Incwadi yesibini kaAdam noEva ISAHLUKO 1 1 Uthe uLuluwa akuweva la mazwi kaKayin, walila waya kuyise nonina, wabaxelela ukuba uKayin umbulele uAbheli umnakwabo. 2 Badanduluka bonke bephela, baliphakamisa izwi labo, babetha ubuso babo, bazigalela ngothuli entloko, bazikrazula iingubo zabo, baphuma bafika kuloo ndawo wayebulewe kuyo uAbheli. 3 Bamfumana elele emhlabeni, ebulewe, enamarhamncwa emjikelezile; ngoxa babelila yaye belila ngenxa yalo mnye kuphela. Emzimbeni wakhe, ngenxa yobunyulu bakhe, kuphuma ivumba elithozamisayo. 4 Kwaye uAdam wamthwala, iinyembezi zakhe zisihla ebusweni bakhe; waya emqolombeni wobuncwane, apho wambeka khona, wamquqela ubulawu nemore. 5 Kwaye uAdam noEva baqhubeka ngokungcwatywa kwakhe besentlungwini enkulu iintsuku ezilikhulu elinamashumi amane. UAbheli ubeminyaka ilishumi elinantlanu enesiqingatha ubudala, yena uKayin eneminyaka elishumi elinesixhenxe enesiqingatha. 6 Ke kaloku uKayin sakuzaliseka isijwili somninawa wakhe, wamthabatha uLuluwa udade wabo, wamzeka, kungekho mvumelwano kayise nonina; kuba ababanga nako ukumnqanda kuye, ngenxa yokudandatheka kwentliziyo yabo. 7 Wehla ke, waya ezantsi kwentaba, emyezweni, kufuphi nendawo abebulele kuyo umninawa wakhe. 8 Kwaye kuloo ndawo kwakukho imithi yeziqhamo emininzi nemithi yehlathi. Udade wabo wamzalela abantwana; abathi nabo baqala ukwanda ngamadigri, bada bayizalisa loo ndawo. 9 Ke bona uAdam noEva, abadibananga emva kokungcwatywa kuka-Abheli, iminyaka esixhenxe. Noko ke, emva koko uEva wamitha; wathi esamithi, wathi uAdam kuye, Yiza, sithabathe umnikelo, siwunyuse kuThixo, simcele ukuba asinike umntwana oyinzwakazi; 10 Balungisa umnikelo, bawusondeza esibingelelweni, bawusondeza phambi koYehova, batarhuzisa kuye, ukuba awamkele umnikelo wabo, abanike imbewu elungileyo. 11 Wamva ke uThixo uAdam, wawamkela umnikelo wakhe. Baqubuda ke, uAdam, noEva, nentombi yabo, behla baya emqolombeni wobuncwane, babeka isibane kuwo, ukuba sivutha ebusuku nasemini, phambi komzimba ka-Abheli. 12 Emva koko uAdam noEva baqhubeka bezila ukutya yaye bethandaza de kwafika ixesha likaEva lokuba akhululwe, xa wathi kuAdam: “Ndinqwenela ukuya emqolombeni weliwa, ndikhuphele kuwo.” 13 Wathi, Hamba uye uhambe nentombi yakho, ikulungiselele; ke mna ndiya kuhlala kulo mqolomba wobuncwane, phambi kwesidumbu sonyana wam uAbheli. 14 UEva wamphulaphula uAdam, waya yena nentombi yakhe. Kodwa uAdam wahlala yedwa kumqolomba wobuNdyebo.
ISAHLUKO 2 1 Kwaye uEva wazala unyana owayemhle ngokugqibeleleyo ngokomo nangokwembonakalo. Ubuhle bakhe babufana nobukayise uAdam, kodwa bubuhle ngakumbi. 2 Wathuthuzeleka uEva akuyibona, wahlala emqolombeni iintsuku ezisibhozo; wathumela intombi yakhe kuAdam ukuba imxelele, aze ambone umntwana, amthiye igama. Yahlala intombi endaweni yayo phezu kwesidumbu somninawa wayo, wada wabuya uAdam. Wenjenjalo naye. 3 Weza uAdam, wayibona inkangeleko yomntwana, ubuhle bakhe, nembonakalo yakhe egqibeleleyo, wavuya ngaye, wathuthuzeleka ngenxa ka-Abheli. Wathi ke igama laloo mntwana nguSete; Kodwa kuthetha "amandla kunye namandla." 4 Emva kokuba uAdam emthiyile igama umntwana, wabuyela emqolombeni wobuncwane; yasuka intombi yakhe yabuyela kunina. 5 Wahlala uEva emqolombeni wakhe, kwada kwazaliseka iintsuku ezimashumi mane, ekufikeni kwakhe kuAdam, wamthabathela kuye umntwana nentombi yakhe. 6 Bafika emlanjeni wamanzi, apho bahlamba khona uAdam nentombi yakhe, ngenxa yokuba bebuhlungu ngenxa ka-Abheli; kodwa uEva nosana bahlanjwa ukuze bahlanjululwe. 7 Babuya ke, bathabatha umnikelo, baya entabeni, bawunyusa, ngenxa yosana; Wawamkela ke uThixo umnikelo wabo, wathumela intsikelelo yakhe phezu kwabo, noSete unyana wabo; babuyela emqolombeni wobuncwane. 8 Ke uAdam akabuyanga amazi uEva umkakhe, yonke imihla yobomi bakhe; akubanga sazala kubo; kodwa ngabo bahlanu kuphela, uKayin, uLuluwa, uAbheli, uAklia, noSete kuphela. 9 Ke uSete waya esomelela ngokomelela; waza waqalisa ukuzila ukudla nokuthandaza ngokunyanisekileyo. ISAHLUKO 3 1 Ke yena ubawo wethu uAdam, ekupheleni kweminyaka esixhenxe, kususela kwimini awahlukana ngayo nomkakhe uEva, uSathana wammonela, akubona ukuba uyahlukaniswa naye; waza wazama ukumenza ahlale naye kwakhona. 2 Wesuka uAdam, wenyuka waya ngaphezu komqolomba wobuncwane; + yaye waqhubeka elala apho ebusuku. Kodwa kwakuba kukhanya yonke imihla wayesihla eze emqolombeni, ukuze athandaze khona aze afumane iintsikelelo kuwo. 3 Kwahlwa, wenyuka waya eluphahleni lomqolomba, apho wayelele khona yedwa, esoyikela ukuba hleze amoyiswe nguSathana. Wahlala yedwa iintsuku ezimashumi mathathu anesithoba. 4 USathana, okuthiyile konke okulungileyo, akumbona uAdam eyedwa, ezila ukudla ethandaza, wabonakala kuye enjengomfazi oyinzwakazi, owafika wema phambi kwakhe ngobusuku bemini yamashumi amane, wathi kuye: 5 “Owu Adam, ukususela kwixesha lokuhlala kwakho kulo mqolomba, siye safumana uxolo olukhulu oluvela kuwe, yaye imithandazo yakho iye yafikelela kuthi, yaye siye sathuthuzeleka ngawe. 6 “Kodwa ngoku, Owu Adam, ekubeni unyuke waya kulala eluphahleni lomqolomba, siye sathandabuza ngawe, yaye