UGenesisi
6 Abantu bathi sebesiba banengi emhlabeni futhi bezala amadodakazi amanengi, 2 amadodana kaNkulunkulu weqiniso*+ aqalisa ukunanzelela ukuthi amadodakazi abantu ayemahle. Ngakho aseqalisa ukuzithathela abafazi, azikhethela bonke nje ayebafuna. 3 UJehova wasesithi: “Angisoze ngimbekezelele* umuntu kuze kube nini lanini+ ngoba uyinyama nje.* Ngakho izinsuku zakhe zizakuba yiminyaka engu-120.”+
4 Ngalezonsuku lezalandelayo kwakulamaNefilimi* emhlabeni. Ngalesosikhathi amadodana kaNkulunkulu weqiniso aqhubeka elala lamadodakazi abantu. Amadodakazi la ayewazalela abantwana abangabafana njalo babengamadoda endulo alamandla futhi ayedumile.
5 Yikho-ke, uJehova wabona ukuthi ukuxhwala komuntu kwasekukukhulu emhlabeni lokuthi imicabango yomuntu kanye lezifiso zenhliziyo yakhe kwakukubi sonke isikhathi.+ 6 UJehova wazisola* ngokuthi wayemenzile umuntu emhlabeni njalo inhliziyo yakhe yaba buhlungu.*+ 7 Ngakho uJehova wathi: “Ngizabaqeda du abantu engabadalayo emhlabeni, umuntu, lezinyamazana ezifuywayo, lezinanakazana, kanye lezidalwa eziphaphayo zamazulu ngoba ngiyazisola ngokuthi ngakudala konke.” 8 Kodwa uNowa wathola umusa kuJehova.
9 Nansi imbali kaNowa.
UNowa wayeyindoda elungileyo+ njalo wayemsulwa* phakathi kwabantu ababephila ngesikhathi sakhe. UNowa wahamba loNkulunkulu weqiniso.+ 10 Ngokuya kwesikhathi uNowa wazala abantwana abathathu abangabafana, uShemu loHamu loJafethi.+ 11 Kodwa umhlaba wawusuwonakele emehlweni kaNkulunkulu weqiniso njalo wawusugcwele udlakela. 12 UNkulunkulu wakhangela umhlaba wabona ukuthi wawusuwonakele+ sibili; bonke abantu* emhlabeni basebesenza izinto ezimbi kakhulu.+
13 Ngemva kwalokho uNkulunkulu wathi kuNowa: “Sengicabange ukutshabalalisa bonke abantu* ngoba umhlaba usugcwele udlakela ngenxa yabo. Yikho sengibatshabalalisa kanye lomhlaba.+ 14 Ngakho zenzele umkhumbi ngamapulanka esihlahla esilenhlaka.+ Uwenze ube lezingxenye ezitshiyeneyo phakathi njalo uwuhuqe ngethara+ phakathi langaphandle. 15 Nansi indlela okumele uwenze ngayo: Kumele ube zingalo* ezingu-300 ubude, ube zingalo ezingu-50 ububanzi njalo ube zingalo ezingu-30 ukuphakama. 16 Kumele ufake lewindi elizangenisa ukukhanya,* ubale ingalo eyodwa kusukela ephahleni ubusulifaka. Kanti njalo umnyango womkhumbi kumele uwufake eceleni kwawo,+ futhi wenze umkhumbi ube lesitezi sokuqala lesesibili kanye lesesithathu.
17 “Ngizaletha uZamcolo+ emhlabeni ukuze utshabalalise konke okuphilayo ngaphansi kwamazulu. Konke okusemhlabeni kuzabhubha.+ 18 Sengisenza isivumelwano lawe. Kumele ungene emkhunjini, wena lamadodana akho, lomkakho kanye labomalukazana bakho. + 19 Kanti njalo kuyo yonke imihlobo yezidalwa eziphilayo,+ kumele uthathe kokubili okuduna lokusikazi,+ ukungenise emkhunjini ukuze kulondolozwe kanye lawe; 20 izidalwa eziphaphayo kusiya ngemihlobo yazo, izinyamazana ezifuywayo kusiya ngemihlobo yazo, lazo zonke izinanakazana kusiya ngemihlobo yazo. Ngakubili kuzakuza kuwe kungene emkhunjini ukuze kulondolozwe.+ 21 Ngakho wena qoqa yonke imihlobo yokudla+ ukuze kube ngokwakho kanye lokwezinyamazana.”
22 UNowa wakwenza konke ayekutshelwe nguNkulunkulu. Wenza khona kanye ayekutsheliwe.+