▸ 很久hěn jiǔ很久以前hěn jiǔ yǐ qián，有yǒu一个人yī gè rén叫jiào挪亚nuó yà。

A long, long time ago, there was a man named Noah.

▸ 那时候nà shí hou，人们rén men都dōu做zuò坏事huài shì。

At that time, people all did bad things.

▸ 只有zhǐ yǒu挪亚nuó yà听tīng神shén的话de huà。

Only Noah obeyed God.

▸ 一天yī tiān，神shén对duì挪亚nuó yà说shuō：

One day, God said to Noah:

▸ “大水dà shuǐ要yào来了lái le。你nǐ要yào造zào一个yī ge大dà方舟fāng zhōu。”

"A great flood is coming. You must build a big ark."

▸ 挪亚nuó yà相信xiāng xìn神shén，马上mǎ shàng开始kāi shǐ造zào方舟fāng zhōu。

Noah believed God and started building the ark right away.

▸ 邻居们lín jū men看见了kàn jiàn le，都dōu笑xiào他tā。

The neighbors saw it and all laughed at him.

▸ 他们tā men说shuō：“这里zhè lǐ没有méi yǒu水shuǐ，你nǐ为什么wèi shén me造船zào chuán？”

They said: "There is no water here. Why are you building a boat?"

▸ 挪亚nuó yà不bù听tīng他们tā men的de，天天tiān tiān工作gōng zuò。

Noah did not listen to them and worked every day.

▸ 方舟fāng zhōu造zào好了hǎo le，挪亚nuó yà带dài家人jiā rén进去jìn qù。

When the ark was finished, Noah brought his family inside.

▸ 很多hěn duō动物dòng wù也yě进jìn了le方舟fāng zhōu。

Many animals also went into the ark.

▸ 雨yǔ下xià了le四十sì shí天tiān四十sì shí夜yè。

It rained for forty days and forty nights.

▸ 大水dà shuǐ盖gài住zhù了le整个zhěng gè大地dà dì。

The flood covered the whole earth.

▸ 只有zhǐ yǒu方舟fāng zhōu里lǐ的de人rén和hé动物dòng wù平安píng ān。

Only the people and animals inside the ark were safe.

▸ 很久hěn jiǔ以后yǐ hòu，水shuǐ慢慢màn màn退tuì了le。

After a long time, the water slowly went down.

▸ 挪亚nuó yà一家yī jiā从cóng方舟fāng zhōu里lǐ出来chū lái，感谢gǎn xiè神shén。

Noah's family came out of the ark and thanked God.

▸ 神shén在zài天上tiān shàng放了fàng le一道yī dào美丽měi lì的de彩虹cǎi hóng。

God set a beautiful rainbow in the sky.

▸ 神shén说shuō：“大水dà shuǐ不会bù huì再zài盖gài住zhù大地dà dì了le。这是zhè shì我的wǒ de应许yīng xǔ。”

God said: "A flood will never cover the earth again. This is my promise."

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