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8 Pele Leza wakamuyeeya Nowa abanyama bamusyokwe boonse abanyama bavwubwa mbaakali abo mubwato,+ alimwi Leza wakacitya guwo kuunga anyika, eelyo maanzi akatalika kuceya. 2 Tusensa twamaanzi azipulo zyakujulu zyakasinkwa, aboobo mvwula yakaleka kuwa kuzwa kujulu.+ 3 Mpoonya maanzi akatalika kuceya anyika. Nokwakainda mazuba aali 150, maanzi akaceya. 4 Mumwezi waciloba, mubuzuba bwa 17, bwato bwakakkala atala aamalundu aa Ararati. 5 Alimwi maanzi akazumanana kuyaabuceya kusikila mumwezi wa 10. Mumwezi wa 10, mubuzuba bwakusaanguna, malundu akatalika kulibonya mpaali atala.+
6 Aboobo naakainda mazuba aali 40, Nowa wakajalula windo+ yabwato 7 akutuma cikwangala; ooyo iwakazumanana kuuluka anze akujokela, kusikila maanzi naakayuminina anyika.
8 Kumane wakatuma nziba kuti azyibe naa maanzi aceya anyika. 9 Inziba tiiyakajana aakukkala* pe, aboobo yakapiluka kulinguwe mubwato nkaambo maanzi akaciliivwumbide nyika yoonse.+ Eelyo wakatandabika janza lyakwe akwiinjizya mubwato. 10 Aboobo wakalindila mazuba aambi aali ciloba, mpoonya alimwi wakatuma nziba kuzwa mubwato. 11 Inziba niyakapiluka kulinguwe ciindi cakumangolezya, wakabona kuti yakajisi itewu lyaolifa litete kumulomo wayo. Aboobo Nowa wakazyiba kuti maanzi anyika aceya.+ 12 Wakalindila mazuba aambi aali ciloba. Mpoonya wakatuma nziba, pele tiiyakapiluka limbi kulinguwe.
13 Lino mubuzuba bwakusaanguna, mumwezi wakusaanguna, mumwaka wa 601,+ maanzi akayuminina anyika; mpoonya Nowa wakagwisya cibeela cimwi caciluli cabwato, eelyo wakabona kuti maanzi akali kuyaabuyuminina anyika. 14 Mumwezi wabili, mubuzuba bwa 27, nyika yakayuma.
15 Lino Leza wakaambila Nowa kuti: 16 “Kozwa mubwato, yebo, mukaintu wako, bana bako abamakaintu babo.+ 17 Kozwa antoomwe azilenge zyoonse zyamisyobo yoonse,+ zilenge zyuuluka abanyama boonse, abanyama bakalaba baanyika, kutegwa zizyalane akuvwula anyika.”+
18 Aboobo Nowa wakazwa antoomwe abana bakwe,+ mukaintu wakwe alimwi abamakaintu babana bakwe. 19 Zilenge zyoonse, banyama boonse bakalaba, alimwi azilenge zyoonse zyuuluka azyoonse zyeenda anyika, zyakazwa mubwato kweelana amisyobo yazyo.+ 20 Mpoonya Nowa wakayakila Jehova cipaililo+ akubweza banyama bamwi basalala azilenge zimwi zyuuluka+ akutuula zituuzyo zyuumpwa acipaililo.+ 21 Mpoonya Jehova wakatalika kumvwa bweema bununkilila. Aboobo Jehova wakati mumoyo wakwe: “Tandikaisinganyi kabili nyika+ akaambo kazibi zyabantu, nkaambo moyo wamuntu mubi kuzwa kubwana;+ alimwi tandikajayi kabili zintu zyoonse zipona mbuli mbondacita.+ 22 Kuzwa sunu, nyika taikaleki kuba aciindi cakusyanga mbuto akutebula, mupeyo aciindi cakupya, cilimo amainza, alimwi syikati amasiku.”+