Bodza la Njoka

Njoka ikusandutsa choletsa chimodzi kukhala ngati nsanje, ndipo mkazi ndi mwamuna onse akudya. Chotsatira si imfa yomweyo koma kubisala, kuimbana mlandu, ululu pobereka ndi pogwira ntchito, ndi kuthamangitsidwa m'munda — komabe Atate wathu akuwaveka zovala asanachoke.

Chaputala 3.

Njoka inali yochenjera kuposa nyama zonse zakuthengo zimene Atate wathu anazipanga. Inafunsa mkazi, nati, “Kodi Mulungu ananenadi kuti, ‘Musadye za mtengo uliwonse wa m'munda’?” ^a

Mkazi anati kwa njoka, “Ife tingathe kudya zipatso za mitengo ya m'munda, koma Mulungu anati, ‘Musadye zipatso za mtengo umene uli pakati pa munda, kapenanso kuukhudza, mungafe.’”

Koma njoka inati kwa mkazi, “Simudzafa ndithu. Mulungu akudziwa kuti tsiku limene mudzadya zipatso zake, maso anu adzatseguka ndipo mudzakhala ngati Mulungu, odziwa zabwino ndi zoipa.” ^b

Mkazi anaona kuti mtengowo unali wabwino kudya, wokongola pamaso, ndiponso wolakika chifukwa umapatsa nzeru. Anatenga zipatso zake, nadya, napatsako mwamuna wake amene anali naye, ndipo iye anadya. Pamenepo maso a onse awiri anatseguka, ndipo anadziwa kuti anali maliseche; anasoka pamodzi masamba a mkuyu, nadzipangira zophimbira.

Anamva mau a Atate wathu akuyenda m'munda nthawi ya kuzizira kwa dzuwa, ndipo munthuyo ndi mkazi wake anabisala pamaso pa Atate pakati pa mitengo ya m'munda.

Koma Atate wathu anaitana munthuyo, nati kwa iye, “Uli kuti?”

Munthuyo anati, “Ndinakumvani m'munda ndipo ndinachita mantha, chifukwa ndinali maliseche, choncho ndinabisala.”

Atate wathu anati, “Ndani wakuuza kuti uli maliseche? Kodi wadya za mtengo umene ndinakuletsa kuti usaudye?”

Munthuyo anati, “Mkazi amene munamuika kuti akhale ndi ine, ndiye anandipatsa zipatso za mtengo, ndipo ndinadya.”

Pamenepo Atate wathu anafunsa mkazi, “Kodi wachita chiyani?” Iye anati, “Njoka inandinyenga, ndipo ndinadya.”

Choncho Atate wathu anati kwa njoka, “Chifukwa wachita zimenezi, ndiwe wotembereredwa kuposa ziweto zonse ndi nyama zonse zakuthengo; pa mimba yako udzayenda, ndipo udzadya fumbi masiku onse a moyo wako. Ndipo ndidzaika udani pakati pa iwe ndi mkazi, ndi pakati pa mbewu yako ndi mbewu yake; iye adzaphwanya mutu wako, ndipo iwe udzaluma chitende chake.” ^c

Kwa mkazi anati, “Ndidzachulukitsa kwambiri zowawa zako za pobereka; udzabereka ana mwa zowawa. Chilakolako chako chidzakhala pa mwamuna wako, ndipo iye adzakulamulira.”

Ndipo kwa Adamu anati, “Chifukwa unamvera mkazi wako ndipo unadya za mtengo umene ndinakulamula, kuti, ‘Usadye zake,’ nthaka yatembereredwa chifukwa cha iwe; mwa ntchito yolemetsa udzadya zake masiku onse a moyo wako. Idzakumeretsera minga ndi mkandankhuku, ndipo udzadya zomera zakutchire. Mwa thukuta la pankhope pako udzadya chakudya chako mpaka udzabwerere ku nthaka, popeza unatengedwa ku nthakako; pakuti ndiwe fumbi, ndipo udzabwerera ku fumbi.”

Munthuyo anamtcha mkazi wake dzina lakuti Hava, chifukwa iye adzakhala mayi wa onse amoyo. ^d

Atate wathu anapangira Adamu ndi mkazi wake zovala za zikopa, ndipo anawaveka. ^e

Pamenepo Atate wathu anati, “Taonani, munthu wakhala ngati mmodzi wa ife, podziwa zabwino ndi zoipa. Tsopano, kuopera kuti angatambasule dzanja lake, natenganso zipatso za mtengo wa moyo, nadya, nakhala ndi moyo kosatha…” ^f

Choncho Atate wathu anamtulutsa m'munda wa Edeni kuti akalime nthaka imene anatengedwa kuchokera mmenemo. Anapirikitsa munthuyo, naika akerubi ndi lupanga loyaka moto louzungulira kummawa kwa munda wa Edeni, kulondera njira yopita ku mtengo wa moyo. ^g

Zolemba pansi

^aGenesis 3:1 — Itakana Atate wathu, njoka inamuonetsa ngati mulungu wakutali, womana zinthu — bodza loyambirira limene limabisa mtima wa Atate kwa ana Ake.
^bGenesis 3:5 — Iwo anali atakhala kale ndi chifanizo Chake (1:27). Bodza n'lakuti chiyenera kulandidwa mwamseri, m'malo molandiridwa kuchokera m'dzanja Lake.
^cGenesis 3:15 — Kuyambira pa lonjezo loyambirira pambuyo pa kugwa, Atate wathu analoza kwa Yesu — mbewu imene idzaphwanya njoka ndi kupulumutsa ana Ake.
^dGenesis 3:20 — Dzina lakuti Hava litanthauza “wamoyo” — iye ndiye mayi wa onse amoyo.
^eGenesis 3:21 — Atalephera, Atate wathu anawapatsa ana Ake chophimbira chabwino koposa chimene iwo anadzipangira okha — chithunzithunzi choyamba cha mtima Wake wofuna kuwaveka ndi chimene Iye yekha angathe kupereka.
^fGenesis 3:22 — Chiganizo cha Chihebri chimayima pano chosamalizidwa — Atate wathu sananene chimene chikanatsatira. Malemba amasiya maganizo amenewa osamalizidwa.
^gGenesis 3:24 — Akerubi m'Malemba si tizithunzi ting'onoting'ono ta akerubi a zojambula za Renaissance, koma ndi alonda amphamvu akumwamba amene Atate wathu anawaika kuti ateteze njira yopatulika yobwerera ku moyo.