UGenesisi 8:1-22
8 UNkulunkulu wamkhumbula uNowa lazo zonke inyamazana zeganga lenyamazana ezifuywayo ezazilaye emkhunjini.+ Yikho wenza ukuthi umoya uvunguze emhlabeni, amanzi aseqalisa ukwentsha.
2 Imithombo yamanzi eyayisemazulwini lamagedi ezimpophoma zamazulu kwavalwa, izulu laselisima ukuna.*+
3 Ngakho amanzi aqalisa ukwentsha kancane kancane emhlabeni. Ngemva kwamalanga angu-150 ayesebohlile.
4 Mhlaka 17 ngenyanga yesikhombisa, umkhumbi wafika wahlala phezu kwezintaba ze-Ararathi.
5 Amanzi ayelokhu esentsha kancane kancane kwaze kwaba yinyanga yetshumi. Kwathi mhlaka 1 ngaleyonyanga, iziqongo zezintaba zaqalisa ukukhanya.+
6 Ngemva kwamalanga angu-40 uNowa wavula iwindi+ lomkhumbi ayelenzile,
7 wavulela iwabayi njalo lalilokhu liphapha phandle liphinde liphenduke emkhunjini, amanzi aze aphela emhlabeni.
8 Ngemva kwesikhathi wavulela ijuba ukuze abone ukuthi amanzi ayesebohlile yini emhlabeni.
9 Ijuba alizange lithole indawo elalingahlala kuyo, ngakho labuyela kuNowa emkhunjini ngoba amanzi ayelokhu esibekele umhlaba wonke.+ UNowa waseselula isandla sakhe walibuyisela emkhunjini.
10 Walinda okwamanye amalanga ayisikhombisa waselivulela futhi ijuba.
11 Ijuba lathi libuyela kuye ntambama wabona lithwele ngomlomo walo ihlamvu lesihlahla se-oliva elalisanda kukhiwa. UNowa wahle wakwazi ukuthi amanzi ayesebohlile emhlabeni.+
12 Waphinda walinda okwamanye amalanga ayisikhombisa, waselivulela futhi ijuba kodwa alizange liphinde liphenduke kuye.
13 Ngomnyaka wesi-601,+ mhlaka 1 ngenyanga yokuqala, amanzi ayesephelile emhlabeni; uNowa wavula isikhala ephahleni lomkhumbi wasebona ukuthi umhlabathi wawususoma.
14 Kwathi mhlaka 27 ngenyanga yesibili, umhlaba wawusuwomile.
15 UNkulunkulu wasesithi kuNowa:
16 “Phuma emkhunjini, wena lomkakho, lamadodana akho kanye labomalukazana bakho.+
17 Uphume layo yonke imihlobo yezidalwa eziphilayo:+ izidalwa eziphaphayo, izinyamazana lazo zonke izinanakazana zomhlaba ukuze zizalane zande emhlabeni, zibe zinengi kuwo.”+
18 Yikho-ke uNowa waphuma lamadodana akhe+ lomkakhe kanye labomalukazana bakhe.
19 Zonke izidalwa eziphilayo lezinanakazana zonke, lazo zonke izidalwa eziphaphayo, konke nje okuhamba emhlabeni kwaphuma emkhunjini ngemihlobo yakho.+
20 UNowa wasesakhela uJehova i-alithare,+ wathatha ezinye izinyamazana kuyo yonke imihlobo yenyamazana ezihlanzekileyo lakuyo yonke imihlobo yezidalwa eziphaphayo ezihlanzekileyo,+ wasenikela iminikelo yokutshiswa e-alithareni.+
21 UJehova waqala ukuzwa uqhatshi olumnandi. UJehova wasesithi enhliziyweni yakhe: “Angisoze ngiphinde ngiqalekise umhlabathi+ ngenxa yomuntu ngoba izifiso zenhliziyo yomuntu zimbi kusukela esesemncane;+ njalo angisoze ngiphinde ngitshabalalise yonke into ephilayo njengalokhu engikwenzileyo.+
22 Kusukela khathesi, emhlabeni kuzaqhubeka kuhlanyelwa njalo kuvunwa, kusiba lomqando lokutshisa, kusiba lehlobo lobusika kanye lemini lobusuku.”+
Amabala angaphansi
^ Kumbe, “laselivinjwa.”
