IGenesisi 6

6 ¹Kwathi lapho abantu beqala ukwanda ebusweni bomhlaba, bezalelwa amadodakazi, ²amadodana omsuka wobunkulunkulu abona ukuthi amadodakazi omsuka wobuntu ayemahle, azithathela abafazi kuwo wonke awakhethayo. ^a a v2 Leli vesi lihlanganisa izigaba ezimbili zezidalwa—lezo ezomsuka wobunkulunkulu nalezo ezomsuka wobuntu—libe lisho umngcele oweqiwayo phakathi kwazo. Abafundi abangamaKhristu baye bazwisisa izidalwa zomsuka wobunkulunkulu njengezidalwa zasezulwini noma njengozalo lukaSeti olumesabayo uNkulunkulu; zombili lezi zindlela zokufunda zisekelwe kuyona leyo nto leli vesi eliyishoyo ngomsuka.

³Khona uBaba wethu wathi: “UMoya wami ngeke ubambane nabantu kuze kube phakade, ngokuba bayinyama; izinsuku zabo ziyoba yiminyaka eyikhulu namashumi amabili.”

⁴AmaNefili ayesemhlabeni ngalezo zinsuku, kanjalo nakamuva, lapho amadodana omsuka wobunkulunkulu eza kuwo amadodakazi omsuka wobuntu, awazalela abantwana. Laba kwakungamaqhawe asendulo, amadoda adumileyo. ^b b v4 Ukuhlanganiswa kwevesi 2 kuyaqhubeka lapha—izidalwa zomsuka wobunkulunkulu zihlangana nezidalwa zomsuka wobuntu—ukuhlangana okwavela kukho amaNefili. Leli vesi ligcina ukugxila kwalo kulowo mngcele phakathi kwalezi zigaba zombili.

⁵UBaba wethu wabona ukuthi bukhulu kangakanani ububi babantu emhlabeni—yonke imicabango nezifiso zezinhliziyo zabo kwakukubi kuphela ngaso sonke isikhathi. ⁶Wadabuka ngokuba wayedale abantu emhlabeni, inhliziyo yakhe yagcwala ubuhlungu. ^c c v6 Inhliziyo kaBaba wethu iyaphuka lapho abantwana bakhe bemfulathela. Lokhu kungokokuqala umbhalo ubonisa uBaba wethu edabukile—hhayi ukwahlulela okungenandaba, kodwa uBaba onenhliziyo ebuhlungu ngabantwana bakhe abalahlekileyo.

⁷Ngakho uBaba wethu wathi: “Ngiyakubabhuqa abantu, engabadala, ebusweni bomhlaba—abantu, izilwane, izinto ezinwabuzelayo, nezinyoni zezulu—ngokuba ngiyazisola ngokubenza.”

⁸Kodwa uNowa wathola umusa emehlweni kaBaba wethu.

⁹Lokhu kuyindaba kaNowa. UNowa wayeyindoda elungileyo, engenasici phakathi kwabantu besikhathi sakhe, uNowa wahamba ngokuthembeka noBaba wethu.

uShemi, uHamu, noJafete

¹⁰UNowa wayenamadodana amathathu: uShemi, uHamu, noJafete. ¹¹Umhlaba wawonakele phambi kukaBaba wethu, wagcwala udlame. ¹²UBaba wethu wabona ukuthi umhlaba wawonakele, ngokuba yonke inyama yayonakalisile izindlela zayo emhlabeni.

¹³Khona uBaba wethu wathi kuNowa: “Ukuphela kwayo yonke inyama sekufikile phambi kwami, ngokuba umhlaba ugcwele udlame ngenxa yabantu. Ngizobabhubhisa kanye nomhlaba. ¹⁴Zakhele umkhumbi ngomuthi wesipresi; wenze amakamelo kuwo, uwunameke ngaphakathi nangaphandle ngetiyela. ^d d v14 Itiyela kwakuyinto enamathelayo eyayigcotshwa phezu komuthi ukuze umkhumbi uvaleke, amanzi angangeni. ¹⁵Uwenze kanje: umkhumbi ube ngamafidi angaba ngama-450 ubude, amafidi angama-75 ububanzi, amafidi angama-45 ukuphakama. ¹⁶Wenze uphahla lomkhumbi, uluqede ebangeni lezintshi eziyishumi nesishiyagalombili ukusuka phezulu. Ufake umnyango ohlangothini lwawo, uwakhe nezitezi zaphansi, ezimaphakathi, nezaphezulu. ¹⁷Mina ngokwami ngiletha amanzi kazamcolo emhlabeni ukubhubhisa yonke inyama enomoya wokuphila kuyo ngaphansi kwamazulu; konke okusemhlabeni kuyakufa. ¹⁸Kodwa ngiyakumisa isivumelwano sami nawe, uyakungena emkhunjini—wena, namadodana akho, nomkakho, nabafazi bamadodana akho kanye nawe. ¹⁹Ungenise emkhunjini ezimbili zazo zonke izidalwa eziphilayo ukuze zisinde kanye nawe—eduna neyinsikazi. ²⁰Kuzo izinyoni ngezinhlobo zazo, izilwane ngezinhlobo zazo, zonke izinto ezinwabuzelayo zomhlaba ngezinhlobo zazo, kuyakuza kuwe ezimbili zohlobo ngalunye ukuze zisinde. ²¹Thatha zonke izinhlobo zokudla okungadliwa, uzibekelele; kuyakuba ngukudla kwakho nokwazo.”

²²UNowa wenza konke njengoba uBaba wethu amyalile.