IGenesisi 2

2 ¹Kanjalo amazulu nomhlaba kwapheleliswa nabo bonke ubuningi bakho obukhulu. ²Ngosuku lwesikhombisa uBaba wethu wayeseqedile umsebenzi wakhe, waphumula ngosuku lwesikhombisa kukho konke ayekwenzile. ³UBaba wethu walubusisa usuku lwesikhombisa, walwenza lwaba ngcwele, ngokuba ngalo waphumula kuwo wonke umsebenzi wokudala ayewenzile.

U-Adamu no-Eva

⁴Lokhu kungumlando wamazulu nomhlaba ekudalweni kwakho, mhla uBaba wethu enza umhlaba namazulu. ⁵Kwakungekho sihlahlana sasendle emhlabeni, kungekho sitshalo sasendle esasesihlumile, ngokuba uBaba wethu wayengakathumeli mvula emhlabeni, futhi kwakungekho muntu wokulima umhlabathi, ⁶kodwa imithombo yachichima emhlabeni, yanisela wonke ubuso bomhlabathi. ⁷UBaba wethu wambumba umuntu ngothuli lomhlabathi, waphefumulela emakhaleni akhe umoya wokuphila, umuntu waba ngumuntu ophilayo. ^a a v7 'Umuntu ophilayo' uphethe isithunzi sobudlelwano sobuntu, odalelwe ukuphila ubuso nobuso noBaba wethu. ⁸UBaba wethu watshala insimu e-Edene, ngasempumalanga, wafaka khona umuntu ayembumbile. ⁹Emhlabathini uBaba wethu wakhulisa yonke imithi ebukekayo emehlweni nemihle ekudleni, nomuthi wokuphila phakathi nensimu, nomuthi wokwazi okuhle nokubi. ¹⁰Umfula wawugeleza uphuma e-Edene ukuze unisele insimu; usuka lapho wahlukana waba yimifula emine. ¹¹Owokuqala ubizwa ngokuthi uPishoni; uzungeza lonke izwe laseHavila, lapho kutholakala khona igolide. ^b b v11 IHavila kwakuyisifunda esasidume ngegolide lakho elihle; indawo yakho ncamashi ayisaziwa. ¹²Igolide laleli zwe lihle; kukhona nenhlaka enukelela kahle netshe le-onikisi. ^c c v12 Ibhideliyamu kwakuyinhlaka enukelela kamnandi, eyayigcizelelwa njengetshe eliyigugu ezweni lasendulo. ¹³Igama lomfula wesibili nguGihoni; uzulazula udabula lonke izwe laseKushe. ^d d v13 IKushe kwakuyizwe elaliseningizimu yeGibhithe, esifundeni esasithiwa ngokunye iNubiya yasendulo. ¹⁴Igama lomfula wesithathu nguThigrisi, ogeleza ngasempumalanga yase-Asiriya. Umfula wesine ngu-Ewufrathe. ¹⁵UBaba wethu wamthatha umuntu, wambeka ensimini yase-Edene ukuba ayilime ayigcine.

¹⁶UBaba wethu wamyala umuntu, wathi: “Ungadla ngokukhululeka kuwo wonke umuthi wasensimini; ¹⁷kodwa ungadli emuthini wokwazi okuhle nokubi, ngokuba uyakufa nokufa mhla udla kuwo.”

¹⁸UBaba wethu wathi: “Akukuhle ukuba umuntu abe yedwa. Ngiyakumenzela umsizi ofanele yena.”

¹⁹Emhlabathini uBaba wethu wabumba zonke izilwane zasendle nazo zonke izinyoni zezulu, wabe eziletha ngayinye kumuntu ukuze abone ukuthi uyakuyiqamba ngokuthini. Noma yini umuntu ayiqamba ngayo yileso naleso sidalwa esiphilayo, kwaba yigama laso. ²⁰Umuntu waqamba amagama azo zonke izinkomo, nezinyoni zezulu, nazo zonke izilwane zasendle, kodwa u-Adamu akatholelwanga msizi omfanele. ²¹UBaba wethu wawisa umuntu ebuthongweni obukhulu, kwathi esalele, wathatha olunye lwezimbambo zakhe, wavala inyama endaweni yalo. ²²UBaba wethu wakha owesifazane ngombambo awuthatha kumuntu, wamletha kuye umuntu. ²³Umuntu wathi: “Ekugcineni! Lo uyithambo lamathambo ami nenyama yenyama yami; uyakubizwa ngokuthi ‘owesifazane,’ ngokuba wathathwa endodeni.” ²⁴Ngakho indoda iyamshiya uyise nonina, inamathele kumkayo, babe nyamanye. ²⁵Umuntu nomkakhe babenqunu bobabili, kodwa babengenamahloni.