Genesisi 6:1 Zvino zvakaitika kuti vanhu vakatanga kuwanda pamusoro pechiso chenyika nyika, uye vanasikana vakaberekerwa kwavari. 6:2 kuti vanakomana vaMwari vakaona vakunda vevanhu kuti vakanaka; uye vakazvitorera vakadzi pakati pavose vavakasarudza. Jehovha ndokuti: Mweya wangu haungagari mumunhu nekusingaperi, nekuda kwaizvozvi naiye inyamawo; mazuva ake achava makore zana nemakumi maviri. 6:4 Kwakanga kune varefu kwazvo panyika mumazuva iwayo; uye zvakare shure kwaizvozvo, rinhi vanakomana vaMwari vakapinda kuvanasikana vavanhu, ivo vakabereka vana kwavari, ndivo vakava varume vane simba vakare, varume vekare mukurumbira. 6:5 Zvino Mwari wakaona kuti kuipa kwevanhu kwakakura panyika, uye kuti nendangariro dzemifungo yemoyo wake dzakanga dzakaipa bedzi nguva dzose. 6:6 Jehovha akazvidemba kuti wakaita munhu panyika, naiye zvakamushungurudza mumoyo make. 6:7 Jehovha akati, "Ndichaparadza munhu wandakasika ndimubvise pachiso." zvepanyika; zvose vanhu, nemhuka, nezvinokambaira, neshiri of the air; nekuti ndinozvidemba kuti ndakazviita. 6:8 Asi Nowa wakawana nyasha pamberi paJehovha. 6:9 Ndiyo nhoroondo yedzinza raNowa: Nowa waiva munhu wakarurama, wakaperedzerwa mukati mazera ake, Nowa ndokufamba naMwari. 6:10 Nowa ndokubereka vanakomana vatatu, Shemu, naHamu, naJafeti. 6:11 Nyikawo yakanga yakaora pamberi paMwari, uye nyika yakanga izere mhirizhonga. 6:12 Mwari akaona nyika, zvino tarira, yakaora; kune vose nyama yakanga yaodza nzira yake panyika. 6:13 Zvino Mwari wakati kuna Nowa: Kupera kwenyama yose kwasvika pamberi pangu; zve nyika izere nokumanikidzana; zvino tarira, ndichaparadza ivo nenyika. 6:14 Zviitire areka nemuti wemugoferi; uite makamuri muareka, uye unofanira kurinara mukati nokunze nenamo. 6:15 Aya ndiwo magadzirirwo auchaita nawo: kureba kwayo areka inofanira kuva namakubhiti ana mazana matatu, namakubhiti ana makumi mashanu paupamhi hwayo; kureba kwayo kwaiva makubhiti makumi matatu. 6:16 Buri uchariita paareka; uripedze nekubhiti rimwe above; uye uise mukova weareka parutivi rwayo; pamwe uiite ine dzimba dzakaturikidzana dzepasi, dzechipiri, nedzechitatu. 6:17 Zvino tarira, ini, iyeni, ndinouyisa panyika mafashame emvura paradzai zvipenyu zvose zvine mweya weupenyu mukati mazvo, kubva pasi pedenga; uye zvose zviri panyika zvichafa. 6:18 Asi ndichasimbisa sungano yangu newe; iwe uchapinda mukati areka, iwe, nevanakomana vako, nemukadzi wako, nevakadzi vevanakomana vako pamwe newe. 6:19 Pazvipenyu zvose, nenyama yose, uchaita zviviri zviviri zvamarudzi ose pinza muareka, kuti zvirarame pamwechete newe; vachava varume uye mukadzi. 6:20 Pashiri nemarudzi adzo, nemombe namarudzi adzo, nemarudzi ose zvinokambaira panyika zvine marudzi azvo, zvichauya zviviri zviviri zvemarudzi ose kwamuri, kuti muvachengete vari vapenyu. 6:21 Iwe utore marudzi ose ezvokudya zvinodyiwa, uzviunganidzire izvozvo kwauri; zvichava zvokudya zvako nezvazvo. 6:22 Nowa akaita saizvozvo; sezvaakarairwa naMwari, wakaita saizvozvo.