IncwadiYesibilikaAdamuno-Eva
ISAHLUKO1
1KwathiuLuluwaezwaamazwikaKhayini,wakhala, wayakuyisenonina,wabatshelaukuthiuKhayini wambulalakanjaniumfowabou-Abela
2Basebekhalabonke,baphakamisaamazwiabo,bashaya ubusobabo,bazithelangothuliemakhandaabo,baklebhula izingubozabo,baphuma,bafikaendaweniu-Abela abulawelwakhona
3Bamfumanaelelephansi,ebulewe,nezilwane ezimzungezile;ngenkathibekhalafuthibekhalangenxa yaloeyodwanjeEmzimbeniwakhekwaphumaiphunga leziqholongenxayobumsulwabawo
4Futhiu-Adamuwamthwala,izinyembezizakhezehla ebuswenibakhe;wayaemhumeniwengcebo,laphoambeka khona,wambophelaamakhanemore
5Futhiu-Adamuno-Evabaqhubekangokungcwatshwa kwakhengosiziolukhuluizinsukueziyikhulunamashumi amaneU-Abelawayeneminyakaeyishuminanhlanu nengxenyeubudala,uKayinieneminyakaeyishumi nesikhombisanengxenye
6KwathiuKhayiniesephelileukulilaumfowabo,wathatha udadewabouLuluwa,wamthatha,ngaphandlekwemvumo kuyiselonina;ngobababengelakhoukumvimbangenxa yobuhlungubenhliziyozabo
7Wehlelaphansikwentaba,kudenensimu,eduzenendawo laphoayebulelekhonaumfowabo
8Futhikuleyondawokwakukhonaizihlahlaeziningi zezithelonezihlahlazehlathi.Udadewabowamzalela abantwana,bonabaqalaukwandangamadigribaze bagcwalakuleyondawo
9Kodwau-Adamulo-Evakababuthanangangemva komngcwaboka-Abela,okweminyakaeyisikhombisa Nokho,ngemvakwalokhu,u-Evawakhulelwa;futhi ngesikhathiekhulelwe,u-Adamuwathikuye:"Woza sithatheumnikelo,siwunikelekuNkulunkulu,futhisimcele ukubaasipheumntwanaomuhle,esingaduduzwakuye, futhisishadenodadewaboka-Abela."
10Basebelungisaumnikelo,bawulethae-altare, bawunikelaphambikukaJehova,baqalaukumncenga ukubaawamukeleumnikelowabo,abapheinzaloenhle.
11FuthiuNkulunkuluwamuzwau-Adamufuthi wawemukelaumnikelowakheKhona-ke,bakhuleka,uAdamu,no-Eva,nendodakaziyabo,futhibehlela emhumeniWengcebofuthibabekaisibanikuwo,ukuze sivuthaebusukunemini,phambikomzimbaka-Abela.
12Khona-keu-Adamuno-Evabaqhubekanokuzilaukudla futhibekhulekakwazekwafikaisikhathisika-Evasokuthi abelethwe,laphoethiku-Adamu:“Ngifisaukuya emhumeniwedwala,ngizalelekuwo.”
13Wathi:"Hambauthatheindodakaziyakhoukuba ikukhonze;kephaminangiyakuhlalakulomgede wengcebophambikwesidumbusendodanayamiu-Abela" 14U-Evawayesemlalelau-Adamu,wahamba,yena nendodakaziyakhe.Kodwau-Adamuwahlalayedwa emhumeniwengcebo
ISAHLUKO2
1Futhiu-Evawazalaindodanaenhlengokuphelele ngomzimbanangobusoUbuhlebakhebabufana nobukayiseu-Adamu,nokhobubuhlekakhulu
2Khona-keu-Evawaduduzekalaphoembona,futhi wahlalaizinsukueziyisishiyagalombiliemhumeni; wayesethumaindodakaziyakheku-Adamuukubaamtshele ukuthiezeaboneumntwana,amqambeigama.Kodwa indodakaziyahlalaendaweniyakheeduzekwesidumbu somnewabo,wazewabuyau-AdamuNayewenzakanjalo 3Kephau-Adamuesefikile,ebonaubuhlebomntwana, nobuhlebakhe,nesimosakheesiphelele,wajabulangaye, waduduzekango-AbelaWayeseqambaumntwana ngokuthiuSeti,okushoukuthi,"uNkulunkuluuzwile umkhulekowami,wangikhululaosizinilwami"Kodwa lishofuthi"amandlanamandla"
4Kwathiu-Adamuesemetheumntwanaibizo,wabuyela emhumeniwengcebo;indodakaziyakheyabuyelakunina 5Kephau-Evawahlalaemhumeniwakhe,kwaze kwaphelelaizinsukuezingamashumiamane,laphoefika ku-Adamu,walethaumntwananendodakaziyakhe 6Futhibafikaemfuleniwamanzi,laphou-Adamu nendodakaziyakhebagezakhona,ngenxayokudabuka ngo-Abela;kephau-Evanomntwanabagezwa ukuhlanjululwa
7Basebebuya,bathabathaumnikelo,bakhuphukela entabeni,bawunikelangomntwana;futhiuNkulunkulu wawemukelaumnikelowabo,futhiwathumelaisibusiso saKhephezukwabo,naphezukwendodanayabouSeti; babuyelaemhumeniwengcebo
8Kephau-Adamuakaphindangaamaziumkakheu-Eva zonkeizinsukuzokuhambakwakhe;futhikwakungasekho nzalokubo;kodwayilabokuphelaabahlanu,uKayini, uLuluwa,u-Abela,u-Aklia,noSetikuphela.
9KephauSetiwakhula,wakhulangamandla;waqala ukuzilaukudlanokukhuleka,ngobuqotho
ISAHLUKO3
1Kephaubabawethuu-Adamu,ekuphelenikweminyaka eyisikhombisakusukelaosukwiniahlukanangalo nomkakheu-Eva,uSathanewabanomhawungaye,lapho embonaehlukenenayekanjalo;futhiwalwelaukumenza ahlalenayefuthi
2Khona-keu-Adamuwasukumawenyukelaphezu koMhumeWengcebo;waqhubekaelalalaphoebusuku. Kodwakwakuthilaphonjekukhanyansukuzonkewehlela emhumeni,ukuzeakhulekekhonafuthiatholeisibusiso kuwo.
3Kwathisekuhlwile,wenyukelaphezukophahlalomhume, laphoayelelekhonaeyedwa,esabaukuthiuSathane angamnqoba.Waqhubekakanjaloeyedwaizinsuku ezingamashumiamathathunesishiyagalolunye
4Khona-keuSathane,ozondakonkeokuhle,laphoebona u-Adamueyedwakanjalo,ezilafuthiethandaza, wabonakalakuyeesesimwenisowesifazaneomuhle, owafikawemaphambikwakhengobusukubosuku lwamashumiamane,futhiwathikuye:
5“OAdamu,kusukelangesikhathiusahlezikulomhume, siyesatholaukuthulaokukhuluokuvelakuwe, nemikhulekoyakhoisifikilekithi,futhisaduduzekangawe.
6"Kephamanje,Adamu,ukuthiukhuphukeleophahleni lomhumeukubaulale,sibenokungabazangawe,futhiusizi olukhululusehlelengenxayokwehlukanakwakhono-Eva Khona-kefuthi,laphousuphezukophahlalwalomhume, umkhulekowakhouyathululwa,futhiinhliziyoyakho izulazulangaphanangapha
7“Kephalaphousemhumeniumkhulekowakho wawunjengomliloubuthelwendawonye,wehlelakithi, wakutholaukuphumula
8“Ngasengidabukangabantwanabakhoabahlukanisiwe nawe;ngilusizikakhulungokubulawakwendodanayakho u-Abela,ngokubawayelungile,futhibonkebayakubalusizi ngomuntuolungileyo.
9“KephangakuthokozelaukuzalwakukaSetiindodana yakho;nokhongasemuvangadabukakakhulungo-Eva, ngokubaungudadewethu.NgokubalaphouNkulunkulu ekwehliselaubuthongoobunzima,wamkhipha ohlangothinilwakho,wangikhiphanamikanyenaye Kephawamvusangokumbekanawe,engehlisa.
10“Ngajabulangodadewethungokubanawe;kepha uNkulunkuluwangenzelaisithembisongaphambili,wathi: ‘Ungadabuki;laphou-Adamuesekhuphukeleophahleni lomhumewengcebo,wahlukanano-Evaumkakhe, ngiyakukuthumakuye,uzihlanganisenaye,umzalele abantwanaabayisihlanu,njengalokhou-Evaamzalela abahlanu
11“Kalokhubheka,isithembisosikaNkulunkulu sigcwalisekilekimi,ngokubanguyeongithumekuwe emshadweni;
12"Khona-ke,usemusha,ungaqediubushabakhongosizi kulelizwe,kephachithaizinsukuzobushabakho ngokujabulanakwentokozoNgokubaizinsukuzakho zimbalwa,nokulingwakwakhokukhuluQina,uqedele izinsukuzakhokulomhlabangokujabula.Ngiyojabula ngawe,futhiuyojabulanamingalokhu,futhiungesabi
13“Suka-ke,ugcwaliseumyalokaNkulunkuluwakho,” wasondelaku-Adamu,wamgona.
14Kodwalaphou-Adamuebonaukuthikufanele anqotshwenguye,wakhulekakuNkulunkulungenhliziyo ejulileukubaamkhululekuye.
15UNkulunkuluwasethumelailizwilakhekuAdamu, esithi:OAdamu,lowomfanekisonguyeowakwethembisa ubuNkulunkululobukhosi;kakuthandisisi,kodwa uzibonakalisakuwengesinyeisikhathienjengesimo sowesifazana,ngesinyeisikhathi,ngomfanekisowengilosi, ngesinyengesinyeumfanekisowenyoka,kodwangesinye isikhathiuyabhubhisawonkeumphefumulowakho
16“Manje-ke,Adamu,oqondainhliziyoyakho, ngikukhululekaningiesandlenisakhe,ukuzengikubonise ukuthinginguNkulunkuluohawukelayo,nokuthi ngikufiselaokuhle,nokuthiangikufiseliukuchithwa kwakho.
ISAHLUKO4
1Khona-keuNkulunkuluwayalauSathaneukuba azibonakaliseku-Adamungokusobala,ngesimosakhe esesabekayo
2Kephau-Adamuembonawesaba,washaywaluvalo embona.
3UNkulunkuluwathiku-Adamu:“Bhekalodeveli, nokubukakwakheokwesabekayo,waziukuthinguye
owakuwisaekukhanyeni,wangenaebumnyameni, ekuthuleninasekuphumulenikuyeekukhandlekeni nasekuhluphekeni
4Futhibheka,OAdamu,kuye,owathingokwakhe unguNkulunkulu!IngabeuNkulunkuluangabamnyama? IngabeuNkulunkuluubengathathaisimosowesifazane? IngabeukhonaonamandlakunoNkulunkulu?Futhi Angahlulwayini?
5“Bheka-ke,Adamu,bheka,eboshiweebuswenibakho emoyeni,engenakubaleka!Ngakho-kengithikini: Ningamesabi;
6UNkulunkuluwamxoshauSathaneebuswenibukaAdamuamqinisa,nenhliziyoyakhewamduduza,ethikuye: “Yehlelaemhumeniwengcebo,ungahlukanisino-Eva;
7Kusukelangalelohorayashiyau-Adamuno-Eva,futhi bajabulelaukuphumulangomyalokaNkulunkulu.Kodwa uNkulunkuluakenzangaokufanayonakuyodwayenzalo ka-Adamu;kodwaku-Adamuno-Evakuphela
8U-AdamuwakhulekaphambikukaJehova,ngokuba emkhululile,nangokubekaizinkanukozakheFuthiwehla emhumeni,futhiwahlalano-Evanjengakuqala
9Lokhukwaphelaizinsukuezingamashumiamane zokuhlukanakwakheno-Eva
ISAHLUKO5
1KephauSeti,laphoeneminyakaeyisikhombisaubudala, wayekwaziokuhlenokubi,futhiwayelokhuengaguquki ekuzileninasekukhulekeni,futhiwachithaubusukubakhe bonkeecelaumusanentethelelokuNkulunkulu
2Wazilaukudlalaphoelethaumnikelowakheimihla ngemihla,ngaphezukukayise;ngobawayemuhle, enjengengilosikaNkulunkuluFuthiwayenenhliziyoenhle, walondolozaizimfaneloezinhlezomphefumulowakhe: futhingenxayalesisizathuwalethaumnikelowakhezonke izinsuku
3UNkulunkuluwawujabulelaumnikelowakhe;kodwa futhiwayethokozilengobumsulwabakheWaqhubekaenza intandokaNkulunkulu,nekayisenonina,wazewaba neminyakaeyisikhombisaubudala.
4Emvakwalokho,esehlae-altare,eseqedileumnikelo wakhe,uSathanewabonakalakuyeenesimosengelosi enhle,ecwazimulayo;ephetheindukuyokukhanya esandlenisakhe,ebhinceibhandelokukhanya
5WabingelelauSethingokumamathekaokuhle,waqala ukumkhohlisangamazwiamahle,ethikuye:"OSeti, uhlalelenikulentaba?Ngokubailukhuni,igcweleamatshe nesihlabathi,nemithiengenazitheloezinhlekukho,ihlane elingenamakhaya,elingenamizi,akukhondawoenhle yokuhlalaKodwakonkekungukushisa,ukukhathala, nosizi"
6Waqhubekawathi:“Kodwasihlalaezindaweniezinhle, kwelinyeizwekunalomhlabaUmhlabawethu ungowokukhanyafuthiisimosethusingesihlekakhulu; abesifazanebethubahlekunabobonkeabanye;futhi ngifisawena,Seti,ukubaushadenomunyewabo;ngoba ngiyabonaukuthiumuhlengokubukeka,futhikulelizwe akukhonoyedwaowesifazaneokufanelekelayo Ngaphandlekwalokho,yonkeimiphefumuloyalelizwe yilaboabahlanukuphela.
7"Kodwaemhlabeniwethukukhonaamadodaamaningi kakhulunezintombieziningi,zonkezinhlekunezinye
Ngakho-ke,ngifisaukukususalapha,ukuzeubone ubuhlobobamifuthiushadenomayikuphiothanda ukushada
8“Uyakuhlalakimi,ubenokuthula,ugcwaleukukhazimula nokukhanyanjengathi.
9“Uyohlalaemhlabeniwethu,futhiuphumulekulomhlaba kanyenosizilwawo;awusozefuthiuzizweuphelelwa amandlafuthiukhathele;awusozewalethaumnikelo,noma uceleumusa,ngokubaawusozewenzaisono,futhiawusoze wabuswaizinkanuko
10“Umaulalelaengikushoyo,uyakuganwaenye yamadodakaziami,ngokubaakusonaisonokithina ukwenzakanjalo;futhiakuyikuthiwainkanukoyezilwane.
11“NgokubaemhlabeniasinayeuNkulunkulu,kephathina sonkesingonkulunkulu;
ISAHLUKO6
1KwathiuSethiezwalawamazwiwamangala, wayibhekisainhliziyoyakheenkulumwenikaSathane eyinkohliso,wathikuye:“Uthikukhonaomunyeumhlaba odaliwekunalo,nezinyeizidalwaezinhlekakhulu kunezidalwaezikulomhlabana?
2USathanewathi:“Yebo,bheka,ungizwile;
3KephauSetiwathikuye:“Inkulumoyakhoingimangazile, nokuchazakwakhokonkeokuhle
4"Kephaanginakuhambanawenamuhla,ngizengiye kubabau-Adamunomameu-Eva,ngibatshelekonke owakukhulumakimi;khona-keumabengivumelaukuba ngihambenawe,ngizakuza"
5USetiwaphindawathi:“Ngiyesabaukwenzanomayini ngaphandlekwemvumekababanomama,funangibhubhe njengomfowethuuKhayini,nanjengobau-Adamuubaba, oweqaumyalokaNkulunkulu.Kodwabheka,uyayazile ndawo;wozaungihlangabezelaphakusasa
6USathaneesekuzwilelokhowathikuSeti:“Umautshela uyihlou-Adamulokhoengikutshelekhona,ngeke akuvumeleukubauhambenami
7Kodwangilalele;ungatsheliuyihlolonyoko engikukhulumekuwe;kodwawozanaminamuhla, emhlabeniwethu;laphooyobonakhonaizintoezinhlefuthi uzijabulelelapho,futhiujabulenamuhlaphakathi kwabantwanabami,uzibonafuthiusuthengokujabula kwakho;futhinijabulekakhuluBesengikubuyiselakule ndawokusasa;kodwaumauthandaukuhlalanami,makube njalo.
8WayesethiuSeti:“Umoyakababanomameuhleziphezu kwami;umangicashakubongolunyeusuku,bayakufa, uNkulunkuluangibekeicalangokonakubo
9"Futhingaphandlekokuthibaziukuthingizekulendawo ukuzokwehliselaumnikelowamikuyo, bebengayikuhlukaniswanamiihoraelilodwa,futhiangiyi kwenyeindawo,ngaphandlekokuthibangivumeleKodwa bangiphathakahlekakhulu,ngobangibuyelakubo ngokushesha"
10USathanewasesithikuye:Kuzakwenzakalanikuwe,uba ubafihlelaubusukuobunye,ubuyelekiboekuntweleni kokusa?
11KodwauSeti,ebonaukuthiuqhubekaekhuluma,lokuthi kazangeamyeke,wagijima,wenyukelaelathini,welulela izandlazakhekuNkulunkulu,wafunaukukhululwakuye
12Khona-keuNkulunkuluwathumelaiZwilaKhe,futhi waqalekisauSathane,owambalekela.
13KephauSetiwayenyukelee-altare,eshokanje enhliziyweniyakhe.“I-altareliyindawoyomnikelo,futhi uNkulunkuluukhona;umlilowaphezuluuyolidla;ngakho uSathanengekeakwaziukungilimaza,futhingekeangisuse lapho
14USetiwayesehlae-altare,wayakuyisenonina,lapho afumanakhonaendleleni,elangazelelaukuzwaizwilakhe; ngobawayesehlaleisikhathi
15Khona-kewaqalaukubatshelalokhookwamehlele kuSathane,esesimwenisengelosi
16Kodwalaphou-Adamuezwaindabayakhe,wamanga ubusobakhe,futhiwamxwayisangaleyongelosi,emtshela ukuthikwakunguSathaneowayebonakalakuyengalendlela U-AdamuwayesemthathauSeti,bangenaemhumeni wengcebo,bathokozangawo
17Kodwakusukelangalolosukukuqhubekeu-AdamunoEvaabakazebahlukanenaye,bayekunomaiyiphiindawo ayengayakuyo,nomakungumnikelowakhenoma nganomayinienye
18LesisibonakalisosenzekakuSetieneminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye
ISAHLUKO7
1Ngenkathiubabawethuu-AdamuebonaukuthiuSeti wayenenhliziyoephelele,wafisaukubaashade;funaisitha sibonakalekuyengesinyeisikhathi,simnqobe
2U-AdamuwayesethikuSetiindodanayakhe:“Ngifisa, ndodanayami,ukubaumshadeudadewenuu-Akhiliya, udadewaboka-Abela,akuzaleleabantwanaabayogcwalisa umhlabangokwesithembisosikaNkulunkulukithi
3"Ungesabi,ndodanayami,akukhohlazokuyo.Ngifisa ukuthiushade,ngokwesabaukuthiisithasingakwehlula" 4Nokho,uSetiwayengathandiukushada;kodwaelalela uyisenonina,akashongolutho.
5Ngakhou-Adamuwamthathelau-AkhiliyaFuthi wayeneminyakaeyishuminanhlanuubudala
6Kodwalaphoeseneminyakaengamashumiamabili ubudala,wazalaindodana,wayiqambangokuthiu-Enoshe; waseezalaabanyeabantwanangaphandlekwakhe
7Khona-keu-Enoshewakhula,waganwa,futhiwazala uKhenani
8UKhananiwakhula,waganwa,wazalauMahalaleli 9Labobababazalwangesikhathisokuphilakuka-Adamu, futhibahlalangaseMgedeniWengcebo
10Izinsukuzika-Adamuzaziyiminyakaengamakhulu ayisishiyagalolunyenamashumiamathathu;Kepha uMahalaleli,esekhulile,wathandaukuzilaukudla, nokukhuleka,nemisebenzienzima,kwazekwasondela ukuphelakwezinsukuzikababau-Adamu.
ISAHLUKO8
1Laphoubabawethuu-Adamuebonaukuthiukuphela kwakhekwasekuseduze,wabizaindodanayakheuSeti, owafikakuyeemhumeniwengcebo,futhiwathikuye: 2“OSeti,ndodanayamingiletheleabantwanabakho nabantwanababantwanabakho,ukuzengitheleisibusiso samiphezukwabongingakafi”
3KwathiuSetiesezwilelawamazwikuyiseu-Adamu, wasukakuye,wathululelaizinyembeziebuswenibakhe, wabuthaabantwanabakhenabantwanababantwanabakhe, wabayisakuyiseu-Adamu.
4Kodwalaphoubabawethuu-Adamuebabona bemzungezile,wakhalangokuhlukaniswanabo
5Laphobembonaekhala,bakhalabonkekanyekanye, bawangobusobakhe,bathi:"Uzakwahlukaniswakanjani nathi,baba,na?Umhlabauyakukwamukelakanjani, ukufihleemehlweniethuna?"Kanjalobalilakakhulu, nangamazwiafanayo
6Ubabawethuu-Adamuwababusisabonke,wathikuSeti, esebabusisile:
7"OSeti,ndodanayami,uyawazilomhlabaukuthi ugcweleusizinokukhathala,futhiuyakwazikonke okusehlele,kusukelaekulingwenikwethukuwo.Ngakhokengiyakuyalangalamazwi:gcinaubumsulwa,ube msulwanokulunga,wethembelekuNkulunkulu,ungenciki enkulumenikaSathanenasezibonakalisweni azozibonakalisakuzo
8Kodwagcinaimiyaloengikuyalangayonamuhla;bese uyinikau-Enosheindodanayakho;u-Enoshealinike uKhananiindodanayakhe;uKhananikuMahalaleli indodanayakhe;ukuzelomlayouhlaleuqinilephakathi kwabobonkeabantwanabenu.
9“OSeti,ndodanayami,mhlangifathathaisidumbusami, usivunguzengemure,nenhlaba,nekasiya,ningishiyelapha kulomgedewengcebookukuwozonkelezizibonakaliso uNkulunkuluasinikazonaensimini
10“Ondodanayami,kusukelamanjekuzakuzauzamcolo, ukhukhulezonkeizidalwa,futhikusaleimiphefumulo eyisishiyagalombilikuphela
11“Kodwa,ndodanayami,laboeliyakubashiyaphakathi kwabantwanabakhongalesosikhathi,mabathathe isidumbusamikanyenabokulomhume,futhilapho sebesithathilekanyenabo,omkhulukubomakayala abantwanabakheukubababekeisidumbusamiemkhunjini uzeudluleuzamcolo,baphumeemkhunjini
12Khona-kebayothathaumzimbawamifuthibawubeke phakathinomhlaba,ngokusheshangemvakokuba sebesindisiweemanzinikazamcolo
13“Ngokubaindawolaphoumzimbawamioyobekwa khonaiphakathinomhlaba;uNkulunkuluuyovelalapho futhiuyosindisazonkeizihlobozethu
14“Kephamanje,Seti,ndodanayami,zibekephambi kwabantubakini,ubaluse,ubalindengokumesaba uNkulunkulu,ubaholeendlelenienhle,ubayalaukuba bazileukudlakuNkulunkulu,ubenzebaqondeukuthi akufanelebamlaleleuSathane,funaababhubhise
15“Khonafuthi,yehlukanisaabantwanabakho nabantwanababantwanabakhokubantwanabakaKayini; 16U-Adamuwasesehliselaisibusisosakhephezu kukaSethilaphezukwabantwanabakhelaphezukwabo bonkeabantwanababantwanabakhe
17WayesephendukelaendodaneniyakheuSeti,naku-Eva umkakhe,wathikubo:“Gcinanileligolide,lempepho, nalemore,uNkulunkuluasinikeyona,kubeyisibonakaliso, ngokubaezinsukwiniezizayouzamcolouyakusibekela indaloyonke;imure,nomzimbawamiuphakathikomhlaba
18“‘Khonaemvakwesikhathieside,umuziokufunyanwa kuwoigolide,nempepho,nomure,uyakuphangwa;
impepho,iwuphawulokuthiunguNkulunkuluwezulu nomhlabanemore,kuwuphawulokuzwelaKwakhe.
19Kumakhaza,kubeluphawulokunqobakwakhe uSathanelazozonkeizithazethu;impephoibeluphawu lokuthiuzavukakwabafileyo,aphakanyiswephezu kokusezulwinilasemhlabeni,lemure,kubeuphawulokuthi uzaphuzainyongoebabayo,ezweizinhlunguzesihogo kuSathane.
20“Manje,Seti,ndodanayami,bhekangikwambulele kuweizimfihlakaloezifihliweuNkulunkuluazembulele kimi
ISAHLUKO9
1Kwathiu-AdamueseqedileukuyalauSethi,izithozakhe zaxega,izandlazakhekanyelenyawozakhezaphelelwa ngamandla,umlomowakhewabayisimungulu,lolimi lwakhelwaphelalokukhulumaWavalaamehlowalahla isipoki.
2Kodwalaphoabantwanabakhebebonaukuthiufile, baziphonsaphezukwakhe,abesilisanabesifazane,abadala nabasha,bekhala.
3Ukufakuka-Adamukwenzekaekuphelenikweminyaka engamakhuluayisishiyagalolunyenamashumiamathathu ayiphilayoemhlabeni;ngosukulweshuminanhlanu lukaBarmude,emvakokubalakokuzwakalakwelanga, ngehoralesishiyagalolunye
4KwakungoLwesihlanu,usukuokwadalwangalo, aphumulangalo;futhiihoraafangalolalifananalelo aphumangaloensimini
5USetiwayesemgqumisakahle,wamgqumisangamakha amaningiamnandi,evelaezihlahleniezingcwele, nasentabenieNgcwele;isidumbusakheasilalise ngasempumalangangaphakathikomhume,eceleni kwempepho;wabekauthilwesibaniphambikwakhe luvutha
6Abantwanabakhebemaphambikwakhebekhala, bemkhalelaubusukubonkekwazekwasa
7Khona-keuSetikanyenendodanaenkuluu-Enoshe, kanyenoKhanani,indodanaka-Enoshe,baphumafuthi bathathaiminikeloemihleukuzebanikeleeNkosini,futhi bezae-altareu-AdamuanikelakuloiziphokuNkulunkulu ngesikhathienikela.
8Kephau-Evawathikubo:“Lindanisizesiqalesicele kuNkulunkuluukubaamukeleumnikelowethu,futhi agcinengayeumphefumuloka-Adamuincekuyakhe,futhi awuthatheukubaawuphumule
9Basukumabonkebakhuleka.
ISAHLUKO10
1Futhilaphosebeqedileumkhulekowabo,iZwi likaNkulunkululafikafuthilabaduduzamayelananoyiseuAdamu
2Ngemvakwalokhobanikelangeziphozabobonakanye nekayise
3Kwathisebeqedileumnikelowabo,iZwilikaNkulunkulu lafikakuSeti,omkhuluphakathikwabo,lathikuye:“OSeti, Seti,Seti,kathathu!Njengobanganginoyihlo,kanjalonami ngiyobanawe,kuzekugcwalisekeisithembisoengasenza kuyeuyihloethi,NgizothumelaiZwilaMifuthi ngisindisewenanenzaloyakho
4Kephangokuqondenenoyihlou-Adamu,gcinaumyalo akunikawona;wehlukaniseinzaloyakhokwekaKhayini umfowenu
5FuthiuNkulunkuluwahoxisaiZwilaKhekuSeti.
6Khona-keuSeti,no-Eva,nabantwanababo,behla entabenibeyaemhumeniWengcebo
7Kodwau-Adamuwabangowokuqalaomphefumulo wakhewafaezwenilase-Edene,emhumeniwengcebo; ngobakakhoowafaphambikwakhe,kodwaindodana yakheuAbelaeyafayabulawa
8Bonkeabantwanabaka-Adamubasebesukuma bamkhalelauyiseu-Adamu,bamtshiselaimpephainsuku ezilikhululamatshumiamane.
ISAHLUKO11
1Emvakokufakuka-Adamuno-Eva,uSetiwahlukanisa abantwanabakhe,nabantwanababantwanabakhekuKayini UKayininenzaloyakhebehla,bahlalangasentshonalanga, ngaphansikwalaphoayebulalelekhonaumfowabou-Abela 2KephauSetinabantwanabakhebahlalangasenyakatho entabeniyoMgedeWengcebo,ukuzebabeseduzenoyiseuAdamu
3FuthiuSetiomdala,omudefuthiemuhle, enomphefumuloomuhle,futhienengqondoeqinile,wema ekhandalabantubakhe;futhiwabanakekelangobumsulwa, ukuphenduka,kanyenobumnene,futhiakazangeavumele noyedwawaboukuthiehleleezansikubantwana bakaKayini
4Kodwangenxayobumsulwababobabizwangokuthi “AbantwanabakaNkulunkulu,”futhibabenoNkulunkulu esikhundlenisebutholezingelosiezawa;ngobabaqhubeka ekudumiseniuNkulunkulu,futhiekumhubeleniamahubo emhumeniwabo-UmhumeWengcebo.
5Khona-keuSetiwemaphambikwesidumbusikayiseuAdamu,nesikaninau-Eva,futhiwakhulekaubusuku nemini,futhiwacelaumusakuyenakubantwanabakhe; nokuthilaphoenenkingayokusebenzelananomntwana, ameluleke
6KephauSetinabantwanabakheabawuthandanga umsebenziwasemhlabeni,kodwabazinikelaezintweni zasezulwini;ngobababengenawoomunyeumcabango ngaphandlekwezindumiso,nemithandazo,namahubo kuNkulunkulu
7Ngakho-kebawezwangasosonkeisikhathiamazwi ezingelosi,zidumisafuthizidumisauNkulunkulu;phakathi kwensimu,nomalaphobethunywanguNkulunkulu emsebenzini,nomabekhuphukelaezulwini.
8NgokubauSetinabantwanabakhe,ngenxayobumsulwa babo,bazizwafuthibazibonalezozingelosiKhona-ke, futhi,insimuyayingekudekakhulungaphezukwabo, kodwayayizingaloezingokomoyaeziyishuminanhlanu kuphela
9Manjeingaloeyodwayomoyaiphendulaizingalo ezintathuzomuntu,izingaloezingamashumiamane nanhlanusezizonke
10USethinabantwanabakhebahlalaentabeniengezansi kwensimu;kabahlwanyelanga,kabavuni; abawusebenzelangaumzimbaukudlangishonokolweni; kodwaiminikelokuphela.Badlaizithelonezihlahla ezinephungaelimnandiezimilaentabenilaphobabehlala khona
11Khona-keuSetiwayevameukuzilaukudlaizinsuku ezingamashumiamane,kanyenamadodanaakheamazibulo. NgobaumndenikaSetiwezwaiphungalezihlahlaensimini, laphoumoyauphephethangaleyondlela.
12Babejabule,bengenacala,bengenakwesaba ngokuzumayo,kungekhomhawu,kungekhosenzoesibi, kungekhonzondophakathikwaboKwakungekhouthando lwesilwane;kwakungaphumiemlonyeniphakathikwabo amazwiangcolileyonesiqalekiso;nomaiselulekoesibi nomainkohlisoNgobaabantubangalesosikhathi kabazangebafunge,kodwangaphansikwezimoezinzima, laphoabantukumelebafunge,bafungangegazilika-Abela olungileyo.
13Kodwababecindezelaabantwanababokanye labesifazanababoemhumeniinsukuzonkeukuthibazile ukudlabakhuleke,bakhonzeuNkulunkuluoPhezukonke. Bazibusisaisidumbusikayiseu-Adamu,bazigcobangaso 14BenzakanjalokwazekwasondelaukuphelakukaSeti
ISAHLUKO12
1Khona-keuSeti,olungileyowabizaindodanayakheuEnoshe,noKhanani,indodanaka-Enoshe,noMahalalele indodanakaKhenani,wathikubo:
2“Njengobaukuphelakwamisekusondele,ngithanda ukwakhauphahlaphezukwe-altareokunikelwakulo iminikelo
3Bawulalelaumyalowakhe,baphumabonke,abadala nabancane,basebenzakanzimakuwo,bakhauphahla oluhlephezukwe-altare
4FuthiumcabangokaSetiekwenzenikanjalo,wawukuthi isibusisosifikephezukwabantwanabakheentabeni;futhi aletheumnikelowawoengakafi
5Kwathisekuqediweukwakhauphahla,wabalayaukuthi benzeiminikeloBazikhandlangalezo,baziyisakuSeti uyise,wazithabatha,wazinikelae-altare;wakhuleka kuNkulunkuluukubaamukeleiminikeloyabo,abenomusa emiphefumulweniyabantwanabakhe,abagcineesandleni sikaSathane
6UNkulunkuluwasemukelaumnikelowakhe, wasethumelaisibusisosakhephezukwakhelaphezu kwabantwanabakheFuthi-keuNkulunkuluwenza isithembisokuSeti,ethi,“Ekuphelenikwezinsuku ezinhlanuezinkulunengxenye,mayelananenze isithembisokuwenakuyihlo,NgiyakuthumaiZwilaMi futhingisindisewenanenzaloyakho.
7Khona-keuSetinabantwanabakhe,nabantwana babantwanabakhe,bahlanganandawonye,futhibehlaealtare,futhibayaeMgedeniWengcebolaphobakhuleka khona,futhibazibusisaemzimbenikababawethuu-Adamu, futhibazigcobangawo
8KephauSetiwahlalaemhumeniwengceboizinsuku ezimbalwa,wayesehlupheka-ukuhluphekakwazekwaba sekufeni
9Khona-keu-Enoshe,izibulolakhe,wezakuye,kanye noKhanani,indodanayakhe,noMahalaleli,indodana kaKhanani,kanyenoJarede,indodanakaMahalalele,kanye no-Enoke,indodanakaJarede,kanyenabafazibabo nabantwanaukuzebatholeisibusisokuSeti
10USetiwayesebakhulekela,wababusisa,wabafungisa ngegazilika-Abelaolungileyo,wathi:“Ngiyanincenga,
bantwanabami,ukubakungehlinoyedwawenukulentaba eNgcwelenehlanzekileyo.
11UngahlanganyelinabantwanabakaKayiniumbulali nesoniesabulalaumfowabo;ngobaniyazi,bantwanabami, ukuthisiyambalekela,lasosonkeisonosakhengamandla ethuwonke,ngobawabulalaumfowabouAbela
12Ngemvakokusholokhu,uSetiwambusisau-Enoshe, izibulolakhe,futhiwamyalangokujwayelekileukuthi akhonzengobumsulwaphambikomzimbakababawethuuAdamu,zonkeizinsukuzokuphilakwakhe;khona-ke,futhi, ngezinyeizikhathiukuyae-altarealakhileuSetiFuthi wamyalaukubaondleabantubakhengokulunga, ngokwahlulelanangokuhlanzekazonkeizinsukuzokuphila kwakhe
13Khona-keizithozikaSetizaxegiswa;izandlanezinyawo zakhezaphelelwaamandla;umlomowakhewaba yisimungulu,engakwaziukukhuluma;waphuma,wafa ngosukuolungemvakomnyakawakhewamakhulu ayisishiyagalolunyeneshuminambili;ngosuku lwamashumiamabilinesikhombisalwenyangaka-Abibi; U-Enokewayeneminyakaengamashumiamabilingaleso sikhathi.
14BasebesisongakahleisidumbusikaSeti,basigqumisa ngamakhaamnandi,bambekaemhumeniwengcebo ngakwesokunenesomzimbakababawethuu-Adamu, bamlilelaizinsukuezingamashumiamaneBamnikaizipho njengobabenzakubabawethuu-Adamu 15NgemvakokufakukaSetiu-Enoshewasukumaekhanda labantubakheayebondlengokulunganangokwahlulela, njengobanjeuyiseayemyalile
16Kodwangesikhathiu-Enosheeseneminyaka engamakhuluayisishiyagalombilinamashumiamabili ubudala,uKayiniwabanozaloolukhulu;ngobabagana njalo,bezinikeleezinkanukozezilwane;kwazekwagcwala izwephansikwentabangabo
ISAHLUKO13
1NgalezozinsukukwahlalauLamekaimpumputhe owayengowamadodanakaKhayini.Wayenendodanaegama layolalingu-Atuni,futhibabenezinkomoeziningibobabili 2KodwauLamekawayejwayeleukuzithumaukubazaluse nensizwaengumalusi,eyayizalusa;owathiefikaekhaya kusihlwawakhalaphambikukayisemkhulu,naphambi kukayiseuAtuninoninauHazina,wathikubo:“Mina-ke, angekengikwaziukuzondlalezozinkomongedwa,funa umuntuangephuceezinyezazo,nomaangibulalengenxa yazo.NgokubaphakathikwabantwanabakaKayini, kwakukhonaukuphangaokuningi,ukubulala,kanye nesono
3ULamekawayesemhawukela,wathi:"Ngempela,yena eyedwaangahlulwangabantubakulendawo."
4ULamekawasukuma,wathathaumnsaloayewugcinile kusukelaebushenibakhe,ngaphambikokubaabe yimpumputhe,futhiwathathaimicibisholoemikhulu namatsheabushelelezi,nendwayimanaayenayo,waya endlekanyenomalusiomncane,wazibekangemva kwezinkomo;ngenkathiumalusiomncaneebukaizinkomo WenzenjalouLamekaizinsukueziningi
5NgalesosikhathiuKayini,kusukelalaphouNkulunkulu emlahlile,futhiemqalekisilengokuthuthumelanokwesaba,
wayengenakuhlalanomaatholeukuphumulakunoma iyiphiindawo;kodwayazulazulaizindawongezindawo.
6EkuzulenikwakhewafikakubafazibakaLameka, wababuzangaye.Bathikuye:"Usendlenezinkomo."
7UKayiniwayesehambaukumfuna;kwathilaphoefika endle,umalusiomncanewezwaumsindowakhe, nezinkomozibuthanaphambikwakhe
8WayesethikuLameka:“Nkosiyami,isilosasendlenoma umphangina?
9ULamekawathikuye:"Ngiboniseindlelaabukekangayo, laphoekhuphuka"
10ULamekawayesewunsalaumnsalowakhe,wabeka umcibisholophezukwawo,wafakaitsheendwayimaneni; kwathiuKayiniesephumaendle,umalusiwathikuLameka: “Cibishela,bheka,uyeza”
11Khona-keuLamekawacibishelauKhayini ngomcibisholowakhewamshayaohlangothinilwakhe ULamekawamshayangetsheendwayimaneniyakhe,lawa ngobusobakhe,lamkhiphaamehloakheomabili;uKayini wawakhonalapho,wafa
12ULamekanensizwaengumalusibenyukelakuye, bamfumanaelelephansi;Umelusiomncanewathikuye: "NguKhayiniumkhuluwethu,osubulele,nkosiyami"
13Khona-keuLamekawazisolangakho,futhingenxa yomunyuwokuzisolakwakhe,washayaizandlazakhe kanyekanye,futhiwashayangentendeyesandlasakhe ekhandalensizwa,yawanjengokungathiifile;kepha uLamekawacabangaukuthikuyinkohliso;wayesethatha itshe,wamshaya,lamphahlazaikhanda,wazewafa
ISAHLUKO14
1Kwathiu-Enosheeseneminyakaengamakhulu ayisishiyagalolunyeubudala,bonkeabantwanabakwaSeti, noKhanani,nezibulolakhe,kanyenabafazibabo nabantwanababo,babuthanakuye,becelaisibusisokuye 2Wabakhulekela,wababusisa,wabafungisangegazilikaAbela,ethikubo:“Makungehlinoyedwawabantwanabenu kulentabaeNgcwele,bangahlanganyelinabantwana bakaKayiniumbulali;
3Khona-keu-EnoshewabizaindodanayakheuKhanani, wathikuye:“Bheka,ndodanayami,ubekeinhliziyoyakho kubantubakho,ubaqiniseekulungeninasebumsulwa,futhi umeukhonzephambikwesidumbusikababawethuuAdamuzonkeizinsukuzokuphilakwakho
4Emvakwalokhuu-Enoshewangenaekuphumuleni, eneminyakaengamakhuluayisishiyagalolunyenamashumi ayisishiyagalombilinanhlanu;futhiuKhananiwambamba, futhiwambekaemhumeniwengcebongakwesokhohlo sikayiseu-Adamu;wamenzelaiminikelonjengomkhuba wawoyise
ISAHLUKO15
1Emvakokufakuka-Enoshe,uKhananiwemaphambi kwabantubakhengokulunganangokungenacala,njengoba uyiseayemyalile;wabuyewaqhubekanokukhonzaphambi komzimbaka-Adamu,ngaphakathikoMgedeWengcebo 2Kwathiesephileiminyakaengamakhulu ayisishiyagalolunyeneshumi,wafikelwaukuhlupheka nosiziKwathiesezongenaekuphumuleni,bezakuyebonke oyisekanyenawomkabonabantwana,wababusisa,
wabafungisangegazilika-Abelaolungileyo,wathikubo: “Makungehlinoyedwaphakathikwenukulentaba eNgcwele,ningahlanganyelinabantwanabakaKayini umbulali.
3UMahalalele,izibulolakhe,watholalomyalokuyise, owambusisawafa
4UMahalaleliwamgqumisangamakha,wamlalisa emhumeniwengcebokanyenawoyise;bamenzela iminikelonjengomkhubawawoyise
ISAHLUKO16
1Khona-keuMahalaleliwemaphezukwabantubakhe, futhiwabondlangokulunganangobumsulwa,futhi wababhekaukuzeaboneukuthiabalalinabantwana bakaKhayini.
2WaqhubekafuthieMgedeniWengceboekhulekafuthi ekhonzaphambikomzimbakababawethuu-Adamu,ecela umusakuNkulunkulukuyenakubantubakhe;wazewaba neminyakaengamakhuluayisishiyagalombilinamashumi ayisikhombisaubudala,laphowagula
3Ngakhobonkeabantwanabakhebabuthanakuyeukuze bambone,futhibaceleisibusisosakhephezukwabobonke, ngaphambikokubaahambekulomhlaba
4UMahalaleliwasukumawahlalaembhedeniwakhe, izinyembezizakhezehlaebuswenibakhe,wabizaindodana yakheendalauJarede,wezakuye
5Wasebangaubusobakhe,wathikuye:“OJarede, ndodanayami,ngiyakufungisayenaowenzaizulu nomhlaba,ukubaunakekeleabantubakho,ubadlise ngokulunganangokungabinacala,futhiungavumeli noyedwawaboehlekulentabaeNgcweleayekubantwana bakaKayini,funaabhubhekanyenabo
6“Yizwa,ndodanayami,kusukelamanjekuyakufika ukubhujiswaokukhulukulomhlabangenxayabo; uNkulunkuluuyakuthukuthelelaizwe,abachithengamanzi
7“Kephangiyazifuthiukuthiabantwanabakho abayikukulalela,behlekulentaba,balalenabantwana bakwaKayini,babhubhekanyenabo
8"Ondodanayami,bafundise,futhiubalinde,ukuze kungabikhocalakuwengenxayabo"
9UMahalaleliwathi,phezukwalokho,endodaneniyakhe uJarede:"Nxasengifile,gqumisaumzimbawami,uwubeke emhumeniwengcebo,eduzekwemizimbayawobaba, wena-keumeeduzenomzimbawami,ukhuleke kuNkulunkulu,ubanakekele,ufezeinkonzoyakhophambi kwabo,uzeungeneekuphumuleni"
10UMahalaleliwayesebabusisabonkeabantwanabakhe; wayeselalaembhedeniwakhe,wangenaekuphumuleni njengoyise
11KodwalaphouJaredeebonaukuthiuyiseuMahalaleli ufile,wakhala,futhiwabalusizi,futhiwagonafuthiwanga izandlazakhenezinyawozakhe;kanjalonabobonke abantwanabakhe
12Abantwanabakhebamgqumisakahle,bamlalisa ngasezidumbuzoyiseBasebesukuma,bamlilelainsuku ezingamatshumiamane.
ISAHLUKO17
1Khona-keuJaredewawugcinaumyalelokayise,futhi wasukumanjengengonyamaphezukwabantubakhe
Wabondlangokulunganangokungenacala,wabayalaukuba bangenziluthongaphandlekweselulekosakhe.Ngokuba wayesabangabo,funabayekubantwanabakaKayini 2Kunganiwabayalangokuphindaphindiwe;futhi waqhubekaenzakanjalokwazekwabasekupheleni konyakawamakhuluamanenamashumi ayisishiyagalombilinanhlanuwokuphilakwakhe
3Ekuphelenikwaleminyaka,kwafikakuyelesi sibonakalisoNjengobauJaredeeminjengebhubesiphambi kwemizimbayoyise,ekhulekafuthiexwayisaabantubakhe, uSathanewabanomona,futhiwenzaumbonoomuhle, ngokubauJaredewayengekeavumeleabantwanabakhe benzeluthongaphandlekokwelulekakwakhe.
4USathanewayesebonakalakuyeenamadoda angamashumiamathathuebandlalakhe,esesimweni sabantuababukekayo;USathanengokwakheemdalafuthi emudekunabobonke,enentshebeenhle
5Bemaemlonyeniwomhume,bamemezauJaredephakathi kwawo.
6Waphumelakubo,wabafumanabebukekanjengamadoda amahle,begcweleukukhanya,bebahlekakhulu Wamangalangobuhlebabonokubukekakwabo;futhi wacabangangaphakathikwakheukuthibabengesiboyini abantwanabakaKayini
7Wathifuthienhliziyweniyakhe:“Njengokubaabantwana bakaKayinibengenakukhuphukelaesiqongwenisalentaba, kungekhonoyedwakuboowayemuhlenjengalaba, naphakathikwalababantuakakhonoyedwaesihlotsheni sami,bangabangabafokazi”
8Khona-keuJaredefuthibabingelelanafuthiwathi kumdalaphakathikwabo:“Obabawami,ngichazele isimangalisoesikuwe,futhiungitsheleukuthibangobani laba,kanyenawe;ngokubababukekakiminjengabantu abangaziwa.
9Khona-keomdalawaqalaukukhala,futhiabanyebakhala kanyenaye;futhiwathikuJarede:“Ngingu-Adamulowo uNkulunkuluamenzakuqala;futhilonangu-Abela indodanayami,eyabulawaumfowabouKayini,uSathane amfakaenhliziyweniyakheukubaambulale
10“LouyindodanayamiuSeti,engayicelakuJehova, owamnikayonaukubaangiduduzeesikhundlenisika-Abela 11Khona-kelenayindodanayamiu-Enoshe,indodana kaSeti,futhilowoomunyenguKhanani,indodanakaEnoshe,futhilowoomunyenguMahalaleli,indodana kaKhanani,uyihlo
12KodwauJaredewahlalaemangelengokubukekakwabo, kanyenangenkulumoyendodaenkulukuye
13Isikhulusathikuye:"Ungamangali,ndodanayami, sihlalaezwenielisenyakathonensimu,uNkulunkuluadala ngaphambikwezweAkavumangaukubasihlalekhona, kodwawasibekaphakathikwensimu,osuhlalangaphansi kwayomanje.
14“Kephaemvakokweqa,wangikhiphakuwo,ngahlala kulomhume;ngehlelwayizinhluphekoezinkulunezinzima; kwathisekusondeleukufakwami,ngayalaindodanayami uSetiukubaiphathekahleabantubayo;
15“Kepha,Jarede,ndodanayami,sihlalaezindaweni ezinhle,wenauhleziekuhluphekeni,njengokuba uMahalalelilouyihlowangitshela,engitshelaukuthi kuzakuzauzamcolo,ukhukhuleumhlabawonke.
16“Ngakho-ke,ndodanayami,ngesabangenxayakho, ngasukuma,ngathathaabantwanabami,ngahambanabo,
ngafikalaphaukubasikubonewenanabantwanabakho, kephangakutholaumikulomhumeukhala,nabantwana bakhobehlakazekilekulentabangokushisanosizi
17“Kepha,ndodanayami,saduka,safikalapha,safumana abanyeabantuphansikwalentaba,behleziezwenielihle, eligcweleimithinezithelo,nakhokonkeukulima, linjengensimu,sathilaphosibatholasacabangaukuthi banguwe,wazewangitshelauyihlouMahalaleliukuthi abanjalo
18“Ngakho-ke,ndodanayami,lalelaiselulekosami, wehlelekubo,wenanabantwanabakhoNiyophumula kukhokonkelokhukuhluphekaenikuyoKodwauma ungehlelikubo,sukuma,uthatheabantwanabakho, uhambenathiensiminiyethu,nihlaleezwenilakithielihle, niphumulekuzozonkelezizinkathazoenizithwelewena nabantwanabakhomanje.
19KodwauJaredelaphoezwalenkulumoevelakumdala, wamangala;wahambangaphanangapha,kephangaleso sikhathiakafumananganoyedwawabantwanabakhe.
20Wasephendulawathikumdala:Lizifihlelenikuzekube lamuhla?
21Indodaenkuluyasiphendulayathi:Ubauyihlo ubengasitshelanga,ngabesingazi
22Khona-keuJaredewakholwaukuthiamazwiakhe ayeyiqiniso.
23NgakholelomdalalathikuJarede,“Kunganiuphenduke, ukuthinokuthina?Wathi:“Bengifunaomunye wabantwanabamiukubangimtshelengokuhambakwami nawe,nangokuhlakwabokulaboowakhulumangabokimi
24LaphoigosalizwainhlosokaJarede,lathikuye:"Yeka leyonjongookwamanje,futhiuhambenathi,uzolibona izwelethu;umaizweesihlalakulolikujabulisa,thina kanyenaweuzobuyelalaphafuthiuthatheumndeniwakho kanyenathi.Kodwaumaizwelakithilingakujabuleli, uzobuyelaendaweniyakho"
25FuthiigosalanxusauJarede,ukuthiahambengaphambi kokubaomunyewabantwanabakheezeazomlulekangenye indlela
26Khona-keuJaredewaphumaemhumeniwahambanabo, futhiphakathikwabo.Bamduduza,bazebafika esiqongwenisentabayamadodanakaKayini
27Khona-keisikhulusathikomunyewabanganebakhe: “Sikhohliweokuthileemlonyeniwomhume,futhileyo yinguboekhethiweesasiyiletheukuzesembathiseuJarede
28Khona-kewathikomunyewabo:"Buyelaemuva,wena, omunye;futhisizokulindalapha,uzeubuye.Khona-ke sizokwembathisauJaredefuthiabenjengathi,emuhle, emuhle,futhiefanelekileukuhambanathiezwenilakithi."
29Wasebuyelaemuva
30Kodwakwathiesesekhatshana,indunayamemezakuye, yathikuye:Linda,ngizenginyukengikhulumelawe
31Khona-kewema,futhiindunayakhuphukelakuye,yathi kuye:"Kunyeintoesiyikhohlweemhumeni:yilokhuukucishaisibaniesivuthayophakathikwawongaphezu kwemizimbaengaphakathi,beseubuyelakithi ngokushesha"
32Lowowahamba,futhiomdalawabuyelakubangane bakhenakuJaredeFuthibehlaentabeni,kanyenoJarede kanyenabo;futhibahlalangasemthonjeniwamanzi,eduze kwezindluzabantwanabakaKayini,futhibalindaumlingani wabowazewamlethelauJaredeingubo
33Lowoowabuyelaemhumeni,wacimaisibane,weza kubo,walethaumfanekisokuye,wabatshengisa.Futhi ngesikhathiuJaredeekubonawamangalangobuhlekanye nomusawakho,futhiwajabulaenhliziyweniyakhe ekholelwaukuthikonkekwakuyiqiniso.
34Kwathibesahlezikhona,abathathukubobangena ezindlinizamadodanakaKhayini,bathikubo:Siletheleni lamuhlaukudlangasemthonjeniwamanzi,sidlethina labanganebethu
35KodwakwathiamadodanakaKhayiniewabona amangalangawo,acabangaukuthi:Lawamahle ngokubukeka,futhiesingakazesikubonengaphambili Basukumabezanabongasemthonjeniwamanziukuze baboneababehambanabo
36Babatholabebahlekakhulu,bazebakhalakakhulu ngezindawozaboukuzeabanyebabuthanendawonyefuthi bezefuthibabukelezizidalwaezinhleBasebababutha bonkeabesilisanabesifazane
37Indunayathikubo:“Singabafokaziezwenilenu;
38Lapholawomadodaezwalawamazwiendodaenkulu, amadodanakaKayinionkealethaumkakhe,nenyeyaletha indodakaziyayo;yilowonalowowabizauJaredeukuthi yenanomaumkakhe;bonkengokufanayo
39KodwangesikhathiuJaredeebonaabakwenzile,wona kanyeumphefumulowakhewadabukakubo;futhikazange akunambitheukudlakwabokumbeokunathwayokwabo
40Indodaenkuluyabona,yazesulakubo,yathikuye: Ungadabuki;
41Khona-kewelulaizandlazakhefuthiwathathaomunye wabesifazane,futhiabahlanubabanganebakhebenza okufanayophambikukaJarede,ukuzeenzenjengobabenza.
42KodwalaphouJaredeebabonabesenzainhlamba wakhalaizinyembezi,futhiwathienhliziyweniyakhe: “Obabaabazangebenzekanjalo.
43Welulaizandlazakhe,wakhulekangenhliziyoevumayo, nangokukhalaokukhulu,wanxusauNkulunkuluukuba amkhululeesandlenisabo.
44NgokusheshanjelaphouJaredeeqalaukukhuleka umdalawabalekakanyenabahambabakhe;ngoba babengelakuhlalaendaweniyokukhuleka.
45Khona-keuJaredewaphendukakodwaakababonanga, kodwawazitholaemiphakathikwabantwanabakaKayini 46Wayesekhalaizinyembezi,wathi:“ONkulunkulu, ungangichithingalesisizweobabaabangixwayisengaso; ngokubamanje,NkosiNkulunkuluwami,bengithi ababonakalakimibangobaba;kephangibafumene bengamademoni,abangiyengilengalombonoomuhle, ngazengabakholwa.
47“Kephamanjengiyakucela,Nkulunkulu,ukuba ungikhululekulesisizweengihlezikusomanje, njengalokhowangikhululakulawomadimoniThumela ingelosiyakhoukubaingikhiphephakathikwabo,ngokuba anginamandlaokuphumaphakathikwabo
48KwathilaphouJaredeesewuqedileumkhulekowakhe, uNkulunkuluwathumelaingelosiYakhephakathikwabo, eyathathauJaredeyammisaphezukwentaba,futhi yamkhombisaindlela,yameluleka,yaseisukakuye.
ISAHLUKO18
1AbantwanabaJaredebabenomkhubawokumvakashela ihoranehora,ukuzebatholeisibusisosakhefuthibacele
izelulekozakhengayoyonkeintoababeyenza;kwathi laphoenomsebenziokufaneleawenze,bawenzelayena.
2Kodwakulokhungesikhathibengenaemhumeni abamtholangauJarede,kodwabatholaisibanisicinyiwe, nezidumbuzoyiseziphonswengaphanangapha,futhi kwaphumaamazwikubongamandlakaNkulunkulu,ethi: “USathanengesabonakalisoukhohlisileindodanayethu, efunaukuyibhubhisa,njengobaabhubhisaindodanayethu uKhayini”
3Basebesithi:NkosiNkulunkuluwezululomhlaba, khululaindodanayethuesandlenisikaSathane,owenza umdumoomkhuluwamangaphambikwayo,bakhuluma ngezinyeizintongamandlakaNkulunkulu.
4KodwangesikhathiabantwanabakaJaredebezwa lamazwibesaba,futhibemabekhalelauyise;ngoba babengaziukuthikumehleleni.
5Bamkhalelangalolosukukwazekwashonailanga 6KwasekufikauJaredeenobusoobudabukile,obudabukile engqondweninasemzimbeni,futhiedabukile ngokwehlukananemizimbayoyise
7Esesondelaemhumeni,abantwanabakhebambona, baphuthumaemhumeni,balengaentanyeniyakhe,bekhala, bathikuye:"Baba,ubukuphi,usishiyeleni,njengokuba ubungathandi,na?"Futhifuthi,"Obaba,laphounyamalala, kwaphumaisibaniphezukwemizimbayokhokhobethu, izidumbuzaphonswangaphanangapha,kwaphuma amazwikuzo"
8LaphouJaredeekuzwalokhuwadabuka,futhiwangena emhumeni;baficaizidumbuziphonswengaphanangapha, nesibanisicinyiwe,obabauqobobekhulekelaukukhululwa kwakheesandlenisikaSathane.
9Khona-keuJaredewawelaphezukwemizimbafuthi wayigona,futhiwathi:“Obobababami,ngokuncenga kwenu,uNkulunkulumakangikhululeesandleni sikaSathane!
10Ayenqamukawonkeamazwingaphandlekwezwi likababawethuu-Adamu,owakhulumakuJarede ngamandlakaNkulunkulu,njengobanjeomunye wayeyokhulumakumakhelwanewakhe,ethi,“OJarede, ndodanayami,nikelaiziphokuNkulunkulungokuba ekukhululileesandlenisikaSathane;futhilaphoulethaleyo minikelo,makubenjaloukuthiuyinikelephezukwe-altare enganikelangalophezukwe-altareenganikelangalo kiminanoSathane;efunaukungibhubhisa,kepha uNkulunkuluwangikhululaesandlenisakhe
11“Yalaabantubakhoukubabamqaphe,futhibangayeki ukunikelaiziphokuNkulunkulu
12Khona-keizwilika-Adamunalolathula;futhiuJarede kanyenabantwanabakhebamangalangalokhu Basebezibekaizidumbunjengakuqala;futhiuJaredekanye nabantwanabakhebemabekhulekabonkelobobusuku, kwazekwasa.
13Khona-keuJaredewenzaumnikelofuthiwawunikelaealtare,njengobau-AdamuayemyalileEsenyukelae-altare, wakhulekakuNkulunkuluecelaumusanentetheleloyesono sakhemayelananokucimakwesibani
14UNkulunkuluwabonakalakuJaredee-altarefuthi wambusisayenanabantwanabakhe,futhiwamukela iminikeloyabo;futhiwayalauJaredeukuthiathathe emlilweniongcwelee-altare,futhiakhanyisenawoisibani esasikhanyisaumzimbaka-Adamu
ISAHLUKO19
1UNkulunkuluwasephindawembulakuyeisithembiso ayesenzeku-Adamu;Wamchazelaiminyakaengu-5500, futhiwembulakuyeimfihlakaloyokuzakwaKhe emhlabeni
2UNkulunkuluwathikuJarede:Ngokuqondenenalowo mliloowuthathilee-altareukuzeukhanyiseisibaningawo, mawuhlalekuweukuzeukhanyiseimizimba,futhi ungaphumiemhumeni,kuzekuphumeisidumbusikaAdamu
3Kodwa,OJarede,qaphelaumlilo,ukuzeuvuthaesibanini; futhiungaphindeuphumeemhumeni,uzeutholeumyalo ngombono,kungabingokombono,laphoukubonwanguwe
4“Khonafuthiuyalaabantubakhoukuthibangahlangani nabantwanabakaKhayini,futhibangafundiizindlelazabo, ngokubanginguNkulunkuluongathandiinzondo nemisebenziyobubi
5UNkulunkuluwanikafuthineminyeimiyaleloeminingi kuJarede,futhiwambusisaWase-keehoxisaiZwilaKhe kuye
6UJaredewasondelakanyenabantwanabakhe,wathatha umlilo,futhiwehlelaemhumeni,futhiwakhanyisaisibani phambikwesidumbusika-Adamu;futhiwanikaabantu bakheimiyalelonjengobauNkulunkuluayemyalileukuba enze
7LesisibonakalisosenzekakuJaredeekuphelenikonyaka wakhewamakhuluamanenamashumiamahlanu;njengoba kwenzanezinyeizimangalisoeziningi,asirekhodiKodwa lesisilobakuphelangenxayobufushane,futhiukuze singandiseukulandisakwethu.
8FuthiuJaredewaqhubekanokufundisaabantwanabakhe iminyakaengamashumiayisishiyagalombili;kodwaemva kwalokhobaqalaukweqaimiyaleloayebanikeyona,futhi benzaizintoeziningingaphandlekokwelulekakwakhe BaqalaukwehlabesukaeNtabenieNgcweleomunyeemva komunye,futhibahlangananabantwanabakaKhayini, ekuhlanganyeleniokubi
9ManjeisizathusokubaabantwanabakaJaredebehle ngeNtabaEngcwele,yilesi,manjeesizokwambulakini.
ISAHLUKO20
1NgemvakokubauKayiniesehleleezwenielimnyama, futhiabantwanabakhebandilekulo,kwakukhonaomunye wabo,ogamalakhelalinguGennu,indodanakaLameka impumputheeyabulalauKhayini
2KodwangaloloGenun,uSathanewangenakuye ebuntwanenibakhe;wenzaamacilongo,nezimpondo, nezingubhu,namasimbali,nezingubhu,namahabhu, namahabhu,nemitshingo;futhiwayedlalangawo ngezikhathizonkenangamahoraonke.
3Kwathieseyidlale,uSathanewangenakubo,kwaze kwezwakalaphakathikwaboumsindoomnandinomnandi, odlaizinhliziyo
4Wabuthaamaviyongamaviyoukubaadlalekuwo;kwathi laphobedlala,kwabakuhleemehlweniabantwana bakaKayini,abavuthangesonophakathikwabo,bashisa njengokungathingomlilo;kuyilaphouSathaneevutha izinhliziyozabo,omunyekomunye,futhiwandisa inkanukophakathikwabo
5USathanefuthiwafundisauGenunukuthiakhiphe uphuzoolunamandla;loGenunwayevameukubutha amaviyongezinkampaniezindlinizokuphuzela;futhi balethaezandlenizabozonkeizinhlobozezithelonezimbali; baphuzakanyekanye.
6Kanjalo-keloGenunwandisaisonokakhulu;nayefuthi wenzangokuzidla,futhiwafundisaabantwanabakaKayini ukwenzazonkeizinhlobozobubiobukhulukakhulu ababengabazi;futhiwababekaezenzwenieziningi ababengazazingaphambili
7Khona-keuSathane,laphoebonaukuthibazinikele kuGenunifuthibamlalelakukhokonkeayebatshelakona, wajabulakakhulu,wakhulisaukuqondakukaGenun,waze wathathainsimbiwenzangayoizikhalizempi
8Kwathisebedakiwe,inzondonokubulalakwanda phakathikwabo;enyeindodayasebenzisaubudlova komunyeukuzeimfundiseububiethathaabantwanabayo futhiibangcolisephambikwayo
9Laphoabantubebonaukuthibanqotshiwe,futhibebona abanyeabangazangebanqotshwe,laboababeshayiwe bafikaeGenuni,baphephelakuye,futhiwabenza abahlanganyelibakhe.
10Isonosakhulakakhuluphakathikwabo;umuntuaze athatheudadewabo,nomaindodakazi,nomaunina, nabanye;nomaindodakazikadadewabokayise, kangangokuthikwakungasekhoukuhlukanaphakathi kwabo,futhibabengabebesaziukuthibuyiniububi;kodwa benzaokubi,umhlabawangcoliswaisono,bamthukuthelisa uNkulunkuluuMahluleliowayebadalile
11KephauGenuniwabuthaamaviyongamaviyoabetha amacilongonangazozonkeezinyeizinsimbiesesizibalile phansikweNtabaEngcwele;futhibenzakanjaloukuze abantwanabakwaSetiababeseNtabenieNgcwelebezwe 12KephaabantwanabakwaSetibezwaumsindobamangala, bezangamaviyo,bemaesiqongwenisentabaukuba babhekeezansi;futhibenzakanjalounyakawonke 13Kwasekusithiekuphelenikwalowomnyaka,uGenuni ebonaukuthibayazuzakuyekancanekancane,uSathane wangenakuye,wamfundisaukwenzaizintozokudaya zezingubozemifekethisoeyizinhlobonhlobo,wamqondisa ukudayaokubomvulokububendelokuthikungaphi 14FuthiamadodanakaKayiniakwenzakonkelokhu,futhi ecwebezelangobuhlenangezinguboezikhazimulayo, abuthanandawonyephansikwentabangokukhazimula, enezimpondonezinguboeziwubukhazikhazi,nemijaho yamahhashi,enzazonkeizinhlobozezinengiso. 15KephaabantwanabakwaSetiababeseNtabenieNgcwele bakhuleka,bamdumisauNkulunkuluendaweniyamabutho ezingelosiayewile;ngalokhouNkulunkuluwababiza ngokuthi“izingelosi,”ngokubawathokozakakhulungabo 16Kodwaemvakwalokhukababebesawugcinaumlayo wakhe,bengabambelelingesithembisoasenzakoyise; kodwabakhululekaekuzilenikwabonasekukhulekeni, kanyenasekwelulekwenikukaJaredeuyiseFuthi baqhubekabebuthanandawonyeesiqongwenisentaba, ukuzebabhekeabantwanabakaKayini,kusukelaekuseni kwazekwabakusihlwa,futhiphezukwalokho ababekwenza,phezukwezingubozaboezinhlekanye nemihlobisoyabo
17AbantwanabakoKayinibasebephakamisaezansi, babonaabantwanabakaSethibemingamaviyoesiqongweni sentaba;basebebabizaukuthibehlelekubo
18KodwaabantwanabakwaSetibathikubophezulu: "Asiyaziindlela."KwathiuGenun,indodanakaLameka, wezwabethiabayaziindlela,wacabangaukuthi angabawisakanjani.
19USathanewabonakalakuyeebusuku,wathi: “Akunandlelayokubabehleentabeniabahlalakuyo;kodwa laphobefikakusasa,anothikubo:‘Wozaniniye ohlangothiniolungasentshonalangalwentaba; nizakufumanakhonaindlelayomfulawamanziowehlela phansikwentaba,phakathikwamagqumaamabili;nehleni ngaleyondlelanizekithi
20Kwathisekusile,uGenunwavuthelaizimpondo, wabethaizigubhuphansikwentaba,njengokwejwayela kwakheAbantwanabakwaSetibezwa,beza njengokujwayelekile
21UGennuwasesithikuboengaphansi,Hambaniliye entshonalangakwentaba;lizatholakhonaindlelayokwehla 22KodwangesikhathiabantwanabakaSetibezwalamazwi kuye,babuyelaemuvaemhumenikuJarede,ukuze bambikelekonkeababekuzwile
23KwathiuJaredeekuzwa,wadabuka;ngobawayazi ukuthibabezakweqaiselulekosakhe.
24Emvakwalokhokwabuthanaamadodaayikhulu kubantwanabakwaSeti,athiphakathikwawo:“Wozani sehlelekubantwanabakaKayini,siboneabakwenzayo, sizijabulelenabo”
25KodwalaphouJaredeekuzwalokhungamadoda ayikhulu,wonakanyeumphefumulowakhewakhathazeka, futhiinhliziyoyakheyabalusiziWasukumangokufutheka okukhulu,wemaphakathikwabo,wabafungisangegazi lika-Abelaolungileyo,wathi:“Makungehlinoyedwawenu kulentabaengcwelenehlanzekileyo,laphookhokhobethu ababeyalileukubaihlalekuyo
26KodwalaphouJaredeebonaukuthiabawemukeli amazwiakhe,wathikubo:“Obantwanabamiabalungileyo nabangenacalanabangcwele,yaziniukuthilaphokanye nehlakulentabaengcwele,uNkulunkulungekeanivumele ukubanibuyelekuyofuthi
27Waphindawabafungisa,wathi:“Ngiyafungangokufa kukababawethuu-Adamu,nangegazilika-Abela,likaSeti, lika-Enoshe,likaKhanani,nelikaMahalaleli,ukuba ningilalele,ningehlikulentabaengcwele; 28Kodwakabalalelangaamazwiakhe.
29U-Enokengalesosikhathiwayesekhulile,futhi ekushisekelenikwakheuNkulunkulu,kwaphakamafuthi wathi:“Ngizweni,OninamadodanakaSeti,abancane nabakhululaphoneqaumyalowawobaba,futhinehla kulentabaengcwelengekeniphindenikhuphukelelapha kuzekubephakade
30Kodwabamvukelau-Enoke,futhiabavumanga ukulalelaamazwiakhe,kodwabehlabesukaentabeni eNgcwele.
31FuthilaphoebukaamadodakazikaKayini,ebuhleni bawo,nasezandlenizawonasezinyawenizawoezidaywe ngemibala,futhiezidwetshiwengemihlobisoebusweni bawo,umlilowesonowavuthakuwo
32Khona-keuSathanewabenzababukekabebahlekakhulu phambikwamadodanakaSeti,njengobanayeenza amadodanakaSetiabonakalaemahlekunawowonke emehlweniamadodakazikaKhayini,kangangokuthi amadodakazikaKayiniakhanukelaamadodanakaSeti
IncwadiYesibilika-Adamuno-Eva njengezilwaneezihahayo,futhiamadodanakaSetialandela amadodakazikaKhayini,azeenzeisinengisokuwo. 33Kodwaemvakokubasebewelekanjalokulokhu kungcola,babuyelangendlelaababezengayo,futhibazama ukukhuphukaiNtabaeNgcwele.Kephabehluleka,ngokuba amatshealeyontabaengcweleayevuthaumlilophambi kwabo,awabangebesakhuphukangawo
34FuthiuNkulunkuluwabathukuthelela,futhiwaphenduka kubongenxayokuthibabehlebevelaenkazimulweni,futhi ngalokhobabelahlekelwenomabelahleubumsulwanoma ubumsulwababo,futhibabeweleekungcolisweniisono 35Khona-keuNkulunkuluwathumelaiZwilaKhe kuJarede,ethi:“Lababantwanabakho,owababizangokuthi ‘abantwanabami,’bhekabeqileumyalowaMi,futhi behleleendaweniyokubhujiswaneyesonoThumela isithunywakulaboabasele,ukuzebangehlifuthibalahleke.
36Khona-keuJaredewakhalaphambikweNkosi,futhi wacelakuyoumusakanyenentetheleloKodwawayefisa ukuthiumphefumulowakheusukeemzimbeniwakhe, kunokubaezwelamazwiavelakuNkulunkulumayelana nokwehlakwabantwanabakheentabenieNgcwele
37KodwawalandelaumyalelokaNkulunkulu,futhi washumayelakuboukuthibangehlikuleyontabaengcwele, futhibangahlanganyelinabantwanabakaKayini
38Kodwakabalalelangailizwilakhe,kabalalelanga iselulekosakhe
ISAHLUKO21
1Emvakwalokhokwabuthanaelinyeiviyo,lahamba ukuyobhekaabafowabo;kodwababhubhanjengabo. Kwabanjalo,isixukungeqembu,kwazekwasala abambalwa
2Khona-keuJaredewagulangenxayosizi,futhiukugula kwakhekwabakangangokuthiusukulokufakwakhe lwasondela
3Wabizau-Enokeindodanayakheenkulu,noMethusela indodanaka-Enoke,noLamekaindodanakaMethusela, noNowaindodanakaLameka
4Kwathisebefikilekuye,wabakhulekela,wababusisa, wathikubo:“Ninanilungile,madodanaangenacala; ningehlikulentabaengcwele;ngokubabhekani,abantwana benunabantwanababantwanabenubehlilekulentaba engcwele,bahlukanisilenalentabaengcwelengenxa yenkanukoyaboenengekayonangokweqaumyalo kaNkulunkulu.
5“KephangiyazingamandlakaNkulunkuluukuthi akayikunishiyakulentabaengcwele,ngokubaabantwana benubeqileumyalowakhenowobabaesawamukelakubo
6“Kepha,madodanaami,uNkulunkuluuyakuniyisa ezwenilabezizwe,anisayikubuyaniyibonengamehloenu lensimunalentabaengcwele.
7“Ngakho-ke,madodanaami,zibekeniizinhliziyozenu kini,nigcineumyalokaNkulunkuluokininaKuzakuthi-ke, nxanisukakulentabaengcwele,niyeezwenilezizwe eningalaziyo,nithatheisidumbusikababawethuu-Adamu, kanyenasoleziziphoezintathueziyigugu,nezipho, neminikelo,okuyigolide,nempepho,nemore,kubekwe khonaisidumbusika-Adamu
8“Futhikuyeoyosalakini,Omadodanaami,iZwi likaNkulunkululiyofika,futhilaphoephumakulelizwe uyothathaumzimbakababawethuu-Adamukanyenaye,
futhiuyowubekaphakathikomhlabaindawolapho insindisoizokwenziwakhona.
9UNowawasesithikuye:Ngubaniphakathikwethu oseleyo?
10UJaredewaphendulawathi:"Nguweoyakubaoseleyo. Futhiwenauzothathaisidumbusikababawethuu-Adamu emhumeni,futhiusibekenaweemkhunjini,lapho uzamcoloufika.
11“NendodanayakhouShemi,eyophumaokhalweni lwakho,yiyonaezobekaisidumbusikababawethuuAdamuphakathikomhlaba,laphookuyovelakhona insindiso
12Khona-keuJaredewaphendukelaendodaneniyakheuEnoke,futhiwathikuye:“Wena,ndodanayami,hlala kulomhume,futhiusebenzengokukhuthalaphambi kwesidumbusikababawethuu-Adamuzonkeizinsuku zokuphilakwakho,futhiwondleabantubakhongokulunga nangobumsulwa
13FuthiuJaredeakabangeesasholutho.Izandlazakhe zaxegiselwa,amehloevaliwe,wangenaekuphumuleni njengoyiseUkufakwakhekwenzekangomnyaka wamakhuluamathathunamashumiayisithuphakaNowa, nangomnyakawamakhuluayisishiyagalolunyenamashumi ayisishiyagalombilinesishiyagalolunyewokuphilakwakhe; ngolweshuminambilieTakhsasngoLwesihlanu.
14KodwangesikhathiuJaredeefa,izinyembezizehla ebuswenibakhengenxayosizilwakheolukhulu, ngabantwanabakaSeti,owayewileezinsukwinizakhe.
15Khona-keu-Enoke,uMethusela,uLamekakanye noNowa,labaabane,bamkhalela;wamgqumisakahle, wayesemlalisaemhumeniwengcebo.Basebesukuma bamlilelainsukuezingamatshumiamane
16Kwathiseziphelilelezozinsukuzokulila,u-Enoke, noMethusela,noLameka,noNowabahlalaebuhlungwini benhliziyo,ngokubauyisewayebashiyile,ababe besambona
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1Kodwau-EnokewawugcinaumyalokaJaredeuyise,futhi waqhubekaekhonzaemhumeni
2YiloEnokeokwenzekakuyeizimangalisoeziningi,futhi owabhalanencwadiedumile;kodwalezozimanga zingatshelwakulendawo
3EmvakwalokhoabantwanabakwaSetibadukabawa, bona,nabantwanababo,nomkabo.FuthingenkathiuEnoke,uMethusela,uLamekakanyenoNowabebabona, izinhliziyozabozahluphekangenxayokuwelakwabo ekungabazeniokugcweleukungakholwa;futhibakhala futhibafunaumusakaNkulunkulu,ukubaabagcine,futhi abakhiphekulesosizukulwaneesibi
4U-Enokewaqhubekanomsebenziwakhephambi kweNkosiiminyakaengamakhuluamathathunamashumi ayisishiyagalombilinanhlanu,futhiekuphelenikwaleso sikhathiwaqaphelangomusakaNkulunkulu,ukuthi uNkulunkuluwayehloseukumsusaemhlabeni
5Wayesethiendodaneniyakhe:“Ondodanayami,ngiyazi ukuthiuNkulunkuluuhloseukulethaamanzikaZamcolo emhlabeni,futhiabhubhiseindaloyethu
6“Nina-keningabokugcinaphezukwalababantuabakule ntaba,ngokubangiyaziukuthiakuyikushiywanamunye ukubanizaleabantwanakulentabaengcwele,futhi
akuyikubusamuntuphezukwabantwanababantubakubo, futhiakuyikusalasixukuesikhulukinikulentaba.
7U-Enokewathikubo:“Qaphelaniimiphefumuloyenu, nibambeleleekwesabenikwenuuNkulunkulu nangokumkhonza,nimkhonzengokukholwaokuqondileyo, nimkhonzengokulunga,nangobuqotho,nangokwahlulela, ngokuphenduka,nangokuhlanzeka
8Kwathiu-Enokeeseyiqedileimiyaleloyakhekubo, uNkulunkuluwamsusakuleyontabawamyisaezweni lokuphila,ezindlinizabalungileyonabakhethiweyo,indawo yokuhlalayePharadesilenjabulo,ekukhanyeniokufinyelela phezuluezulwini;ukukhanyaokungaphandlekokukhanya kwalelizwe;ngobaukukhanyakukaNkulunkulu okugcweleumhlabawonke,kodwaokungelandawo 9Ngakho,ngenxayokuthiu-Enokewayesekukhanyeni kukaNkulunkulu,wazitholaengasenamandlaokufa;kuze kubeyilaphouNkulunkuluefunaukubaafe 10Sekukonke,akukhonoyedwawawobabanoma kubantwanababoowasalakuleyontabaengcwele, ngaphandlekwalaboabathathu,uMethusela,uLameka, noNowaNgobabonkeabanyebehlaentabenifuthibawela esonwenikanyenabantwanabakaKhayini.Ngakho-ke banqatshelwaleyontaba,futhiakwasalanoyedwakuyo ngaphandlekwalawomadodaamathathu