Genesis
8:1 UNkulunkulu wamkhumbula uNowa, nakho konke okuphilayo, nezinkomo zonke ezazikhona
wayenaye emkhunjini; uNkulunkulu wadlulisa umoya phezu komhlaba, futhi
amanzi ancibilika;
8:2 Imithombo yotwa namafasitele asezulwini yavalwa;
futhi imvula evela ezulwini yanqandwa;
8:3 Futhi amanzi abuya emhlabeni njalo, futhi ngemva kwalokho
ekupheleni kwezinsuku eziyikhulu namashumi ayisihlanu amanzi ancipha.
8:4 Futhi umphongolo wahlala ngenyanga yesikhombisa, ngosuku lweshumi nesikhombisa lukaJehova
ngenyanga, phezu kwezintaba ze-Ararati.
8:5 Amanzi ancipha njalo, kwaze kwaba yinyanga yeshumi, ngolweshumi
ngenyanga, ngolokuqala lwenyanga, zaziyiziqongo zezintaba
sibonile.
8:6 Kwathi ekupheleni kwezinsuku ezingamashumi amane uNowa wavula ithempeli
ifasitela lomkhumbi alenzile.
8:7 Futhi wathuma igwababa, okuyinto lazulazula, kuze kube amanzi
zoma emhlabeni.
8:8 Wathuma ijuba lisuka kuye, ukuze abone ukuthi amanzi asebohlile yini
ebusweni bomhlaba;
8:9 Kodwa ijuba alitholanga ukuphumula ematheni onyawo lwalo, futhi wabuyela
kuye emkhunjini, ngokuba amanzi ayesebusweni bawo wonke
emhlabeni; wayeseselula isandla, wamthatha, wamngenisa phakathi
angene emkhunjini.
8:10 Wabuye wahlala izinsuku eziyisikhombisa; wabuye walikhipha ijuba
yomkhumbi;
8:11 Ijuba langena kuye kusihlwa; bheka, emlonyeni wakhe kwakukhona isilwane
iqabunga lomnqumo elikhiwayo; wayesekwazi uNowa ukuthi amanzi asebohlile
Umhlaba.
8:12 Wabuye wahlala izinsuku eziyisikhombisa; wathuma ijuba; okuyinto
akabange esabuyela kuye.
8:13 Futhi kwenzeka ukuthi ngonyaka wamakhulu ayisithupha nanye, ngowokuqala
Ngenyanga, ngolokuqala lwenyanga, amanzi ayeseshile ebusweni bakhe
emhlabeni; uNowa wasusa isembozo somkhumbi, wabheka, wabona,
bheka, ubuso bomhlaba base bomile.
8:14 Futhi ngenyanga yesibili, ngosuku lwamashumi amabili nesikhombisa lwenyanga.
umhlaba womile.
8:15 UNkulunkulu wakhuluma kuNowa, wathi:
8:16 Phuma emkhunjini, wena nomkakho, namadodana akho, namadodana akho.
abafazi nawe.
8:17 Phuma kanye nawe konke okuphilayo okukanye nawe, kuzo zonke
inyama, neyezinyoni, neyezinkomo, nezilwanyana zonke ezinwabuzelayo
ezinwabuzelayo emhlabeni; ukuze zizale kakhulu emhlabeni.
nande, nande emhlabeni.
8:18 UNowa waphuma, namadodana akhe, nomkakhe, nabafazi bamadodana akhe
naye:
8:19 Zonke izilwane, zonke ezinwabuzelayo, futhi zonke izinyoni, futhi noma yini
ezinwabuzelayo emhlabeni, ngezinhlobo zazo, zaphuma emkhunjini.
8:20 UNowa wamakhela uJehova i-altare; wathatha kuzo zonke izilwane ezihlambulukileyo.
nakuzo zonke izinyoni ezihlambulukileyo, wanikela ngeminikelo yokushiswa e-altare.
8:21 Futhi uJehova wezwa iphunga elimnandi; uJehova wathi enhliziyweni yakhe: Mina
ngeke ngisawuqalekisa umhlaba ngenxa yomuntu; Okwe
imicabango yenhliziyo yomuntu mibi kwasebusheni bakhe; nami ngeke ngiphinde
futhi ngibulale konke okuphilayo, njengoba ngenzile.
8:22 Ngenkathi umhlaba usekhona, ukutshala nokuvuna, amakhaza nokushisa, futhi
ihlobo nobusika, imini nobusuku akuyikunqamuka.