Genese
8 Molimo ha aa ka a lebala* Noe le liphoofolo tsohle tse hlaha le tse ruuoang tse neng li e-na le eena ka arekeng.+ Molimo a etsa hore moea o foke lefatšeng eaba metsi a qala ho fokotseha. 2 Mehloli ea metsi le likhoro tsa metsi tsa maholimo tsa koaleha. Pula ea emisa ho na.*+ 3 Metsi a fokotseha butle-butle ’me ka mor’a matsatsi a 150 a ne a se a fokotsehile. 4 Ka letsatsi la bo17 khoeling ea bosupa, areka ea lula lithabeng tsa Ararate. 5 Metsi a ne a ntse a fokotseha butle-butle ho fihlela khoeling ea leshome. Ka letsatsi la pele khoeling ea leshome, lithaba tsa qala ho bonahala.+
6 Ka mor’a matsatsi a 40, Noe a bula fensetere+ eo a neng a e entse arekeng 7 ’me a roma lekhoaba. Le ne le ntse le fofa ka ntle, le ea le khutla ho fihlela metsi a omme.
8 Hamorao Noe a romela leeba ho bona hore na metsi a fokotsehile. 9 Leeba la se ke la fumana moo le ka lulang teng,* kahoo la khutlela ho eena arekeng hobane metsi a ne a ntse a koahetse lefatše lohle.+ A ntša letsoho eaba o kenya leeba ka arekeng. 10 A ema matsatsi a mang a supileng ’me a romela leeba hape. 11 Ha leeba le fihla ho eena mantsiboea, a bona molomong le e-na le lekhasi la mohloaare le qetang ho khuoa. Noe a tseba hore metsi a fokotsehile.+ 12 A ema matsatsi a mang a supileng eaba o romela leeba empa ha lea ka la hlola le khutlela ho eena.
13 Ka selemo sa bo601,+ ka letsatsi la pele khoeling ea pele, metsi a ne a fokotsehile. Noe a bula karolo e ’ngoe ea marulelo a areka ’me a bona hore ho ntse ho oma. 14 Ka letsatsi la bo27 khoeling ea bobeli, ho ne ho se ho omme.
15 Molimo a re ho Noe: 16 “Tsoa ka arekeng le mosali oa hao, bara ba hao le lingoetsi tsa hao.+ 17 U tsoe le libopuoa tsohle,+ e leng libopuoa tse fofang, liphoofolo tsohle tse ruuoang, tse hlaha le tse hahabang e le hore li ka ata ’me tsa ngatafala lefatšeng.”+
18 Noe a tsoa le bara ba hae,+ mosali oa hae le lingoetsi tsa hae. 19 Liphoofolo tsohle tse hlaha le tse hahabang le libopuoa tsohle tse fofang, le tsona tsa tsoa ka arekeng ka mefuta ea tsona.+ 20 Noe a hahela Jehova aletare+ ’me a nka liphoofolo tse ling ho tsohle tse hloekileng le libopuoa tse ling ho tsohle tse fofang tse hloekileng,+ a etsa linyehelo tsa secheso ka tsona aletareng.+ 21 Jehova a utloa monko o monate.* Jehova a re ka pelong: “Nke ke ka hlola ke rohaka* lefatše+ ka lebaka la motho hobane ka tlhaho motho o nahana lintho tse mpe ho tloha bocheng.+ Nke ke ka hlola ke felisa libopuoa tsohle joalokaha ke entse.+ 22 Ho tloha hona joale, ha ho mohla lefatše le tla khaotsa ho ba le nako ea motšehare le ea bosiu, ea ho jala peo le ho kotula, ea serame le mocheso le ea lehlabula le mariha.”+