Dimatekenu 3:1-24
3 Ku yama yoso ya muxitu yabhangele Jihova Nzambi, o nyoka yene yabetele kota mu kudimuka. Mukiki, o nyoka yambela o muhatu ixi: “O kwila kyene mwene kyambe Nzambi kwila, ki mutokala kudya ku ibundu ya mixi yoso yala mu jaludim?”
2 Kyenyiki, o muhatu wambela o nyoka wixi: “Tutena kudya ku ibundu ya mixi yala mu jaludim.
3 Maji yalungu ni kibundu kya muxi wala mu kaxi ka jaludim, Nzambi wambe: ‘Kanenu kudya-ku, né ngo kukwata-ku, phala ki mufwe.’”
4 O nyoka yambela o muhatu ixi: “Yá makutu! Ki mwanda fwa kana.
5 Mukonda Nzambi wejiya kwila, mu kizuwa kimudya-ku o mesu menu anda jikuka, mwanda sokela ni Nzambi, mwanda kwijiya kyawabha ni kyayibha.”
6 Bhenyobho, o muhatu wamono kwila o kibundu kya muxi kyawabhele kukidya, kyawabhele ku mesu, kibhekela vondadi, ukanza-ku kibundu yu wamateka ku kidya. Kyoso mwadi wê kyeza, wamubhana we ku kibundu, mwene anga umateka ku kidya.
7 Bhenyobho, mesu mâ ajikuka ya atongolola kwila exile ni thuxi. Mukonda dya kiki, atungu mafwe a mufiku, ya adixiti phala ka kale ni thuxi.
8 Mukubhita kithangana evu o dízwi dya Jihova Nzambi, kyoso mwene kyexile mukwenda mu jaludim, mu kithangana kyexile mubhusa o kitembwe. O diyala ni muhatu adisweka bhukaxi ka mixi yakexile mu jaludim phala Jihova Nzambi ka amone.*
9 Jihova Nzambi anga ukala mu kwixana o diyala, wixi: “Kwebhi kuwala?”
10 Mukusuka-ku, mwene watambwijila wixi: “Ngevu o dízwi dyé mu jaludim, maji wôma wangikwata mukonda ngexile ni thuxi, kyene kingadiswekela.”
11 Mukiki, mwene wamwibhwidisa: “Nanyi wakutangela kwila wala ni thuxi? O kwila wadi ku kibundu kya muxi ungakutendelesa kwila kana kudya-ku?”
12 Bhenyobho o diyala wambe: “O muhatu u wangibhana phala kukala kumoxi n’eme, mwéne wangibhana ku kibundu kya muxi, éme ngadi.”
13 Jihova Nzambi wambela-phe o muhatu: “Ihi iwabhange?” O muhatu watambwijila: “O nyoka yéne yanginganala, éme ngadi.”
14 Jihova Nzambi anga wambela o nyoka wixi: “Mukonda dya kubhanga kiki, lamba dyé eye mwaxaxi ka ibhaku, ni yama ya yangu. Wanda huhuta jinga ni mala bhoxi, wandadya mavu izuwa yoso ya mwenyu wé.
15 Ngandata unguma bhukaxi ké ni muhatu, ni bhukaxi ka mbutu yé ni mbutu ya muhatu. Mwene wa kà kubula o mútwe,* eye wa kà mu numata o kasende.”
16 Nzambi anga wambela o muhatu wixi: “Nganda bandekesa kyavulu o jindolo jé ja kwimita, mu kuvwala o twana, wanda kwivwa jindolo. Wanda kala ni hânji ya kukala ni mwadi wé, o mwene wanda kutumina.”
17 Kwa Adá* Nzambi wixi: “Kuma wevu o dízwi dya muhat’wé, eye wadi ku muxi u ngakutendelesa kwila ‘kana kudya-ku’, mavu nga abhubhidila mukonda dyé. Wanda dya o idima itunda ku mavu izuwa yoso ya mwenyu wé ni jiphaxi.
18 Mu mavu mwanda sabhuka minya ni holokoso.* O kudya kwé kwanda kala o idima itunda mu mavu.
19 Wanda suwala kyavulu phala kusanga o mbolo,* kate ki wanda vutuka ku mavu, mukonda kwene ku watundu. Kuma eye wala u mavu, ku mavu kwene ku wanda vutuka.”
20 Mukubhita o ima yiyi, Adá waluku muhat’wê o dijina dya Eva,* mukonda weji kala o mama ya athu oso eji kala ku mwenyu.
21 Jihova Nzambi wabhange izwatu yalebha ya kibha, phala Adá ni muhat’wê, yu wa azwika.
22 Jihova Nzambi wambe: “O muthu wakituka kala etu mu kwijiya kyawabha ni kyayibha. Kyenyiki, phala mwene kasunune o lukwaku, n’a kanze we o kibundu kya muxi wa mwenyu n’a kidi, n’a kale ni mwenyu kiwabhwa, . . .”
23 Mukonda dya kiki, Jihova Nzambi wa mukaye mu jaludim ya Edene phala kudima o mavu kwa mukatwile.
24 Kyenyiki, Nzambi wakaye o diyala, yu watula o jikelubini ku mbandu kufwila o dikumbi ya jaludim ya Edene ni xibhata ya mulengu, yakexile mu nyunga jinga phala kuxita o njila iya ku muxi wa mwenyu.
Footnotes
^ Mu Heba.: “o diyala ni muhatu wê adisweka bhu pholo ya Jihova Nzambi.”
^ Kiki kilombolola o mutwe wa nyoka.
^ Dilombolola, “diyala; athu.”
^ Mba, “jiphosa.”
^ Mba, “kudya.”
^ Dilombolola, “muthu wa mwenyu.”
