Genesis 2
1 And the heavens and the earth were finished, and the whole world of them.
Kwa hiyo mbingu na dunia zikakamilika, pamoja na vyote vilivyomo.
2 And God finished on the sixth day his works which he made, and he ceased on the seventh day from all his works which he made.
Katika siku ya saba Mungu alikuwa amekamilisha kazi aliyokuwa akiifanya, hivyo siku ya saba akapumzika kutoka kazi zake zote.
3 And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it he ceased from all his works which God began to do.
Mungu akaibariki siku ya saba akaifanya takatifu, kwa sababu katika siku hiyo alipumzika kutoka kazi zote za kuumba alizokuwa amefanya.
4 This [is] the book of the generation of heaven and earth, when they were made, in the day in which the Lord God made the heaven and the earth,
Haya ndiyo maelezo ya mbingu na dunia wakati zilipoumbwa. Bwana Mungu alipoziumba mbingu na dunia,
5 and every herb of the field before it was on the earth, and all the grass of the field before it sprang up, for God had not rained on the earth, and there was not a man to cultivate it.
hapakuwepo na mche wa shambani uliokuwa umejitokeza ardhini, wala hapakuwepo na mmea wa shamba uliokuwa umeota, kwa kuwa Bwana Mungu alikuwa hajanyeshea mvua juu ya nchi, na hapakuwepo mtu wa kuilima ardhi,
6 But there rose a fountain out of the earth, and watered the whole face of the earth.
lakini umande ulitokeza kutoka ardhini na kunyesha uso wote wa nchi:
7 And God formed the man [of] dust of the earth, and breathed upon his face the breath of life, and the man became a living soul.
Bwana Mungu alimuumba mtu kutoka mavumbi ya ardhi, akampulizia pumzi ya uhai puani mwake, naye mtu akawa kiumbe hai.
8 And God planted a garden eastward in Edem, and placed there the man whom he had formed.
Basi Bwana Mungu alikuwa ameotesha bustani upande wa mashariki, katika Edeni, huko akamweka huyo mtu aliyemuumba.
9 And God made to spring up also out of the earth every tree beautiful to the eye and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of learning the knowledge of good and evil.
Bwana Mungu akafanya aina zote za miti ziote kutoka ardhini, miti yenye kupendeza macho na mizuri kwa chakula. Katikati ya bustani ulikuwepo mti wa uzima na mti wa kujua mema na mabaya.
10 And a river proceeds out of Edem to water the garden, thence it divides itself into four heads.
Mto wa kunyeshea bustani ulitiririka toka Edeni, kuanzia hapa ukagawanyika kuwa mito minne.
11 The name of the one, Phisom, this it is which encircles the whole land of Evilat, where there is gold.
Mto wa kwanza uliitwa Pishoni, nao huzunguka nchi yote ya Havila ambako kuna dhahabu.
12 And the gold of that land is good, there also is carbuncle and emerald.
(Dhahabu ya nchi hiyo ni nzuri, bedola na vito shohamu pia hupatikana huko.)
13 And the name of the second river is Geon, this it is which encircles the whole land of Ethiopia.
Jina la mto wa pili ni Gihoni, ambao huzunguka nchi yote ya Kushi.
14 And the third river is Tigris, this is that which flows forth over against the Assyrians. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
Jina la mto wa tatu ni Tigrisi, unaopita mashariki ya Ashuru. Mto wa nne ni Frati.
15 And the Lord God took the man whom he had formed, and placed him in the garden of Delight, to cultivate and keep it.
Bwana Mungu akamchukua huyo mtu, akamweka kwenye Bustani ya Edeni ailime na kuitunza.
16 And the Lord God gave a charge to Adam, saying, Of every tree which is in the garden you may freely eat,
Bwana Mungu akamwagiza huyo mtu, akamwambia, “Uko huru kula matunda ya mti wowote katika bustani,
17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil—of it you shall not eat, but in whatever day you eat of it, you shall surely die.
lakini kamwe usile matunda ya mti wa kujua mema na mabaya, kwa maana siku utakapokula matunda yake, hakika utakufa.”
18 And the Lord God said, [It is] not good that the man should be alone, let us make for him a help suitable to him.
Bwana Mungu akasema, “Si vyema huyu mtu awe peke yake. Nitamfanyia msaidizi wa kumfaa.”
19 And God formed yet farther out of the earth all the wild beasts of the field, and all the birds of the sky, and he brought them to Adam, to see what he would call them, and whatever Adam called any living creature, that was the name of it.
Basi Bwana Mungu alikuwa amefanyiza kutoka ardhi wanyama wote wa porini na ndege wote wa angani. Akawaleta kwa huyu mtu aone atawaitaje, nalo jina lolote alilokiita kila kiumbe hai, likawa ndilo jina lake.
20 And Adam gave names to all the cattle and to all the birds of the sky, and to all the wild beasts of the field, but for Adam there was not found a help like to himself.
Hivyo Adamu akawapa majina wanyama wote wa kufugwa, ndege wa angani, na wanyama wote wa porini. Lakini kwa Adamu hakupatikana msaidizi wa kumfaa.
21 And God brought a trance upon Adam, and he slept, and he took one of his ribs, and filled up the flesh instead thereof.
Hivyo Bwana Mungu akamfanya Adamu kulala usingizi mzito, naye alipokuwa amelala akachukua moja ya mbavu zake, akapafunika mahali pale kwa nyama.
22 And God formed the rib which he took from Adam into a woman, and brought her to Adam.
Kisha Bwana Mungu akamfanya mwanamke kutoka kwenye ule ubavu aliouchukua kutoka kwa huyo mwanaume, akamleta huyo mwanamke kwa huyo mwanaume.
23 And Adam said, This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman, because she was taken out of her husband.
Huyo mwanaume akasema, “Huyu sasa ni mfupa wa mifupa yangu na nyama ya nyama yangu, ataitwa ‘mwanamke,’ kwa kuwa alitolewa katika mwanaume.”
24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
Kwa sababu hii mwanaume atamwacha baba yake na mama yake na kuambatana na mkewe, nao watakuwa mwili mmoja.
Adamu na mkewe wote wawili walikuwa uchi, wala hawakuona aibu.
