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| 1. | Zvino vanhu vakati votanga kuwanda panyika, vachiberekerwa vanasikana, |
| 2. | vanakomana vaMwari vakaona vakunda vavanhu kuti vakanaka, vakazvisarudzira pakati pavose vavakada kuva vakadzi vavo. |
| 3. | Ipapo Jehovha akati, "Mweya wangu haungarambi uchigara mumunhu nokusingaperi, zvaari wenyamawo hake; naizvozvo mazuva ake achava makore ane zana namakumi maviri." |
| 4. | Panguva iyo kwakanga kuna vanhu varefu kwazvo panyika, napashurewo, kana vanakomana vaMwari vakapinda kuvanasikana vavanhu, ivo vakavaberekera vana. Ndivo vaiva vanhu vane simba vakare, vakanga vakakurumbira. |
| 5. | Zvino Jehovha wakaona kuti kuipa kwavanhu kwakanga kuri kukuru panyika, nendangariro dzokufunga kwemoyo yavo dzakanga dzakaipa bedzi nguva dzose. |
| 6. | Jehovha akazvidemba pamusoro pokuita kwake vanhu panyika, akava neshungu pamoyo pake. |
| 7. | Jehovha akati, "Ndichaparadza vanhu vandakasika ndivabvise panyika vanhu, nemhuka, nezvinokambaira, neshiri dzedenga; nokuti ndinozvidemba kuti ndakazviita." |
| 8. | Asi Noa wakawana tsitsi pamberi paJehovha. |
| 9. | Marudzi aNoa ndiwo: Noa wakanga ari munhu wakarurama, asina mhosva mumarudzi ake; Noa wakafamba naMwari. |
| 10. | Noa akabereka vanakomana vatatu, vaiti: Shemu, naHamu, naJafeti. |
| 11. | Nyika yakanga yakaora pamberi paMwari, nyika yakanga izere nokumanikidzana. |
| 12. | Mwari akaona nyika kuti yakaora; nokuti vanhu vose vakanga vaodza mufambiro wavo panyika. |
| 13. | Ipapo Mwari wakati kuna Noa, "Kupera kwavanhu vose kwasvika pamberi pangu; nokuti vakazadza nyika nokumanikidzana; tarira, ndichavauraya pamwechete nenyika. |
| 14. | Uzviitire areka nomuti wemugoferi; uite makamuri muareka, uinamire nechomukati nechokunze nenamo. |
| 15. | Unofanira kuiita kudai: Kureba kweareka ngakuve makubhiti ana mazana matatu, nokufara kwayo makubhiti makumi mashanu, nokukwirira kwayo makubhiti makumi matatu. |
| 16. | Usiye buri paareka; uripedze kana kwasara kubhiti rimwe kubva kumusoro; nomusuo weareka uuise parutivi rwayo; uiite ine dzimba nhatu, mupanda wokutanga, nowechipiri, nowechitatu. |
| 17. | Tarira, ini ndinouyisa panyika mvura zhinji, kuti iparadze zvipenyu zvose, zvinomweya woupenyu, pasi pedenga; zvose zviri panyika zvichafa. |
| 18. | Asi ndichaita sungano yangu newe; unofanira kupinda muareka, iwe navanakomana vako, nomukadzi wako, navakadzi vavanakomana vako pamwechete newe. |
| 19. | Napazvipenyu zvose zvenyama uise muareka zviviri zviviri zvamarudzi ose, kuti zvirarame pamwechete newe; ngazvive mukono nehadzi. |
| 20. | Shiri namarudzi adzo, nezvipfuwo namarudzi azvo, nezvinokambaira pasi zvose namarudzi azvo, zvichauya kwauri zviviri zviviri zvamarudzi ose, kuti zviraramiswe. |
| 21. | Iwe utore marudzi ose ezvokudya zvose zvinodyiwa, uzviunganidzire kwauri; kuti zvive zvokudya zvako nezvazvo." |
| 22. | Noa akaita saizvozvo; sezvaakarairwa naMwari, wakaita zvose saizvozvo. |
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