圣经英语第六课  The Flood 大洪水

⁵ The LORD saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time. ⁶ The LORD was grieved that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain. ⁹ This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God. ¹⁰ Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth. ¹⁷ I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish. Genesis 6    耶和华见人在地上罪恶很大，终日所思想的尽都是恶。耶和华就后悔造人在地上，心中忧伤。创6：5-6  挪亚的后代记在下面。挪亚是个义人，在当时的世代是个完全人。挪亚与神同行。创6：9挪亚生了三个儿子，就是闪，含，雅弗.。创6：10看哪!我要使洪水泛滥在地上，毁灭天下.凡地上有血肉，有气息的活物，无一不死。创6：17

wickedness 邪恶，罪，由wick 这个词衍生，就像sinfulness由sin一词衍生。

这些可以一起记忆：the people on the earth, the people in the world, the people under the heavens,

had become 过去完成时，因为这个动作发生在耶和华saw之前。how great man’s wickedness had  become 是一个从句，作saw的宾语。

inclination倾向, 趋势，I have no inclination to be a doctor. 我没有做医生的志向。此词的动词形式用得稍微多一点：incline.   incline to do sth. 倾向于[有意]做某事。I strongly incline to the view that .... 我强烈认为（我很倾向于....这样的意见）。

all the time, 始终，一直这样。It has rained all the time. 雨一直下个不停。

was grieved = was saddened 感到很悲伤，ie 发ee长音，例如：brief, thief, piece, field, belief, believe, unbelievable,  relief。

也可以说：the Lord was saddened that 后面是接一个从句。

be filled with pain, 充满了痛苦，How can I be filled with the Holy Spirit? 如何才能被圣灵充满呢？注意，一般用with，而不用by。用by的话，就是fill动作的实施者。

account  名词：报告, 报道; 说明, 记事, Please give me an account of your short term mission trip. 请你告诉我你短宣旅行的情况。by one's own account 据某人自己说。

注意：创世纪里几次用到account，以后数一数。

righteous 与blameless 几乎是同义词。做义人的标准就是walk with God.

the people of his time, 他那个时代的人，注意比较：many times，很多次。

floodwaters 很大的洪水，water用复数时，表示水势浩大，波涛汹涌。

perish 消失，Everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. 凡相信他的人不至灭亡反得永生。

Question:

Is it true that every human being is a sinner?

Why does God punish people? (He punished people because He is Holy and cannot tolerate sin.)

Do you think there are blameless people under the heavens?

How many sons did Noah have? Who were they?

Do you do something sometimes that will grieve God?

How do you know if you have done something that grieves God?

Could you flood your yard if you had a lot of water? How about the city you live in? Can you make a flood?

Who is powerful enough to flood the whole earth?

What happened to all the people that were not on the ark?

Was it right for God to destroy all those people?

Noah and his family trusted God to save them. Could they have saved themselves?

在每个文明中都能找到大洪水的故事，而且现在的许多地质现象都是大洪水的杰作。我们人类都是闪，含，雅弗的后代。我们可以感到欣慰的是，上帝爱我们，差派了耶稣来，而不是洪水。