 5: Apa tujuan bahtera itu?

Jawaban 4: Membangun sebuah bahtera. [03-03]
Jawaban 5: Untuk menjaga Nuh, keluarganya, dan binatang-binatang tetap selamat ketika air bah terjadi. [03-03]

Question 4: What did God tell Noah to do?
Question 5: What was the purpose of the boat?

Answer 4: Build a huge boat. [03-03]
Answer 5: To keep Noah, his family, and the animals safe during the flood. [03-03]

4. Nuh mentaati Allah. Dia dan ketiga anaknya membangun perahu sebagaimana yang diperintahkan Allah kepada mereka. Butuh waktu bertahun-tahun untuk membangun perahu itu, karena begitu besar. Nuh memperingatkan orang-orang tentang banjir besar yang akan datang dan mengatakan kepada mereka untuk berbalik kepada Allah, tetapi mereka hanya menertawakannya.

4. Noah obeyed God. He and his three sons built the boat just the way God had told them. It took many years to build the boat, because it was so big. Noah warned the people about the flood that was coming and told them to turn to God, but they did not believe him.

Pertanyaan 6: Bagaimana reaksi orang-orang lain ketika Nuh memberitahu mereka bahwa akan terjadi air bah?

Jawaban 6: Mereka tidak mempercayainya. [03-04]

Question 6: How did the other people react when Noah told them that the flood would come?

Answer 6: They did not believe him. [03-04]

5. Nuh dan keluarganya juga mengumpulkan cukup makanan untuk mereka sendiri dan hewan-hewan itu. Ketika semuanya sudah siap, Allah mengatakan kepada Nuh sudah waktunya bagi dia, istrinya, ketiga putranya, dan istri-istri mereka untuk masuk ke dalam perahu -- delapan orang semuanya.

5. God also commanded Noah and his family to gather enough food for themselves and the animals. When everything was ready, God told Noah it was time for him, his wife, his three sons, and their wives to get into the boat—eight people in all.

6. Allah menyuruh seekor jantan dan seekor betina dari setiap jenis binatang dan burung pergi kepada Nuh sehingga mereka bisa naik ke perahu dan aman selama banjir. Allah menyuruh tujuh jantan dan tujuh betina dari setiap jenis hewan yang dapat digunakan untuk kurban. Ketika mereka semua sudah berada di dalam perahu, Allah sendiri menutup pintu perahu itu.

6. God sent a male and a female of every animal and bird to Noah so they could go into the boat and be kept safe during the flood. God sent seven males and seven females of every type of animal that could be used for sacrifices. When they were all in the boat, God himself closed the door.

Pertanyaan 7: Binatang apa yang masuk ke bahtera sebelum air bah?
Pertanyaan 8: Siapa yang menutup pintu bahtera setelah keluarga Nuh dan binatang-binatang masuk?

Jawaban 7: Jantan dan betina dari semua jenis binatang, dan tujuh jantan dan betina dari masing-masing jenis binatang yang digunakan sebagai korban persembahan. [03-06]
Jawaban 8: Allah yang menutup pintunya. [03-06]

Question 7: Which animals came into the boat before the flood?
Question 8: Who closed the door of the boat after Noah's family and the animals came inside?

Answer 7: A male and a female of every kind of animal, and seven males and seven females of every type of animal that could be used for sacrifice. [03-06]
Answer 8: God closed the door. [03-06]

7. Kemudian turunlah hujan yang tiada hentinya. Hujan selama empat puluh hari dan empat puluh malam tanpa henti! Air juga datang memancar keluar dari bumi. Segala sesuatu di seluruh dunia tertutup oleh air, bahkan gunung-gunung yang paling tinggi sekalipun.

7. Then it began to rain, and rain, and rain. It rained for forty days and forty nights without stopping! Water also came gushing up out of the earth. Everything in the whole world was covered with water, even the highest mountains.

Pertanyaan 9: Berapa lama hujan itu berlangsung?

Jawaban 9: Empat puluh hari empat puluh malam. [03-07]

Question 9: How long did it rain?

Answer 9: Forty days and forty nights. [03-07]

8. Segala sesuatu yang hidup di darat mati, kecuali orang-orang dan hewan yang ada di perahu tersebut. Perahu mengapung di air dan segala semua yang ada di dalam perahu itu tetap aman.

8. Everything that lived on the dry land died, except the people and animals that were in the boat. The boat floated on the water and kept everything inside the boat safe from drowning.

Pertanyaan 10: Seberapa tingginya air bah itu?
Pertanyaan 11: Apa yang terjadi pada semua yang hidup di tanah?

Jawaban 10: Air bah itu menutup segala sesuatu di bumi, bahkan gunung-gunung yang tertinggi. [03-08]
Jawaban 11: Semuanya mati. [03-08]

Question 10: How high did the water of the flood reach?
Question 11: What happened to everything that lived on land?

Answer 10: It covered everything in the whole world, even the highest mountains. [03-08]
Answer 11: Everything died. [03-08]

9. Setelah hujan berhenti, perahu mengapung di atas air selama lima bulan, dan kemudian suatu hari perahu terkandas di puncak sebuah gunung. Tetapi bumi masih tertutup dengan air. Setelah tiga bulan, puncak-puncak gunung mulai terlihat.

9. After the rains stopped, the boat floated on the water for five months, and during this time the water started going down. Then one day the boat rested on the top of a mountain, but the world was still covered with water. After three more months, the tops of the mountains were visible.

10. Setelah empat puluh hari lagi, Nuh melepaskan seekor burung yang disebut gagak untuk melihat apakah air telah kering. Gagak itu terbang bolak-balik mencari lahan kering, tapi tidak bisa menemukan apapun.

10. After forty more days, Noah sent out a bird called a raven to see if the water had dried up. The raven flew back and forth looking for dry land, but it could not find any.

11. Kemudian Nuh melepaskan seekor burung yang disebut merpati. Tapi juga tidak bisa menemukan lahan kering, sehingga kembali kepada Nuh. Seminggu kemudian dia melepaskan lagi seekor merpati, dan kembali dengan cabang zaitun di paruhnya! Ternyata air mulai surut, dan tanaman mulai tumbuh lagi!

11. Later Noah sent out a bird called a dove. But it also could not find any dry land, so it came back to Noah. A week later he sent the dove out again, and it came back with an olive branch in its beak! The water was going down, and the plants were growing again!

12. Nuh menunggu seminggu lagi dan melepaskan seekor merpati ketiga kalinya. Kali ini, merpati itu menemukan tempat tinggal dan tidak datang kembali. Air telah kering!

12. Noah waited another week and sent out the dove a third time. This time, it found a place to rest and did not come back. The water was drying up!

Pertanyaan 12: Bagaimana Nuh tahu airnya sudah surut?

Jawaban 12: Dia melepas seekor burung merpati dan tidak kembali. [03-12]

Question 12: How did Noah know the water had dried up?

Answer 12: He sent out a dove and it did not return. [03-12]

13. Dua bulan kemudian Allah berkata kepada Nuh, "Engkau dan keluargamu dan semua binatang itu dapat meninggalkan kapal sekarang. Beranak-cuculah dan penuhilah bumi." Jadi mereka menaati peritah Allah dan meninggalkan kapal.

13. Two months later God said to Noah, “You and your family and all the animals may leave the boat now. Have many children and grandchildren and fill the earth.” So Noah and his family came out of the boat.

Pertanyaan 13: Apa yang diperintahkan Allah kepada Nuh dan keluarganya ketika mereka keluar dari bahtera?

Jawaban 13: Dia memerintahkan mereka untuk beranak-cucu dan memenuhi bumi. [03-13]

Question 13: What did God tell Noah and his family to do when they left the boat?

Answer 13: He told them to have many children and grandchildren and to fill the earth. [03-13]

14. Setelah turun dari perahu, Nuh mendirikan mezbah dan mempersembahkan beberapa ekor dari setiap jenis hewan yang dapat digunakan untuk kurban. Allah senang dengan persembahan itu dan memberkati Nuh dan keluarganya.

14. After Noah got off the boat, he built an altar and sacrificed some of each kind of animal that could be used for a sacrifice. God was happy with the sacrifice and blessed Noah and his family.

Pertanyaan 14: Bagaimana Nuh menyembah Allah setelah keluar dari bahtera?

Jawaban 14: Dia mendirikan mezbah dan mempersembahkan korban bakaran. [03-14]

Question 14: How did Noah worship God after he got off the boat?

Answer 14: He built an altar and sacrificed some of the animals. [03-14]

15. Allah berkata, "Aku tidak akan mengutuk bumi ini lagi karena manusia atau menghancurkan dunia dengan banjir, meskipun manusia berdosa dari masa muda mereka."

15. God said, “I promise I will never again curse the ground because of the evil things that people do, or destroy the world by causing a flood, even though people are sinful from the time they are children.”

Pertanyaan 15: Apa yang Allah janjikan tidak akan pernah dilakukan-Nya lagi?

Jawaban 15: Mengutuk tanah atau menghancurkan bumi dengan air bah. [03-15]

Question 15: What did God promise he would never do again?

Answer 15: Curse the ground or destroy the world with a flood. [03-15]

16. Allah kemudian membuat pelangi pertama sebagai tanda janji-Nya. Setiap kali pelangi muncul di langit, Allah akan mengingat apa yang Dia janjikan dan begitu juga umat-Nya.

16. God then made the first rainbow as a sign of his promise. Every time the rainbow appeared in the sky, God would remember what he promised and so would his people.

Pertanyaan 16: Apa yang dibuat Allah sebagai tanda atas janji-Nya?

Jawaban 16: Dia membuat pelangi di langit. [03-16]

Question 16: What did God make as a sign of his promise?

Answer 16: He made a rainbow in the sky. [03-16]