UKayin noAbheli

Abazalwana ababini bazisa iminikelo; ngukaAbheli kuphela othakazelelweyo, waza uBawo wethu walumkisa uKayin ukuba isono sibuthumile simlangazelela. UKayin wambulala noko, waza wathengisana ngesigwebo sakhe. Wafumana uphawu lokhuseleko nobomi bokubhadula ngasempumalanga e-Eden.

Isahluko 4.

U-Adam walala nomkakhe u-Eva; wamitha wazala uKayin, wathi: “Ngoncedo lukaBawo wethu ndizuze indoda.” ^a Emva koko wazala umntakwabo u-Abheli. U-Abheli wayengumalusi wemihlambi, uKayin yena wayengumlimi womhlaba. Kwathi emva kwexesha, uKayin wazisa kuBawo wethu umnikelo weziqhamo zomhlaba. Naye u-Abheli wazisa amazibulo omhlambi wakhe namanqatha awo. UBawo wethu wamthakazelela u-Abheli nomnikelo wakhe, kodwa akamthakazelelanga uKayin nomnikelo wakhe; ngenxa yoko uKayin wavutha ngumsindo, basithwaxeka ubuso bakhe.

Wandula uBawo wethu wathi kuKayin: “Kutheni ucaphukile nje? Kutheni ubuso bakho buthe jwi? Ukuba wenza okulungileyo, akuyi kwamkeleka na? Ukuba akwenzi njalo, isono sibuthumile emnyango wakho, sikulangazelela—kodwa wena umelwe kukusilawula.”

UKayin wathi kumntakwabo u-Abheli: “Masiye entsimini.” Bakuba belapho, uKayin wavukela umntakwabo u-Abheli wambulala. ^b

Wandula uBawo wethu wabuza uKayin: “Uphi umntakwenu u-Abheli?” “Andazi,” watsho. “Ndingumgcini womntakwethu na?”

UBawo wethu wathi: “Wenze ntoni na? Ilizwi legazi lomntakwenu liyakhala kum livela emhlabeni. Ngoku isiqalekiso siyakugxotha emhlabeni, lo uwuvuleleyo umlomo wawo ukwamkela igazi lomntakwenu esandleni sakho. Xa uwulima umhlaba, awusayi kuphinda ukunike amandla awo; uya kuba ngozulazulayo nobhacayo ehlabathini.”

UKayin wathi kuBawo wethu: “Isohlwayo sam sikhulu kunokuba ndingasithwala. Namhlanje uyandigxotha kulo mhlaba; ndiya kufihlakala ebusweni bakho, ndibe ngozulazulayo nobhacayo ehlabathini, kuthi lowo undifumanayo andibulale.”

Kodwa uBawo wethu wathi kuye: “Hayi—lowo ubulala uKayin uya kuphindezelelwa kasixhenxe.” Wandula uBawo wethu wamphawula uKayin, ukuze kungabikho namnye omfumanayo ombulalayo. ^c

UKayin wemka ebusweni bukaBawo wethu, waya kuhlala ezweni laseNodi, empumalanga ye-Edene. ^d

UKayin walala nomkakhe; wamitha wazala u-Enoke. Wayesakha isixeko, wasithiya ngegama lonyana wakhe u-Enoke. U-Enoke wazalelwa u-Iradi. U-Iradi wazala uMehuyaheli, uMehuyaheli wazala uMetushaheli, uMetushaheli wazala uLameki. ULameki wazeka abafazi ababini, omnye igama lakhe lingu-Ada, omnye enguTsila. U-Ada wazala uYabhali, uyise wabahlala ezintenteni nabalusi bemfuyo. Igama lomntakwabo lalinguYubhali; wayenguyise wabo bonke abadlala uhadi nogwali. NoTsila wazala uTubhali-Kayin, umkhandi wazo zonke izixhobo zobhedu nezentsimbi; udade boTubhali-Kayin wayenguNahama. ULameki wathi kubafazi bakhe: “Ada noTsila, ndiveni; nina bafazi bakaLameki, phulaphulani oko ndikuthethayo. Ndabulala indoda eyandenzakalisayo, umfana owandityumzayo. Ukuba uKayin uphindezelelwa amatyeli asixhenxe, uLameki ke amatyeli angamashumi asixhenxe anesixhenxe.”

U-Adam waphinda walala nomkakhe; wazala unyana wamthiya igama elinguSeti, wathi: “UBawo wethu undinike omnye umntwana endaweni ka-Abheli, ekubeni uKayin wambulala.” ^e NoSeti wazalelwa unyana, wamthiya igama elingu-Enoshe. Kwandula ke abantu baqalisa ukunqula igama likaBawo wethu.

Imibhalo esemazantsi

^aEyeziqalo 4:1 — Igama elithi Kayin livakala ngathi lithetha “ozuziweyo” okanye “ozelweyo” — u-Eva umbiza ngeli gama ngenxa yoncedo awalufumanayo ekumziseni ehlabathini.
^bEyeziqalo 4:8 — La mazwi awekho kwisicatshulwa sesiHebhere, kodwa akhona kwesamaSamariya, kwesamaGrike, nakwesiSiriya.
^cEyeziqalo 4:15 — Nasemva kokubulala kokuqala, uBawo wethu akamshiyanga uKayin — wamphawula njengokhuselweyo. Inceba kaBawo wethu ifikelela nakwabanetyala.
^dEyeziqalo 4:16 — Igama elithi Nodi lithetha “ukuzulazula.” UKayin, owagwetyelwa ukuba azulazule ehlabathini, uzinza kanye kwilizwe lokuzulazula ngokwalo.
^eEyeziqalo 4:25 — Igama elithi Seti livakala ngathi lithetha “onikiweyo” okanye “omiselweyo” — u-Eva umbiza ngeli gama ngenxa yomntwana uBawo wethu amnika yena endaweni ka-Abheli.