Gênesis 4
1 O homem conhecia Eve, sua esposa. Ela concebeu, e deu à luz a Caim, e disse: “Consegui um homem com a ajuda de Javé”.
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 Novamente ela deu à luz, ao irmão de Caim, Abel. Abel era um criador de ovelhas, mas Caim era um lavrador do solo.
[After those boys grew up], Abel (tended/took care of) sheep and goats, and Cain became a farmer.
3 Com o passar do tempo, Caim trouxe uma oferta a Javé a partir do fruto do solo.
One day Cain harvested some of the crops he had grown and brought them to Yahweh as a gift for him,
4 Abel também trouxe alguns dos primogênitos de seu rebanho e de sua gordura. Javé respeitava Abel e sua oferenda,
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 não respeitava Caim e sua oferenda. Caim ficou muito zangado, e a expressão em seu rosto caiu.
but he was not pleased with Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his face looked dejected.
6 Yahweh disse a Caim: “Por que você está com raiva? Por que a expressão de seu rosto caiu?
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 você se sair bem, ela não será levantada? Se você não se sair bem, o pecado se agacha à porta. Seu desejo é para você, mas você deve governar sobre ele”.
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 Caim disse a Abel, seu irmão: “Vamos para o campo”. Enquanto estavam no campo, Caim se levantou contra Abel, seu irmão, 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 Yahweh disse a Caim: “Onde está Abel, seu irmão?” Ele disse: “Eu não sei. Sou o guardião 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 Yahweh disse: “O que você fez? A voz do sangue de seu irmão chora para mim desde o chão.
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 Agora você está amaldiçoado por causa do chão, que abriu sua boca para receber o sangue de seu irmão de sua 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 De agora em diante, quando você lavrar o chão, ele não lhe dará sua força. Você será um fugitivo e um vagabundo 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 Caim disse a Javé: “Meu castigo é maior do que eu posso suportar”.
Cain replied, “You are punishing me more then I can endure.
14 Eis que hoje você me expulsou da superfície do solo. Estarei escondido de seu rosto e serei um fugitivo e um vagabundo na terra”. Quem me encontrar, 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 Yahweh disse-lhe: “Portanto, quem matar Caim, será vingado sete vezes”. Yahweh apontou um sinal para Caim, para que quem o encontrasse não o atingisse.
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 Caim deixou a presença de Iavé e viveu na terra de Nod, a leste do Éden.
So Cain left Yahweh and went to live in the land called Nod, [which means ‘wandering’], which was east of Eden.
17 Caim conheceu sua esposa. Ela concebeu, e deu à luz a Enoque. Ele construiu uma cidade e deu à cidade o nome de seu filho Enoque.
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 Irad nasceu para Enoque. Irad tornou-se o pai de Mehujael. Mehujael tornou-se o pai de Methushael. Methushael se tornou o pai de 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 Lamech teve duas esposas: a primeira chamava-se Adah, e a segunda Zillah.
When Lamech [grew up he] married two women. The name of one was Adah and the other was Zillah.
20 Adah deu à luz a Jabal, que era o pai daqueles que moram em barracas e têm gado.
Adah gave birth to [a son she named] Jabal.
21 O nome de seu irmão era Jubal, que era o pai de todos os que manuseiam a harpa e o cachimbo.
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 Zillah também deu à luz Tubal Cain, o falsificador de cada instrumento de corte de bronze e ferro. A irmã de Tubal Cain era Naamah.
[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 Lamech disse a suas esposas, “Adah e Zillah, ouçam minha voz. Vós, esposas de Lamech, escutai meu discurso, pois matei um homem por me ter ferido, um jovem por me machucar.
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 Se Cain será vingado sete vezes, verdadeiramente Lamech setenta e sete vezes”.
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 Adam conheceu sua esposa novamente. Ela deu à luz um filho e o nomeou Seth, dizendo: “pois Deus me deu outro filho ao invés de Abel, pois 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 Um filho também nasceu para Seth, e ele lhe deu o nome de Enosh. Naquela época, os homens começaram a invocar o nome de Javé.
When Seth grew up, he became the father of a son whom he named Enosh. About that time people began to worship Yahweh [again].
