UKhayini no-Abela
1Indoda yeyama umkayo, wazithwala, wabeletha uKhayini wathi: “Ngiveze indoda ngokusizwa nguSomnini.” 2Godu wabeletha u-Abela umfowabo. Nje-ke u-Abela waba ngumelusi wezimvu neembuzi kwathi uKhayini waba mlimi wehlabathi.
3Ngokukhamba kwesikhathi uKhayini waletha ezinye zeenthelo zehlabathi zaba mnikelwakhe kuSomnini. 4U-Abela naye waletha umnikelo kuSomnini, okutjho umhlwehlwe wamazibulo womhlambakhe. USomnini uZimu wayelela u-Abela nomnikelwakhe, 5kodwana akhange ayelele uKhayini nomnikelwakhe. Ngebangelo uKhayini wasilingeka khulu nobuso bakhe banyukubala.
6Nje-ke uSomnini wathi kuKhayini: “Usilingwe yini? Kubayini ubuso bakho bunyukubele nje? 7Kanti nawenza okuhle azakhe umomotheke na? Nawenza okungakalungi, yelela isono sikulindile nawusuka lapha. Sikhanukela ukukubinda kodwana wena kufuze uqine kunaso.”
8Nje-ke uKhayini wathi ku-Abela umfowabo: “Namba khesiye emmangweni.” Kwathi basese semmangwenapho, uKhayini wadumela umfowabo u-Abela wambulala.
9USomnini wathi kuKhayini: “Uphi umfowenu u-Abela?”
Yena waphendula wathi: “Awa, mina angimazi. Kanti sengingumelusi womfowethu na?”
10USomnini wathi: “Yintobani oyenzileko le? Lalela bona iingazi zomfowenu zingililela kangangani ehlabathini! 11Unikelelwe wena! Sekufanele uqotjhwe ehlabathini ovule umlomayo bona yamukele iingazi zomfowenu ngezandla zakho. 12Lokha nawulima ihlabathi, ayisazukuvezela iinthelo zayo. Sewuzakundinda nephasi.”
13UKhayini wathi kuSomnini: “Isibetho sami singaphezu kwamandlami. 14Namhlanje ungiqotjhile ehlabathini begodu angisazukuba sebukhoneni bakho. Sengizokuba ngondindako ephasini, nanyana ngubani ongifunyanako uzongibulala.”
15Kodwana uSomnini wathi: “Akusinjalo! Nakukhona obulala uKhayini, kuzakubuyiselelwa emuntwini loyo ngokubulawa kwabalikhomba bakhe.”
Yeke uSomnini watshwaya uKhayini ukuze kungabikhona noyedwa ozakuthi namfunyanako ambulale. 16Nje-ke uKhayini wasuka phambi kwakaSomnini wayokwakha enarheni yeNodi, ngepumalanga ye-Edeni.
17UKhayini weyama umkakhe, wazithwala bewabeletha u-Inogo. UKhayini wakha idorobho walithiyelela ngendodanakhe u-Inogo. 18U-Inogo wabelethelwa u-Iradi; u-Iradi wabeletha uMerhiyayeli, uMerhiyayeli wabeletha uMetutjhayeli owabeletha uLemeki.
19ULemeki wathatha abafazi ababili, omunye abizwa bona ngu-Ada omunye kuthiwa nguTsila. 20U-Ada wabeletha uJabali. UJabali lo, gade anguyise wabomahlala etendeni nabafuyi. 21Ibizo lomfowabo bekunguJubali. UJubali yena gade anguyise wabo boke abancinzi bamaharibha namanghwani. 22UTsila naye wabeletha indodana okuthiwa nguTubali-Khayini. Yena gade amkhandi noyise walabo abasebenza ngekoporo nesimbi. Udadwabo lakaTubali-Khayini bekunguNama.
23ULemeki wathi ebafazini bakhe:
“Ada nawe Tsila, lalelani mina;
bafazi bami lalelani amezwami:
Indoda elimaza mina, ngizoyibulala nya,
kuzakuba njalo nesokaneni elingiphobolako.
24Iye, uKhayini uzakubuyiselelwa kalikhomba
kodwana uLemeki yena kuzakuba kamatjhumi alikhomba nalikhomba!”
25U-Adamu weyama umkakhe godu wabeletha indodana wayithiya bona nguSethi ngombana wathi: “UZimu ungiphe omunye umntwana esikhundleni saka-Abela obulewe nguKhayini.”
26USethi naye wabeletha indodana wayithiya bona ngu-Enotjhi. Ngesikhatheso abantu bathoma ukubiza ibizo lakaSomnini.
