Genesis 2 (EKA)

1Ana wo Esowo limi elbung abola ndi mal, a nsol kpee nyi wob atahng.Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.

2Re kehm biingi nfung esehma, Esowo eblim eltum kpee mal. Efung bi biingi nfung esehma, Esowo kehm reke ekv.And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.

3Esowo kehm fuulu efung bio bi biingi nfung esehma, fere lim re jol saang, tibre efung bio bi á re ekv go eltum ni á limi njini.Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.

4wo li ntooba nnyo mi Esowo limi elbung abola ndi. Ngare nyi Jehova limi elbung abola ndi,This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.

5Ngare nyio nti, a ajele ka kehme elgbale a ndi, tibre Jehova ka na elahb wohngo go ndi, nnene jolem no bahke bahme ndi.Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted, for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.

6Ebohng bi bi jo lohng go ndi jo suku ndi kpee.But springs welled up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.

7Owo Jehova kehm koko ebtohko bi ndi lim nne, fere v elv ni elkpin kak-e go atangewul. Nne kehm bele elkpin.Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.

8Jehova Esowo limi etahngga go Eden ji jolo ero nfam, owo á kake nne no á lim-e no.And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.

9Jehova Esowo kehm limi ajoobo nti gbal lohng go ndi nya fuumu fuumu amahr, fere nˈnob go ellehke. Go elka elka etahngga eti jolo o ji elkpin, a eti ji elkahne ebi, a nnoobo.Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

10Go Eden wo aya jo fab ba ka elnaange go etahngga jio, aya mao yaame o fere jol efabe alahb emni.Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:

11Ngbokambang efabe bo kpo lung re Pison, kpo fab sennge ejang ndi bi bo kpo lung re Havila, edi ji agul li no.The name of the first river is the Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.

12Agul nya li o kpˈsahb nˈnob. Ajoobo alahb nti ma esˈsv eleenge tob jolo o, a anobnobo atal nya bo kpo lung re onik.And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there.

13Etoono efabe jehko bo kpo lung re Gihon, kpo fab sennge ejang ndi bi bo kpo lung re Kus.The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.

14Go Efabe ebra bo kpo lung re Taigris, kpo fab go ejang ero nfam bi Asur. Go etoono efabe na ebni bo kpo lung re Yufratis.The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

15Jehova Esowo bumu nne no á lim-e no go etahngga ji Eden re á jo lim eltum, fere jo kuuru edi jio.Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

16Jehova Esowo kehm kake nne noa ejehke re, <<Á bahke ma jo li akab nti anyehng anyehng etahngga jia;And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,

17sehngem re eti jio ji elkahne ebi, a nnobo nobo. Tibre efung bi a lˈsi lˈli, a bahke tiki kpoko.>>but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”

18Owo Jehova Esowo kehm bungu re, <<Fuumem re nnenlum jol ntahngtahng, m bahke limi nkakebo no bahke fuumu a ne ka-e.The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”

19Jolo re Jehova Esowo ko ndi lim ejoobo nnyam anyehng anyehng nyi li ekulugbe, a nruk a nruk kpee nyi kpo fonngo, á kehm koko bo ba goji nnenlum re á nyehn ana a bahke gungu bo abing, mbing anyehng anyehng nyi nne noo gungu nnyam anyehng anyehng, nyi nyi jolo mbing enye.And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.

20Ano wo nne noo gungu atohkondi abing kpee, a nruk, a nruk nyi kpˈfonngo go ero, a enyam ekulugbe. Ngare nyia Adam ka bel nkakebo no fuumu a ne.The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.

21Jia limi Jehova Esowo kehm bumu Adam ellu, á lal kpˈkpoodo, eji á jo lal Esowo kehme yehke nkˈkehb anyehng fere feere edi jio bulu.So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh.

22Ano wo Jehova Esowo ko nkˈkehb nyi á ma yehke goji nnenlum lim nnenkal, fere ko-e ba ka nnenlum.And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.

23Nne noo kehm bungu re, <<A wo li ekahb ji lohng egame ekahb, a ngubjing nyi lohng egame ngubjing, bo bahke jo lung-e re nnenkal tibre á lohng goji nnenlum.>>And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”

24Esi jia ji wahnge nne bahke tahme nde a nnyehn sa, bo song jol ajehng a nkal ewe, bo bahke fere jol ngubjing anyehng.For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

25Nnenlum a nkal ewe, bo jolo ebun ebun jol ndon joom fili bo.And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.

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