Genesis
6:1 Kwathi, lapho abantu beqala ukwanda ebusweni bomhlaba
umhlaba, bazalelwa amadodakazi;
6:2 Ukuthi amadodana kaNkulunkulu abona amadodakazi abantu ukuthi mahle; futhi
bazithathela abafazi kuzo zonke abazikhethayo.
6:3 Futhi uJehova wathi: "Umoya wami ngeke uhlale uphikisana nomuntu
naye uyinyama, kepha izinsuku zakhe ziyakuba yiminyaka eyikhulu namashumi amabili.
6:4 Kwakukhona imidondoshiya emhlabeni ngalezo zinsuku; futhi futhi emva kwalokho, nini
amadodana kaNkulunkulu angena kuwo amadodakazi abantu, azala
abantwana kubo, bona baba amaqhawe asendulo, amadoda asemandulo
udumo.
6:5 Futhi uNkulunkulu wabona ukuthi ububi bomuntu bukhulu emhlabeni, nokuthi
zonke izizindlo zemicabango yenhliziyo yakhe zazizimbi kuphela
njalonjalo.
6:6 Futhi wazisola uJehova ukuthi wayebenzile abantu emhlabeni, futhi
wadabuka enhliziyweni yakhe.
6:7 Futhi uJehova wathi: "Ngizomchitha ebusweni umuntu engimdalile
zomhlaba; abantu, nezilwane, nezilwanyana ezinwabuzelayo, nezinyoni
emoyeni; ngokuba ngiyazisola ngokuthi ngizenzile.
6:8 Kodwa uNowa wathola umusa emehlweni kaJehova.
6:9 Lezi ziyizizukulwane zikaNowa: UNowa wayeyindoda elungileyo futhi engenasici
esizukulwaneni sakhe, uNowa wahamba noNkulunkulu.
6:10 UNowa wazala amadodana amathathu, uShemi, noHamu, noJafete.
6:11 Umhlaba futhi wawonakele phambi kukaNkulunkulu, futhi umhlaba wagcwala
udlame.
6:12 Futhi uNkulunkulu wabona emhlabeni, futhi, bheka, wawonakele; kwabo bonke
inyama yayiyonakalisile indlela yayo emhlabeni.
6:13 UNkulunkulu wathi kuNowa, Ukuphela kwayo yonke inyama kufikile phambi kwami; Okwe
umhlaba ugcwele ubudlwangudlwangu ngabo; futhi bheka, ngizobhubhisa
nabo nomhlaba.
6:14 Zenzele umkhumbi ngokhuni lwegofere; uyakwenza amakamelo emkhunjini, futhi
uyakuyiphonsa ngekolitayi ngaphakathi nangaphandle.
6:15 Futhi nansi indlela ozokwenza ngayo: ubude the
umkhumbi uyakuba yizingalo ezingamakhulu amathathu, ububanzi bube yizingalo ezingamashumi ayisihlanu, futhi
ukuphakama kwawo kwakuyizingalo ezingamashumi amathathu.
6:16 Wokwenza ifasitela emkhunjini, futhi uyiqede ingalo
ngaphezulu; umnyango womkhumbi uwubeke eceleni kwawo; nge
ulenze isitezi esingaphansi, nesesibili, nesesithathu.
6:17 Futhi bheka, Mina, yebo mina, ngiyoletha uzamcolo wamanzi phezu komhlaba, ukuze
abhubhise yonke inyama okukuyo umoya wokuphila phansi kwezulu; futhi
konke okusemhlabeni kuyakufa.
6:18 Kodwa ngizokwenza nawe isivumelwano sami; futhi uzongena endlini
umkhumbi, wena, namadodana akho, nomkakho, nabafazi bamadodana akho kanye nawe.
6:19 Futhi kuyo yonke into ephilayo kuyo yonke inyama, ezimbili kuzo zonke izinhlobo
Ngenisa emkhunjini ukuze ziphile kanye nawe; bayakuba ngabesilisa na
owesifazane.
6:20 Of izinyoni ngezinhlobo zazo, futhi izinkomo ngezinhlobo zazo, kuzo zonke
ezinwabuzelayo emhlabeni ngezinhlobo zazo, kuyakufika ezimbili zazo zonke izinhlobo
kuwe, ukubagcina bephila.
6:21 Futhi zithathele kuwe kukho konke ukudla okudliwayo, futhi uyobutha
yona kuwe; kube ngukudla kwakho nokwakho.
6:22 Wenza njalo uNowa; njengakho konke uNkulunkulu amyale ngakho, wenze njalo.