Genesisi 6:1-22
6 Kwathi abantu nabathoma ukwanda ephasini begodu babelethelwa amadodakazi,
2 amadodana kaZimu+ weqiniso* athoma ukulemuka ukuthi amadodakazi wabantu mahle. Yeke athoma ukuzithathela abafazi, athatha nanyana ngimuphi umfazi ebewamfuna.
3 Nje-ke uJehova wathi: “Angekhe ngimbekezelele* ngokungapheliko+ umuntu, ngombana usisoni. Ngokwesilinganiso uzakuphila iminyaka eli-120.”+
4 Emihleni leyo nangemva kwayo bekunamaNefili.* Ngesikhatheso amadodana kaZimu weqiniso aragela phambili nokuya emabhayini namadodakazi wabantu begodu abelethelwa amadodana. Bewaziintsitsirimba zekadeni begodu adumile.
5 UJehova wabona ukuthi ukukhohlakala komuntu kuzele ephasini begodu imicabangwakhe mimbi ngaso soke isikhathi.+
6 UJehova wazisola ukuthi ubenzeleni abantu, wezwa ubuhlungu.+
7 Nje-ke uJehova wathi: “Ngizokutjhabalalisa boke abantu engibabumbileko, umuntu neenlwana ezifuywako, iinlwana ezirhurhubako neenlwana eziphapha emkayini ngombana ngiyazisola bona ngibenzeleni.”
8 Kodwana uNowa wamukeleka kuJehova.
9 Lo mlando kaNowa.
UNowa bekayindoda elungileko.+ Bekanganamtjhapho phakathi kwabantu ebekaphila nabo.* UNowa wakhamba noZimu weqiniso.+
10 Ekukhambeni kwesikhathi uNowa waba namadodana amathathu, uTjhemu, uRhamu noJafethi.+
11 Kodwana iphasi belonakele emehlweni kaZimu weqiniso begodu belizele inturhu.
12 Nje-ke uZimu waqala ephasini, belonakele+ ngombana abantu bebalonile.+
13 Ngemva kwalokho uZimu wathi kuNowa: “Ngiqunte ukutjhabalalisa boke abantu ngombana iphasi lizele inturhu ngebanga labo, yeke ngizobatjhabalalisa nalo.+
14 Zenzele umkhumbi ngesigodo segofere.+ Wenze iinkumba ngemkhunjini begodu uwusinde ngesikontiri+ ngaphakathi nangaphandle.
15 Nasi indlela ozowenza ngayo: Kufuze ube mamitha ali-134 ubude, amamitha ama-22 ububanzi namamitha ali-13 ukuphakama.
16 Kufuze wenze ifesidere* libe siquntu semitha kusukela emfulelweni womkhumbi. Kufuze wenze umnyango ube ngehlangothini+ begodu uhlukanise umkhumbi kathathu, ube nesitezi sokuthoma, sesibili nesesithathu.
17 “Ngiletha umthwalela+ ephasini bona utjhabalalise koke okungaphasi kwezulu nakho koke okuphilako. Koke okusephasini kuzokutjhabalala.+
18 Ngenza isivumelwano nawe, kufuze ungene ngemkhunjini namadodanakho, umkakho nabomalukazana bakho.+
19 Kufuze ungenise zoke iinlwana eziphilako+ ngazimbili ukwenzela bona ziragele phambili ziphila nawe, kufuze kube ngesiduna nesisikazi;+
20 iinlwana eziphaphako ngokwemihlobazo, iinlwana ezifuywako ngokwemihlobazo neenlwana ezirhurhubako ngokwemihlobazo, zingenise ngazimbili bona ziragele phambili ziphila.+
21 Kufuze ungenise yoke imihlobo yokudla kwakho nokudla+ kweenlwana ngemkhunjini.”
22 UNowa wenza koke uZimu amyala bona akwenze. Wenza njalo.+
Imitlolo Ephasi
^ Sisitjho sesiHebheru esiqalisele eengilozini.
^ NgesiHebheru, “ummoyami angekhe umbekezelele.”
^ Kungatjho ukuthi “Iintsitsirimba,” okubabantu ababangela abanye bona bawe. Qala Ihlathululo.
^ NgesiHebheru, “kwesizukulwana sakhe.”
^ NgesiHebheru, yi-tso′har, ingabuye iqalisele emfulelweni.
