1 Ha batho ba qala ho ata lefatsheng, mme ba tswala baradi,
2 bara ba Modimo ba bona hore baradi ba batho ba batle, mme ba inkela basadi kamoo ba ka kgahlwang kateng.
3 Yaba Morena o re: “Moya wa ka o ke ke wa hlola ka ho motho kamehla eohle, hobane motho ke nama feela. Ditshiu tsa hae e tla ba dilemo tse lekgolo le mashome a mabedi.”
4 Ka yona nako eo, le kamora moo, diqhobane tsa eba teng lefatsheng, ha bara ba Modimo ba bokana le baradi ba batho, ba tswala bana le bona. Bana bao ke tsona dinatla tsa boholoholo tse tumileng haholo.
5 Jwale Morena a bona hore bokgopo ba batho lefatsheng bo boholo haholo, le hore mehopolo ya dipelo tsa bona e tletse bobe kamehla.
6 Morena a swaba ha a ile a etsa motho lefatsheng, pelo ya hae ya utlwa bohloko.
7 Yaba Morena o re: “Batho bao ke ba bopileng ke tla ba fedisa lefatsheng; batho, mmoho le diphoofolo, le dihahabi, le dinonyana tse fofang, hobane ke a itshwabela ha ke ile ka ba etsa.”
8 Empa Nowe yena a hauhelwa ke Morena.
9 Tsena ke ditaba tsa Nowe. Nowe e ne e le motho ya lokileng, ya neng a hloka kodi hara ba mehla eo, mme metsamao ya hae ya kgahla Modimo.
10 A tswala bara ba bararo: Sema, le Kama, le Jafeta.
11 Mahlong a Modimo lefatshe le ne le bodile, le tletse dipolayano.
12 Modimo a bona hore lefatshe le bodile, batho bohle ba itshilafaditse.
13 Jwale Modimo a re ho Nowe: “Ke rerile ho fedisa tsohle tse phelang lefatsheng, hobane lefatshe le tletse dipolayano ka baka la batho; ke tla ba timetsa mmoho le lefatshe.
14 “Iketsetse areka ka difate tsa phaena, o e etse dikamore, mme o e bitiele ka boka kantle le kahare.
15 O tla e haha tjena: bolelele ba areka e be dimethara tse lekgolo le mashome a mararo a metso e meraro, bophara ba yona e be dimethara tse mashome a mabedi a metso e mmedi, mme bophahamo ba yona e be dimethara tse leshome le metso e meraro.
16 Areka eo o e etsetse fesetere e tla kenya lesedi, mme pakeng tsa yona le marulelo e be bolelele ba disenthimethara tse mashome a mane a metso e mene; monyako wa areka o etswe lehlakoreng la yona. Ho be le dikamore tse katlase, tse hare, le tse kahodimo.
17 “Ke tla tlisa morallo wa metsi ho kwahela lefatshe, ho timetsa tsohle tse phelang, tse tlasa lehodimo. Tsohle tse lefatsheng di tla timela.
18 Empa wena ke tla etsa selekane le wena. O tla kena ka arekeng, wena le bara ba hao, le mosadi wa hao, le dingwetsi tsa hao.
19 O tla kena ka arekeng le diphoofolo tsohle tse phelang, tse pedi mofuteng o mong le o mong, e be e tona le e tshehadi, di tle di phele mmoho le wena.
20 Dinonyana ka mefuta ya tsona, le diphoofolo ka mefuta ya tsona, le dihahabi ka mefuta ya tsona, di kene le wena ka arekeng ka bobedi, di tle di phele.
21 O bokelle dijo tsohle tse tla jewa, o di kenye ka arekeng, e tle e be dijo tsa hao le tsa diphoofolo.”
22 Nowe a etsa jwalo; a etsa jwalokaha Modimo a ne a mo laetse.