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| 1. | Inyoka yayilobuqili-ke kulayo yonke inyamazana yeganga, eyayiyenzile i Nkosi uNkulunkulu. Yasisithi kowesifazana: Yebo uNkulunkulu watsho yini ukuthi: Kumele lingadli kuso sonke isihlahla sesivande? |
| 2. | Owesifazana wasesithi enyokeni: Singadla okwesithelo sezihlahla zesivande; |
| 3. | kodwa okwesithelo sesihlahla esiphakathi kwesivande, uNkulunkulu wathi: Lingadli kuso, njalo lingasithinti, hlezi life. |
| 4. | Inyoka yasisithi kowesifazana: Kaliyikufa sibili. |
| 5. | Ngoba uNkulunkulu uyazi ukuthi mhla lisidla kuso, amehlo enu azavuleka, njalo libe njengoNkulunkulu, lisazi okuhle lokubi. |
| 6. | Owesifazana ebona-ke ukuthi isihlahla silungile ukuba yikudla, lokuthi sona siyabukeka emehlweni, lesihlahla sikhwabitheka ukwenza uhlakaniphe, wakha okwesithelo saso, wadla; wasenika lendoda yakhe kanye laye, yasisidla. |
| 7. | Asevuleka amehlo abo bobabili, basebesazi ukuthi babenqunu; basebethungela ndawonye amahlamvu omkhiwa, bazenzela amafasikoti. |
| 8. | Basebesizwa ilizwi le Nkosi uNkulunkulu ihamba esivandeni ekupholeni kosuku; uAdamu lomkakhe basebecatsha ebusweni be Nkosi uNkulunkulu phakathi kwezihlahla zesivande. |
| 9. | I Nkosi uNkulunkulu yasibiza uAdamu, yathi kuye: Ungaphi? |
| 10. | Wasesithi: Ilizwi lakho ngilizwe esivandeni, ngesaba, ngoba nginqunu; ngasengicatsha. |
| 11. | Yasisithi: Ngubani okutshele ukuthi unqunu? Udlile yini okwesihlahla, engakulaya ngaso ukuthi ungadli okwaso? |
| 12. | UAdamu wasesithi: Owesifazana owangipha yena ukuthi abe lami, yena unginike okwesihlahla, ngasengisidla. |
| 13. | I Nkosi uNkulunkulu yasisithi kowesifazana: Kuyini lokhu okwenzileyo? Owesifazana wasesithi: Inyoka ingikhohlisile, ngasengisidla. |
| 14. | I Nkosi uNkulunkulu yasisithi enyokeni: Njengoba usukwenzile lokhu, uqalekisiwe wena okwedlula sonke isifuyo lokwedlula yonke inyamazana yeganga. Uzahamba ngesisu sakho, njalo udle uthuli insuku zonke zempilo yakho. |
| 15. | Njalo ubutha ngizabufaka phakathi kwakho lowesifazana lenzalo yakho lenzalo yakhe. Yona izakuchoboza ikhanda, wena uzayichoboza isithende. |
| 16. | Kowesifazana yathi: Ngokwandisa ngizakwandisa ubuhlungu bakho njalo ukuzithwala kwakho; ngobuhlungu uzabeletha abantwana, lokukhanuka kwakho kuzakuba sendodeni yakho, njalo yona izakubusa. |
| 17. | Njalo kuAdamu yathi: Njengoba ulalele ilizwi lomkakho, wasusidla okwesihlahla engakulaya ngaso ukuthi: Ungadli okwaso, uqalekisiwe umhlaba ngenxa yakho; ngokukhathazeka uzakudla okwawo insuku zonke zempilo yakho. |
| 18. | Njalo uzakumilisela ameva lokhula oluhlabayo, ubususidla imibhida yeganga. |
| 19. | Ngesithukuthuku sobuso bakho uzakudla ukudla, uze ubuyele emhlabathini, ngoba wathathwa kuwo; ngoba wena uluthuli, njalo uzabuyela ethulini. |
| 20. | UAdamu wasebiza ibizo lomkakhe ngokuthi uEva, ngoba yena ungunina wabo bonke abaphilayo. |
| 21. | I Nkosi uNkulunkulu yasisenzela uAdamu lomkakhe izigqoko zezigogo, yasibagqokisa. |
| 22. | I Nkosi uNkulunkulu yasisithi: Khangela, umuntu usenjengomunye wethu, esazi okuhle lokubi. Khathesi-ke, hlezi elule isandla sakhe athathe njalo okwesihlahla sempilo, adle aphile kuze kube sephakadeni. |
| 23. | Ngakho i Nkosi uNkulunkulu yamkhupha esivandeni seEdeni ukuthi alime umhlabathi, lapho athathwa khona. |
| 24. | Yasimxotsha umuntu; yabeka empumalanga kwesivande seEdeni amakherubi* lenkemba evuthayo ephenduphendukayo, ukulinda indlela yesihlahla sempilo. |
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