IGenesisi 3

3 ¹Inyoka yayinobuqili kunazo zonke izilwane zasendle uBaba wethu ayezenzile. Yabuza owesifazane yathi: “Ingabe uNkulunkulu washo ngempela yini ukuthi, ‘Ningadli nhlobo kunoma yisiphi isihlahla esensimini’?” ^a a v1 Njengoba iseyimlahlile uBaba wethu, inyoka imveza njengonkulunkulu okude, ogodlayo — okuyiwo amanga ayisisekelo afihla inhliziyo kaBaba ezinganeni zakhe.

²Owesifazane wathi enyokeni: “Singazidla izithelo zezihlahla ezisensimini, ³kodwa uNkulunkulu wathi, ‘Ningasidli isithelo sesihlahla esiphakathi nensimu, ningasithinti, funa nife.’”

⁴Kodwa inyoka yathi kowesifazane: “Anisoze nafa nhlobo. ⁵UNkulunkulu uyazi ukuthi mhla nisidla, amehlo enu ayakuvuleka, nibe njengoNkulunkulu, nazi okuhle nokubi.” ^b b v5 Babevele benesifanekiso sakhe (1:27). Amanga athi kumelwe kuhlwithwe ngasese kunokuba kwamukelwe esandleni sakhe.

⁶Owesifazane wabona ukuthi isihlahla sasisihle sokudla, sibukeka kamnandi emehlweni, sifiselekile ngoba sinika ukuhlakanipha. Wasithatha isithelo saso, wadla, wanika nomyeni wakhe owayenaye, naye wadla. ⁷Khona-ke amehlo abo bobabili avuleka, bazi ukuthi babenqunu; bathunga ndawonye amaqabunga omkhiwane, bazenzela izembatho.

⁸Bezwa umsindo kaBaba wethu ehamba ensimini ngesikhathi sokuphola kosuku, umuntu nomkakhe bacasha ebusweni bakhe phakathi kwezihlahla zensimu.

⁹Kodwa uBaba wethu wabiza umuntu wathi kuye: “Ukuphi na?”

¹⁰Umuntu wathi: “Ngikuzwile ensimini ngesaba, ngokuba benginqunu, ngakho ngacasha.”

¹¹UBaba wethu wathi: “Ngubani okutshele ukuthi unqunu? Udlile yini esihlahleni engakwenqabela ukuba usidle?”

¹²Umuntu wathi: “Owesifazane owambeka nami unginikile isithelo sesihlahla, ngadla.”

¹³UBaba wethu wabuza owesifazane: “Yini le oyenzile na?” Wathi: “Inyoka ingikhohlisile, ngadla.”

¹⁴Ngalokho uBaba wethu wathi enyokeni: “Ngenxa yokuthi wenze lokhu, uqalekisiwe ngaphezu kwazo zonke izifuyo nangaphezu kwazo zonke izilwane zasendle; ngesisu sakho uyakuhamba, udle uthuli zonke izinsuku zokuphila kwakho. ¹⁵Ngiyakubeka ubutha phakathi kwakho nowesifazane, naphakathi kwenzalo yakho nenzalo yakhe; yona iyakuchoboza ikhanda lakho, wena uyakulimaza isithende sayo.” ^c c v15 Kusukela esithembisweni sokuqala nje emva kokuwa, uBaba wethu wakhomba kuJesu — inzalo eyayiyochoboza inyoka, isindise abantwana bakhe.

¹⁶Kowesifazane wathi: “Ngiyakukwandisa kakhulu ubuhlungu bakho ekubeletheni; uyakuzala abantwana ngobuhlungu. Isifiso sakho siyakuba semyenini wakho, yena uyakukubusa.”

¹⁷Ku-Adamu wathi: “Ngenxa yokuthi ulalele umkakho wadla esihlahleni engakuyala ngaso, ngathi, ‘Ungasidli kuso,’ umhlabathi uqalekisiwe ngenxa yakho; ngomshikashika obuhlungu uyakudla kuwo zonke izinsuku zokuphila kwakho. ¹⁸Uyakukumilisela ameva nokhula olunameva, udle izimila zasendle. ¹⁹Ngomjuluko webunzi lakho uyakudla isinkwa sakho uze ubuyele emhlabathini, njengoba wathathwa kuwo; ngokuba uluthuli wena, uyakubuyela othulini.”

²⁰Umuntu waqamba umkakhe igama lokuthi u-Eva, ngokuba wayezoba ngunina wabo bonke abaphilayo. ^d d v20 Igama elithi u-Eva lisho ukuthi “ophilayo” — ungunina wabo bonke abaphilayo.

²¹UBaba wethu wenzela u-Adamu nomkakhe izembatho zesikhumba, wabagqokisa. ^e e v21 Emva kokwehluleka kwabo, uBaba wethu unika abantwana bakhe isembatho esingcono kunalesi abazenzele sona — okungumfanekiso wokuqala wenhliziyo yakhe yokubagqokisa ngalokho angakunika yena yedwa.

²²UBaba wethu wathi: “Bheka, umuntu usefana nomunye wethu, uyakwazi okuhle nokubi. Manje, ukuze angeluli isandla, athathe nasesihlahleni sokuphila, adle, aphile phakade…” ^f f v22 Umusho wesiHeberu uma lapha ungaqediwe — uBaba wethu akasho okulandelayo. UmBhalo uwushiya ungaphelele lo mcabango.

²³Ngakho uBaba wethu wamkhipha ensimini yase-Edene ukuba alime umhlabathi ayethathwe kuwo. ²⁴Wamxosha umuntu, wabeka amakherubi nenkemba ebhula evutha umlilo ngasempumalanga nensimu yase-Edene, ukulinda indlela eya esihlahleni sokuphila. ^g g v24 Amakherubi emBhalweni akuwona ama-cherub amancane obuciko lwe-Renaissance kodwa angabalindi basezulwini abanamandla uBaba wethu abamise ukuba balinde indlela engcwele ebuyela ekuphileni.