¹ na mwari akakomborera noa newana wake akaawati: berekanai, wandai mudzadzde nyika. ² kukaruka nekutya kuchagara pachipuka cheshe chinorarama panyika, kubva kuchiri dzemudenga , zveshe zvinohamba nekutamanda pashi nehowe dzeshe dzemunvura.zveshe zvakapuwa munyara dzenyu. ³ zveshe zvinohamba nekopona zvichaita chikafu. zvakafanana sezvendamupa mashakani, zvinezvi ndichamupa zveche. ⁴ saka musazorya nyama yinoupenyu kana kuti inongazi mukati. ^{5 6 7} chokwadi, inini ndichakumbira ngazi yenyu, ndichakumbira chipuka chime na chime, nemuhoko wemundhu akauraya hama yake, inini ndichakumbirira ngoupenyu wemundhu. uyane achadeura ropa remundhu uchawa ne ropa rake rakadeura ngemundhu, ngekuti mwari wakaita mundhu semufananidzo wake. kunemwi iwayi wanobara muwande ,mugare panyika. ⁸ Zvino Mwari wakaereketa kunaNoa nokuwana vake pamwepo echiti,

⁹ “Wonai, inini ndinogwinyisa chitenderano changu nemwi, nokumibarirwana yenyu inozoteera imwimwi. ¹⁰ nechiro cheshe chinorarama chinemwi, kubva kuchiri, zvimbhuka zvekufuya, nezvimbhuka zvemushango zvakabhuda muareka, sezvinorarama zveshe panyika ¹¹ ndichakupa gonda, kuti andichazoparadzizve ngenvura yendhambi. andichazoparadzizve nyika ngendhambi. ¹² mwari akati ichi ndicho chigondisso chandinokupa inini newmi nezvinorarama zveshe zvamunazvo , pamarudzi eshe achauya. ¹³ inini ndakaisa chiratidzo chedandemutande mumakore ichi chichawa chiratinzo chechitenderano changu nenyika. ¹⁴ Naapo pendinounza gore padera penyika utahwadande-mutande hunozooneka mugore,

¹⁵ neni ndinozokarakadza chitenderano changu chiri pakati pangu nemwi, nepakati pezvisikwa

zveshe zvinopona zvenyama yeshe; nemvura aichazoitizve ndambi kuparadza nyama yeshe.

¹⁶ Naapo utahwadande-mutande hwaa mugore, ndinozohuningira, naapo ndinozokarakadza

chitenderano chisina magumo chiri pakati paMwari nezvisikwa zveshe zvinopona zvenyama

yeshe iri padera penyika.”

¹⁷ Mwari wakati kunaNoa, “Ichi ndicho chioniso chechitenderano chendakagwinyisa pakati pangu

nepenyama yeshe iri padera penyika.”,

¹⁸ wana vaNoa avo vakabuda kubva mungarava vaiya Shemu, Hamu naJafethi. Hamu ndiye

baba waKhenani.

¹⁹ Ava vatatu ndivo vana vaNoa; ngaavo nyika yeshe yakazadzwa ndivo ngevandhu ²⁰ Noa wakatanga kuita murimi wevhu, akasima munda wemivhini.

²¹ Naye wakamwa vhini, akadhakwa; wakaata mutitinini mutende rake ²² NaHamu, baba aKhenani, wakaona utitinini hwababa ake, akaronzera vakoma vake vaiya

pabanze.

²³ Zvino Shemu naJafethi vakatora chokufuka, vakachiisa pamapfudzi avo vari vairi, vakahamba

ngefundamutete, vakafukidza utitinini hwababa avo; hope dzavo dzaiya dzakaringira sure, avazi

kuona utitinini hwababa avo.

²⁴ Naapo Noa amuka kubva mukudhakwa ngevhini, wakazia izvo zvaiya zvaitwa kwaari

ngomukororo wake mudoko.

²⁵ Wakati, “Khenani ngaatukwe; unozoita muranda yehloko kunehama dzake.” ²⁶ Naye wakatizve, “Ngaakudzwe Mambo Mwari, Mwari waShemu; naKhenani ngaaite muranda. ²⁷ Mwari ngaakurise Jafethi, ngaagare mumatende aShemu; naKhenani ngaaite hloko yake ²⁸ Noa wakapona makore mazana matatu nemakumi mashanu (350) ndambi yapera.

²⁹ Mazuva eshe akapona Noa aiya makore mazana mapfumbamwe nemakumi mashanu (950), naye wakafa.