Genesis 3

Ukuwa komuntu

1Inyoka yayilobuqili-ke a kulayo yonke inyamazana yeganga, eyayiyenzile iNkosi uNkulunkulu. Yasisithi kowesifazana: Yebo
 yebo: Heb  yebo, ngoba.
uNkulunkulu watsho yini ukuthi: Kumele lingadli kuso sonke isihlahla sesivande?
2Owesifazana wasesithi enyokeni: Singadla okwesithelo sezihlahla zesivande; 3kodwa okwesithelo sesihlahla esiphakathi kwesivande, uNkulunkulu wathi: Lingadli kuso, njalo lingasithinti, hlezi life c. 4Inyoka yasisithi kowesifazana: Kaliyikufa sibili. 5Ngoba uNkulunkulu uyazi ukuthi mhla lisidla kuso, amehlo enu azavuleka, njalo libe njengoNkulunkulu, lisazi okuhle lokubi. 6Owesifazana ebona-ke ukuthi isihlahla silungile ukuba yikudla, lokuthi sona siyabukeka
 siyabukeka: Heb  siyaloyiseka.
emehlweni, lesihlahla sikhwabitheka ukwenza uhlakaniphe, wakha okwesithelo saso, wadla e; wasenika lendoda yakhe kanye laye, yasisidla.
7Asevuleka amehlo abo bobabili f, basebesazi ukuthi babenqunu g; basebethungela ndawonye amahlamvu omkhiwa, bazenzela amafasikoti
 amafasikoti: kumbe,  izibhinco.
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8Basebesizwa ilizwi leNkosi uNkulunkulu ihamba esivandeni ekupholeni
 ekupholeni: Heb  emoyeni.
kosuku; uAdamu lomkakhe basebecatsha ebusweni beNkosi uNkulunkulu phakathi kwezihlahla zesivande.
9INkosi uNkulunkulu yasibiza uAdamu, yathi kuye: Ungaphi? 10Wasesithi: Ilizwi lakho ngilizwe esivandeni, ngesaba, ngoba nginqunu; ngasengicatsha. 11Yasisithi: Ngubani okutshele ukuthi unqunu? Udlile yini okwesihlahla, engakulaya ngaso ukuthi ungadli okwaso? 12UAdamu wasesithi: Owesifazana owangipha yena ukuthi abe lami j, yena unginike okwesihlahla, ngasengisidla. 13INkosi uNkulunkulu yasisithi kowesifazana: Kuyini lokhu okwenzileyo? Owesifazana wasesithi: Inyoka ingikhohlisile k, ngasengisidla. 14INkosi uNkulunkulu yasisithi enyokeni: Njengoba usukwenzile lokhu, uqalekisiwe wena okwedlula sonke isifuyo lokwedlula yonke inyamazana yeganga. Uzahamba ngesisu sakho, njalo udle uthuli insuku zonke zempilo yakho l. 15Njalo ngizafaka ubutha phakathi kwakho lowesifazana laphakathi kwenzalo yakho lenzalo yakhe m. Yona izakuchoboza ikhanda, wena uzayichoboza isithende n. 16Kowesifazana yathi: Ngokwandisa ngizakwandisa ubuhlungu bakho lokuzithwala kwakho; ngobuhlungu uzabeletha abantwana, lokukhanuka kwakho kuzakuba sendodeni yakho o, njalo yona izakubusa p. 17Njalo kuAdamu yathi: Njengoba ulalele ilizwi lomkakho, wasusidla okwesihlahla engakulaya ngaso ukuthi: Ungadli okwaso q, uqalekisiwe umhlaba ngenxa yakho r; ngokukhathazeka uzakudla okwawo insuku zonke zempilo yakho s. 18Njalo uzakumilisela ameva lokhula oluhlabayo, ubususidla imibhida yeganga. 19Ngesithukuthuku sobuso bakho uzakudla ukudla, uze ubuyele emhlabathini, ngoba wathathwa kuwo; ngoba wena uluthuli t, njalo uzabuyela ethulini u. 20UAdamu wasebiza ibizo lomkakhe ngokuthi nguEva
 uEva: Heb  uHava, kusitsho,  ophilayo.
, ngoba yena ungunina wabo bonke abaphilayo.
21INkosi uNkulunkulu yasisenzela uAdamu lomkakhe izigqoko zezigogo, yasibagqokisa.

22INkosi uNkulunkulu yasisithi: Khangela, umuntu usenjengomunye wethu, esazi okuhle lokubi w. Khathesi-ke, hlezi elule isandla sakhe athathe njalo okwesihlahla sempilo x, adle aphile kuze kube sephakadeni. 23Ngakho iNkosi uNkulunkulu yamkhupha esivandeni seEdeni ukuthi alime umhlabathi, lapho athathwa khona. 24Yasimxotsha umuntu; yabeka empumalanga kwesivande seEdeni y amakherubhi* lenkemba evuthayo ephenduphendukayo z, ukulinda indlela yesihlahla sempilo.

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