¹ Uye Mwari waka komborera Nowa uye no ana ake, uye akavunza kuti: " Bharai, wandai uye dzadzai nyika. ² Kupatika uye no kuthia imwimwi kutchagara no vzinhama zvese zvino rarama panyika, Zvinhama zvino mburuka kudhenga no zvinhama zvino dzikwekweredza pasi uye ne howe dzese dzo muvhura. Zvese zwaka kandhua mu nhara dzenhu. ³ Tchese tchinofamba uye tchinorarama tchitchasenza kuti murhe. Nomu shobho wandakupasai shangwa yese. Pazvese ndirikukupasai zviro zvese. ⁴ Nokudharo musarhe nyama neupenyu wayo kana kuti nyama ne ngazi yayo. ⁵ Tchokwadhi, Inini nditcha rongosa ngazi yenyu; Nditcharongosa ye tchinhama tchese. Uye nditcha rongosa munyuwese anonga auraia hama yake, Inini nditcharongosa ngue upenyu we munyu ⁶ Wese uno dhurura ngazi ye munyu yakeon itcha dhururwao ngue munyu, ngokuti Mwari akaita mudhu se mufananidzo wake. ⁷ Asi imwimwi, iwai ano bhara uye wandai; dzadzai nyika". ⁸ Vzino Ishe Mwari waka reketa na Nowa uye no wana wake etchiti: ⁹ "nditcha kanda mirairo yangunemwi, no rudzi renyu rino uya kupinda imwimwi ¹⁰ uye no kadhatchimwe tchidhu tchino fema uye tcho rarama nemwi: kunhagwe shiri dzo mudhenga, nhama dzo manhumba uye zvi nhama zvo mushango zvaka bhudha mu Areca, se tchiro these tsino rarama panyika. ¹¹ Nditchakanda sungano rangu nemwi, kuti nhama yese aizoputswizve no mvura yo ndambi narini. Narini akuzo onekwizve ndambi kuti iputse nyika". ¹² Mwari wakati: " Itchi nditcho tchiratidzo tche sungano yangu nemwi yandirikuita nezvese zvino rarama nemwi, kuitira madzinza atchauya. ¹³ Inini Ndirikukanda muraraungu mumacore, uye itchona tchitchawe tchiratidzo tche sungano Rangu nenyika. ¹⁴ Zvatchazoitika kuti, ndikaunzisa makuta panyika uye maari moneka muraraungu, ¹⁵ nditcha edzurira sungano Rangu ratakaita Inini nemwi uye zvirarami zvese zvenyama zviri panyika. ¹⁶ Muraraungu utchagara mumakore uye Inini nditchaona, uye Nditcha edzurira sungano Rangu nezvi zvirarami zvese zve nyama yese zviri panyika". ¹⁷ Pedzepo Mwari wakati kuna Nowa: "Itchi nditcho tchipangidziro tche sungano Randaita, Inini uye zvisikwa zvese zve panyika". ¹⁸ Ana a Nowa akabhudha mu arika anga ari Sem, Cam uye Jafe. Cam anga ari bhabha weKenan. ¹⁹ Ndiona aona ana atatu a Nowa uye nyika yese yakadzadzwa nawo. ²⁰ Nowa wakatanga kurima munda uye waka sima mazambiringa. ²¹ Wakamwa vinyu uye wakazoraradza. Yena wakazogara mitu mu txutumba tchake. ²² Cam, bhabha we kenani, wakaona umitu wa bhabhake uye wakabhudha kwenda koerengera hamadzake mbiri. ²³ Hino Sem uye naJafe akatora batchi uye akakanda pa phewa uye, etchifamba nomasure, akafukidza umitu wabhabhao. Hopedzo dzanga dzakanangira kusure kuitira kuti asaone umitu wabhabhao ²⁴ Nowa paka pembenuka pakuraradza kwake wakazvizuwa zvakaita nemwana wake mudhoko. ²⁵ Hino wakati: " Kenani ndinoituka. Yena atchaita musenzi we hama dzake". ²⁶ Uyezve wakati: " Kuti Ishe, Mwari wa Sem, ngawakudzwe uye Kenani nga ite musenzi. ²⁷ Kuti Mwari ngasimudze Jafe, uye ngararame yena muzvitumba zva Sem. uye kuti Kenani ngaite musenzi wake. ²⁸ Kupera kwe ndambi, Nowa wakararama mazana matatu nomakumi mashano emakore, Mazuwa ese a ²⁹ Nowa akaita mazana mapfembamwe nomakumi mashano emakore, pedzepo yena wakafa.