9 Nansi imbali kaNowa.

UNowa wayeyindoda elungileyo+ njalo wayemsulwa* phakathi kwabantu ababephila ngesikhathi sakhe. UNowa wahamba loNkulunkulu weqiniso.+

38 “Kodwa olungileyo wami uzaphila ngenxa yokholo,”+ futhi “nxa ebuyela emuva angithokozi* ngaye.”+

7 Ngokholo uNowa+ wathi esethole isixwayiso esivela kuNkulunkulu ngezinto ayengakaziboni,+ watshengisa ukuthi uyamesaba uNkulunkulu, wakha umkhumbi+ ukuze asindise abomuzi wakhe. Ngokholo lolu wawahlulela umhlaba,+ waba yindlalifa yokulunga okuba khona ngokukholwa.

12 ngoba amehlo kaJehova* akhangele abalungileyo, lendlebe zakhe ziyabalalela nxa bethandaza bencenga+ kodwa uJehova* uyabazonda labo abenza okubi.”+

5 Kazange ayekele lokujezisa umhlaba wasendulo+ kodwa ngesikhathi eletha uZamcolo emhlabeni owawulabantu abangamesabiyo+ wavikela uNowa umtshumayeli wokulunga+ labanye abayisikhombisa.+

9 Yikho uJehova* uyakwazi ukubahlenga ekulingweni abantu abazinikele kuye+ lokugcinela abantu abangalunganga ukubhujiswa* ngosuku lokwahlulela,+