Genesisi 7:1-24
7 Ngemuva kwaloko Jehova watsi kuNowa: “Ngena emkhunjini, wena kanye nemndeni wakho ngobe nguwe kuphela lengikutfole ulungile kulesitukulwane.+
2 Kuto tonkhe tinhlobo tetilwane letihlantekile kufanele utsatse letingu-7,*+ lesidvuna nalesisikati; futsi kuto tonkhe tinhlobo tetilwane letingakahlanteki kufanele utsatse timbili, lesidvuna nalesisikati;
3 nakuto tonkhe tilwane letindiza esibhakabhakeni kufanele utsatse letingu-7,* lesidvuna nalesisikati kuze titewusindza futsi titalane tigcwale umhlaba wonkhe.+
4 Ngobe ngemuva kwemalanga langu-7 ngitawunisa imvula+ emhlabeni letawutsatsa emalanga langu-40 nebusuku lobungu-40,+ futsi ngitawucotfula konkhe lokuphilako lokusemhlabeni lengikudalile.”+
5 Ngako Nowa wakwenta konkhe Jehova labetsite akwente.
6 Nowa abeneminyaka lengu-600 budzala ngesikhatsi zamcolo ufika emhlabeni.+
7 Nowa nemadvodzana akhe, nemfati wakhe, kanye nabomalukatane bakhe, bangena emkhunjini usengakacali zamcolo.+
8 Tonkhe tinhlobo tetilwane letihlantekile, tonkhe tinhlobo tetilwane letingakahlanteki kanye nato tonkhe tinhlobo tetilwane letindizako, nato tonkhe tintfo letihamba emhlabeni,+
9 tangena ngatimbili emkhunjini, letindvuna naletinsikati njengobe Nkulunkulu abetjele Nowa.
10 Ngemuva kwemalanga langu-7, wefika zamcolo emhlabeni.
11 Ngelilanga lesi-17, enyangeni yesibili, ngesikhatsi Nowa aneminyaka lengu-600 budzala, onkhe emanti* lasesibhakabhakeni atfuluka futsi kwavuleka libhudlo lemanti emazulwini.+
12 Lemvula yana emalanga langu-40 nebusuku lobungu-40.
13 Ngalelolanga Nowa wangena emkhunjini nemadvodzana akhe, boShemi, Hhamu naJafethi+ kanye nemfati wakhe nabomalukatane bakhe labatsatfu.+
14 Bangena nato tonkhe tinhlobo tetilwane tesiganga, tilwane letifuywako, tilwane letisemhlabeni letihumako, nato tonkhe tinhlobo tetilwane letindizako, lokutinyoni kanye naletinye tilwane letinetimphiko.
15 Tonkhe tinhlobo tetilwane letiphilako* tachubeka tingena emkhunjini lapho bekunaNowa khona, tihamba ngatimbili.
16 Kwangena tonkhe tinhlobo tetilwane, kwaba ngulesidvuna nalesisikati, njengobe Nkulunkulu abetjele Nowa. Ngemuva kwaloko Jehova wawuvala umnyango wemkhumbi.
17 Lozamcolo wachubeka emalanga langu-40, nalamanti achubeka akhuphuka futsi aphakamisa lomkhumbi, wantanta ngetulu kwemhlaba.
18 Emanti ambonya wonkhe umhlaba futsi andza, kodvwa umkhumbi bewuntanta etikwawo.
19 Lamanti aba manyenti kakhulu emhlabeni kangangekutsi tonkhe tintsaba letindze letingephansi kwemazulu tambonyeka.+
20 Lamanti akhula aba ngetulu kwetintsaba ngemamitha langaba ngu-7.*
21 Ngako kwafa konkhe lokuphilako* lobekuhamba emhlabeni:+ tilwane letindizako, tilwane letifuywako, tilwane tesiganga, tilwane letincane letihamba tibe libulo kanye nabo bonkhe bantfu.+
22 Konkhe lokuphilako lobekusemhlabeni lowomile kwafa.+
23 Ngako Nkulunkulu wacotfula konkhe lokuphilako lobekusemhlabeni, lokufaka ekhatsi bantfu, tilwane, tilwane letihumako kanye netilwane letindiza esibhakabhakeni. Konkhe kwacotfulwa emhlabeni;+ kwasindza Nowa kuphela kanye nalabo lebebanaye emkhunjini.+
24 Emanti achubeka ambonye wonkhe umhlaba emalanga langu-150.+
Imibhalo lengentansi
^ Kungaphindze kubekwe ngekutsi, “Kuto tonkhe tilwane letihlantekile kufanele utsatse letindvuna letingu-7 naletinsikati letingu-7.”
^ Kungaphindze kubekwe ngekutsi, “kuto tonkhe tilwane letindiza esibhakabhakeni kufanele utsatse letindvuna letingu-7 naletinsikati letingu-7.”
^ Leligama lelitsi emanti lisho emanti lasesibhakabhakeni lachazwe kuGenesisi 1:6, 7 ngekutsi ‘ngemanti langetulu kwemkhatsi.’
^ Nobe “letinemoya wekuphila.”
^ NgesiHebheru kutsi, “ngemakhyubhitha langu-15.” Fundza Sandzisanchazo B14.
^ NgesiHebheru kutsi, “yonkhe inyama.”
