¹ Cho chasholokele omu munu waputukile kutuma hathi cho kwathemukile banu babanakathzi kuli bakebo, ² omu bana ba Njambi bamwene bana babanakathzi hali woshe owo bangwile. ³ Yehoba wendekele ngwendi, "Muthzinthzime wange kuukatumanena muli munu myaka yoshe embwe, mwafwa banapu mushuni. Cho bakayoya myaka chita chimo na makumimabali." ⁴ Muli aje matangwa hathi hakele banu bakutunuka, kweta na kulutwe. Ebi byasholokele omu bana ba Njambi ba shombwele bana babanakathzi, cho bakitile nabo bana. Aba bakele baje banalume bakulaja bakutakama, banalume bakuthsimana. ⁵ Cho Yehoba wamwene ngwendi bubi bwa munu hathi wamene, cho nebi byakele mu bithinganyeka byabimbunge byabo byakele byakutwalelela bubi. ⁶ Yehoba walibeyele ngwendi ngwe katangele munu ha kaye, cho chamunyengethele mbunge yendi. ⁷ Cho Yehoba wendekele ngwendi, "Njikakomba munu woshe ou njatangele kutunda hakamwa lya kaye - munu na tuthitu, nabaka kubalaba boshe na tuthzila ba mwilu, mwafwa njinalibeye kubatenga." ⁸ Oloni Nowa wamwene kubethzika mu mesho a Yehoba. ⁹ Cho ebi bikebyo bilika byakutala kuli Nowa. Nowa wakele munalume wa kuthungama, wakwilika mulonga mubanu bamuthimbu yendi. Cho Nowa wendele na Njambi. ¹⁰ Nowa wapwile ishe ya bana batatu ba banalume: Shemi, Hamu, na Yafeti. ¹¹ Cho kaye kashulile na bubi ku mesho a Njambi, cho kakele na bukenya. ¹² Njambi wamwene kaye; talenioni, kakele na bubi, mwafwa munu woshe wabihithile bingila byendi ha kaye. ¹³ Cho Njambi wendekele kuli Nowa ngwendi, " Njinamono ngwange thimbu inete yakwaka mamanethelo kuli munu woshe, mwafwa kaye kanashulu na bukenya muli bakebo. Mukemo bene, njiba nyongetha hamo na kaye. ¹⁴ Litungile obe ibenya bwato bwa mapulanga a mut iwa supulase. Tunga bibatulo mu bwato, nakubufwika manenekela mumbando na hakamwa. ¹⁵ Cho ukabutunga ngechi, kwama cha bwato bukakala nama kyubiki bita bitatu; bwihi bwacho na kyubiki makumi atanu, cho bulaja bwacho bukakala na ma kyubiki makumi atatu. ¹⁶ Tenga chiluli cha bwato, nakuchimanetha na kyubiki umo kutunda helu ya mbango. Aka chikolo mu mbango ya bwato na kwaka manela, yamuchibali, nei yamuchitatu. ¹⁷ Tolila, Njili muyehi nakunena libathzi lya mema hathi, kwija nakunyongetha munu woshe alimo na mwonyo mwithi lya lilu. Cho byoshe ebi bili ha kaye bikathsa. ¹⁸ Oloni njikanena chithzibathano nobe. Ukakobela mu bwato, yobe, na bana bobe, na munakathzi wobe, na banakathzi ba bana bobe hamo. ¹⁹ Ku byoshe bya mwonyo bya tuthitu boshe, ukakobelethamo babali ba chifwa choshe mu bwato, mangana bakakale hamo nobe na mwonyo, wankomba nou wa lwabo. ²⁰ Kututhzila kukabangeya miyati yabo, nakututhitu kukabangeya miyati yabo, nakuli aba bakulyalanga hathi kukabangeya miyati yabo, cho muyati woshe babali bakaija kuli yobe ukabanyunge na mwonyo. ²¹ Bungiya chifwa cha kulya choshe nakunyunga, mangana chikapwe kulya chobe nechi chabo. ²² Cho Nowa walingile ngechi bene kwetheketha nomu amukambeye Njambi; cho walingilemo.