Genesis 4
1 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.
A: da: me amola idua Ibi da gilisili golai (elesu sogelai). Amalalu Ibi da abula agui ba: i amola ea mano Ga: ine lalelegei. Ibi da amane sia: i, “Hina Gode da fidibiba: le, na da dunu mano lalelegei!”
2 [After those boys grew up], Abel (tended/took care of) sheep and goats, and Cain became a farmer.
Fa: no Ibi da Ga: ine eya amo A: ibele lalelegei. A: ibele da sibi amola goudi ouligisu. Ga: ine da ifabi ouligisu esalu.
3 One day Cain harvested some of the crops he had grown and brought them to Yahweh as a gift for him,
Asili, Ga: ine da ha: i manu amo ea ifabiga lai, amo Hina Godema gaguli misi.
4 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,
Be A: ibele da ea sibi ilima degabo lalelegei sefena gala, amo lale, ea liligi noga: idafa Hina Godema gaguli misi. Hina Gode da A: ibele amola ea iasu amo hahawane ba: i.
5 but he was not pleased with Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his face looked dejected.
Be E da Ga: ine amola ea gaguli masu liligi hahawane hame ba: i. Amaiba: le, Ga: ine da mi hanai galu. E da hagusa: ili, ea dialuma fili sa: i.
6 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]
Amalalu, Hina Gode da Ga: inema amane sia: i, “Di da abuliba: le ougibala: ? Dia odagi da abuliga hagusa: ila: ?
7 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.”
Di da hou moloidafa hamoi ganiaba, Na da di lalegagula: loba. Be amai hame galea, wadela: i hou da gasonasu ohe fi defele dia logo holeiga dima doagala: musa: esalebe ba: mu. Wadela: i hou da di osa: le heda: musa: dawa: lala. Be di da wadela: i hou osa: le heda: mu da defea.”
8 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.
Ga: ine da eya A: ibelema amane sia: i, “Ani sogega ahoa: di!” Ela da sogega asili, Ga: ine da A: ibele sogoba: le, medole legei dagoi.
9 [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]
Amalalu, Hina Gode da Ga: inema adole ba: i, “Dia eya A: ibele da habila: ?” Ga: ine da bu adole i, “Na da hame dawa: ! Na da naeya amo ea ouligisu dunula: ?”
10 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.
Hina Gode da amane sia: , “Di da adi hamobela: ? Dia eya amoea maga: me osoboga sogoadigi, amo dabema: ne Nama wele sia: nana.
11 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.
Wali gagabui da dima aligi gala. Di da wali osoboa ifabi hawa: hamomu da hamedei. Bai osobo amoga di da diaeya ea maga: me dia loboga sogadigi, amo fedege agoane mai dagoiba: le.
12 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.”
Di da osobo gidinasea, osobo da dima ha: i manu hame imunu. Di da mae aligili, diasu hamedene, osobo bagadega udigili lalumu.”
13 Cain replied, “You are punishing me more then I can endure.
Ga: ine da Hina Godema amane sia: i, “Na da amo se iasu lamu da hamedei.
14 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.”
Wali eso Di da na soge fisili masa: ne sefasilala. Na da Di gadenene esalumu hamedei agoane ba: sa. Na da osobo bagadega mae aligili lalumu. Nowa da na ba: sea, ilia da na medole legemu.”
15 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.
Be Hina Gode da ema amane sia: i, “Hame mabu! Nowa da Ga: ine fane legesea, Na da ema fesuale agoane dabemu.” Amalalu, Hina Gode da ilegesu dawa: digisu, amo nowa da Ga: ine ba: sea, medole legemu da sema bagade, amo E da Ga: inema ilegei dagoi.
16 So Cain left Yahweh and went to live in the land called Nod, [which means ‘wandering’], which was east of Eden.
Amalalu, Ga: ine da Hina Gode amo yolesili, e da soge Node (dawa: loma: ne da ‘Udigili Lala’) amo da Idini sogega gusudili gala, amoga esalumusa: asi.
17 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.
Ga: ine da ea udala gilisili golale (soge lalu), e da abula agui, Inage lalelegei. Ga: ine da amo esoga moilai bai bagade gagulalebe ba: i. Amoga e da ea mano Inage, amo ea dio asuli.
18 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.
Inage da mano lai amo ea dio Aila: de. Aila: de da mano lai amo ea dio Mihiuya: iele. Mihiuya: iele ea mano da Midiusa: iele amola Midiusa: iele ea mano da La: imege.
19 When Lamech [grew up he] married two women. The name of one was Adah and the other was Zillah.
La: imege da uda aduna lai. Afae da A: ida, eno da Sila.
20 Adah gave birth to [a son she named] Jabal.
A: ida da mano lai amo ea dio amo Ya: iba: le. Ea manolali da abula diasu ganodini esalu amola ilia da lai gebo fi ouligisu.
21 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.
Ya: iba: le eya da Yuba: le. Ea mano da gesami hea: su dusu liligi amo sani baidama, fulabosu dusu amola dusu hou eno hamosu.
22 [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.
Sila da mano lalelegei amo ea dio da Diubale-Ga: ine. E da ouli amola balase hahamonanu, hawa: hamosu liligi hahamoi. Diubale-Ga: ine amo ea dalusi da Na: iama.
23 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.
La: imege da ea uda aduna elama amane sia: i, “A: ida amola Sila! Na sia: nabima! Goi afae amo da na faiba: le, na da amo goi fanelegei dagoi.
24 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].”
Gode da amane sia: i, ‘Nowa da Ga: ine fasea, e da Gode Ea se iasu baligili fesuale agoane ba: mu.’ Be na sia: da nowa La: imege fasea, e da se baligili 77 agoane ba: mu.”
25 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.”
A: da: me amola idua bu gilisili golai. Amalalu, idua da dunu mano lai. E da amo manoma Sede dio asuli. E amane sia: i, “Ga: ine da A: ibele amo medole legei. Amaiba: le, ea sogebi lama: ne, Gode da mano eno nama i dagoi.”
26 When Seth grew up, he became the father of a son whom he named Enosh. About that time people began to worship Yahweh [again].
Sede amola da dunu mano lalelegei amo ea dio Inosie. Amo esoga, osobo bagade dunu fi da muni Godema dawa: le, Ea Dioba: le nodone sia: ne gadosu.
