¹ UNkulunkulu wayesemkhumbula uNowa , nezilwane zonke , nezinkomo zonke ezinaye emkhunjini . UNkulunkulu wadlulisa umoya phezu komhlaba , amanzi abohla. ² Imithombo yotwa namafasitele asezulwini kwavinjwa , imvula yasezulwini yaphela. ³ Amanzi ayesemuka njalo emhlabeni; emva kwezinsuku eziyikhulu namashumi ayisihlanu amanzi ancipha. ⁴ Ngenyanga yesikhombisa ngosuku lweshumi nesikhombisa enyangeni umkhumbi wema ezintabeni zase-Ararati. ⁵ Amanzi ancipha njalonjalo, kwaze kwaba senyangeni yeshumi . Ngeyeshumi ngolokuqala lwenyanga iziqongo zezintaba zabonakala. ⁶ Kwathi emva kwezinsuku ezingamashumi amane uNowa wavula ifasitele lomkhumbi abelenzile. ⁷ Wathuma igwababa, lazulazula njalo, aze asha amanzi emhlabeni. ⁸ Wayesethuma ijuba ukubona ukuba amanzi asenciphile yini ebusweni bomhlaba. ⁹ Kepha ijuba lalingafumani ukuphumula kwamathe onyawo lwalo , labuyela kuye emkhunjini , ngokuba a manzi ayesesebusweni bomhlaba wonke ; waselula isandla sakhe, walithatha, walingenisa kuye emkhunjini. ¹⁰ Wabuye wahlala izinsuku eziyisikhombisa ; waphinda walithuma ujuba emkhunjini. ¹¹ Ijuba lafika kuye ngakusihlwa ; bheka, kusemlonyeni walo iqabunga lomnqumo elikhiweyo. Wase azi uNowa ukuthi amanzi anciphile emhlabeni. ¹² Wabuye wahlala izinsuku eziyisikhombisa; walithuma ijuba ; alabe lisabuyela kuye. ¹³ Kwathi ngomnyaka wamakhulu ayisithupha nanye ngenyanga yokuqala ngolokuqala lwenyanga amanzi abeseshile emh labeni; uNowa wasusa uphahla lomkhumbi, wabona, bheka, ubuso bomhlaba base bomile. ¹⁴ Ngenyanga yesibili ngosuku lwamashumi amabili nesikhombisa lwenyanga umhlaba wawusomile. ¹⁵ UNkulunkulu wakhuluma kuNowa, wathi: ¹⁶ Phuma emkhunjini , wena nomkakho , namadodana akho , nabafazi bamadodana akho bekanye nawe. ¹⁷ Phuma kanye nezilwane zonke eziphilayo zenyama yonke , izinyoni, nezinkomo, nezilwanyana zonke ezinwabuzelayo emhlabeni , zichume emhlabeni, zizale, zande emhlabeni. ¹⁸ Wayesephuma uNowa namadodana akhe, nomkakhe, nabafazi bamadodana akhe bekanye naye. ¹⁹ Zonke izilwane , nazo zonke izilwanyana ezinwabuzelayo , nazo zonke izinyoni, konke okuhamba emhlabeni ngezinhlobo zakho kwaphuma emkhunjini. Umnikelo kaNowa nesithembiso sikaJehova ²⁰ UNowa wamakhela uJehova i -altare, wathatha kuzo zonke izilwane ezihlambulukileyo nakuzo zonke izinyon i ezihlambulukileyo , wanikela umnikelo wokushiswa e-altare. ²¹ UJehova wezwa iphunga elimnandi ; uJehova wathi enhliziyweni yakhe : Angisayikuphinda ngiqalekise umhlaba ngenxa yabantu, ngokuba imicabango yomuntu mibi kwasebusheni bakhe ; angisayikuphinda ngibhubhise konke okuphilayo, njengalokho ngenzile. ²² Umhlaba usekhona, ukutshala nokuvuna, amakhaza nokufudumala, ihlobo nobusika, imini nobusuku akuyikunqamuka.