Genesisi
3 Inyoka+ beyihlakaniphe* kwendlula tonkhe tilwane tesiganga lebetentiwe nguJehova Nkulunkulu. Ngako yatsi kulomfati: “Nkulunkulu ushito yini vele kutsi ningatidli tonkhe titselo tetihlahla letisensimini?”+ 2 Umfati watsi kulenyoka: “Singatidla tonkhe titselo tetihlahla letisensimini.+ 3 Kodvwa mayelana nesitselo sesihlahla lesisemkhatsini wensimu,+ Nkulunkulu utsite: ‘Ningasidli, futsi ningasitsintsi ngisho nekusitsintsa; ngobe nanenta njalo nitakufa.’” 4 Ngako inyoka yatsi kulomfati: “Angeke nife.+ 5 Ngobe Nkulunkulu uyati kutsi mhlazana nisidla, emehlo enu ayawuvuleka, nibe njengaye, nati lokuhle nalokubi.”+
6 Ngako-ke lomfati wabona kutsi lesihlahla sikufanele kudliwa nekutsi sibukeka sisihle, futsi siyatsandzeka. Ngako wakha sitselo saso wasidla.+ Ngemuva kwaloko, wanika nendvodza yakhe ngesikhatsi sebandzawonye, futsi nayo yasidla.+ 7 Emehlo abo bobabili abese ayavuleka, babona kutsi bangcunu. Ngaleso sizatfu bahlanganisa emacembe emkhiwa batentela tembatfo tekufihla bungcunu babo.+
8 Kwatsi naseliyawushona, beva livi laJehova Nkulunkulu njengobe bekahamba kulensimu, futsi lendvodza nemfati wayo babhaca emkhatsini wetihlahla kute Jehova Nkulunkulu angababoni. 9 Jehova Nkulunkulu abesolo abita lendvodza atsi: “Ukuphi?” 10 Ekugcineni yatsi: “Ngilivile livi lakho, kodvwa bengesaba ngobe bengingcunu, ngako ngase ngiyabhaca.” 11 Ngemuva kwaloko Nkulunkulu watsi: “Ngubani lokutjele kutsi ungcunu?+ Sewusidlile yini sitselo salesihlahla lengikuyale kutsi ungasidli?”+ 12 Lendvodza yatsi: “Lomfati longinike yena ungiphe sitselo salesihlahla, ngase ngiyasidla.” 13 Jehova Nkulunkulu wase utsi kulomfati: “Yini lena loyentile?” Yena watsi: “Inyoka ingikhohlisile, ngase ngiyadla.”+
14 Jehova Nkulunkulu wase utsi enyokeni:+ “Ngenca yekutsi wente loku, sewucalekisiwe emkhatsini wato tonkhe tilwane letifuywako nato tonkhe tilwane tesiganga. Utawuhamba ngesisu futsi udle lutfuli kuphila kwakho konkhe. 15 Ngitawenta kutsi kube nebutsa*+ emkhatsini wakho+ nemfati,+ nasemkhatsini wentalelwane*+ yakho nentalelwane*+ yakhe. Yona itawufihlita* inhloko yakho,+ futsi wena utayilimata* esitsendzeni.”+
16 Kumfati watsi: “Ngitawenta kutsi uve buhlungu lobukhulu nawutetfwele; utawubeleka bantfwana kabuhlungu, ufise kuba nendvodza yakho, futsi yona itakubusa.”
17 Ku-Adamu* watsi: “Njengobe ulalele umfati wakho, wadla sitselo salesihlahla lengikuyale ngaso ngatsi:+ ‘Ungasidli,’ umhlabatsi sewucalekisiwe ngenca yakho.+ Utawudla umkhicito wawo kabuhlungu kuphila kwakho konkhe.+ 18 Umhlabatsi utawuveta emanyeva nelukhula futsi wena utawudla lokumila emhlabatsini. 19 Utawudla sinkhwa* losijulukele, udzimate ubuyele emhlabatsini, ngobe watsatfwa+ kuwo. Ngenca yekutsi ulutfuli, utawubuyela elutfulini.”+
20 Ngemuva kwaloko, Adamu wetsa umfati wakhe watsi ngu-Eva* ngobe bekatawuba ngumake wabo bonkhe bantfu.*+ 21 Jehova Nkulunkulu wentela Adamu nemkakhe tembatfo letindze tesikhumba kute batigcoke.+ 22 Jehova Nkulunkulu wase utsi: “Nyalo umuntfu sewufana natsi, sewati lokuhle nalokubi.+ Ngako kufanele ngente lokutsite kuze angakhi sitselo esihlahleni sekuphila+ futsi asidle bese uphila phakadze.” 23 Ngaleso sizatfu, Jehova Nkulunkulu wamcosha ensimini yase-Edeni+ kuze alime umhlabatsi latsatfwa+ kuwo. 24 Ngako wamcosha umuntfu, kwase kutsi ngasemphumalanga yensimu yase-Edeni wabeka emakherubhi+ kanye nenkemba levutsa emalangabi futsi lebeyiphendvuphendvuka. Loku wakwenta kute avimbe indlela leya kulesihlahla sekuphila.