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.