1. Ekuqaleni uThixo wadala izulu nomhlaba.
2. Kwakuselubala nje emhlabeni, kungekho nto ikhoyo. Inzonzobila yamanzi eyayigubungele konke yayithiwe gqume sisithokothoko sobumnyama. UMoya kaThixo wafukama phezu kwaloo manzi.
3. Wathi uThixo makubekho ukukhanya. Kwabakho ukukhanya.
4. Wakholwa ke uThixo koko kukhanya, waza wakwahlula ukukhanya nobumnyama.
5. Wathi ukukhanya yimini; wathi ubumnyama bona bubusuku. Kwahlwa, kwasa; yangumhla wokuqala ke lowo.
6. Wabuya uThixo wathi makubekho amajukujuku, awahlule kubini amanzi.