Genesisi
8 Nkulunkulu akazange amkhohlwe* Nowa nato tonkhe tilwane tesiganga, kanye nato tonkhe tilwane letifuywako lebetinaye emkhunjini,+ ngako Nkulunkulu wenta kutsi kuhhushe umoya emhlabeni, futsi emanti acala kwehla. 2 Onkhe emanti lasesibhakabhakeni ayekela kutfuluka nelibhudlo lemanti asemazulwini lancamuka, ngako imvula yayekela kuna.*+ 3 Ngemuva kwaloko emanti acala kwehla kancane kancane emhlabeni. Kwatsi nasekuphele emalanga langu-150, lamanti besekabohlile. 4 Ngelilanga lesi-17, enyangeni yesi-7, lomkhumbi wafike wahlala etikwentsaba lese-Ararathi. 5 Lamanti bekasolo abohla kwaze kwaba yinyanga yesi-10. Ngelilanga lekucala laleyo nyanga, tintsaba tacala kuvela.+
6 Ngako nakuphela emalanga langu-40, Nowa wavula lifasitelo+ labelakhile kulomkhumbi 7 futsi watfumela lihhwabayi; lelihhwabayi belisolo lihamba liphindze libuye kwaze kwaba ngulapho emanti asha emhlabeni.
8 Wabese utfumela lituba kute liyohlola kutsi lamanti sekabohlile yini. 9 Lelituba alizange liyitfole indzawo yekuhlala, ngako labuyela kuNowa ngobe emanti abesolo ambonye wonkhe umhlaba.+ Nowa welula sandla walibamba walingenisa emkhunjini. 10 Walindza lamanye emalanga langu-7, futsi waphindze watfumela lelituba. 11 Naselishonile lilanga, lelituba labuyela kuNowa, futsi wabona licembe lelisha lesihlahla semncumo emlonyeni walo! Ngako wavele wati kutsi lamanti sekehlile.+ 12 Walindza lamanye emalanga langu-7. Ngemuva kwaloko waphindze watfumela lelituba, kodvwa alizange lisabuya.
13 Ngemnyaka wesi-601,+ ngelilanga lekucala, enyangeni yekucala, lamanti besekashile emhlabeni; futsi Nowa wavula etulu kulomkhumbi, wabona kutsi umhlaba besewucala koma. 14 Ngelilanga lesi-27, enyangeni yesibili, umhlaba bese womile.
15 Nkulunkulu wabese utsi kuNowa: 16 “Phuma emkhunjini, wena nemfati wakho, emadvodzana akho kanye nabomalukatane bakho.+ 17 Phuma nato tonkhe tinhlobo tetilwane letiphilako,+ tonkhe tinhlobo tetilwane letindizako, netilwane letifuywako, nato tonkhe tinhlobo tetilwane letihumako tasemhlabeni, kuze titewutalana, tandze tigcwale umhlaba.”+
18 Ngako Nowa waphuma akanye nemadvodzana akhe,+ umfati wakhe kanye nabomalukatane bakhe. 19 Tonkhe tilwane letiphilako, tonkhe tilwane letihumako, tonkhe tilwane letindizako, nako konkhe lokuhamba emhlabeni kwaphuma emkhunjini ngetinhlobo tako.+ 20 Nowa wabese wakhela Jehova li-al’thare,+ futsi watsatsa letinye tetilwane letihlantekile naletinye tetilwane letindizako letihlantekile+ wanikela ngato kuleli-al’thare, taba ngumnikelo wekushiswa.+ 21 Jehova wabese uva liphunga lelimnandzi. Ngako Jehova watsi enhlitiyweni yakhe: “Angeke ngiphindze ngiwucalekise* umhlaba+ ngenca yemuntfu, ngobe umuntfu unesifiso lesibi enhlitiyweni yakhe kusukela asemncane aze ayoba mdzala;+ futsi angeke ngiphindze ngiticotfule tonkhe tintfo letiphilako njengobe ngentile.+ 22 Kusukela nyalo, kutawuhlale kukhona kuhlanyela nekuvuna, kubandza nekushisa, busika nelihlobo, imini nebusuku.”+