Cain and Abel
Two brothers bring offering; na only Abel own get favor, and our Papa warn Cain say sin dey crouch dey wait am. Cain still kill, den e begin price im punishment. E get mark wey go protect am and life of waka-waka for east of Eden.
4 1Adam sleep with im wife Eve; she come get belle come born Cain, she talk say, "With our Papa help, I don get man pikin." a a v1 Di name Cain sound like "gotten" abi "brought forth" — Eve name am becos of di help wey she receive to bring am come dis world. 2Later, she come born im broda Abel. Abel bin dey keep animal, and Cain bin dey work for ground. 3After some time, Cain bring offering from di fruit of di ground come give our Papa. 4Abel too bring di firstborn of im animal dem plus dia fat parts. Our Papa favour Abel and im offering, 5but E no favour Cain and im offering, so vex catch Cain well well and im face fall.
6Den our Papa talk to Cain say, "Why you dey vex? Why your face fall? 7If you do right, dem no go accept you? But if you no do right, sin dey crouch for your door, e dey long for you—but you must rule over am."
8Cain talk to im broda Abel say, "Make we go di field." For there, Cain rise against im broda Abel come kill am. b b v8 Dis words no dey inside di Hebrew text but dem dey inside di Samaritan, Greek, and Syriac.
9Den our Papa ask Cain say, "Where your broda Abel dey?" E talk say, "I no know. Na me be my broda keeper?"
10Our Papa talk say, "Wetin you don do? Di voice of your broda blood dey cry come meet me from di ground. 11So now, curse don drive you comot from di ground, wey open im mouth to collect your broda blood from your hand. 12When you work di ground, e no go give you im strength again; you go be person wey dey waka-waka wey no get rest for di earth."
13Cain talk to our Papa say, "My punishment too much pass wetin I fit carry. 14Today, you dey drive me comot from dis ground; I go hide from your presence, I go be person wey no get rest wey dey waka-waka for earth, and anybody wey find me go kill me."
15But our Papa tell am say, "No be so—anybody wey kill Cain, dem go pay am back seven times." Den our Papa put mark for Cain, so dat anybody wey find am no go kill am. c c v15 Even after di first murder, our Papa no abandon Cain — E mark am as person wey dey protected. Di Papa mercy dey reach even di person wey do wrong.
16Cain comot from di presence of our Papa come settle for di land of Nod, for di east side of Eden. d d v16 Nod mean "wandering" (waka-waka). Cain, wey dem judge say make e waka round di earth, come settle for di land of waka-waka itself.
17Cain sleep with im wife; she get belle come born Enoch. E bin dey build one city and e name am after im pikin Enoch. 18Dem born Irad give Enoch. Irad born Mehujael, Mehujael born Methushael, Methushael born Lamech. 19Lamech marry two women, one dem call Adah and di oda one Zillah. 20Adah born Jabal, wey be papa of dem wey dey live for tent and dem wey dey keep animal. 21Im broda name na Jubal; e be di papa of all dem wey dey play harp and flute. 22Zillah too born Tubal-Cain, wey dey make all kind bronze and iron tools; Tubal-Cain sister na Naamah. 23Lamech tell im wives say: "Adah and Zillah, hear me; wives of Lamech, listen to wetin I dey talk. I kill one man wey wound me, one young man wey bruise me. 24If dem go pay back for Cain seven times, den for Lamech na seventy-seven times."
25Adam sleep with im wife again; she born one son come name am Seth: "Our Papa don give me anoda pikin to take di place of Abel, since Cain kill am." e e v25 Di name Seth sound like "granted" abi "appointed" — Eve name am becos of di pikin wey our Papa give her to take di place of Abel. 26Seth too get one son come name am Enosh. Na den people start to dey call di name of our Papa.
