Genesis 2 (LUG)

1Bwe bityo eggulu n’ensi awamu ne byonna ebigirimu ne biggwa okukolwa.Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.

2Ku lunaku olw’omusanvu Katonda yali amaze ebyo byonna bye yali akola; n’awummulira ku lunaku olwo ng’ava ku mirimu gye gyonna gye yakola.And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.

3Bw’atyo Katonda olunaku olw’omusanvu n’aluwa omukisa n’alutukuza; kubanga ku olwo Katonda kwe yawummulira emirimu gye yakola mu kutonda.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.

4Ebyo bye bifa ku ggulu n’ensi nga bwe byatondebwa, Mukama Katonda we yamalira okutonda eggulu n’ensi.This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.

5Tewaaliwo muddo gwonna ku nsi wadde ekimera kyonna, kubanga Mukama Katonda yali tannatonnyesa nkuba ku nsi era nga tewali muntu ow’okulima ettaka.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.

6Naye ensulo n’eva mu ttaka n’efukirira ensi yonna.But springs welled up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.

7Mukama Katonda n’akola omuntu okuva mu nfuufu ey’oku nsi n’amufuuwa mu nnyindo omukka ogw’obulamu. Omuntu n’aba omulamu.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.

8Mukama Katonda yali asimbye ennimiro Adeni ku luuyi olw’ebuvanjuba, omuntu gwe yabumba n’amuteeka omwo.And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.

9Mukama Katonda n’ameza mu ttaka buli muti ogusanyusa amaaso era omulungi okulya. N’ateeka omuti ogw’obulamu, n’omuti ogw’okumanya ekirungi n’ekibi wakati mu nnimiro.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.

10Omugga ne gusibuka mu nnimiro Adeni ne gukulukuta okulufukirira, ne gwanjaalira omwo ne guvaamu emigga ena.Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:

11Erinnya ly’ogusooka Pisoni, gwe gwo ogukulukuta okwetooloola ensi ya Kavira, awali zaabu;The name of the first river is the Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.

12ne zaabu y’ensi eyo nnungi; mulimu bideriamu n’amayinja onuku.And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there.

13Omugga ogwokubiri ye Gikoni, gwe gukulukuta okwetooloola ensi ya Kuusi.The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.

14N’erinnya ly’ogwokusatu ye Tigiriisi ogukulukutira ku buvanjuba bwa Bwasuli. Ogwokuna ye Fulaati.The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

15Mukama Katonda n’ateeka omuntu mu nnimiro Adeni agirimenga era agikuumenga.Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

16Mukama Katonda n’alagira omuntu nti, “Emiti gyonna egy’omu nnimiro olyangako,And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,

17naye omuti ogw’okumanya ekirungi n’ekibi ogwo togulyangako, kubanga lw’oligulyako tolirema kufa.”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.”

18Mukama Katonda n’ayogera nti, “Si kirungi omuntu okuba yekka, nnaamukolera omubeezi amusaanira.”The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”

19Naye olwo Mukama Katonda yali amaze okukola ensolo zonna ez’omu nsiko n’ebinyonyi eby’omu bbanga. N’abireeta eri omuntu abituume amannya. Buli kiramu omuntu nga bwe yakiyita, lye lyabeera erinnya lyakyo.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.

20Bw’atyo omuntu n’atuuma buli nsolo ey’awaka, n’ebinyonyi eby’omu bbanga n’ensolo ez’omu nsiko amannya. Adamu yali tannaba kufunirwa mubeezi.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.

21Mukama Katonda n’aleetera omusajja otulo tungi nnyo ne yeebaka; bwe yali nga yeebase n’amuggyamu olubirizi lumu, n’azzaawo ennyama.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.

22Mukama Katonda n’atonda omukazi okuva mu lubiriizi lwe yaggya mu musajja n’amumuleetera.And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.

23Omusajja n’agamba nti, “Lino lye ggumba ery’omu magumba gange, ye nnyama ey’omu nnyama yange, anaayitibwanga mukazi; kubanga aggyibbwa mu musajja.”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.”

24Noolwekyo omusajja ky’anaavanga aleka kitaawe ne nnyina ne yeegatta ne mukazi we, ne bafuuka omubiri gumu.For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

25Omusajja n’omukazi baali tebambadde, naye nga tewali akwatirwa munne nsonyi.And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.

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