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Genesis 4
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Genesis
Creation and the fall
Kituba Bible
Cain
, person
Abel
, person
Lamech
, person
Adah
, person
Zillah
, person
Adam
, person
Seth
, person
Enoch
, person
11 more
Kituba Bible
Berean Standard Bible
1
MKW
Adami vukanaka na kento ya yandi Eva. Eva kuzwaka kivumu mpe yandi butaka Kayini. Eva tubaka: «Mu me buta muntu na lusalusu ya Yave.»
BSB
BSB:
And Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. “With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man,” she said.
2
MKW
Na manima, yandi butaka dyaka mpangi ya yandi Abele. Ntangu bawu kulaka, Abele kumaka muvungi ya mameme, Kayini kisadi-bilanga.
BSB
BSB:
Later she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.
3
MKW
Na manima ya bilumbu, Kayini bakaka bima yina yandi kuzwaka na bilanga ya yandi, mpe yandi kwendaka pesa yawu munkayulu na Yave.
BSB
BSB:
So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD,
4
MKW
Abele mpe bakaka bana ya ntete ya bibulu ya yandi mpe na mafuta ya bawu, yandi pesaka yawu munkayulu na Yave. Yave yangalalaka na Abele, mpe yandi ndimaka munkayulu ya yandi.
BSB
BSB:
while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,
5
MKW
Kasi Yave yangalalaka ve na Kayini, mpe yandi ndimaka ve munkayulu ya yandi. Na yina, Kayini dasukaka mpe kangaka mbunzu.
BSB
BSB:
but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.
6
MKW
Yave tubaka na Kayini: «Samu na yinki nge me dasuka? Mpe samu na yinki nge me kanga mbunzu?
BSB
BSB:
“Why are you angry,” said the LORD to Cain, “and why has your countenance fallen?
7
MKW
Kana nge sala mbote, nge ke vumbula yintu. Kana nge sala ve mbote, zaba ti disumu kele ya kulala na mwelo ya nge mutindu kibulu ya nsisi. Yawu ke na nsatu ya kuyala nge, kasi nge, nge fwana kuyala yawu.»
BSB
BSB:
If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”
8
MKW
Na manima, Kayini sololaka na leki ya yandi Abele. Ntangu bawu kumaka na bilanga, Kayini nwanisaka leki ya yandi Abele, mpe kufwaka yandi.
BSB
BSB:
Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
9
MKW
Yave yufulaka Kayini: «Wapi leki ya nge Abele?» Kayini vutulaka: «Mu zaba ya munu ve. Ni munu ke kebaka leki ya munu?»
BSB
BSB:
And the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I do not know!” he answered. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
10
MKW
Yave tatamanaka na kutuba: «Samu na yinki nge me sala mutindu yina? Mu ke na kuwa ndinga ya menga ya leki ya nge yina ke na kuyawula na ntoto.
BSB
BSB:
“What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.
11
MKW
Kubanda bubu yayi, nge ke vwanda ya kusiingwa samu na menga ya leki ya nge, menga yina ntoto me fungula yinwa samu na kumina yawu. Na yina, ba ke bingisa nge.
BSB
BSB:
Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
12
MKW
Ntangu nge ke sala bilanga, ntoto ke buta mbote ve. Nge ke banda na kwendaka tambula kidi-kidi mpe kuyenga-yenga na yinza ya muvimba.»
BSB
BSB:
When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”
13
MKW
Kayini zonzaka na Yave: «Kitumbu yina nge me pesa munu me lutila dema na kunata.
BSB
BSB:
But Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.
14
MKW
Mutindu bubu yayi nge me bingisa munu na ntoto yayi, mu ke vwanda ya kubumbama na meso ya nge, mu ke banda na kwendaka tambula kidi-kidi mpe kuyenga-yenga bisika nyonso. Muntu ni muntu yina ke kutana na munu ke kufwa munu.»
BSB
BSB:
Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”
15
MKW
Yave zonzaka na yandi: «Kana muntu kufwa nge, lufwa ya nge ke futama bambala nsambwadi.» Na yina, Yave tulaka kidimbu na Kayini samu ti, muntu ni muntu yina ke kutana na Kayini kufwa yandi ve.
BSB
BSB:
“Not so!” replied the LORD. “If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold.” And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him.
16
MKW
Na yina, Kayini kwendaka vwanda na yinsi yina ba ke bokilaka Node, na esete ya Edeni, ntama na Yave.
BSB
BSB:
So Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
17
MKW
Kayini vukanaka na kento ya yandi, mpe kento ya yandi kuzwaka kivumu. Yandi butaka mwana ya bakala yina bawu pesaka nkumbu Enoke. Kayini tungaka mbanza mpe yandi pesaka yawu nkumbu ya mwana ya yandi Enoke.
BSB
BSB:
And Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son Enoch.
18
MKW
Enoke butaka Ilade, Ilade butaka Mewuyayele, Mewuyayele butaka Metusayele, mpe Metusayele butaka Lameke.
BSB
BSB:
Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methusael, and Methusael was the father of Lamech.
19
MKW
Lameke kwelaka bakento zole. Ya ntete vwandaka Ada, ya zole Sila.
BSB
BSB:
And Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.
20
MKW
Ada butaka Yabale: Ni Yabale vwandaka nkooko ya bantu yina ke zingaka na bayinzo ya lele mpe ke yundulaka bibulu.
BSB
BSB:
Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and raise livestock.
21
MKW
Nkumbu ya mpangi ya yandi vwandaka Yubale. Ni Yubale vwandaka nkooko ya bantu yina ke sikaka nsambi mpe dituutu.
BSB
BSB:
And his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute.
22
MKW
Sila mpe butaka Tubale-Kayini. Tubale-Kayini vwandaka kisadi-bisengo. Yandi vwandaka yidika konso kisalulu ya kisengo na ya kisengo ya mbwaki. Nkumbu ya kibusi ya Tubale-Kayini vwandaka Naama.
BSB
BSB:
And Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, a forger of every implement of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
23
MKW
Lameke tubaka na bakento ya yandi mutindu yayi: «Ada mpe Sila, beno kuwa munu! Bakento ya munu, beno fungula makutu na kuwa mambu ya munu. Mu me kufwa muntu samu ti yandi me lwalisa munu. Mu me kufwa ntwenya samu ti yandi me bula munu.
BSB
BSB:
Then Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.
24
MKW
Kana lufwa ya Kayini ke futama bambala nsambwadi, lufwa ya Lameke ke futama bambala makumi nsambwadi na nsambwadi.»
BSB
BSB:
If Cain is avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”
25
MKW
Adami vukanaka dyaka na kento ya yandi Eva. Eva butaka mwana ya bakala. Yandi pesaka yandi nkumbu Sete, samu ti yandi tubaka: «Nzambi me pesa munu mwana ya nkaka na kisika ya Abele, yina Kayini kufwaka.»
BSB
BSB:
And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”
26
MKW
Sete mpe butaka mwana ya bakala, yandi pesaka yandi nkumbu Enose. Ni na ntangu yina, bantu bandaka na kusambila Nzambi na Nkumbu ya Yave.
BSB
BSB:
And to Seth also a son was born, and he called him Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the name of the LORD.
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