ఆదికాండము 4
1 ఆదాము తన భార్యయైన హవ్వను కూడినప్పుడు ఆమె గర్భవతియై కయీనును కనియెహోవా దయవలన నేనొక మనుష్యుని సంపాదించుకొన్నాననెను.
2 తరువాత ఆమె అతని తమ్ముడగు హేబెలును కనెను. హేబెలు గొఱ్ఱల కాపరి; కయీను భూమిని సేద్యపరచువాడు.
3 కొంతకాలమైన తరువాత కయీను పొలముపంటలో కొంత యెహోవాకు అర్పణగా తెచ్చెను.
4 హేబెలు కూడ తన మందలో తొలుచూలున పుట్టిన వాటిలో క్రొవ్విన వాటిని కొన్ని తెచ్చెను. యెహోవా హేబెలును అతని యర్పణను లక్ష్య పెట్టెను;
5 కయీనును అతని యర్పణను ఆయన లక్ష్యపెట్టలేదు. కాబట్టి కయీనుకు మిక్కిలి కోపము వచ్చి అతడు తన ముఖము చిన్నబుచ్చుకొనగా
6 యెహోవా కయీనుతోనీకు కోపమేల? ముఖము చిన్నబుచ్చు కొని యున్నావేమి?
7 నీవు సత్క్రియ చేసిన యెడల తలనెత్తుకొనవా? సత్క్రియ చేయనియెడల వాకిట పాపము పొంచియుండును; నీ యెడల దానికి వాంఛ కలుగును నీవు దానిని ఏలుదువనెను.
8 కయీను తన తమ్ముడైన హేబెలుతో మాటలాడెను. వారు పొలములో ఉన్నప్పుడు కయీను తన తమ్ముడైన హేబెలు మీద పడి అతనిని చంపెను.
9 యెహోవానీ తమ్ముడైన హేబెలు ఎక్కడున్నాడని కయీను నడుగగా అతడునే నెరుగను; నా తమ్మునికి నేను కావలివాడనా అనెను.
10 అప్పుడాయననీవు చేసినపని యేమిటి? నీ తమ్ముని రక్తము యొక్క స్వరము నేలలోనుండి నాకు మొరపెట్టుచున్నది.
11 కావున నీ తమ్ముని రక్తమును నీ చేతిలోనుండి పుచ్చుకొనుటకు నోరు తెరచిన యీ నేలమీద ఉండకుండ, నీవు శపింప బడినవాడవు;
12 నీవు నేలను సేద్యపరుచునప్పుడు అది తన సారమును ఇక మీదట నీకియ్యదు; నీవు భూమిమీద దిగులు పడుచు దేశదిమ్మరివై యుందువనెను.
13 అందుకు కయీనునా దోషశిక్ష నేను భరింపలేనంత గొప్పది.
14 నేడు ఈ ప్రదేశమునుండి నన్ను వెళ్లగొట్టితివి; నీ సన్నిధికి రాకుండ వెలివేయబడి దిగులుపడుచు భూమిమీద దేశదిమ్మరినై యుందును. కావున నన్ను కనుగొనువాడెవడో వాడు నన్ను చంపునని యెహోవాతో అనెను.
15 అందుకు యెహోవా అతనితోకాబట్టి యెవడైనను కయీనును చంపినయెడల వానికి ప్రతిదండన యేడంతలు కలుగుననెను. మరియు ఎవడైనను కయీనును కనుగొని అతనిని చంపక యుండున
16 అప్పుడు కయీను యెహోవా సన్నిధిలోనుండి బయలుదేరివెళ్లి ఏదెనుకు తూర్పుదిక్కున నోదు దేశములో కాపురముండెను.
17 కయీను తన భార్యను కూడినప్పుడు ఆమె గర్భవతియై హనోకును కనెను. అప్పుడతడు ఒక ఊరు కట్టించి ఆ ఊరికి తన కుమారుని పేరునుబట్టి హనోకను పేరు పెట్టెను.
18 హనోకుకు ఈరాదు పుట్టెను. ఈరాదు మహూయాయేలును కనెను. మహూయాయేలు మతూషా యేలును కనెను. మతూషాయేలు లెమెకును కనెను.
19 లెమెకు ఇద్దరు స్త్రీలను పెండ్లి చేసికొనెను; వారిలో ఒక దాని పేరు ఆదా రెండవదానిపేరు సిల్లా.
20 ఆదా యా బాలును కనెను. అతడు పశువులు గలవాడై గుడారములలో నివసించువారికి మూలపురుషుడు.
21 అతని సహోదరుని పేరు యూబాలు. ఇతడు సితారాను సానికను వాడుక చేయువారికందరికిని మూలపురుషుడు.
22 మరియు సిల్లా తూబల్కయీనును కనెను. అతడు పదునుగల రాగి పని ముట్లన్నిటిని ఇనుప పనిముట్లన్నిటిని చేయువాడు. తూబల్కయీను సహోదరి పేరు నయమా.
23 లెమెకు తన భార్యలతో ఓ ఆదా ఓ సిల్లా, నా పలుకు వినుడి లెమెకు భార్యలారా, నా మాట ఆలకించుడి నన్ను గాయపరచినందుకై ఒక మనుష్యుని చంపితిని నన్ను దెబ్బ కొట్టినందుకై ఒక పడుచువాని చంపితిని
24 ఏడంతలు ప్రతి దండన కయీను కోసము, వచ్చిన యెడల లెమెకు కోసము డెబ్బది యేడంతలు వచ్చుననెను.
25 ఆదాము మరల తన భార్యను కూడినప్పుడు ఆమె కుమారుని కనికయీను చంపిన హేబెలునకు ప్రతిగా దేవుడు నాకు మరియొక సంతానమును నియమించెనను కొని అతనికి షేతు అను పేరు పెట్టెను.
26 మరియు షేతునకుకూడ కుమారుడు పుట్టెను; అతనికి ఎనోషను పేరు పెట్టెను. అప్పుడు యెహోవా నామమున ప్రార్థన చేయుట ఆరంభమైనది.
1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.
2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord.
4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
6 And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
9 And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?
10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
13 And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
15 And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
16 And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.
19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
21 And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the Lord.
1 Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;
2 And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The Lord commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.
3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the Lord, these cities and their suburbs.
4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
5 And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
6 And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
7 The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses.
9 And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name,
10 Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.
11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.
12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
13 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,
14 And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,
15 And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,
16 And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
20 And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
21 For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,
22 And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs; four cities.
23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs,
24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; four cities.
25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; two cities.
26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.
27 And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beesh-terah with her suburbs; two cities.
28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs,
29 Jarmuth with her suburbs, En-gannim with her suburbs; four cities.
30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,
31 Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.
32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammoth-dor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.
33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
34 And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs,
35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities.
36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,
37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.
38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
39 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.
40 So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.
41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.
42 These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities.
43 And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
44 And the Lord gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand.
45 There failed not ought of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.