Kaini ndi Abele

Abale awiri akubweretsa nsembe; ya Abele yokha ikukondedwa, ndipo Atate wathu akuchenjeza Kaini kuti tchimo labisalira kuti limugwire. Kaini akupha komabe, kenako akukambirana za chilango chake. Akupatsidwa chizindikiro chomuteteza ndi moyo woyendayenda kummawa kwa Edeni.

Chaputala 4.

Adamu anagona ndi mkazi wake Hava; iye anakhala ndi pathupi nabala Kaini, nati, “Mothandizidwa ndi Atate wathu, ndapeza mwamuna.” ^a Pambuyo pake anabala m'bale wake Abele. Abele anali woweta nkhosa, ndipo Kaini anali wolima nthaka. Patapita nthawi, Kaini anabweretsa kwa Atate wathu nsembe ya zipatso za nthaka. Abele naye anabweretsa ana oyamba kubadwa a ziweto zake ndi mafuta awo. Atate wathu anakondwera ndi Abele ndi nsembe yake, koma sanakondwere ndi Kaini ndi nsembe yake. Choncho Kaini anakwiya kwambiri, ndipo nkhope yake inagwa.

Ndipo Atate wathu anati kwa Kaini, “Ukukwiyiranji? Nanga nkhope yako yagwiranji? Ngati uchita zabwino, kodi sudzalandiridwa? Koma ngati suchita zabwino, tchimo likukuwerama pa khomo lako, likufuna kukugwira—koma iwe uyenera kulilamulira.”

Kaini anati kwa m'bale wake Abele, “Tiye tipite kuthengo.” Ndipo ali kuthengo, Kaini anaukira m'bale wake Abele, namupha. ^b

Ndipo Atate wathu anamufunsa Kaini, “Ali kuti m'bale wako Abele?” Iye anayankha nati, “Sindikudziwa. Kodi ine ndine woyang'anira m'bale wanga?”

Atate wathu anati, “Wachita chiyani? Mawu a magazi a m'bale wako akulirira kwa Ine kuchokera pansi. Ndipo tsopano ndiwe wotembereredwa, wochotsedwa pa nthaka, imene inatsekula pakamwa pake kulandira magazi a m'bale wako kuchokera m'dzanja lako. Pamene udzalima nthaka, sidzakupatsanso mphamvu yake; udzakhala woyendayenda ndi wothawathawa pa dziko lapansi.”

Kaini anati kwa Atate wathu, “Chilango changa nʼchachikulu kuposa mmene ndingapirire. Lero mukundichotsa pa nthaka iyi; ndidzabisika pamaso panu, ndipo ndidzakhala wothawathawa wopanda mpumulo pa dziko lapansi, ndipo aliyense wondipeza adzandipha.”

Koma Atate wathu anati kwa iye, “Sichoncho—aliyense wopha Kaini adzabwezeredwa kokwana kasanu ndi kawiri.” Ndipo Atate wathu anayika chizindikiro pa Kaini, kuti aliyense womupeza asamuphe. ^c

Kaini anachoka pamaso pa Atate wathu, nakakhala m'dziko la Nodi, kummawa kwa Edeni. ^d

Kaini anagona ndi mkazi wake; iye anakhala ndi pathupi nabala Enoke. Kaini anali kumanga mzinda, nautcha dzina la mwana wake Enoke. Enoke anabereka Iradi. Iradi anabereka Mehuyaeli, Mehuyaeli anabereka Metusaeli, Metusaeli anabereka Lameki. Lameki anakwatira akazi awiri, wina dzina lake Ada, winayo Zila. Ada anabala Yabala, amene anali kholo la onse okhala m'matenti ndi oweta ziweto. Dzina la m'bale wake linali Yubala; iye anali kholo la onse oimba zeze ndi chitoliro. Zila naye anabala Tubala-Kaini, amene anali wosula zida zonse za mkuwa ndi chitsulo; mlongo wake wa Tubala-Kaini anali Naama. Lameki anati kwa akazi ake: “Ada ndi Zila, mverani ine; akazi a Lameki, tcherani khutu ku zimene ndikunena. Ndapha munthu amene anandivulaza, mnyamata amene anandiphwanya. Ngati Kaini adzabwezeredwa kokwana kasanu ndi kawiri, ndiye Lameki kokwana makumi asanu ndi awiri mphambu zisanu ndi ziwiri.”

Adamu anagonanso ndi mkazi wake; iye anabala mwana wamwamuna, namutcha dzina lakuti Seti: “Atate wathu andipatsa mwana winanso m'malo mwa Abele, popeza Kaini anamupha.” ^e Seti naye anabereka mwana wamwamuna, namutcha dzina lakuti Enosi. Ndipo pamenepo anthu anayamba kuyitana dzina la Atate wathu.

Zolemba pansi

^aGenesis 4:1 — Dzina lakuti Kaini limamveka ngati “wopezedwa” kapena “wobadwa” — Hava anamtcha dzina ili chifukwa cha thandizo limene analandira pobweretsa iye pa dziko lapansi.
^bGenesis 4:8 — Mawu awa sapezeka m'malemba a Chihebri, koma amapezeka m'zolemba za Chisamariya, Chigiriki, ndi Chisiriya.
^cGenesis 4:15 — Ngakhale pambuyo pa kupha koyamba, Atate wathu sanamusiye Kaini — anamuyika chizindikiro cha chitetezo. Chifundo cha Atate wathu chimafikira olakwa.
^dGenesis 4:16 — Nodi limatanthauza “kuyendayenda.” Kaini, amene anaweruzidwa kuti aziyendayenda pa dziko lapansi, anakakhala m'dziko la kuyendayenda komweko.
^eGenesis 4:25 — Dzina lakuti Seti limamveka ngati “woperekedwa” kapena “wosankhidwa” — Hava anamtcha dzina ili chifukwa cha mwana amene Atate wathu anampatsa m'malo mwa Abele.