Gênesis 4
1 E conheceu Adão a Eva, sua mulher, e ela concebeu e pariu a Caim, e disse: Alcancei do Senhor um varão.
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 E pariu mais a seu irmão Abel: e Abel foi pastor de ovelhas, e Caim foi lavrador da terra.
[After those boys grew up], Abel (tended/took care of) sheep and goats, and Cain became a farmer.
3 E aconteceu ao cabo de dias que Caim trouxe do fruto da terra uma oferta ao Senhor.
One day Cain harvested some of the crops he had grown and brought them to Yahweh as a gift for him,
4 E Abel também trouxe dos primogênitos das suas ovelhas, e da sua gordura: e atentou o Senhor para Abel e para a sua oferta,
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 Mas para Caim e para a sua oferta não atentou. E irou-se Caim fortemente, e descaiu-lhe o seu semblante.
but he was not pleased with Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his face looked dejected.
6 E o Senhor disse a Caim: Porque te iraste? E porque descaiu o teu semblante?
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 Se bem fizeres, não haverá aceitação para ti? se não fizeres bem, o pecado jaz à porta, e para ti será o seu desejo, e sobre ele dominarás.
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 E falou Caim com o seu irmão Abel: e sucedeu que, estando eles no campo, se levantou Caim contra o seu irmão Abel, e o matou.
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 E disse o Senhor a Caim: Onde está Abel, teu irmão? E ele disse: Não sei: sou eu guardador do meu irmão?
[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 E disse Deus: Que fizeste? A voz do sangue do teu irmão clama a mim desde a terra.
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 E agora maldito és tu desde a terra, que abriu a sua boca para receber o sangue do teu irmão da tua mão.
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 Quando lavrares a terra, não te dará mais a sua força: fugitivo e vagabundo serás na terra.
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 Então disse Caim ao Senhor: É maior a minha maldade que a que possa ser perdoada.
Cain replied, “You are punishing me more then I can endure.
14 Eis que hoje me lanças da face da terra, e da tua face me esconderei; e serei fugitivo e vagabundo na terra, e será que todo aquele que me achar, me matará.
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 O Senhor porém disse-lhe: Portanto qualquer que matar a Caim, sete vezes será castigado. E pôs o Senhor um sinal em Caim, para que o não ferisse qualquer que o achasse.
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 E saiu Caim de diante da face do Senhor, e habitou na terra de Nod, da banda do oriente do Éden.
So Cain left Yahweh and went to live in the land called Nod, [which means ‘wandering’], which was east of Eden.
17 E conheceu Caim a sua mulher, e ela concebeu, e pariu a Enoch: e ele edificou uma cidade, e chamou o nome da cidade pelo nome de seu filho Enoch:
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 E a Enoch nasceu Irad, e Irad gerou a Mehujael, e Mehujael gerou a Methusael e Methusael gerou a Lamech.
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 E tomou Lamech para si duas mulheres: o nome de uma era Ada, e o nome da outra, Zilla.
When Lamech [grew up he] married two women. The name of one was Adah and the other was Zillah.
20 E Ada pariu a Jabal: este foi o pai dos que habitam em tendas, e tem gado.
Adah gave birth to [a son she named] Jabal.
21 E o nome do seu irmão era Jubal: este foi o pai de todos os que tocam harpa e órgão.
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 E Zilla também pariu a Tubalcaim, mestre de toda a obra de cobre e de ferro: e a irmã de Tubalcaim foi Naama.
[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 E disse Lamech a suas mulheres: Ada e Zilla, ouvi a minha voz; vós, mulheres de Lamech, escutai o meu dito; porque eu matei um varão por minha ferida, e um mancebo por minha pisadura.
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 Porque sete vezes Caim será castigado; mas Lamech setenta vezes sete.
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 E tornou Adão a conhecer a sua mulher; e ela pariu um filho, e chamou o seu nome Seth; porque, disse ela, Deus me deu outra semente em lugar de Abel; porquanto Caim o matou.
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 E a Seth mesmo também nasceu um filho; e chamou o seu nome Enos: então se começou a invocar o nome do Senhor.
When Seth grew up, he became the father of a son whom he named Enosh. About that time people began to worship Yahweh [again].
