Genesis 4
1 Adam (had sex/slept) with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son whom she named Cain, [which sounds like the word that means ‘produce’], because, she said, “By Yahweh’s help I have produced a son.” Some time later she gave birth to another son, and she named him Abel.
Or Adamo conobbe Eva sua moglie, la quale concepì e partorì Caino, e disse: “Ho acquistato un uomo, con l’aiuto dell’Eterno”.
2 [After those boys grew up], Abel (tended/took care of) sheep and goats, and Cain became a farmer.
Poi partorì ancora Abele, fratello di lui. E Abele fu pastore di pecore; e Caino, lavoratore della terra.
3 One day Cain harvested some of the crops he had grown and brought them to Yahweh as a gift for him,
E avvenne, di li a qualche tempo, che Caino fece un offerta di frutti della terra all’Eterno;
4 and Abel took from his flock some of the first lambs that had been born [and killed them] and, as a gift, gave to Yahweh the fatty parts, [which were the best parts]. Yahweh was pleased with Abel and his offering,
e Abele offerse anch’egli dei primogeniti del suo gregge e del loro grasso. E l’Eterno guardò con favore Abele e la sua offerta,
5 but he was not pleased with Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his face looked dejected.
ma non guardò con favore Caino e l’offerta sua. E Caino ne fu molto irritato, e il suo viso ne fu abbattuto.
6 Yahweh said to Cain, “(You should not be angry!/Why are you angry?) [RHQ] (You should not scowl like that!/Why do you scowl like that?) [RHQ]
E l’Eterno disse a Caino: “Perché sei tu irritato? e perché hai il volto abbattuto?
7 If you had done what was right (OR, if you do what is right) [RHQ], I would accept your offering. But if you do not do what is right, [your desire to] sin [is ready to attack you like a wild animal that] [PRS] crouches outside the doorway, [ready to spring on its victim] [MET]. [Your desire to] sin wants to control you, but you must (control/not obey) it.”
Se fai bene non rialzerai tu il volto? ma, se fai male, il peccato sta spiandoti alla porta, e i suoi desideri son vòlti a te; ma tu lo devi dominare!”
8 But one day, Cain said to his younger brother Abel, “Let’s go for a walk in the fields.” [So they went together]. And when they were in the countryside, suddenly Cain attacked Abel and killed him.
E Caino disse ad Abele suo fratello: “Usciamo fuori ai campi!” E avvenne che, quando furono nei campi, Caino si levò contro Abele suo fratello, e l’uccise.
9 [Later, even though] Yahweh [knew what Cain had done], he said to Cain, “[Do you know] where Abel, your younger brother, is?” Cain replied, “No, I do not know. (My job is not to guard my younger brother!/Am I supposed to take care of my younger brother?)” [RHQ]
E l’Eterno disse a Caino: “Dov’è Abele tuo fratello?” Ed egli rispose: “Non lo so; sono io forse il guardiano di mio fratello?”
10 Yahweh said, “You have done a terrible thing [RHQ]! So now [it is as though] your younger brother’s voice is crying to me from the ground, demanding that his death must be avenged.
E l’Eterno disse: “Che hai tu fatto? la voce del sangue di tuo fratello grida a me dalla terra.
11 You have killed your younger brother, and the ground has soaked up his blood. So now I will expel you from this land and curse your efforts to produce crops.
E ora tu sarai maledetto, condannato ad errar lungi dalla terra che ha aperto la sua bocca per ricevere il sangue del tuo fratello dalla tua mano.
12 You will till the ground to plant crops, but the ground will produce very few [HYP] crops. And you will continually wander around the earth, and not have any place to live permanently.”
Quando coltiverai il suolo, esso non ti darà più i suoi prodotti, e tu sarai vagabondo e fuggiasco sulla terra”.
13 Cain replied, “You are punishing me more then I can endure.
E Caino disse all’Eterno: “Il mio castigo è troppo grande perch’io lo possa sopportare.
14 You are about to expel me from the ground [that I have been cultivating], and I will no longer be able to come (into your presence/and talk with you). Furthermore, I will be continually wandering around the earth with no place to live permanently, and anyone who sees me will kill me.”
Ecco, tu mi scacci oggi dalla faccia di questo suolo, ed io sarò nascosto dal tuo cospetto, e sarò vagabondo e fuggiasco per la terra; e avverrà che chiunque mi troverà mi ucciderà”.
15 But Yahweh said to him, “No, that will not happen. I will put a mark on you to warn anyone who sees you that [I will punish him severely if] he kills you. I will punish that person seven times as severely as I am punishing you.” Then Yahweh put a mark on Cain’s forehead.
E l’Eterno gli disse: “Perciò, chiunque ucciderà Caino, sarà punito sette volte più di lui”. E l’Eterno mise un segno su Caino, affinché nessuno, trovandolo, l’uccidesse.
16 So Cain left Yahweh and went to live in the land called Nod, [which means ‘wandering’], which was east of Eden.
E Caino si partì dal cospetto dell’Eterno e dimorò nel paese di Nod, ad oriente di Eden.
17 Some time later, Cain (had sex/slept) with his wife, and she [became pregnant and] gave birth to a son, whom she named Enoch. Then Cain started to build a city, and he named the city ‘Enoch’, the same name that his son had.
E Caino conobbe la sua moglie, la quale concepì e partorì Enoc. Poi si mise a edificare una città, a cui diede il nome di Enoc, dal nome del suo figliuolo.
18 Enoch [grew up and married and] became the father of a son whom he named Irad. When Irad [grew up he] became the father of a son whom he named Mehujael. Mehujael [grew up and] became the father of a son whom he named Methuselah. Methuselah [grew up and] became the father of Lamech.
E ad Enoc nacque Irad; Irad generò Mehujael; Mehujael generò Methushael, e Methushael generò Lamec.
19 When Lamech [grew up he] married two women. The name of one was Adah and the other was Zillah.
E Lamec prese due mogli: il nome dell’una era Ada, e il nome dell’altra, Zilla.
20 Adah gave birth to [a son she named] Jabal.
E Ada partorì Jabal, che fu il padre di quelli che abitano sotto le tende presso i greggi.
21 Later, Jabal was the first person who lived in tents because he traveled from place to place to take care of livestock. His younger brother’s name was Jubal. He was the first person who made/played a (lyre/stringed instrument) and a flute.
E il nome del suo fratello era Jubal, che fu il padre di tutti quelli che suonano la cetra ed il flauto.
22 [Lamech’s other wife] Zillah gave birth to a son whom she named Tubal-Cain. Later Tubal-Cain became a (blacksmith/one who made tools from bronze and iron). Tubal-Cain had a younger sister whose name was Naamah.
E Zilla partorì anch’essa Tubal-cain, l’artefice d’ogni sorta di strumenti di rame e di ferro, e la sorella di Tubal-cain fu Naama.
23 One day Lamech said to his two wives, “Adah and Zillah, listen carefully to what I am saying. A young man struck me and wounded me, so I killed him.
E Lamec disse alle sue mogli: “Ada e Zilla, ascoltate la mia voce; mogli di Lamec, porgete orecchio ai mio dire! Sì, io ho ucciso un uomo perché m’ha ferito, e un giovine perché m’ha contuso.
24 Yahweh said long ago that he would avenge and punish anyone who killed Cain seven times as much as he punished Cain [for killing his younger brother]. So if anyone [tries to] kill me, I will punish him 77 times as much [as Yahweh punished Cain].”
Se Caino sarà vendicato sette volte, Lamec lo sarà settantasette volte”.
25 Adam continued to (have sex/sleep) with [EUP] his wife, and she [became pregnant and] gave birth to another son, whom she named Seth, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘given’], because, she said, “God has given me another child to take the place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”
E Adamo conobbe ancora la sua moglie, ed essa partorì un figliuolo, a cui pose nome Seth, “perché” ella disse, “Iddio m’ha dato un altro figliuolo al posto d’Abele, che Caino ha ucciso”.
26 When Seth grew up, he became the father of a son whom he named Enosh. About that time people began to worship Yahweh [again].
E anche a Seth nacque un figliuolo, a cui pose nome Enosh. Allora si cominciò a invocare il nome dell’Eterno.
