Matalikilo
8 Pesi Leza wakaba aandaba aNowa* abanyama boonse bamusokwe, abanyama boonse bavubwa bakali mubwaato alubo Leza wakapa kuti kuunge luuwo aanyika mpawo maanzi akasaanguna kucheya. 2 Tusawu twamaanzi miingi amageedi aamvula aakujulu akayimikizigwa, zyakuti mvula iizwa kujulu yakaleka* kuwa. 3 Maanzi akasaanguna kuyosa mbichaani-mbichaani aanyika. Naakamana mazuba aali 150, maanzi akali acheya. 4 Mumweezi wamusanu ayibili mubuzuba bwachi 17 bwamweezi, bwaato bwakakkala aazilundu zyaku-Ararati. 5 Maanzi akali kuyabuyosa kusikila mumweezi wakkumi mubuzuba bwakusaanguna bwamweezi. Mpawo zilundu zyakasaanguna kuboneka mpuzili aajulu.
6 Nikwakayinda mazuba aali 40, Nowa wakajula windo ndyaakapangide aabwaato, 7 mpawo wakatuma chikwangala. Wakali kunoonga wawuluka aanze kaboola kusikila maanzi naakayuminina aanyika.
8 Nikwakayinda chiindi, wakatuma nziba kuti abone kuti maanzi akali ayuminina na aanyika. 9 Nziba teeyakayijana pe ndawu yakukkala,* nkinkaako, yakabweeda kulinguwe mubwaato, nkaambo maanzi akachivumbide nyika yoonse. Nkinkaako, wakatandabika kuboko kwakwe aanze, mpawo wakayinjizya mubwaato. 10 Wakalindila kwamazuba aali kkumi mpawo wakayituma lubo nziba kuti izwe mubwaato. 11 Nziba niyakaza kulinguwe goko, wakabona kuti kumulomo yakalumide tu tete lyamu-olifa ndiyakachela. Nkinkaako, Nowa wakaziba kuti maanzi akali acheya aanyika. 12 Wakalindila lubo kwamazuba aambi aali musanu aabili. Mpawo wakatuma nziba pesi teeyakabweeda pe kulinguwe.
13 Mumunyaka wachi 601, mumweezi wakusaanguna, mubuzuba bwakusaanguna bwamweezi, maanzi akali ayuminina aanyika. Nowa wakavumbula chimwi chipanzi chakaluli kabwaato, mpawo wakabona kuti nyika yakali kuya buyuma. 14 Mumweezi wachibili, mubuzuba bwachi 27 bwamweezi, nyika yakali yayuma chwa.
15 Leza wakati kuli Nowa: 16 “Zwa mubwaato, iwe amwanakazi wako abana bako abanakazi babana bako. 17 Zwaamwi azilenge zyoonse zyamisyobo yoonse zipona: zilenge zyuuluka, banyama abanyama boonse bayavula aanyika, kuchitila kuti zizyalane zivule akuti zibe zyiingi aanyika.”
18 Nkinkaako, Nowa wakazwa mubwaato kalaamwi abana bakwe, amwanakazi wakwe, abanakazi babana bakwe. 19 Zilenge zyoonse zipona, banyama boonse bayavula, azilenge zyoonse zyuuluka achintu choonse cheenda aanyika, zyakazwa mubwaato kweendelana amisyobo yazyo. 20 Mpawo Nowa wakayakila Jehova chipayililo alubo wakabweza bamwi babanyama basalala azimwi zilenge zisalala zyuuluka, wazipa kazili zipo zitentwa aachipayililo. 21 Jehova wakasaanguna kumvwa bweema bununkilila mpawo Jehova wakati mumoyo wakwe: “Tandizooyituki lubo pe nyika akaambo kabantu, nkaambo zintu nzibayeeya mumyoyo yabo nzibi kuzwa kabachili bana alubo tandizoozinyonyooni lubo pe zilenge zyoonse zipona mbuli mbundachita. 22 Kuzwa lino, aanyika takuzoolekwi pe kubyalwa mbuto akutebulwa, kutontola akupya, chilimu achiindi champeyo, sikati amansiku.”