Genesis 2
1 And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
Kanjalo amazulu lomhlaba kwapheleliswa ngakho konke ukuhlotshiswa okukhulu.
2 And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had made, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Ngosuku lwesikhombisa uNkulunkulu wayesewuqedile umsebenzi ayewenza; ngakho wasephumula kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe.
3 And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it, because in it he rested from all his work which God had created and made.
Njalo uNkulunkulu walubusisa usuku lwesikhombisa walwenza lwaba ngcwele ngoba waphumula kuwo wonke umsebenzi wokudala lokho ayesekwenzile.
4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Jehovah God made earth and heaven.
Lo ngumlando wamazulu lomhlaba ekudalweni kwakho, lapho uThixo uNkulunkulu enza khona umhlaba lamazulu.
5 And no plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up, for Jehovah God had not caused it to rain upon the earth. And there was not a man to till the ground,
Kwakungakabi lesihlahlakazana seganga emhlabathini njalo kungakamili loba yini emila emhlabathini, ngoba uThixo uNkulunkulu wayengakanisi izulu emhlabeni, njalo kwakungelamuntu wokusebenza umhlabathi,
6 but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
kodwa inkungu yayisenyuka emhlabathini, ithelele umhlabathi wonke.
7 And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
Ngakho uThixo uNkulunkulu wasebumba umuntu ngothuli lomhlabathi, waphefumulela emakhaleni akhe umphefumulo wokuphila, umuntu wasesiba yisidalwa esiphilayo.
8 And Jehovah God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Ngalesosikhathi uThixo uNkulunkulu wayelungise isivande empumalanga, e-Edeni; wambeka khona umuntu ayembumbile.
9 And out of the ground Jehovah God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food, also the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Njalo uThixo uNkulunkulu wenza yonke imihlobo yezihlahla ukuthi zikhule emhlabathini, izihlahla ezazibukeka emehlweni njalo zizinhle ekudleni. Phakathi laphakathi kwesivande kwakulesihlahla sokuphila lesihlahla sokwazi okuhle lokubi.
10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it was divided, and became four heads.
Umfula owawuthelela isivande wawugeleza usuka e-Edeni; usuka lapho wehlukana waba yimifudlana emine.
11 The name of the first is Pishon. That is it which encompasses the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
Ibizo lowokuqala yiPhishoni; ozungeze lonke ilizwe laseHavila, lapho okulegolide khona.
12 And the gold of that land is good. There is bdellium and the onyx stone.
(Igolide lalelolizwe lihle; amakha erezini le-onikisi lawo akhona.)
13 And the name of the second river is Gihon. The same is it which encompasses the whole land of Cush.
Ibizo lomfudlana wesibili yiGihoni; usekele kulolonke ilizwe laseKhushi.
14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel. That is it which goes in front of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
Ibizo lomfudlana wesithathu yiThigrisi; ubhoda ngempumalanga kwe-Asiriya. Njalo umfudlana wesine yiYufrathe.
15 And Jehovah God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Uthixo uNkulunkulu wamthatha umuntu wambeka eSivandeni se-Edeni ukuthi asisebenze njalo asinakekele.
16 And Jehovah God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou may freely eat,
Njalo uThixo uNkulunkulu wamlaya umuntu wathi, “Ukhululekile ukudla loba yisiphi isihlahla esivandeni;
17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shall not eat of it. For in the day that thou eat of it thou shall surely die.
kodwa ungadli isihlahla sokwazi okuhle lokubi, ngoba ungaze usidle uzakufa ngempela.”
18 And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone, I will make a help meet for him.
UThixo uNkulunkulu wathi, “Kakukuhle ukuba indoda ibe yodwa. Ngizayenzela umsizi oyifaneleyo.”
19 And out of the ground Jehovah God formed every beast of the field, and every bird of the heavens, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them, and whatever the man called every living creature, that was the name of it.
UThixo uNkulunkulu wayesezibumbile ngomhlabathi zonke izinyamazana zeganga lazozonke izinyoni zemoyeni. Waziletha emuntwini ukuthi aziphe amabizo; kwathi loba yiliphi ibizo asibiza ngalo isidalwa esiphilayo, kwaba yilo ibizo laso.
20 And the man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the heavens, and to every beast of the field, but for man there was not found a help meet for him.
Ngakho umuntu wapha amabizo zonke izifuyo, lezinyoni zemkhathini lazozonke izinyamazana zeganga. Kodwa u-Adamu wayengelaye umsizi omfaneleyo.
21 And Jehovah God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept. And God took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in place of it.
Ngakho uThixo uNkulunkulu wenza indoda yalala ubuthongo bokufa; kwathi khonapho isalele wathatha olunye ubhambo lwendoda waseyivala leyondawo ngenyama.
22 And the rib, which Jehovah God had taken from the man, he made a woman, and brought her to the man.
Emva kwalokho uThixo uNkulunkulu wasesenza umfazi ngobhambo ayeluthethe endodeni, wasemletha endodeni.
23 And the man said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
Indoda yathi, “Lo manje uselithambo lamathambo ami lenyama yenyama yami; usezabizwa ngokuthi ‘mfazi,’ ngoba wakhitshwa endodeni.”
24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cling to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh.
Ngalesisizatho indoda izatshiya uyise lonina imanyane lomkayo, babe nyamanye.
25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Indoda lomkayo babehambaze, bengelazo inhloni.
