Mwanzo 2
1 Kwa hiyo mbingu na dunia zikakamilika, pamoja na vyote vilivyomo.
And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host;
2 Katika siku ya saba Mungu alikuwa amekamilisha kazi aliyokuwa akiifanya, hivyo siku ya saba akapumzika kutoka kazi zake zote.
and God completes by the seventh day His work which He has made, and ceases by the seventh day from all His work which He has made.
3 Mungu akaibariki siku ya saba akaifanya takatifu, kwa sababu katika siku hiyo alipumzika kutoka kazi zote za kuumba alizokuwa amefanya.
And God blesses the seventh day, and sanctifies it, for in it He has ceased from all His work which God had created for making.
4 Haya ndiyo maelezo ya mbingu na dunia wakati zilipoumbwa. Bwana Mungu alipoziumba mbingu na dunia,
These [are] the generations of the heavens and of the earth in their being created, in the day of YHWH God’s making the earth and the heavens;
5 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,
and no shrub of the field is yet in the earth, and no herb of the field yet sprouts, for YHWH God has not rained on the earth, and there is not a man to serve the ground,
6 lakini umande ulitokeza kutoka ardhini na kunyesha uso wote wa nchi:
and a mist goes up from the earth, and has watered the whole face of the ground.
7 Bwana Mungu alimuumba mtu kutoka mavumbi ya ardhi, akampulizia pumzi ya uhai puani mwake, naye mtu akawa kiumbe hai.
And YHWH God forms the man—dust from the ground, and breathes into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becomes a living creature.
8 Basi Bwana Mungu alikuwa ameotesha bustani upande wa mashariki, katika Edeni, huko akamweka huyo mtu aliyemuumba.
And YHWH God plants a garden in Eden, at the east, and He sets there the man whom He has formed;
9 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.
and YHWH God causes to sprout from the ground every tree desirable for appearance, and good for food, and the Tree of Life in the midst of the garden, and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
10 Mto wa kunyeshea bustani ulitiririka toka Edeni, kuanzia hapa ukagawanyika kuwa mito minne.
And a river is going out from Eden to water the garden, and from there it is parted, and has become four chief [rivers];
11 Mto wa kwanza uliitwa Pishoni, nao huzunguka nchi yote ya Havila ambako kuna dhahabu.
the name of the first [is] Pison, it [is] that which is surrounding the whole land of Havilah where the gold [is],
12 (Dhahabu ya nchi hiyo ni nzuri, bedola na vito shohamu pia hupatikana huko.)
and the gold of that land [is] good; the bdellium and the shoham stone [are] there;
13 Jina la mto wa pili ni Gihoni, ambao huzunguka nchi yote ya Kushi.
and the name of the second river [is] Gihon, it [is] that which is surrounding the whole land of Cush;
14 Jina la mto wa tatu ni Tigrisi, unaopita mashariki ya Ashuru. Mto wa nne ni Frati.
and the name of the third river [is] Hiddekel, it [is] that which is going east of Asshur; and the fourth river is the Euphrates.
15 Bwana Mungu akamchukua huyo mtu, akamweka kwenye Bustani ya Edeni ailime na kuitunza.
And YHWH God takes the man, and causes him to rest in the Garden of Eden, to serve it and to keep it.
16 Bwana Mungu akamwagiza huyo mtu, akamwambia, “Uko huru kula matunda ya mti wowote katika bustani,
And YHWH God lays a charge on the man, saying, “From every tree of the garden eating you eat;
17 lakini kamwe usile matunda ya mti wa kujua mema na mabaya, kwa maana siku utakapokula matunda yake, hakika utakufa.”
but from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, you do not eat from it, for in the day of your eating from it—dying you die.”
18 Bwana Mungu akasema, “Si vyema huyu mtu awe peke yake. Nitamfanyia msaidizi wa kumfaa.”
And YHWH God says, “[It is] not good for the man to be alone; I make him a helper as his counterpart.”
19 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.
And YHWH God forms from the ground every beast of the field, and every bird of the heavens, and brings [them] to the man, to see what he calls it; and whatever the man calls a living creature, that [is] its name.
20 Hivyo Adamu akawapa majina wanyama wote wa kufugwa, ndege wa angani, na wanyama wote wa porini. Lakini kwa Adamu hakupatikana msaidizi wa kumfaa.
And the man calls names to all the livestock, and to bird of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; but for man a helper has not been found as his counterpart.
21 Hivyo Bwana Mungu akamfanya Adamu kulala usingizi mzito, naye alipokuwa amelala akachukua moja ya mbavu zake, akapafunika mahali pale kwa nyama.
And YHWH God causes a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he sleeps, and He takes one of his ribs, and closes up flesh in its stead.
22 Kisha Bwana Mungu akamfanya mwanamke kutoka kwenye ule ubavu aliouchukua kutoka kwa huyo mwanaume, akamleta huyo mwanamke kwa huyo mwanaume.
And YHWH God builds up the rib which He has taken out of the man into a woman, and brings her to the man;
23 Huyo mwanaume akasema, “Huyu sasa ni mfupa wa mifupa yangu na nyama ya nyama yangu, ataitwa ‘mwanamke,’ kwa kuwa alitolewa katika mwanaume.”
and the man says, “This at last! Bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh!” For this is called Woman, for this has been taken from Man;
24 Kwa sababu hii mwanaume atamwacha baba yake na mama yake na kuambatana na mkewe, nao watakuwa mwili mmoja.
therefore a man leaves his father and his mother, and has cleaved to his wife, and they have become one flesh.
25 Adamu na mkewe wote wawili walikuwa uchi, wala hawakuona aibu.
And both of them are naked, the man and his wife, and they are not ashamed of themselves.
