Genesis 2

2 ¹So di heavens and di earth complete finish with all di plenty things wey full dem. ²By di seventh day our Papa don finish im work, and e rest for di seventh day from everything wey e make. ³And our Papa bless di seventh day, make am holy, because na for dat day e rest from all di work of creation wey e don do.

Adam and Eve

⁴Na dis be di history of di heavens and di earth wen dem create dem, wen our Papa make earth and heavens. ⁵No small bush plant of di field dey for di earth yet, no plant of di field don sprout yet, because our Papa never send rain come di earth, and no man dey to work di ground, ⁶but water dey comot from inside di earth come wet di whole surface of di ground. ⁷Den our Papa mould di man from di dust of di ground, blow di breath of life enter im nose-hole, and di man come be person wey get life. ^a a v7 'Person wey get life' carry di relationship dignity of human being, wey dem make to live face to face with our Papa. ⁸Den our Papa plant one garden for Eden, for di east, and put di man wey e mould dere. ⁹From di ground our Papa grow every tree wey fine to see and good to chop, with di tree of life for di center of di garden and di tree of knowing good and bad. ¹⁰One river dey flow comot from Eden to wet di garden; from dere e divide come be four rivers. ¹¹Di first one na Pishon; e dey flow round all di land of Havilah, wey gold dey. ^b b v11 Havilah na region wey dem sabi well-well for im fine gold; nobody sabi im exact location again. ¹²Di gold of dat land good; sweet-smell resin and onyx dey dere too. ^c c v12 Bdellium na sweet-smell resin, wey dem value like precious stone for di ancient world. ¹³Di name of di second river na Gihon; e dey wind pass di whole land of Cush. ^d d v13 Cush na land for di south of Egypt, for di region wey dem dey sometimes call ancient Nubia. ¹⁴Di third river name na Tigris, wey dey flow for east of Assyria. Di fourth river na di Euphrates. ¹⁵Our Papa take di man put am for di garden of Eden make e work am and guard am.

¹⁶And our Papa command di man, “You free to chop from any tree wey dey di garden; ¹⁷but you must not chop from di tree of knowing good and bad, because di day wey you chop from am, you go sure die.”

¹⁸Den our Papa talk, “E no good make di man dey alone. I go make helper wey go match am.”

¹⁹From di ground our Papa mould every animal of di field and every bird of di sky, den bring each one come di man make e see wetin e go call am. Whatever name wey di man give each living creature, na im be im name. ²⁰Di man give name to all di livestock, di birds of di sky, and all di wild animals, but for Adam, dem no find helper wey match am. ²¹So our Papa make deep sleep catch di man, and while e dey sleep, e take one of im ribs comot and close di flesh for di place. ²²Den our Papa build one woman from di rib wey e take comot from di man, and bring am come di man. ²³Di man talk, “At last! Dis one na bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; dem go call am ‘woman,’ because na from man dem take am comot.” ²⁴Na so man go leave im papa and mama, join im wife, and dem two go be one flesh. ²⁵Di man and im wife, dem two dey naked, but shame no dey catch dem.