IGenesisi 9

9 ¹UBaba wethu wambusisa uNowa namadodana akhe, wathi: “Zalani, nande, nigcwalise umhlaba. ²Zonke izilwane zomhlaba, zonke izinyoni zezulu, konke okuhuquzelayo emhlabeni, nazo zonke izinhlanzi zolwandle kuyakunesaba kube novalo ngenxa yenu; kunikelwe ezandleni zenu. ³Konke okuphilayo nokunyakazayo kuyakuba ngukudla kwenu. Njengoba nganginiphe izimila eziluhlaza, manje ngininika konke. ⁴Kodwa ningadli inyama esanegazi layo lokuphila kuyo. ⁵Ngempela ngiyakubiza igazi lenu lokuphila kwenu: kuzo zonke izilwane ngiyakulibiza, nakubo bonke abantu—kulowo nalowo ngenxa yempilo yomfowabo—ngiyakukubiza ukuphila komuntu. ⁶Ochitha igazi lomuntu, igazi lakhe liyakuchithwa ngumuntu; ngokuba ngomfanekiso kaBaba, iNdodana, noMoya oNgcwele, umuntu wadalwa. ⁷Kepha nina, zalani nande; nichichime emhlabeni, nande kuwo.”

⁸UBaba wethu wathi kuNowa nakumadodana akhe ayenaye:

⁹“Mina, manje ngimisa isivumelwano sami nani nenzalo yenu eza emva kwenu, ¹⁰nazo zonke izidalwa eziphilayo ezinani—izinyoni, imfuyo, nazo zonke izilwane zasendle zomhlaba—konke okwaphuma emkhunjini kanye nani, zonke izidalwa eziphilayo zomhlaba. ¹¹Ngimisa isivumelwano sami nani: akusayikuphinda konke okunenyama kunqunywe ngamanzi kazamcolo; akusayikuba khona uzamcolo wokubhubhisa umhlaba.” ¹²UBaba wethu wathi: “Lolu luphawu lwesivumelwano engisenza phakathi kwami nani nazo zonke izidalwa eziphilayo ezinani, kuzo zonke izizukulwane ezizayo: ¹³Ngibeke uthingo lwami emafwini, lube luphawu lwesivumelwano phakathi kwami nomhlaba. ¹⁴Lapho ngiletha amafu phezu komhlaba, uthingo lubonakale emafwini, ¹⁵ngiyakukhumbula isivumelwano sami phakathi kwami nani nazo zonke izidalwa eziphilayo zazo zonke izinhlobo: akusayikuphinda amanzi kazamcolo abhubhise konke okuphilayo. ¹⁶Lapho uthingo lusemafwini, ngiyakulubona, ngikhumbule isivumelwano esiphakade phakathi kwami nazo zonke izidalwa eziphilayo zazo zonke izinhlobo emhlabeni.” ¹⁷Ngakho uBaba wethu wathi kuNowa: “Lolu luphawu lwesivumelwano engisimisile phakathi kwami nakho konke okuphilayo emhlabeni.”

UShemi noJafeti Bamboza Uyise

¹⁸Amadodana kaNowa aphuma emkhunjini ayeyilaba: uShemi, uHamu, noJafeti. (UHamu wayenguyise kaKhanani.). ¹⁹Laba bobathathu babengamadodana kaNowa, kwathi kubo kwanda abantu bawo wonke umhlaba.

²⁰UNowa, umuntu womhlabathi, waba ngowokuqala ukutshala isivini. ²¹Kwathi lapho ephuza okunye kwewayini laso, wadakwa, walala embulekile ngaphakathi etendeni lakhe. ²²UHamu, uyise kaKhanani, wabona ubunqunu bukayise, watshela abafowabo bobabili ababengaphandle. ²³UShemi noJafeti bathatha ingubo, bayibeka emahlombe abo bobabili, bangena behlehlela emuva, bamboza ubunqunu bukayise; ubuso babo babubheke emuva, ngakho ababubonanga ubunqunu bukayise. ²⁴Kwathi lapho uNowa ephaphama ewayinini lakhe, wazi lokho akwenziwe yindodana yakhe encinyane kuye, ²⁵wathi: “Makaqalekiswe uKhanani! Uyakuba yisigqila esiphansi kunazo zonke kubafowabo.”

²⁶Waphinde wathi: “Makabusiswe uBaba kaShemi; uKhanani makabe yisigqila sikaShemi. ²⁷UBaba wethu makamandise umhlaba kaJafeti; uJafeti makahlale ematendeni kaShemi, futhi uKhanani makabe yisigqila sikaShemi.”

²⁸Emva kukazamcolo uNowa waphila iminyaka engama-350. ²⁹Yonke iminyaka kaNowa yaba yiminyaka engama-950, wayesefa.