IGenesis
4:1 Ke kaloku uAdam wamazi uEva umkakhe; wamitha, wazala uKayin, wathi,
ndizuze indoda kuYehova.
4:2 Wabuya wazala umninawa wakhe, uAbheli; Kwaye uAbheli wayengumalusi wezimvu, kodwa
UKayin wayengumlimi.
4:3 Kwathi ekuhambeni kwexesha, uKayin wathabatha esiqhameni
ibe lidini elinyukayo kuYehova.
4:4 Ke yena uAbheli, wazisa, ethabathe kumazibulo ezimvu zakhe, nakumanqatha
ngayo. UYehova wambabala uAbheli nomnikelo wakhe.
4:5 akabheka uKayin nomnikelo wakhe. Waye uKayin kakhulu
enomsindo, ubuso bakhe buthe khunubembe.
4:6 Wathi uYehova kuKayin, Yini na ukuba uqumbe? kwaye kutheni ungowakho
ubuso buwile?
4:7 Ukuba uthe walungisa, akuyi kwamkeleka na? kwaye ukuba awukwenzi oko
Kaloku, isono sisemnyango. Umnqweno wakhe woba kuwe, wena ke
uya kulawula phezu kwakhe.
4:8 Wathetha uKayin noAbheli umninawa wakhe;
besendle, wesuka uKayin wamvukela uAbheli umninawa wakhe, wambulala
yena.
4:9 Wathi uYehova kuKayin, Uphi na uAbheli, umninawa wakho? Wathi yena, Ndim
ungazi: Ndingumalusi womntakwethu na?
4:10 Wathi, Wenze ntoni na? ilizwi legazi lomninawa wakho
udanduluka kum esesemhlabeni.
4:11 Uqalekisiwe ngoku emhlabeni, ovule umlomo wawo
walamkela igazi lomzalwana wakho esandleni sakho;
4:12 Xa uwulima umhlaba, awusayi kuphinda uvelise iziqhamo
amandla akhe; uya kuba yimbacu nembacu emhlabeni.
4:13 Wathi uKayin kuYehova, Isohlwayo sam sikhulu ngokungenakuthwala.
4:14 Yabona, undigxothe namhla phezu komhlaba; kwaye
ndiya kusithela ebusweni bakho; ndibe sisibhadubhadu esibhadulayo
emhlabeni; bothi bonke abandifumanayo
uya kundibulala.
4:15 Wathi uYehova kuye, xa kunjalo, bonke ababulala uKayin mabenze impindezelo
Kuya kuthatyathwa phezu kwakhe izihlandlo ezisixhenxe. UYehova wammisela uKayin uphawu, hleze
nabani na omfumanayo makambulale.
4:16 Wemka ke uKayin, wemka ebusweni bukaYehova, wahlala ezweni
eNodi, ngasempumalanga ye-Eden.
4:17 Ke uKayin wamazi umkakhe; wamitha, wazala uEnoki;
Wakha umzi, wathi igama laloo mzi ngegama leyakhe
unyana, uEnoki.
4:18 UEnoki wazala uIradi; uIradi wazala uMehuyayeli, noMehuyayeli.
wazala uMetusayeli; uMetusayeli wazala uLameki.
4:19 ULameki wamzekela abafazi ababini, igama lomnye belinguAda, igama lomnye belinguAda
igama lomnye nguZila.
4:20 UAda wazala uYabhali; yena waba nguyise wabahlala ezintenteni, nowabazala.
njengeenkomo.
4:21 Igama lomninawa wakhe belinguYubhali; yena waba nguyise wabo bonke abanjalo
phathani uhadi nogwali.
4:22 UZila wazala naye uTubhali-kayin, umkhandi wazo zonke iingcibi zemithi.
ubhedu nentsimbi; udade boTubhali-kayin ibinguNahama.
4:23 Wathi uLameki kubafazi bakhe, Ada noZila, Liveni ilizwi lam; nina bafazi
kaLameki, yiva intetho yam;
ndingxwelerhekile, ndingumfana, ndibe buhlungu kum.
4:24 Ukuba uKayin uya kuphindezelwa kasixhenxe; ULameki wophindezelwa kamashumi asixhenxe anesixhenxe.
4:25 UAdam wabuya wamazi umkakhe; wazala unyana, wambiza ngegama
USete wathi, UThixo undimisele enye imbewu esikhundleni sika-Abheli;
awambulalayo uKayin.
4:26 USete naye wazalelwa unyana; wamthiya igama
UEnoshe baqala ke ukunqula igama likaYehova.