UKhayini loAbela

4UAdamu wasemazi uEva umkakhe; wasethatha isisu, wabeletha uKhayini1, wasesithi: Ngizuze indoda eNkosini. 2 Wasebuya ebeletha umfowabo uAbela2. UAbela wasesiba ngumelusi wezimvu, loKhayini waba ngumlimi womhlabathi. 3 Kwasekusithi ekupheleni kwezinsuku uKhayini waletha eNkosini umnikelo owesithelo somhlabathi. 4 LoAbela, waletha laye emazibulweni ezimvu zakhe lakwezinonileyo zawoa; iNkosi yasinaka uAbela lomnikelo wakheb. 5 Kodwa uKhayini lomnikelo wakhe kayiwunakanga. UKhayini wasethukuthela kakhulu, lobuso bakhe banyukubalac. 6 INkosi yasisithi kuKhayini: Uthukutheleleni, njalo kungani ubuso bakho bunyukubele? 7 Angithi uba usenza kuhle, kuyemukeleka3 yini? Kodwa uba ungenzi kuhle, isono siyacathama emnyango, lokunxwanela kwakhe kukuwe, kodwa wena uzambusa. 8 UKhayini wasekhuluma loAbela umfowabo; kwasekusithi besegangeni, uKhayini wasukela umfowabo uAbela wambulalad. 9 INkosi yasisithi kuKhayini: Ungaphi uAbela umfowenu? Wasesithi: Angazie; ngingumlondolozi womfowethu yini? 10 Yasisithi: Wenzeni? Ilizwi legazi lomfowenu liyakhala kimi livela emhlabathini. 11 Khathesi-ke uqalekisiwe emhlabeni okhamise umlomo wawo ukwemukela igazi lomfowenu esandleni sakho. 12 Nxa ulima umhlabathi, kawusayikukunika amandla awo; uzakuba luzulane lomhambuma emhlabeni. 13 UKhayini wasesithi eNkosini: Isijeziso sami sikhulu kulengingakuthwala4. 14 Khangela, ungixotshile lamuhla ebusweni bomhlabaf, njalo ngizacatshiswa ebusweni bakho; sengizakuba luzulane lomhambuma emhlabeni; njalo kuzakuthi wonke ongificayo uzangibulalag. 15 INkosi yasisithi kuye: Ngakho, loba ngubani obulala uKhayini uzaphindiselwa kasikhombisah. INkosi yasibeka uphawu kuKhayini, hlezi loba ngubani omficayo ambulale. 16 UKhayini wasesuka ebusweni beNkosi, wasehlala elizweni leNodi, empumalanga kweEdeni.

Inzalo kaKhayini

17 UKhayini wasemazi umkakhe; wasethatha isisu, wabeletha uEnoki5; njalo wayesakha umuzi, wabiza ibizo lomuzi ngebizo lendodana yakhe uEnoki. 18 Kwasekuzalelwa uEnoki uIradi; uIradi wasezala uMehujayeli; uMehujayeli wasezala uMethushayeli; uMethushayeli wasezala uLameki6.

19 ULameki wasezithathela abafazi ababili, ibizo lowokuqala lalinguAda, lebizo lowesibili lalinguZila. 20 UAda wasezala uJabali; yena wayenguyise walabo abahlala emathenteni, belezifuyo. 21 Lebizo lomfowabo lalinguJubali, yena wayenguyise wakhe wonke olokwenza lechacho lomhlanga. 22 UZila laye wasezala uThubhali-Khayini, umkhandi wakho konke okusikayo kwethusi lensimbi. Lodadewabo kaThubhali-Khayini wayenguNahama. 23 ULameki wasesithi kubafazi bakhe: Ada loZila, zwanini ilizwi lami, bafazi bakaLameki, bekani indlebe ekukhulumeni kwami; ngoba ngabulala indoda ngenxa yokungilimaza, lomfana ngenxa yokungihluzulai. 24 Nxa uKhayini ephindiselwa kasikhombisaj, isibili uLameki kamatshumi ayisikhombisa ephindwe kasikhombisa.

Inzalo kaSeti

25 UAdamu wasephinda wamazi umkakhe; wasezala indodana, wasebiza ibizo layo wathi nguSeti7; ngoba wathi: UNkulunkulu ungibekele enye inzalo esikhundleni sikaAbelak, ngoba uKhayini wambulala. 26 Laye uSeti wasezalelwa indodana, wabiza ibizo layo wathi nguEnosi8. Ngalesosikhathi baqala ukubiza ibizo leNkosi.