Genesis 2 (SHR)

1Ntyo kwo amalunga n’igulu bya shwinjagwa; haguma n’ebimubà byoshi.Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.

2Erhi abà amâyûsa omukolo akazâgikola, Nyamuzinda arhamûka oku lusiku lwa kali nda, ahûmûka omu mukolo akâgijiraAnd by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.

3Nyamuzinda ahûmûka oku lusiku lwa kali nda, alujira lwimâna.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.

4Yo nkomoka y’amalunga n’igulu eyo erhi bilemwa. Erhi Nyakasane Nyamuzinda ajira igulu n’amalunga,This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.

5ntà ishaka lyaliciba en’igulu, ntà lubala lwalilucimera – bulya Nyakasane Nyamuzinda arhaliciniêsa enkuba en’igulu na ntâye walicihinga obudakaNow 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.

6erhi okuhuluza amîshi omu mibunda y’okudômerera obudaka-;But springs welled up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.

7Nyakasane Nyamuzinda abumba omuntu n’akatulo k’oku idaho, amubûhira omûka gw’obuzîne omu mazûlu, ntyo nyamutu ahinduka ciremwa cizîne.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.

8Obwo Nyakasane Nyamuzinda arhwêra ishwa ly’amalehe e Edeni, ebushoshôkero, ahiramwo omuntu àbumbagaAnd the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.

9Nyakasane Nyamuzinda ameza oku budaka emirhi ya ngasi bûko, yakusîmîsa isù na minjà okulîbwa, yalimwo omurhi gw’obuzîne aha karhî k’ishwa n’omurhi gw’okumanya aminjà n’amabî.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.

10Kurhenga omu Edeni (ishwa ly’amasîma) olwîshi lwakâg’ihulula lwaj’idômerera ishwa, lwakacigabamwo kani lushube nyîshi ini.Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:

11Olwîshi lurhanzi ye Pishone, luhulula luzunguluke ecihugo ca Havila, era munda ebà amasholo,The name of the first river is the Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.

12n’amasholo g’eyo garhahimwa kuyinjiha, eyo ebà n’obukù bubaya bwinjà n’ibuye ly’onice.And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there.

13Olwîshi lwa kabiri luderhwa Gihoni: luhulula luzunguluke ecihugo ca Etiopiya.The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.

14Olwîshi lwa kasharhu luderhwa Tigri: luhulula ebushohokero bwa Asûru. Olwîshi lwa kani luderhwa Eufrate.The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

15Nyakasane Nyamuzinda arhôla olya muntu amuhira omu ishwa lya Edeni, mpu akalihinga analilange.Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

16Nyakasane Nyamuzinda aha omuntu eri irhegeko: «Wanalya oku ngasi murhi guli omu ishwa,And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,

17ci omurhi gw’okumanya aminjà n’amabî orhahîraga okagulyâkwo, bulya amango wacîshomya wagulyakwo erhi onafire».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.”

18Nyakasane Nyamuzinda aderha, erhi: «Kurhali kwinjà omuntu ayôrhe yêne, rhumujirire omurhabâzi omushushire».The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”

19Nyakasane Nyamuzinda arhôla obudaka abumbamwo ngasi nsimba z’erubala n’ebinyunyi by’emalunga byoshi, abihêkera omuntu mpu alole kurhi abiyîrika: ngasi oku omuntu abiyîrikaga kwo byanayîrisirwe.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.

20Ntyo omuntu ayîrika ebishwêkwa byoshi, orhunyunyi rhw’emalunga rhwoshi n’ensimba z’erubala, ci omuntu arhabonagamwo murhabâzi omushushire.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.

21Nyakasane Nyamuzinda arhogezakwo omuntu îrò ly’enkwîra, nyamuntu ahunira; amushugula omurhibadu ashosha eminyafu aha omurhibadu gwarhengaga.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.

22Ogwo murhibadu, Nyakasane Nyamuzinda àshugulaga oku mulume, atulamwo omukazi anamulêrhera omulume.And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.

23Nnamulume, erhi: «Lêro oyu ye munyafu gw’omunyafu gwâni na kavuha k’orhuvuha rhwâni. Ayish’ikaderhwa mukazi (isha) bulya omu mulume (ish) arhenzire» (Ayish’ikaderhwa mukà-mulume bulya omu mulume arhenzire).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.”

24Co cirhuma omulume akwânîne aleke îshe na nnina acîshwekerekwo mukâge n’oku bali babiri bahinduke mubiri muguma (bayish’ihinduka muguma)For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

25N’obwo bombi bàli bushugunu; omulume n’omukazi, ci barhakâg’iyumvanya nshonyi.And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.

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