Genesis 2 (MKW)

1Ni mutindu yina salamaka zulu na ntoto, na bima nyonso yina kele na yawu.Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.

2Nzambi manisaka kisalu ya yandi nyonso mpe yandi pemaka na kilumbu ya nsambwadi.And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.

3Nzambi sakumunaka kilumbu ya nsambwadi mpe yandi salaka ti yawu kuvwanda kilumbu ya longo, samu ti ni na kilumbu yina yandi pemaka na manima ya kumanisa kisalu ya yandi nyonso, ya kuyidika bima nyonso.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.

4Tala mutindu salamaka zulu na ntoto, ntangu Nzambi yidikaka yawu. Na ntangu yina, Yave Nzambi yidikaka zulu na ntoto,This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.

5ata mwa yinti mosi vwandaka ntete ve na ntoto, mpe ata dititi mosi menaka, samu ti Yave Nzambi vwandaka me nokisa ntete ve mvula, mpe ata muntu vwandaka samu na kusala bilanga.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.

6Kasi ya vwandaka na kisika mosi yina vwandaka basisa maza na yisi ya ntoto, mpe maza yina vwandaka mwangana na ntoto nyonso.But springs welled up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.

7Yave Nzambi bakaka fundu-fundu ya ntoto, mpe yandi yidikaka muntu na yawu. Yandi fulaka mupepe ya luzingu na mbombo ya muntu, mpe muntu kumaka muntu ya moyo.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.

8Na manima, Yave Nzambi kundaka bilanga ya bayinti, kuna na lweka ya esete, na kizunga ya Edeni, mpe yandi tulaka kuna muntu yina yandi yidikaka.And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.

9Yave Nzambi menisaka bayinti ya mutindu na mutindu, yina vwandaka kitoko na kutala mpe bambuma ya yawu vwandaka mbote na kudya. Yandi tulaka na kati-kati ya bilanga, yinti ya luzingu mpe yinti yina ke pesaka mayela samu na kuzaba yimbi na mbote.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.

10Nzadi mosi bandaka na kizunga ya Edeni mpe vwandaka bolisa bilanga ya bayinti. Katuka kuna, nzadi yango kabukaka na bandambu yiya.Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:

11Nkumbu ya maza ya ntete vwandaka Pisone, ni yawu ke zungidilaka yinsi nyonso ya Avila. Yinsi yango kele na wolo,The name of the first river is the Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.

12wolo mosi ya mfunu mingi. Kuna vwandaka mpe na maaka ya yinti ya nsunga ya bedeliyume, na matadi ya ntalu ya onise.And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there.

13Nkumbu ya nzadi ya zole vwandaka Ngiyone. Ni yawu ke zungidilaka yinsi nyonso ya Kuse.The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.

14Nkumbu ya nzadi ya tatu kele Tingele. Ni yawu ke lutaka na esete ya Asule. Nzadi ya yiya vwandaka Efalate.The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

15Yave Nzambi bakaka muntu mpe yandi tulaka yandi na kati ya bilanga ya Edeni samu na kusalaka bilanga mpe na kukebaka yawu.Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

16Yave Nzambi pesaka muntu Musiku yayi: «Nge lenda kudya ya nge bambuma ya bayinti nyonso yina kele na bilanga,And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,

17kasi nge fwana kudya ve bambuma ya yinti yina ke pesaka luzabu ya yimbi na mbote, samu ti kilumbu yina nge ke kudya yawu, kaka kufwa nge ke kufwa!»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.”

18Na manima, Yave Nzambi tubaka: «Ya kele mbote ve ti muntu kuvwanda kaka yandi mosi. Mu fwana kuyidikila yandi kisadisi yina me fwanana na yandi.»The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”

19Yave Nzambi bakaka ntoto na kuyidika bibulu na bandeke ya mutindu na mutindu. Yandi nataka yawu na mantwala ya muntu samu na kutala wapi mutindu muntu ke bokila yawu. Mpe konso kibulu kuzwaka nkumbu yina muntu pesaka yandi.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.

20Muntu pesaka bankumbu na bibulu nyonso ya bwala na ya mfinda, mpe na bandeke nyonso. Kasi yandi talaka ve kisadisi yina fwananaka na yandi mosi.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.

21Na yina, Yave Nzambi lalisaka muntu pongi mosi ya ngolo, mpe yandi katulaka yandi lubanzi mosi. Na manima, yandi kangaka musuni na kisika yina.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.

22Na lubanzi yina yandi bakaka na muntu, Yave Nzambi yidikaka kento mosi, mpe yandi nataka kento yango na sika ya bakala.And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.

23Ntangu bakala talaka kento yango, yandi lookaka: «Tala mbala yayi mukwa ya mikwa ya munu, mpe musuni ya musuni ya munu. Ba ke bokila yandi kento, samu ti yandi me katuka na bakala.»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.”

24Ni yawu yina, bakala ke bika tata mpe mama ya yandi, samu na kwenda zinga kintwadi na kento ya yandi, mpe bawu ke kuma nzutu mosi.For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

25Kento na bakala vwandaka ve ya kuvwata binkuti na nzutu, kasi bawu vwandaka tala nsoni ve, bawu na bawu.And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.

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