7 Ngaphambi kokuba kunethe, uNowa, oonyana bakhe, umfazi wakhe nabafazi boonyana bakhe, bangena emkhombeni. +

7 Ngenxa yokholo uNowa,+ emva kokuba elumkiswe nguThixo ngezinto ezingekabonwa,+ wabonisa ukuba uyamoyika uThixo waza wakha umkhombe+ ukuze asindise intsapho yakhe. Ngenxa yokholo lwakhe, waligwebela isohlwayo ihlabathi,+ waza waba yindlalifa yobulungisa obubakho ngenxa yokholo.

19 Emva koko wahamba wayokushumayela kwiingelosi ezisejele,+ 20 ezaye azamthobela uThixo xa wayelinde ngomonde ngomhla kaNowa.+ Ngelo xesha kwakusakhiwa umkhombe+ owasindisa abantu abambalwa emanzini, oko kukuthi, imiphefumlo esibhozo.*+

5 Walohlwaya nehlabathi lakudala,+ kodwa wamkhusela uNowa, umshumayeli wobulungisa,+ kunye nabanye abasixhenxe+ xa wabatshabalalisa ngomkhukula abantu abangamthobeliyo uThixo.+