Genesis 4

1 ಆದಾಮನು ತನ್ನ ಹೆಂಡತಿಯಾದ ಹವ್ವಳನ್ನು ಕೂಡಿದನು. ಆಗ ಆಕೆಯು ಗರ್ಭಿಣಿಯಾಗಿ ಕಾಯಿನನನ್ನು ಹೆತ್ತು--ನಾನು ಕರ್ತ ನಿಂದ ಒಬ್ಬ ಮನುಷ್ಯನನ್ನು ಪಡೆದಿದ್ದೇನೆ ಅಂದಳು.

2 ತರುವಾಯ ಆಕೆಯು ಅವನ ಸಹೋದರನಾದ ಹೇಬೆಲನನ್ನು ಹೆತ್ತಳು. ಹೇಬೆಲನು ಕುರಿ ಕಾಯುವವನಾ ದನು, ಕಾಯಿನನು ವ್ಯವಸಾಯಮಾಡುವವನಾದನು.

3 ಕಾಲಾಂತರದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂಭವಿಸಿದ್ದೇನಂದರೆ, ಕಾಯಿ ನನು ಹೊಲದ ಫಲವನ್ನು ಕರ್ತನಿಗೆ ಕಾಣಿಕೆಯಾಗಿ ತಂದನು.

4 ಹೇಬೆಲನು ಸಹ ತನ್ನ ಮಂದೆಯಿಂದ ಕೊಬ್ಬಿದ ಚೊಚ್ಚಲಾದವುಗಳನ್ನು ತಂದನು. ಆಗ ಕರ್ತನು ಹೇಬೆಲನನ್ನೂ ಅವನ ಕಾಣಿಕೆಯನ್ನೂ ಗೌರವಿಸಿದನು.

5 ಆದರೆ ಕಾಯಿನನನ್ನೂ ಅವನ ಕಾಣಿಕೆಯನ್ನೂ ಆತನು ಗೌರವಿಸಲಿಲ್ಲ. ಆಗ ಕಾಯಿ ನನು ಬಹು ಕೋಪಗೊಂಡನು, ಅವನ ಮುಖವು ಕಳೆಗುಂದಿತು.

6 ಆಗ ಕರ್ತನು ಕಾಯಿನನಿಗೆ--ಯಾಕೆ ಕೋಪಗೊಂಡಿದ್ದೀ? ಯಾಕೆ ನಿನ್ನ ಮುಖವು ಕಳೆಗುಂದಿತು?

7 ನೀನು ಒಳ್ಳೆಯದನ್ನು ಮಾಡಿದರೆ ಅಂಗೀಕರಿಸಲ್ಪಡುವದಿಲ್ಲವೇ? ನೀನು ಒಳ್ಳೆಯದನ್ನು ಮಾಡದೆ ಹೋದರೆ ಪಾಪವು ಬಾಗಲಲ್ಲಿ ಹೊಂಚಿ ಕೊಂಡಿರುವದು; ನಿನ್ನ ಮೇಲೆ ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ಆಶೆ ಇರುವದು, ನೀನು ಅದನ್ನು ಆಳಬೇಕು ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಿದನು.

8 ಆಗ ಕಾಯಿನನು ತನ್ನ ಸಹೋದರನಾದ ಹೇಬೆಲನ ಸಂಗಡ ಮಾತನಾಡಿದನು; ತರುವಾಯ ಆದದ್ದೇ ನಂದರೆ, ಅವರು ಹೊಲದಲ್ಲಿದ್ದಾಗ ಕಾಯಿನನು ತನ್ನ ಸಹೋದರನಾದ ಹೇಬೆಲನಿಗೆ ವಿರುದ್ಧವಾಗಿ ಎದ್ದು ಅವನನ್ನು ಕೊಂದುಹಾಕಿದನು.

9 ಆಗ ಕರ್ತನು ಕಾಯಿನನಿಗೆ--ನಿನ್ನ ಸಹೋದರ ನಾದ ಹೇಬೆಲನು ಎಲ್ಲಿ ಅಂದನು. ಅದಕ್ಕವನು-- ನಾನು ಅರಿಯೆನು; ನನ್ನ ಸಹೋದರನನ್ನು ನಾನು ಕಾಯುವವನೋ ಅಂದನು.

10 ಆತನು--ನೀನು ಮಾಡಿದ್ದೇನು? ನಿನ್ನ ಸಹೋದರನ ರಕ್ತದ ಸ್ವರವು ಭೂಮಿಯಿಂದ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಕೂಗುತ್ತದೆ.

11 ಆದದರಿಂದ ಈಗ ನಿನ್ನ ಕೈಯಿಂದ ನಿನ್ನ ಸಹೋದರನ ರಕ್ತವನ್ನು ಕುಡಿಯುವದಕ್ಕೆ ತನ್ನ ಬಾಯನ್ನು ತೆರೆದ ಭೂಮಿಯ ದೆಸೆಯಿಂದ ನೀನು ಶಪಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟವನಾದಿ.

12 ನೀನು ಭೂಮಿಯನ್ನು ವ್ಯವಸಾಯಮಾಡುವಾಗ ಇನ್ನು ಮೇಲೆ ಅದು ತನ್ನ ಸಾರವನ್ನು ಕೊಡುವದಿಲ್ಲ. ನೀನು ಭೂಮಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅಲೆದಾಡುವವನಾಗಿಯೂ ತಿರುಗಾಡು ವವನಾಗಿಯೂ ಇರುವಿ ಅಂದನು.

13 ಆಗ ಕಾಯಿನನು ಕರ್ತನಿಗೆ--ನನ್ನ ಶಿಕ್ಷೆಯು ನಾನು ತಾಳಲಾರದಷ್ಟು ದೊಡ್ಡದಾಗಿದೆ.

14 ಇಗೋ, ನೀನು ಈ ದಿನ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಈ ಸ್ಥಳದಿಂದ ಹೊರಡಿಸಿದ್ದೀ, ನಿನ್ನ ಮುಖಕ್ಕೆ ನಾನು ಮರೆಯಾಗಿರಬೇಕು; ಭೂಮಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅಲೆಯು ವವನೂ ತಿರುಗಾಡುವವನೂ ಆಗಿರಬೇಕು; ಇದಲ್ಲದೆ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಕಂಡವರೆಲ್ಲಾ ಕೊಲ್ಲುವರು ಅಂದನು.

15 ಆದದರಿಂದ ಕರ್ತನು ಅವನಿಗೆ--ಕಾಯಿನನನ್ನು ಕೊಲ್ಲುವವನು ಯಾವನೋ ಅವನು ಏಳರಷ್ಟು ಪ್ರತಿದಂಡನೆ ಹೊಂದುವನು ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಿದನು. ಕಾಯಿನನನ್ನು ಕಂಡವರು ಕೊಲ್ಲದ ಹಾಗೆ ಕರ್ತನು ಅವನ ಮೇಲೆ ಒಂದು ಗುರುತು ಇಟ್ಟನು.

16 ಕಾಯಿನನು ಕರ್ತನ ಸನ್ನಿಧಿಯಿಂದ ಹೊರಟು ಏದೆನಿನ ಪೂರ್ವದಿಕ್ಕಿನಲ್ಲಿದ್ದ ನೋದು ಎಂಬ ದೇಶ ದಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಸಿಸಿದನು.

17 ಕಾಯಿನನು ತನ್ನ ಹೆಂಡತಿಯನ್ನು ಕೂಡಿದನು; ಆಕೆಯು ಗರ್ಭಿಣಿಯಾಗಿ ಹನೋಕನನ್ನು ಹೆತ್ತಳು. ಆಗ ಕಾಯಿನನು ಒಂದು ಪಟ್ಟಣವನ್ನು ಕಟ್ಟಿ ತನ್ನ ಮಗನಾದ ಹನೋಕನ ಹೆಸರನ್ನು ಆ ಪಟ್ಟಣಕ್ಕೆ ಇಟ್ಟನು.

18 ಹನೋಕನಿಂದ ಈರಾದನು ಹುಟ್ಟಿದನು; ಈರಾದನಿಂದ ಮೆಹೂಯಾಯೇಲನು ಹುಟ್ಟಿದನು; ಮೆಹೂಯಾಯೇಲನಿಂದ ಮೆತೂಷಾ ಯೇಲನು ಹುಟ್ಟಿದನು; ಮೆತೂಷಾಯೇಲನಿಂದ ಲೆಮೆಕನು ಹುಟ್ಟಿದನು.

19 ಲೆಮೆಕನು ಇಬ್ಬರು ಹೆಂಡತಿಯರನ್ನು ಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡನು. ಒಬ್ಬಳ ಹೆಸರು ಆದಾ, ಮತ್ತೊಬ್ಬಳ ಹೆಸರು ಚಿಲ್ಲಾ.

20 ಆದಾ ಯಾಬಾಲನನ್ನು ಹೆತ್ತಳು; ಇವನು ಗುಡಾರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಸಿಸುವವನಾಗಿ ದನಕರು ಗಳಿದ್ದವರಿಗೆ ತಂದೆಯಾದನು.

21 ಅವನ ಸಹೋದರನ ಹೆಸರು ಯೂಬಾಲನು; ಇವನು ಕಿನ್ನರಿಯನ್ನೂ ಕೊಳಲನ್ನೂ ಬಾರಿಸುವವರೆಲ್ಲರಿಗೆ ತಂದೆಯಾದನು.

22 ಚಿಲ್ಲಾ ಸಹ ತೂಬಲ್‌ಕಾಯಿನನನ್ನು ಹೆತ್ತಳು; ಅವನು ಹಿತ್ತಾಳೆ ಕಬ್ಬಿಣ ಕೆಲಸದ ಕಲೆಯಿದ್ದವರೆಲ್ಲರಿಗೆ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಕೊಡುವವನಾಗಿದ್ದನು. ತೂಬಲ್‌ಕಾಯಿನನ ಸಹೋದರಿ ನಯಮಾ ಎಂಬವಳು.

23 ಲೆಮೆಕನು ತನ್ನ ಹೆಂಡತಿಯರಾದ ಆದಾ ಚಿಲ್ಲಾ ಎಂಬವರಿಗೆ--ಲೆಮೆಕನ ಹೆಂಡತಿಯರೇ, ನನ್ನ ಮಾತನ್ನು ಕೇಳಿರಿ; ನನ್ನ ಮಾತುಗಳಿಗೆ ಕಿವಿಗೊಡಿರಿ; ನನಗೆ ಗಾಯಮಾಡಿದ ಒಬ್ಬ ಮನುಷ್ಯ ನನ್ನು, ನನಗೆ ಹೊಡೆದ ಒಬ್ಬ ಯೌವನಸ್ಥನನ್ನು ಕೊಂದಿದ್ದೇನೆ.

24 ಕಾಯಿನನಿಗಾಗಿ ಏಳರಷ್ಟು ಪ್ರತಿದಂಡನೆಯಾದರೆ ಲೆಮೆಕನಿಗಾಗಿ ಏಳೆಪ್ಪತ್ತು ಸಾರಿ ಪ್ರತಿದಂಡನೆ ನಿಜವಾ ಗಿಯೂ ಆಗುವದು.

25 ಇದಲ್ಲದೆ ಆದಾಮನು ತಿರಿಗಿ ತನ್ನ ಹೆಂಡತಿಯನ್ನು ಕೂಡಿದ್ದರಿಂದ ಅವಳು ಮಗನನ್ನು ಹೆತ್ತು ಅವನಿಗೆ ಸೇತನೆಂದು ಹೆಸರಿಟ್ಟಳು. ಯಾಕಂದರೆ--ಕಾಯಿನನು ಕೊಂದುಹಾಕಿದ ಹೇಬೆಲನಿಗೆ ಬದಲಾಗಿ ದೇವರು ನನಗೆ ಬೇರೆ ಸಂತತಿಯನ್ನು ಕೊಟ್ಟನೆಂದು ಆಕೆಯು ಹೇಳಿದಳು.

26 ಸೇತನಿಗೂ ಒಬ್ಬ ಮಗನು ಹುಟ್ಟಿದನು; ಅವನಿಗೆ ಎನೋಷ್‌ ಎಂದು ಹೆಸರಿಟ್ಟನು; ತರುವಾಯ ಮನುಷ್ಯರು ಕರ್ತನ ಹೆಸರನ್ನು ಕರೆದು ಆರಾಧಿಸುವದಕ್ಕೆ ಆರಂಭಿಸಿದರು.

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 spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the Lord hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.

2 And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.

3 And it came to pass at the seven years’ end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.

4 And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.

5 And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.

6 And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.

7 And Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.

8 And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and inquire of the Lord by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?

9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels’ burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Ben-hadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?

10 And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the Lord hath shewed me that he shall surely die.

11 And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.

12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.

13 And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The Lord hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.

14 So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest surely recover.

15 And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.

16 And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.

17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

18 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.

19 Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.

20 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

21 So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.

22 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.

23 And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

24 And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.

25 In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.

26 Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.

27 And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the Lord, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab.

28 And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth-gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.

29 And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.