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.