Isiqalo Esitsha sikaNowa
Isiqalo esitsha esinemithetho evela kuBawo wethu: qhamani nande, ningadli igazi lobomi, ubomi bomntu buya kubizwa kuba abantu benziwe ngokomfanekiselo wakhe. Umisa umnyama njengomqondiso womnqophiso. Emva koko uNowa uyanxila, uHam atyhile ubuze bakhe, aze uKanan aqalekiswe.
9 1Waza uBawo wethu wabasikelela uNowa noonyana bakhe, wathi: “Qhamani nande, niwuzalise umhlaba. 2Zonke izilwanyana zomhlaba, zonke iintaka zesibhakabhaka, yonke into erhubuluzayo emhlabeni, neentlanzi zonke zolwandle ziya kunoyika zinixhalabele; zinikelwe ezandleni zenu. 3Yonke into ephilayo enyakazelayo iya kuba kukutya kwenu. Njengokuba ndaninika imifuno eluhlaza, ngoku ndininika yonke into. 4Kodwa nize ningayidli inyama esesenegazi layo lobomi. 5Inene ndiya kubiza igazi lenu: ndiya kulibiza kwisilwanyana ngasinye, nakubani na—umntu ngamnye ngenxa yobomi bomzalwana wakhe—ndiya kubiza ubomi bomntu. 6Nabani na ophalaza igazi lomntu, igazi lakhe liya kuphalazwa ngumntu; kuba uluntu lwenziwa ngokomfanekiselo kaThixo. a a v6 Apha uThixo ngu-Elohim. ITestamente eNtsha ityhila uThixo omnye njengoBawo, uNyana, noMoya oyiNgcwele (Mateyu 28:19; Yohane 1:1-3; Kolose 1:15-16). 7Ke nina, qhamani nande; ninyakazele emhlabeni, nande kuwo.”
8Waza uBawo wethu wathi kuNowa nakoonyana bakhe ababenaye:
9“Ke mna, ndimisa ngoku umnqophiso wam nani nenzala yenu emva kwenu, 10nazo zonke izidalwa eziphilayo ezinani—iintaka, imfuyo, zonke izilo zasendle zomhlaba—zonke eziphuma emkhombeni kunye nani, zonke izinto eziphilayo zomhlaba. 11Ndiwumisa umnqophiso wam nani: akusayi kuba sayinqunyulwa yonke inyama ngamanzi kanogumbe; akusayi kubuya kubekho unogumbe wokutshabalalisa umhlaba.” 12Waza uBawo wethu wathi: “Nguwo lo umqondiso womnqophiso endiwenzayo phakathi kwam nani nazo zonke izidalwa eziphilayo ezinani, kuzo zonke izizukulwana ezizayo: 13Ndibeke umnyama wam emafini ube ngumqondiso womnqophiso phakathi kwam nomhlaba. 14Xa ndithe ndazisa amafu phezu komhlaba, waza umnyama wabonakala emafini, 15ndiya kuwukhumbula umnqophiso wam phakathi kwam nani nazo zonke izidalwa eziphilayo zalo lonke uhlobo: akusayi kubuya amanzi kanogumbe atshabalalise bonke ubomi. 16Xa umnyama usemafini, ndiya kuwubona ndikhumbule umnqophiso ongunaphakade phakathi kwam nazo zonke izidalwa eziphilayo zalo lonke uhlobo emhlabeni.” 17Waza uBawo wethu wathi kuNowa: “Nguwo lo umqondiso womnqophiso endiwumisileyo phakathi kwam nabo bonke ubomi obusemhlabeni.”
UShem noYafete Bagubungela Uyise
18Oonyana bakaNowa abaphuma emkhombeni nguShem, uHam, noYafete. (UHam wayenguyise kaKanan.). 19Aba bathathu ngoonyana bakaNowa, kwaye kubo kwazaliseka umhlaba wonke.
20UNowa, indoda yomhlaba, waba ngowokuqala ukutyala isidiliya. 21Wathi akusela iwayini yaso, wanxila, walala ze engagutyungelwanga ngaphakathi ententeni yakhe. 22UHam, uyise kaKanan, wabubona ubuze bukayise, waxelela abazalwana bakhe bobabini ababengaphandle. 23UShem noYafete bathabatha ingubo, bayibeka emagxeni abo omabini, bangena bejonge umva, bagubungela ubuze bukayise; babejonge ngomva, ngoko ababubonanga ubuze bukayise. 24Wathi uNowa akuvuka ebunxileni bakhe, weva oko akwenzileyo kuye unyana wakhe omncinci, 25wathi: “Maqalekiswe uKanan! Uya kuba likhoboka eliphantsi kubazalwana bakhe.”
26Waphinda wathi: “Makabongwe uBawo kaShem; makabe likhoboka likaShem uKanan. 27Wanga uBawo wethu angawandisa umhlaba kaYafete; wanga uYafete angahlala ezintenteni zikaShem, yaye wanga uKanan angaba likhoboka likaShem.”
28Emva konogumbe uNowa waphila iminyaka engama-350. 29Yonke iminyaka awaphila uNowa yangama-950, waza wafa.
