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.