Eyeziqalo 8 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

8 ¹Kodwa uBawo wethu wamkhumbula uNowa, nazo zonke izidalwa eziphilayo, nezilwanyana zonke awayenazo emkhombeni; waza wathumela umoya phezu komhlaba, aza amanzi aqala ukuhla. ^a a v1 Xa iZibhalo zisithi uBawo wethu “wakhumbula,” azithethi ukuba wayelibele — zithetha ukuba wenza ngokothando lwakhe lomnqophiso ngexesha elimisiweyo. ²Imithombo yenzonzobila neengcango zamanzi zezulu zavaleka, yanqamka nemvula evela esibhakabhakeni. ³Amanzi aqhubeka ukuhla emhlabeni; kwathi emva kweentsuku ezilikhulu elinamashumi amahlanu, ehlile. ⁴Umkhombe waphumla ezintabeni zase-Ararati ngosuku lweshumi elinesixhenxe lwenyanga yesixhenxe. ^b b v4 I-Ararati ibhekisa kwimmandla yeentaba, ingabi yincopho enye kuphela. ⁵Amanzi aqhubeka esihla kwada kwayinyanga yeshumi; ngosuku lwayo lokuqala, kwabonakala iincopho zeentaba.

⁶Emva kweentsuku ezingamashumi amane, uNowa wavula ifestile awayeyenze emkhombeni, ⁷wakhupha ihlungulu, laza labhabha liphuma libuya kwada kwoma amanzi emhlabeni. ⁸Wandula wakhupha ihobe elisuka kuye, ukuze abone ukuba asele ehlile na amanzi phezu komhlaba. ⁹Kodwa ihobe alizange lifumane ndawo yakuphumla unyawo lwalo, laza labuyela kuye emkhombeni, kuba amanzi ayesagubungele umhlaba wonke. Ngako oko wolula isandla sakhe, walithabatha, walibuyisela emkhombeni. ¹⁰Walinda ezinye iintsuku ezisixhenxe, waphinda wakhupha ihobe emkhombeni. ¹¹Labuyela kuye ihobe ngokuhlwa kwaloo mini liphethe igqabi lomnquma elisandul' ukukhiwa emlonyeni walo; waza wazi ke uNowa ukuba amanzi asele ehlile emhlabeni. ¹²Walinda ezinye iintsuku ezisixhenxe, waza waphinda walikhupha ihobe; alabuya kuye.

¹³Ngonyaka wamakhulu amathandathu ananye wobomi bukaNowa, ngosuku lokuqala lwenyanga yokuqala, aboma amanzi emhlabeni. Waza uNowa wasusa isigqubuthelo somkhombe, wakroba, wabona ukuba bomile ubuso bomhlaba. ¹⁴Ngosuku lwamashumi amabini anesixhenxe lwenyanga yesibini, wawoma kuphele umhlaba.

¹⁵Waza uBawo wethu wathi kuNowa:

¹⁶“Phuma emkhombeni: wena, nomkakho, noonyana bakho, nabafazi boonyana bakho kunye nawe. ¹⁷Khupha kunye nawe zonke izidalwa eziphilayo—yonke inyama: iintaka, izilwanyana, nako konke okukhasa emhlabeni—ukuze zizalane emhlabeni, ziqhame, zande phezu komhlaba.”

¹⁸Ngako oko waphuma uNowa, kunye noonyana bakhe nomkakhe nabafazi boonyana bakhe. ¹⁹Zonke izilwanyana, konke okukhasayo, zonke iintaka—yonke into enyakazelayo emhlabeni—zaphuma emkhombeni ngohlobo lwazo.

²⁰UNowa wakhela uBawo wethu isibingelelo, wathabatha kwizilwanyana zonke ezihlambulukileyo nakwiintaka zonke ezihlambulukileyo, wanikela ngamadini atshiswayo phezu kwaso.

²¹UBawo wethu wayiva ivumba elimnandi, waza wathi entliziyweni yakhe: “Andisayi kuba saqalekisa umhlaba ngenxa yoluntu, nangona ukutyekela kwentliziyo yomntu kukubi kwasebutsheni bakhe; andisayi kuba saphinda nditshabalalise yonke into ephilayo njengoko ndenzile. ^c c v21 UBawo wethu wayengakholiswanga livumba ngokwalo, koko wakholiswa kukunqula ngokuthembeka nokuthobela okwakuboniswa lidini. ²²Lonke ixesha usekho umhlaba, ixesha lokuhlwayela nelokuvuna, ingqele nobushushu, ihlobo nobusika, imini nobusuku, akusayi kuze kuphele.”