Genesis 2Genesis2

Kikuyu Contemporary BibleBerean Standard Bible

1. 1KIKIgũrũ na thĩ ikĩrĩka na ũgemu wacio wothe.BSBBSB: Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
2. 2KIKNaguo mũthenya wa mũgwanja wakinya, Ngai agĩkorwo arĩkĩtie wĩra ũcio aarutaga; nĩ ũndũ ũcio Ngai akĩhurũka mũthenya ũcio wa mũgwanja kuuma wĩra-inĩ wake wothe.BSBBSB: And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.
3. 3KIKNake Ngai akĩrathima mũthenya ũcio wa mũgwanja na akĩwamũra, tondũ nĩ mũthenya ũrĩa we aahurũkire kuuma wĩra-inĩ wothe ũrĩa aarutĩte wa ũũmbi.BSBBSB: 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.
4. 4KIKŨcio nĩguo ũhoro ũrĩa wĩgiĩ igũrũ na thĩ rĩrĩa ciombirwo. Rĩrĩa Jehova Ngai ombire thĩ na igũrũ-rĩ,BSBBSB: This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.
5. 5KIKgũtiarĩ kahinga o na kamwe ga gĩthaka koonekete thĩ kana mũmera wa gĩthaka ũkamera. Nĩ tondũ Jehova Ngai ndoirĩtie mbura thĩ na gũtiarĩ mũndũ wa kũrĩma mũgũnda,BSBBSB: 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.
6. 6KIKno tũrũũĩ twoimaga na thĩ na tũkaihũgia thĩ igũrũ guothe.BSBBSB: But springs welled up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.
7. 7KIKNake Jehova Ngai akĩũmba mũndũ kuuma rũkũngũ-inĩ rwa thĩ, na akĩmũhuhĩra mĩhũmũ ya muoyo maniũrũ-inĩ make, nake mũndũ ũcio akĩgĩa na muoyo.BSBBSB: 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.
8. 8KIKNingĩ Jehova Ngai nĩathondekete mũgũnda mwena wa irathĩro, o kũu Edeni; na kũu nĩkuo aigire mũndũ ũcio oombĩte.BSBBSB: And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.
9. 9KIKNake Jehova Ngai agĩtũma thĩ ĩmere mĩtĩ ya mĩthemba yothe na ĩkũre. Yarĩ mĩtĩ mĩega ĩkĩoneka na maitho na yaciaraga matunda mega ma kũrĩa. Gatagatĩ ka mũgũnda ũcio nĩ haarĩ na mũtĩ wa muoyo, na mũtĩ wa ũmenyo wa gũkũũrana wega na ũũru.BSBBSB: 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.
10. 10KIKNa nĩ kwarĩ rũũĩ rwathereraga ruumĩte Edeni rũkaihũgia mũgũnda ũcio; ruoima Edeni rũkagayũkana rũgatuĩka njũũĩ inya.BSBBSB: Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:
11. 11KIKRũũĩ rwa mbere rwĩtagwo Pishoni; na nĩruo rũthiũrũrũkaga bũrũri wothe wa Havila, kũrĩa kũrĩ thahabu.BSBBSB: The name of the first river is the Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
12. 12KIK(Thahabu ya bũrũri ũcio nĩ njega; ningĩ kũu no kũrĩ maguta manungi wega metagwo bendora, na tũhiga twa goro twĩtagwo onigithi.)BSBBSB: And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there.
13. 13KIKRũũĩ rwa keerĩ rwĩtagwo Gihoni; naruo rũthiũrũrũkaga bũrũri wothe wa Kushi.BSBBSB: The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.
14. 14KIKRũũĩ rwa gatatũ rwĩtagwo Hidekela naruo rũgeragĩra mwena wa irathĩro wa bũrũri wa Ashuri. Naruo rũũĩ rwa kana rwĩtagwo Farati.BSBBSB: The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
15. 15KIKJehova Ngai akĩoya mũndũ ũcio oombĩte, akĩmũiga mũgũnda-inĩ ũcio wa Edeni aũrĩmage na aũmenyagĩrĩre.BSBBSB: Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
16. 16KIKNake Jehova Ngai agĩatha mũndũ ũcio, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “No ũrĩe maciaro ma mũtĩ o wothe ũrĩ mũgũnda ũyũ;BSBBSB: And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,
17. 17KIKno rĩrĩ, ndũkanarĩe maciaro ma mũtĩ ũrĩa wa ũmenyo wa gũkũũrana wega na ũũru, nĩgũkorwo rĩrĩa ũkaamarĩa, ti-itherũ no gũkua ũgaakua.”BSBBSB: 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.”
18. 18KIKNingĩ Jehova Ngai akiuga atĩrĩ, “Ti wega mũndũ ũyũ aikare arĩ wiki. Nĩngũmũmbĩra mũteithia ũrĩa ũmwagĩrĩire.”BSBBSB: The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”
19. 19KIKNa rĩrĩ, Jehova Ngai nĩ oombĩte nyamũ ciothe cia gĩthaka na nyoni cia rĩera-inĩ kuuma tĩĩri-inĩ. Agĩcirehe kũrĩ mũndũ ũcio one marĩĩtwa marĩa egũcitua; na ũrĩa mũndũ ũcio aatuire kĩũmbe o gĩothe kĩ muoyo, rĩu rĩgĩtuĩka rĩĩtwa rĩakĩo.BSBBSB: 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.
20. 20KIKNĩ ũndũ ũcio mũndũ ũcio akĩhe mahiũ mothe marĩĩtwa, o na nyoni cia rĩera-inĩ na nyamũ ciothe cia gĩthaka. No Adamu ndooneirwo mũteithia ũmwagĩrĩire.BSBBSB: 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.
21. 21KIKNĩ ũndũ ũcio Jehova Ngai agĩtũma mũndũ ũcio akome toro mũnene mũno; na rĩrĩa aakomete, Jehova Ngai akĩruta rũbaru rũmwe rwa mũndũ ũcio na agĩcookia nyama hau rwarĩ.BSBBSB: 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.
22. 22KIKHĩndĩ ĩyo Jehova Ngai akĩũmba mũndũ-wa-nja kuuma rũbaru rũrĩa aarutĩte kũrĩ mũndũ ũcio na akĩrehe mũndũ-wa-nja ũcio kũrĩ we.BSBBSB: And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.
23. 23KIKMũndũ ũcio akiuga atĩrĩ, “Hĩ! Rĩu-rĩ, rĩĩrĩ nĩ ihĩndĩ kuuma mahĩndĩ makwa, na nyama cia mwĩrĩ wakwa. Arĩĩtagwo mũndũ-wa-nja, tondũ aarutirwo kuuma kũrĩ mũndũ mũrũme.”BSBBSB: 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.”
24. 24KIKGĩkĩ nĩkĩo gĩtũmaga mũndũ mũrũme atige ithe na nyina, na anyiitane na mũtumia wake, nao magatuĩka mwĩrĩ ũmwe.BSBBSB: For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
25. 25KIKAcio eerĩ, mũndũ ũcio na mũtumia wake, maarĩ njaga, na matiaconokaga.BSBBSB: And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.