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Kuphonya kwa Munthu
1 Tsono, nyoka ikhadacenjera kuposa bzamoyo bzense bzomwe Mbuya Mulungu adalenga. Ndipo iyo idabvunza mkazi ule kuti: “Mulungu adalewadi tenepa kuti: ‘Lekani kudya bzisapo bza muti uli-wentse mmunda muno?’ ”. 2 Mkazi ule adatawira nyoka kuti: “Tingadye bzisapo bza miti yense ya mmundamu, 3 tsono Mulungu adati: Lekani kudya muti omwe uli pakati pa munda, ngakhale kuukhuya, sabwa mungadzacitatenepo mun'dzafa”. 4 Pamwepo nyoka idauza mkazi ule kuti: “Cadidi mun'dzafa lini! 5 Mulungu an'dziwa kuti ntsiku yomwe mudzaudya, maso yanu yan'dzafunguka, ndipo imwe mun'dzakhala ninga Mulungu, mun'dzakhala adziwi wa bzabwino na bzakuipa”. 6 Pomwe mkazi adawona kuti muti ule ukhadadeka kudya, na maonekedwe yabwino, ndipo wakufunika ucipasa udziwi, adaca bzisapo bzace acidya ndipo adapasambo mwamuna wace, acidyambo. 7 Awiriwo maso yawo yadafunguka, ndipo adadziwa kuti ali pezi. Na terepo adasona masamba ya mkuyu acibvala. 8 Pauwiri bwawo pomwe adabva fala na ntswata-tswata wa Mbuya Mulungu akhafamba-famba maulo dzuwa latapepa mmunda mule, iwo adacoka patsogolo pa Mbuya Mulungu acikabisala pakati pamiti. 9 Ndipo Mbuya Mulungu adacemera mwamuna adambvundza kuti: “Kodi uli kuponi?” 10 Ndipo iye adatawira kuti: “Ndabva kufamba kwanu mmunda ndipo ndakhala na mantha thangwe ndikhali pezi, ndipopo ndabisala”. 11 Mulungu adamubvundza kuti: “Kodi mbani akuuza kuti uli pezi? Iwe wadya bzisapo bza muti omwe ndidakuletsa kudya?” 12 Mwamuna, adatawira kuti: “Mkazi omwe mudandipasa ninga mkazi wangu iye wandipasa cisapo ca muti ndipo ine ndadya”. 13 Mbuya Mulungu adabvunza mkazi kuti: “Niciani comwe wacitaci?” Mkazi adatawira kuti: “Nyoka ndiyo yandipumpsa ndipo ine ndadya”.
14 Pamwepo Mulungu adauza nyoka kuti:
“Pakuti wacita bzimwebzi,
iwe wakutembereredwa
pakati pa bzifuwo na bzilombo bza mthengo bzentse.
Un'dzafamba na mimba yako,
ndipo cakudya cako cin'dzakhala pfumbi
ntsiku zense za moyo wako.
15 Ndin'dzaikha udani pakati pa iwe na mkazi,
pan'dzakhala udani pakati pa wana wako na wana wace.
An'dzaswa msolo wako
ndipombo iwe un'dzaluma katende wace”.
16 Kwa mkazi adati:
“Nindzathimizira kubonera kwako na mimba. Mwakubonera iwe un'dzabereka wana.
Kufuna kwako kundzakhala kwa mamuna wako ndipo iye an'dzakutonga”.
17 Ndipo kwa mamuna adati:
“Pakuti iwe wabvera mkazi wako,
ndipo wadya cisapo
comwe ndidakuuza kuti uleke kudya,
Mataka yan'dzatembereredwe
thangwe la iwe. Iwepo un'dzadya mwakubonera ntsiku zentse za moyo wako.
18 Iyo yan'dzabala minga na bzakumera bza mthengo.
Iwe un'dzadya bzakulima.
19 Iwe Un'dzadya pau yako mwakucoka kaluma,
kufikira udzabwerere kumataka,
sabwa udacosiwa mwa iyo.
Thangwe iwe ndiwe pfumbi ndipo kupfumbi un'dzabwerera”.
20 Adamu adapasa mkazi wace dzina lakuti Yeva, thangwe lakuti iye angadadzakhala mayi wa nthundu wentse wa wanthu. 21 Mbuya Mulungu adakondza bzakubvala bza khanda aciwabvazika Adamu na mkazi wace.
22 Pamwepo Mbuya Mulungu adati: “Tsapano munthu akhala ninga ife, ali kudziwa bzabwino na bzakuipa. Na tenepo, aleke kubvumizidwa kuti iye atengembo cisapo ca muti moyo acicidya ndipo acikhala na moyo wakusaya kumala”. 23 Ndipopo Mbuya Mulungu adamthotha m'dimba mwa Edeni kuti alime mumataka momwe adacokera. 24 Pomwe adandothotha Adamu, Mulungu adaikha anju zakukhalirira kumabvadzuwa kwa dimba la Edeni ndipo adaikha cisenga ca moto comwe cikhambazungulira, kukhalirira njira yakufika pamuti wa moyo.