Genesis 2 (GOFL)

1Salotinne sa7i entan de7iyaba ubbabay haysada medhetidi poletis.Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.

2Xoossay ba oosuwa polidi, laapuntha gallasan shempis.And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.

3Xoossay laapuntha gallasan ba oothiya oosuwa ongidi shempida gisho he gallasaa anjis; gallasatape dummayis.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.

4Salotinne sa7i hessada hani medhetis. Godaa Xoossay sa7anne salota medhida wode,This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.

5sa7a bolla iri bukiboona gishonne oothiya asi bayna gisho mithinne maati dolibeenna; aaciyabayka baawa.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.

6Gidoshin, sa7ape haathi pultidi, biitta ubbaa laakisees.But springs welled up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.

7Hessafe guye, Godaa Xoossay biitta baanape ase medhidi iya siidhera de7o shempo punnidi gelsis. Yaatin, he addey de7ora de7iya ase gidis.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.

8Godaa Xoossay doloha baggara Edene gannate giigisis; yan ba medhida addiya wothis.And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.

9Godaa Xoossay xeellanaw lo77iya, maanawuka mal7iya ubba qommo mithi biittafe dolisis. Gannate giddon de7o immiyanne lo77onne iita erisiya nam7u mithata wothis.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.

10Gannate ushshiya shaafa haathay Edenepe goggees. He shaafay Edenepe keydi oyddu shaafu keyidi shaaketees.Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:

11Koyro shaafa sunthay Fisoone. Fisooney worqey de7iya Hawila biitta bolla goggees.The name of the first river is the Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.

12He biitta worqey geeshsha worqa. Qassi al7o shittoynne shuchi yan de7ees.And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there.

13Nam7antho shaafa sunthay Giyoone. Giyooney Tophe biitta yuushuwan goggees.The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.

14Heedzantho shaafa sunthay Xegroosa. Xegroosi Asoorepe doloha baggara goggees. Qassi oyddantho shaafay Efraxiisa.The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

15Godaa Xoossay asi Edene Gannate oothana melanne naagana mela iya efidi yan wothis.Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

16Godaa Xoossay ase, “Gannate mitha teera ubbaafe neeni maanaw danda7aasa.And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,

17Shin lo77onne iita erisiya mitha ayfiyape moopa. Ayis giiko, neeni iyape mida gallas tuma hayqana” yaagidi kiittis.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.”

18Hessafe guye, Godaa Xoossay, “Addey barka de7eysi lo77o gidenna. Taani iya maaddana mela iyaw injetiya lagge medhana” yaagis.The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”

19Godaa Xoossay meheta, do7atanne salo kafota ubbaa biittafe medhis. Yaatidi, enta woygidi sunthaneko be7anaw Addaameko ehin, Addaamey de7oy de7iya medhetetha ubbaa sunthida sunthay enta sunthi gididi attis.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.

20Hessadaka, Addaamey meheta, salo kafotanne bazzo do7ata ubbaa sunthis. Shin Addaames injetiyanne iya maaddiya laggey bentibeenna.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.

21Hessa gisho, Godaa Xoossay Addaame wolqaama dhiskon yeggis. I dhisko hayqidashin iya miye meqethafe issuwa ekidi, he bessaa ashon kunthis.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.

22Godaa Xoossay Addaamepe ekida meqetha macca oothidi medhis; yaatidi iyo iyako ehis.And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.

23Addaamey, “Ha meqethiya ta meqethafe, ha ashshiya ta ashope eketidaro. Iya addefe eketida gisho macca geeteto” yaagis.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.”

24Hessa gisho, asi ba aawanne ba aayiw aggidi, ba machera issife de7ees; nam7ay issi asi gidoosona.For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

25Addaameynne Hewaanna nam7ayka xire kallo de7oosona; shin issoy issuwas yeellatokona.And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.

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