IGenesisi 6

₁Kuthe lapho abantu sebeqala ukwanda ebusweni bomhlaba, sebezele amadodakazi, ₂amadodana kaNkulunkulu abona amadodakazi abantu ukuthi mahle, aziqokela abafazi phakathi kwawo. ₃USimakade wathi: “UMoya wami awuyukuhlala phakathi kwabantu kuze kube phakade, ngoba bayinyama nje. Iminyaka yabo yokuphila isizoba yi-120.”

₄Ngalezo zinsuku nasemveni kwazo, kwaba khona iziqhwaga emhlabeni. Amadodana kaNkulunkulu alala namadodakazi abantu, awazalela abantwana. Baba ngamaqhawe asendulo, adumileyo.

₅USimakade wabona ukuthi ububi babantu sebubukhulu emhlabeni nokuthi izizindlo zezinhliziyo zabo zihlala zizimbi njalo, ₆wayesezisola uSimakade ukuthi ubadaleleni abantu emhlabeni. Lokho kwamkhathaza enhliziyweni yakhe, wayesethi: ₇“Ngizobashaya ngibaqothule ebusweni bomhlaba abantu engibadalileyo. Abantu nezilwane, izilwane ezihuquzelayo, nezinyoni zezulu, ngokuba ngiyazisola ukuthi ngikudaleleni.”

₈Nokho uNowa wafumana umusa emehlweni kaSimakade.

₉Nanku umlando kaNowa nezizukulwane zakhe. UNowa wayengumuntu oqotho, engenasici esizukulwaneni sakhe, ehamba noNkulunkulu. ₁₀UNowa wazala amadodana amathathu: uShemu, uHamu, noJafethi.

₁₁Umhlaba wase wonakele kakhulu phambi kukaNkulunkulu, ugcwele ubudlova. ₁₂UNkulunkulu wabona ukuthi umhlaba wonakele, ngokuba bonke abantu babeziphethe kabi emhlabeni.

₁₃UNkulunkulu wathi kuNowa: “Senginqume ukubabhubhisa bonke abantu, ngoba umhlaba ugcwele ubudlova ngenxa yabo. Bheka, ngizobabhubhisa nomhlaba. ₁₄Wena zakhele umkhumbi ngezingodo zomgoferi, uwakhe ube namakamelo, uwubhixe ngebhithumeni ngaphakathi nangaphandle. ₁₅Uzowakha kanje: ubude bawo bube ngamakhubhithi angama-300, ububanzi bube ngamakhubhithi angama-50, kuthi ukuphakama kwawo kube ngamakhubhithi angama-30. ₁₆Uwufulele, ushiye isikhala esiyikhubhithi eyodwa phakathi kophahla macala wonke. Uwakhe ube namagumbi amathathu, elinye libe phezu kwelinye, kube nomnyango eceleni. ₁₇Bheka, Mina ngizokwehlisa uzamcolo emhlabeni, ubhubhise konke okuphilayo phansi komthunzi welanga, kufe konke okuphefumulayo emhlabeni. ₁₈Kepha ngizokwenza nawe isivumelwano, uzongena emkhunjini wena nomkakho namadodana akho nomkawo, ₁₉bese ungenisa zonke izilwane ngazimbili ngezinhlobo zazo, kube yiduna nensikazi ukuze ziphile nawe. ₂₀Ungenise izinyoni ngezinhlobo zazo, nezilwane ngezinhlobo zazo, nezihuquzelayo ngezinhlobo zazo, konke lokho kungene ngakubili ukuze kuphile. ₂₁Zithathele lonke uhlobo lokudla ukulondoloze, ukuze kube ngukudla kwenu nokwazo.”

₂₂UNowa wakwenza konke lokho uNkulunkulu ayemyale ukuba akwenze.