UGenesisi 6:1-22
6 Abantu bathi sebesiba banengi emhlabeni futhi bezala amadodakazi amanengi,
2 amadodana kaNkulunkulu weqiniso*+ aqalisa ukunanzelela ukuthi amadodakazi abantu ayemahle. Ngakho aseqalisa ukuzithathela abafazi, azikhethela bonke nje ayebafuna.
3 UJehova wasesithi: “Angisoze ngimbekezelele* umuntu kuze kube nini lanini+ ngoba uyinyama nje.* Ngakho izinsuku zakhe zizakuba yiminyaka engu-120.”+
4 Ngalezonsuku lezalandelayo kwakulamaNefilimi* emhlabeni. Ngalesosikhathi amadodana kaNkulunkulu weqiniso aqhubeka elala lamadodakazi abantu. Amadodakazi la ayewazalela abantwana abangabafana njalo babengamadoda endulo alamandla futhi ayedumile.
5 Yikho-ke, uJehova wabona ukuthi ukuxhwala komuntu kwasekukukhulu emhlabeni lokuthi imicabango yomuntu kanye lezifiso zenhliziyo yakhe kwakukubi sonke isikhathi.+
6 UJehova wazisola* ngokuthi wayemenzile umuntu emhlabeni njalo inhliziyo yakhe yaba buhlungu.*+
7 Ngakho uJehova wathi: “Ngizabaqeda du abantu engabadalayo emhlabeni, umuntu, lezinyamazana ezifuywayo, lezinanakazana, kanye lezidalwa eziphaphayo zamazulu ngoba ngiyazisola ngokuthi ngakudala konke.”
8 Kodwa uNowa wathola umusa kuJehova.
9 Nansi imbali kaNowa.
UNowa wayeyindoda elungileyo+ njalo wayemsulwa* phakathi kwabantu ababephila ngesikhathi sakhe. UNowa wahamba loNkulunkulu weqiniso.+
10 Ngokuya kwesikhathi uNowa wazala abantwana abathathu abangabafana, uShemu loHamu loJafethi.+
11 Kodwa umhlaba wawusuwonakele emehlweni kaNkulunkulu weqiniso njalo wawusugcwele udlakela.
12 UNkulunkulu wakhangela umhlaba wabona ukuthi wawusuwonakele+ sibili; bonke abantu* emhlabeni basebesenza izinto ezimbi kakhulu.+
13 Ngemva kwalokho uNkulunkulu wathi kuNowa: “Sengicabange ukutshabalalisa bonke abantu* ngoba umhlaba usugcwele udlakela ngenxa yabo. Yikho sengibatshabalalisa kanye lomhlaba.+
14 Ngakho zenzele umkhumbi ngamapulanka esihlahla esilenhlaka.+ Uwenze ube lezingxenye ezitshiyeneyo phakathi njalo uwuhuqe ngethara+ phakathi langaphandle.
15 Nansi indlela okumele uwenze ngayo: Kumele ube zingalo* ezingu-300 ubude, ube zingalo ezingu-50 ububanzi njalo ube zingalo ezingu-30 ukuphakama.
16 Kumele ufake lewindi elizangenisa ukukhanya,* ubale ingalo eyodwa kusukela ephahleni ubusulifaka. Kanti njalo umnyango womkhumbi kumele uwufake eceleni kwawo,+ futhi wenze umkhumbi ube lesitezi sokuqala lesesibili kanye lesesithathu.
17 “Ngizaletha uZamcolo+ emhlabeni ukuze utshabalalise konke okuphilayo ngaphansi kwamazulu. Konke okusemhlabeni kuzabhubha.+
18 Sengisenza isivumelwano lawe. Kumele ungene emkhunjini, wena lamadodana akho, lomkakho kanye labomalukazana bakho. +
19 Kanti njalo kuyo yonke imihlobo yezidalwa eziphilayo,+ kumele uthathe kokubili okuduna lokusikazi,+ ukungenise emkhunjini ukuze kulondolozwe kanye lawe;
20 izidalwa eziphaphayo kusiya ngemihlobo yazo, izinyamazana ezifuywayo kusiya ngemihlobo yazo, lazo zonke izinanakazana kusiya ngemihlobo yazo. Ngakubili kuzakuza kuwe kungene emkhunjini ukuze kulondolozwe.+
21 Ngakho wena qoqa yonke imihlobo yokudla+ ukuze kube ngokwakho kanye lokwezinyamazana.”
22 UNowa wakwenza konke ayekutshelwe nguNkulunkulu. Wenza khona kanye ayekutsheliwe.+
Amabala angaphansi
^ Lesi yisitsho sesiHebheru esitsho amadodana kaNkulunkulu azingilosi.
^ Kumbe, “Umoya wami kawusoze umbekezelele.”
^ Kumbe “wenza okuhambelana lenyama yakhe.”
^ Ibizo leli lingabe lisitsho ukuthi, “Abawisi,” okutsho labo abenza abanye bawe. Khangela iNgcazelo Yamabala.
^ Kumbe, “wezwa ubuhlungu obukhulu.”
^ Kumbe, “wadabuka enhliziyweni.”
^ Kumbe, “wayengelasici.”
^ NgesiHebheru, “yonke inyama.”
^ NgesiHebheru, “yonke inyama.”
^ Ingalo yayilingana lamasentimitha angu-44,5. Khangela iSengezo ku-B14.
^ NgesiHebheru, tso′har. Abanye bathi i-tso′har kungabe kwakuyingxenye yophahla yangaphakathi eyayiphakeme ngengalo eyodwa, hatshi isikhala esasingenisa ukukhanya kumbe iwindi.
