UGenesisi
3 Inyoka+ yayihlakaniphe* ukwedlula zonke inyamazana zeganga ezazenziwe nguJehova uNkulunkulu. Ngakho yathi kowesifazana: “Kuliqiniso yini ukuthi uNkulunkulu uthe lingadli zonke izihlahla ezisensimini?”+ 2 Owesifazana wasesithi enyokeni: “Singadla izithelo zezihlahla ezisensimini,+ 3 kodwa mayelana lezithelo zesihlahla esiphakathi laphakathi kwensimu+ uNkulunkulu uthe: ‘Lingadli izithelo zaso futhi lingasithinti, ngoba lingenza njalo lizakufa.’” 4 Inyoka yasisithi kowesifazana: “Alisoze life loba sekutheni.+ 5 UNkulunkulu uyakwazi ukuthi ngalo kanye ilanga elizasidla ngalo, amehlo enu azavuleka futhi lizakuba njengoNkulunkulu, likwazi okuhle lokubi.”+
6 Yikho-ke owesifazana wabona ukuthi isihlahla leso sasifanele ukudliwa lokuthi sasibukeka emehlweni njalo sikhanga kakhulu, wasesikha isithelo saso wadla.+ Wathi eselomkakhe wamnika laye wadla.+ 7 Ngemva kwalokho, amehlo abo bobabili avuleka basebenanzelela ukuthi banqunu. Ngakho bathunga amahlamvu omkhiwa bawahlanganisa ukuze bagqoke, bavale ubunqunu babo.*+
8 Kwathi ngezikhathi zantambama* bezwa ilizwi likaJehova uNkulunkulu lapho ehamba ensimini. Indoda lomkayo basebemcatshela uJehova uNkulunkulu phakathi kwezihlahla ezisensimini. 9 UJehova uNkulunkulu wayelokhu eyibiza indoda esithi kuyo: “Ungaphi?” 10 Ekucineni yaphendula yathi: “Ngizwe ilizwi lakho ensimini, kodwa ngesaba ngoba benginqunu; yikho ngicatshile.” 11 UNkulunkulu wasesithi kuyo: “Ngubani okutshele ukuthi unqunu?+ Ususidlile yini isihlahla engakutshela ukuthi ungasidli?”+ 12 Indoda yathi: “Umfazi owangipha yena nguye onginike isithelo sesihlahla, ngasengisidla.” 13 UJehova uNkulunkulu wasesithi kowesifazana: “Kuyini lokhu osukwenzile?” Owesifazana wathi: “Inyoka ingiqilile ngadla.”+
14 UJehova uNkulunkulu wasesithi enyokeni:+ “Ngenxa yalokho okwenzileyo, usuqalekisiwe kuzo zonke inyamazana ezifuywayo lazo zonke inyamazana zeganga. Uzahuba ngesisu njalo uzakudla uthuli zonke insuku zokuphila kwakho. 15 Ngizakwenza ukuthi kube lokuzondana*+ phakathi kwakho+ lowesifazana,+ laphakathi kwenzalo yakho+ lenzalo yowesifazana.+ Izacobodisa ikhanda lakho+ njalo wena uzayilimaza isithende.”+
16 Wathi kowesifazana: “Ngizakwengezelela kakhulu ubuhlungu ozabuzwa nxa uzithwele njalo uzabeletha abantwabakho ngemihelo ebuhlungu. Uzahlala ufuna ukuba lomkakho njalo yena uzakubusa.”
17 Wasesithi ku-Adamu:* “Ngenxa yokuthi ulalele ilizwi lomkakho wadla isihlahla engithe,+ ‘Akumelanga usidle,’ umhlabathi usuqalekisiwe ngenxa yakho.+ Kuzo zonke insuku zokuphila kwakho uzasebenza nzima ukuze udle izithelo zawo.*+ 18 Umhlabathi uzakuvezela ameva lokhula oluhlabayo njalo uzakudla lokho okumila kuwo.* 19 Uzathola ukudla* ngezithukuthuku zobuso bakho uze ubuyele emhlabathini ngoba wathathwa kuwo.+ Uzabuyela ethulini ngoba uluthuli.”+
20 Ngemva kwalokho u-Adamu wanika inkosikazi yakhe ibizo wayithi ngu-Eva* ngoba yayizakuba ngunina wabantu bonke.*+ 21 UJehova uNkulunkulu wasesenzela u-Adamu lomkakhe izembatho zesikhumba ezinde ukuze bagqoke.+ 22 UJehova uNkulunkulu wasesithi: “Khathesi umuntu usenjengathi, usekwazi okuhle lokubi.+ Yikho kulokunye osekumele ngikwenze ukuze angeluli isandla sakhe athathe isithelo esihlahleni sokuphila,+ abesesidla aphile kuze kube nini lanini.” 23 UJehova uNkulunkulu wasemxotsha ensimini yase-Edeni+ ukuze ayelima umhlabathi athathwa kuwo.+ 24 Ngakho wamxotshela phandle umuntu, wafaka amakherubhi*+ empumalanga kwensimu yase-Edeni kanye lenkemba ebhebhayo eyayibhoda kokuphela ukuze kulindwe indlela eya esihlahleni sokuphila.