¹ Kwathi abantu beqala ukwanda ebusweni bomhlaba, bezala amadodakazi, ² amadodana kaNkulunkulu abona amadodakazi abantu ukuthi mahle , azithathela abafazi kuwo awathandayo. ³ Wayesethi uJehova: UMoya wami awuyikubusa njalo kumuntu , njengokuba eyinyama nje ; izinsuku zakhe ziyakuba yiminyaka eyikhulu namashumi amabili. ⁴ Ngalezo zinsuku kwakukhona iziqhwaga emhlabeni , nangasemuva futhi , lapho amad odana kaNkulunkulu engena kuwo amadodakazi abantu , awazalela abantwana. Lana ayengamadodana asendulo anamandla, anegama lodumo. ⁵ Kepha uJehova wabona ukuthi ububi bomuntu bukhulu emhlabe ni nokuthi zonke izizindlo zemicabango yenhliziyo yakhe zimbi njalo. ⁶ Wayesezisola uJehova ukuthi wayebenzile abantu emhlabeni , wadabuka enhliziyweni yakhe. ⁷ UJehova wathi: Abantu engibadalileyo ngizakubachitha ebusweni bomhlaba, yebo, abantu, nezinkomo, nezilwanyana ezinwabuzelayo, nezinyoni zezulu , ngokuba ngiyazisola ukuthi ngibenzile. ⁸ Kepha uNowa wayetholile umusa emehlweni kaJehova. ⁹ Lokhu kuyizizukulwane zikaNowa . UNowa wayeyindoda eqotho , engenacala esizukulwaneni sakhe; uNowa wayehamba noNkulunkulu. ¹⁰ UNowa wazala amadodana amathathu: ngoShemi, noHamu, noJafete. ¹¹ Umhlaba wawonakele ebusweni bukaJehova ; umhlaba wagcwala ubudlwangudlwangu. ¹² UNkulunkulu wabona ukuthi umhlaba wonakele , ngokuba inyama yonke yayonakalisile indlela yayo emhlabeni. Ukumenyezelwa kukazamcolo ¹³ UNkulunkulu wathi kuNowa : Ukuphela kwenyama yo nke kufikile phambi kwami, ngokuba umhlaba ugcwele ubudlwangudlwangu ngenxa yabantu ; bheka, ngiyakubachitha kanye nomhlaba. ¹⁴ Yakha umkhumbi ngemithi yegofere , wenze amakamelo emkhunjini , uwuhuqe ngaphakathi nangaphandle ngekolitayi. ¹⁵ Yikho lokhu ozakukwe nza: ubude bomkhumbi buyakuba yizingalo ezingamakhulu amathathu , ububanzi bawo bube yizingalo ezingamashumi ayisihlanu, nokuphakama kwawo kube yizingalo ezingamashumi amathathu. ¹⁶ Yenza ifasitele emkhunjini , uligcine ngaphezulu libe yingalo inye , ufake umnyango womkhumbi ohlangothini lwawo, uwenze ube nendlu engaphansi nengaphakathi nengaphezulu. ¹⁷ Mina, bheka, mina ngizakuzisa uzamcolo wamanzi emhlabeni ukuba achithe yonke inyama okukuyo umoya wokuphila phansi kwezulu ; konke okusemhlabeni kuzakufa. ¹⁸ Kepha ngiyakumisa isivumelwano sami nawe , uze ungene emkhunjini , wena namadodana akho , nomkakho, nabafazi bamadodana akho bekanye nawe. ¹⁹ Nakuzo zonke izilwane uzakungenisa ezimbili kuzo zonke izinhlobo zenyama ukuba ziphile nawe, kube ngeyeduna neyensikazi. ²⁰ Kuzo izinyoni ngezinhlobo zazo , nakuzo izinkomo ngezinhlobo zazo , nakuzo izilwanyana ezinwabuzelayo emhlabeni ngezinhlobo zazo kuzakufika kuwe ezimbili zezinhlobo zonke, ziphile. ²¹ Zithathele kukho konke ukudla okudliwayo , ukubuthele kuwe ; kuyakuba ngukudla kwakho nokwabo. ²² UNowa wenze njalo; njengalokho uNkulunkulu emyalile wakwenza.