Genesis 4
1 De mens had gemeenschap met Eva, zijn vrouw; zij werd zwanger, baarde Kaïn, en sprak: Met de hulp van Jahweh heb ik een mannelijk kind ter wereld gebracht.
Adam (had sex/slept) with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son whom she named Cain, [which sounds like the word that means ‘produce’], because, she said, “By Yahweh’s help I have produced a son.” Some time later she gave birth to another son, and she named him Abel.
2 Daarna baarde zij nog zijn broer Abel. Abel werd schaapherder, en Kaïn landbouwer.
[After those boys grew up], Abel (tended/took care of) sheep and goats, and Cain became a farmer.
3 Geruime tijd later droeg Kaïn eens aan Jahweh een offer op van de vruchten der aarde.
One day Cain harvested some of the crops he had grown and brought them to Yahweh as a gift for him,
4 Ook Abel bracht een offer van de eerstgeborenen van zijn kudde, en wel van de vetste. En Jahweh zag genadig neer op Abel en zijn offer,
and Abel took from his flock some of the first lambs that had been born [and killed them] and, as a gift, gave to Yahweh the fatty parts, [which were the best parts]. Yahweh was pleased with Abel and his offering,
5 maar op Kaïn en zijn offer sloeg Jahweh geen acht. Daardoor ontstak Kaïn in heftige toorn, en zag somber voor zich uit.
but he was not pleased with Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his face looked dejected.
6 Jahweh vroeg toen aan Kaïn: Waarom zijt gij vertoornd, en waarom is uw gelaat zo somber?
Yahweh said to Cain, “(You should not be angry!/Why are you angry?) [RHQ] (You should not scowl like that!/Why do you scowl like that?) [RHQ]
7 Indien ge onberispelijk leeft, wordt üwoffer zeker aanvaard; zo niet, dan loert de zonde aan de deur, gaat naar u haar begeerte, en zult ge ze moeten overwinnen.
If you had done what was right (OR, if you do what is right) [RHQ], I would accept your offering. But if you do not do what is right, [your desire to] sin [is ready to attack you like a wild animal that] [PRS] crouches outside the doorway, [ready to spring on its victim] [MET]. [Your desire to] sin wants to control you, but you must (control/not obey) it.”
8 Maar Kaïn sprak tot Abel, zijn broer: Kom, laten we het veld ingaan. En toen zij op het veld waren, viel Kaïn zijn broer Abel aan en sloeg hem dood.
But one day, Cain said to his younger brother Abel, “Let’s go for a walk in the fields.” [So they went together]. And when they were in the countryside, suddenly Cain attacked Abel and killed him.
9 Nu sprak Jahweh tot Kaïn: Waar is Abel uw broer? Hij zeide: Ik weet het niet; moet ik soms mijn broer nog bewaken?
[Later, even though] Yahweh [knew what Cain had done], he said to Cain, “[Do you know] where Abel, your younger brother, is?” Cain replied, “No, I do not know. (My job is not to guard my younger brother!/Am I supposed to take care of my younger brother?)” [RHQ]
10 Hij hernam: Wat hebt gij gedaan? Het bloed van uw broer roept luid tot Mij uit de grond.
Yahweh said, “You have done a terrible thing [RHQ]! So now [it is as though] your younger brother’s voice is crying to me from the ground, demanding that his death must be avenged.
11 Wees dan vervloekt door de grond, die zijn muil heeft opengesperd, om het bloed van uw broer uit uw hand te ontvangen.
You have killed your younger brother, and the ground has soaked up his blood. So now I will expel you from this land and curse your efforts to produce crops.
12 Als gij de grond bebouwt, zal hij u geen oogst meer geven. Een zwerver en vluchteling zult ge zijn op de aarde.
You will till the ground to plant crops, but the ground will produce very few [HYP] crops. And you will continually wander around the earth, and not have any place to live permanently.”
13 Toen sprak Kaïn tot Jahweh: Mijn schuld is te groot, om vergeven te worden.
Cain replied, “You are punishing me more then I can endure.
14 Zie, Gij jaagt mij thans van het akkerland weg, en ik zal mij voor uw aanschijn moeten verbergen; dan zal ik een zwerver en vluchteling zijn op de aarde, en iedereen die mij vindt, zal mij doden.
You are about to expel me from the ground [that I have been cultivating], and I will no longer be able to come (into your presence/and talk with you). Furthermore, I will be continually wandering around the earth with no place to live permanently, and anyone who sees me will kill me.”
15 Maar Jahweh sprak tot hem: Neen; ieder, die Kaïn doodt, zal het zevenmaal boeten. En Jahweh gaf Kaïn een teken, opdat niemand, die hem vinden zou, hem zou doden.
But Yahweh said to him, “No, that will not happen. I will put a mark on you to warn anyone who sees you that [I will punish him severely if] he kills you. I will punish that person seven times as severely as I am punishing you.” Then Yahweh put a mark on Cain’s forehead.
16 Daarna verdween Kaïn voor het aanschijn van Jahweh, en vestigde zich in het land Nod, ten oosten van Eden.
So Cain left Yahweh and went to live in the land called Nod, [which means ‘wandering’], which was east of Eden.
17 Kaïn had gemeenschap met zijn vrouw; zij werd zwanger, en baarde Chanok. Hij bouwde later een stad, en noemde die stad naar Chanok, zijn zoon.
Some time later, Cain (had sex/slept) with his wife, and she [became pregnant and] gave birth to a son, whom she named Enoch. Then Cain started to build a city, and he named the city ‘Enoch’, the same name that his son had.
18 Aan Chanok werd Irad geboren, en Irad verwekte Mechoejaël; Mechoejaël verwekte Metoesjaël, en Metoesjaël weer Lémek.
Enoch [grew up and married and] became the father of a son whom he named Irad. When Irad [grew up he] became the father of a son whom he named Mehujael. Mehujael [grew up and] became the father of a son whom he named Methuselah. Methuselah [grew up and] became the father of Lamech.
19 Lémek nam twee vrouwen: de eerste heette Ada, de andere Silla.
When Lamech [grew up he] married two women. The name of one was Adah and the other was Zillah.
20 Ada baarde Jabal; deze werd de vader van de tentbewoners en veefokkers.
Adah gave birth to [a son she named] Jabal.
21 Zijn broer heette Joebal; hij werd de vader van allen, die spelen op citer en fluit.
Later, Jabal was the first person who lived in tents because he traveled from place to place to take care of livestock. His younger brother’s name was Jubal. He was the first person who made/played a (lyre/stringed instrument) and a flute.
22 Ook Silla baarde: Toebal-Kaïn, een smid, den vader van alle brons en ijzersmeden. De zuster van Toebal-Kaïn heette Naäma.
[Lamech’s other wife] Zillah gave birth to a son whom she named Tubal-Cain. Later Tubal-Cain became a (blacksmith/one who made tools from bronze and iron). Tubal-Cain had a younger sister whose name was Naamah.
23 Eens sprak Lémek tot zijn vrouwen: Ada en Silla, hoort mijn stem; Vrouwen van Lémek, luistert naar mijn woorden: Een man sla ik dood om mijn wonden, Een jongeling om een striem;
One day Lamech said to his two wives, “Adah and Zillah, listen carefully to what I am saying. A young man struck me and wounded me, so I killed him.
24 Want zevenmaal wordt Kaïn gewroken, Maar Lémek zeven en zeventig maal.
Yahweh said long ago that he would avenge and punish anyone who killed Cain seven times as much as he punished Cain [for killing his younger brother]. So if anyone [tries to] kill me, I will punish him 77 times as much [as Yahweh punished Cain].”
25 Weer hield Adam gemeenschap met zijn vrouw; zij baarde een zoon, dien zij Set noemde. Want, zij, God heeft mij een anderen telg in de plaats van Abel gegeven, omdat Kaïn hem heeft vermoord.
Adam continued to (have sex/sleep) with [EUP] his wife, and she [became pregnant and] gave birth to another son, whom she named Seth, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘given’], because, she said, “God has given me another child to take the place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”
26 Ook Set werd een zoon geboren, dien hij Enos noemde; en deze begon de naam van Jahweh aan te roepen.
When Seth grew up, he became the father of a son whom he named Enosh. About that time people began to worship Yahweh [again].
