IGenesis
6:1 Kwathi, bakuqala ukwanda abantu ebusweni belizwe
umhlaba, bazalelwa iintombi kubo;
6:2 bazibona oonyana bakaThixo iintombi zabantu, ukuba zintle; kwaye
bazithathela abafazi kuzo zonke abazinyulayo.
6:3 Wathi uYehova, UMoya wam akayi kulawula ebantwini ngonaphakade;
naye uyinyama, imihla yakhe iya kuba yiminyaka elikhulu elinamanci mabini.
6:4 Kwakukho iingxilimbela ehlabathini ngaloo mihla; kwaye emva koko, nini
bangena oonyana bakaThixo kuzo iintombi zabantu, zazala
kubo abantwana, Aba baba ngamagorha amandulo, amadoda asephakadeni
udumo.
6:5 Wabona uThixo ukuba ububi babantu bandile ehlabathini, nokuba kunjalo
konke ukuyila kweengcinga zentliziyo yakhe kubububi bodwa
rhoqo.
6:6 Wazohlwaya uYehova, ngokuba emenzile umntu ehlabathini, kwaba ke kulo
wamenza buhlungu entliziyweni.
6:7 Wathi uYehova, Ndiya kumcima ebusweni umntu endimdalileyo
emhlabeni; kuthabathele emntwini, kuse ezinkomeni, ezinambuzaneni, nasezintakeni
emoyeni; ngokuba ndiyazohlwaya ngenxa yokuba ndizenzile.
6:8 UNowa yena wababalwa nguYehova.
6:9 Yiyo le ke inzala kaNowa: UNowa waye eyindoda elilungisa, egqibeleleyo
kwizizukulwana zakhe, uNowa wahamba noThixo.
6:10 UNowa wazala oonyana abathathu, uShem, noHam, noYafete.
6:11 Ihlabathi lalonakele ebusweni bukaThixo, ihlabathi lalizele
ubundlobongela.
6:12 UThixo walikhangela ihlabathi, nalo, lonakele! yabo bonke
inyama yayiyonakalisile indlela yayo ehlabathini.
6:13 Wathi uThixo kuNowa, Isiphelo senyama yonke sifikile phambi kwam; ukwenzela i
ihlabathi lizele lugonyamelo oluphuma kubo; yabona, ndiya konakalisa
nabo nomhlaba.
6:14 Zenzele ityeya yomthi wegofere; wenze amagumbi emkhombeni, kwaye
uyigalele ngetela ngaphakathi nangaphandle.
6:15 Nantsi ke indlela oya kuyenza ngayo: ubude bayo
Umkhombe woba ngamakhulu amathathu eekubhite, ububanzi bawo bube ngamashumi amahlanu eekubhite;
ukuphakama kwayo kube ziikubhite ezimashumi mathathu.
6:16 Wenze ikroba emkhombeni, ukuligqiba kwakho kube yikubhite enye;
ngaphezulu; Umnyango womkhombe uwumise ecaleni lawo; nge
ulenze umgangatho ophantsi, nowesibini, nowesithathu.
6:17 uyabona, mna ndihlisa unogumbe wamanzi ehlabathini
yonakalisa yonke inyama enomoya wokuphila kuyo, ephantsi kwamazulu; kwaye
konke okusehlabathini kuya kufa.
6:18 Ndowumisa nawe umnqophiso wam; uze ungene ke wena
umkhombe, wena, noonyana bakho, nomkakho, nabafazi boonyana bakho, ndawonye nawe.
6:19 Kwizinto zonke eziphilileyo, kwinyama yonke, uze wenze zibe mbini kuzo zonke
ngenisa emkhombeni, ukuze zisindiswe nawe; baya kuba yindoda kwaye
ibhinqa.
6:20 kwiintaka ngohlobo lwazo, neenkomo ngohlobo lwazo, kwiinkomo zonke
ezinambuzaneni zomhlaba ngohlobo lwazo, ezimbini kuzo ziya kuza
kuwe, ukuba uzigcine ziphila.
6:21 Wena ke, uthabathele kuwe ekudleni konke okudliwayo, uhlanganise;
oko kuwe; kube kukudla kuwe nakuzo.
6:22 Wenza uNowa; njengako konke uThixo abemwisele umthetho ngako, wenjenjalo.