創世記 4
1 亞當認識了自己的妻子厄娃，厄娃懷了孕，生了加音說：「我賴上主獲得了一個人。」
Now, the man, having come to know Eve his wife, —she conceived and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a Man, even Yahweh!
2 以後她生了加音的弟弟亞伯爾；亞伯爾牧羊，加音耕田。
And she went on to bear his brother, Abel, —and Abel became a feeder of sheep, whereas Cain, was a tiller of the round.
3 有一天，加音把田地的出產作品獻給天主；
So it came to pass, after certain days, that Cain brought in of the fruit of the ground, a present to Yahweh:
4 同時亞伯爾獻上自己羊群中最肥美而又是首生的羊；上主惠顧了亞伯爾和他的祭品，
Abel, also, even, he, brought in of the firstlings of his sheep, and of their fat, and Yahweh approved of Abel and of his present;
5 卻沒有惠顧加音和他的祭品；因此加音大怒，垂頭喪氣。
but of Cain and his present, he approved not, —and it angered Cain greatly, and his countenance fell.
6 上主對加音說：「你為什麼發怒﹖為什麼垂頭喪氣﹖
So then Yahweh said unto Cain, —Wherefore hath it angered thee, and wherefore hath thy countenance fallen?
7 你若做得好，豈不也可仰起頭來﹖你若做得不好，罪惡就伏在你門前，企圖對付你，但你應制服它。」
Shall it not, if thou do right, be lifted up? But if thou do not right, at the entrance a sin-bearer is lying, —Unto thee, moreover, shall be his longing, though, thou, rule over him.
8 事後加音對他弟弟亞伯爾說：「我們到田間去! 」當他們在田間的時候，加音就襲擊了弟弟亞伯爾，將他殺死。
And Cain said unto Abel his brother Let us go into the field And it came to pass when they were in the field that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
9 上主對加音說：「你弟弟亞伯爾在那裏﹖」他答說：「我不知道，難道我是看守我弟弟的人﹖」
Then said Yahweh unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said I know not, the keeper of my brother, am, I?
10 上主說：「你作什麼事﹖聽! 你弟弟的血由地上向我喊冤。
And he said, What hast thou done? With a voice, the shed-blood of thy brother is crying out to me from the ground,
11 你現在是地上所咒罵的人，地張開口由你手中接收了你弟弟的血，
Now therefore, accursed, art thou, —from the ground which hath opened her mouth, to receive the shed-blood of thy brother at thy hand.
12 從此你即使耕種，地也不會給你出產；你在地上要成個流離失所的人。」
Though thou till the ground, it shall not go on to give its vigour to thee. A wanderer and a fugitive, shalt thou be in the earth.
13 加音對上主說：「我的罪罰太重，無法承擔。
And Cain said unto Yahweh—Greater is my punishment than I can bear.
14 看你今天將我由這地面上驅逐，我該躲避你的面，在地上成了個流離失所的人；那麼凡遇見我的，必要殺我。」
Lo! thou has driven me out, this day, from off the face of the ground And from thy face, shall I be hid, So shall I become a wanderer and a fugitive in the earth. And it shall come to pass, whosoever findeth me, will slay me.
15 上主對他說：「決不這樣，凡殺加音的人，一定要受七倍的罰。」上主遂給加音一個記號，以免遇見他的人擊殺他。
And Yahweh said to him—Not so, whosoever slayeth Cain seven—fold, shall it be avenged. So Yahweh set, for Cain, a sign, that none finding him should smite him.
16 加音就離開上主的面，住在伊甸東方的諾得地方。
So Cain went forth from the presence of Yahweh, —and dwelt in the land of Nod, eastward of Eden.
17 加音認識了自己的妻子，她懷了孕，生了哈諾客。加音建築了一座城，即以他兒子的名字，給這城起名叫「哈諾客。」
And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived, and bare Enoch, —Now it happened that he was building a city, so he called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
18 哈諾客生了依辣得；依辣得生了默胡雅耳；默胡雅耳生了默突沙耳；默突沙耳生了拉默客。
And there was born to Enoch Irad, and, Irad, begat Mehujael, —and Mehujael, begat Methusael, —and Methusael, begat Lamech.
19 拉默客娶了兩個妻子：一個名叫阿達，一個名叫漆拉。
And Lamech took to himself two wives, —the name of the one, was Adah, and, the name of the second Zillah.
20 阿達生了雅巴耳，他是住在帳幕內畜牧者的始組。
And Adah bare Jabal, —he, was father of such as dwell in tents, and have cattle;
21 他的弟弟名叫猶巴耳，他是所有彈琴吹簫者的始祖。
and, the name of his brother, was Jubal, —he, was father of everyone handling lyre and flute,
22 同時漆拉也生了突巴耳加音，他是製造各種銅鐵器具的匠人。突巴耳加音有個姊妹名叫納阿瑪拉。
And, as for Zillah, she also, bare Tubal-Cain, a sharpener of every cutting instrument of bronze and iron, —and, the sister of Tubal-Cain, was Naamah.
23 默客對自己的妻子說：「阿達和漆拉傾聽我的聲音，拉默客的妻子，靜聆我的言語：因我受傷，殺了一成年；因我受損，殺了一青年；
Then said Lamech to his wives, Adah and Zillah! hear ye my voice, Ye wives of Lamech! give ear to my tale, For a man, have I slain in dealing my wounds, Yea, a youth, in smiting my blows:
24 殺加音的受罰是七倍，殺拉默客的是七十七倍。」
If, sevenfold, be, the avenging of Cain, Then, of Lamech, seventy and seven.
25 亞當又認識了自己的妻子，她生了個兒子，給他起名叫舍特說：「天主又賜給了我一個兒子，代替加音殺了的亞伯爾。」
And Adam again knew his wife, and she bare a son, and called his name Seth, —For God hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, because Cain slew him!
26 舍特也生了一個兒子，給他起名叫厄諾士。那時人才開始呼求上主的名。
And to Seth—to him also, was born a son, and he called his name Enosh, —then, was a beginning made, to call on the name of Yahweh.
