IGenesisi 4:1-12

U-Adamu walala nomkakhe u-Eva, wayesekhulelwa, wazala uKhayini, wathi: “Ngifumene insizwa kuSimakade.” Wabuye wazala enye indodana wayiqamba ngokuthi ngu-Abela. U-Abela wayengumelusi, uKhayini engumlimi. Kwathi ngokuhamba kwezinsuku uKhayini waletha kuSimakade umnikelo wezithelo zomhlabathi. U-Abela naye waletha amazibulo emfuyo yakhe, wanikela ngezitho zawo ezinonileyo. USimakade wamnaka u-Abela nomnikelo wakhe, kodwa uKhayini nomnikelo wakhe wakushaya indiva. UKhayini wathukuthela wagana unwabu, wahwaqabala ebusweni. USimakade wambuza uKhayini wathi: “Uthukutheleleni na? Bunyukubaleleni ubuso bakho na? Uma wenza okuhle, awuzukwamukela okuhle yini na? Uma ungenzi kahle, isono sisemnyango, siyakunyonyobela; sifuna wena, kodwa wena sinqobe.” UKhayini wathi ku-Abela umnawakhe: “Asihambe siye endle.” Kuthe sebefike endle, uKhayini wambhudukeza umnawakhe wambulala. USimakade wambuza uKhayini wathi: “Uphi umnawakho u-Abela na?” UKhayini waphendula wathi: “Angazi. Kanti ngingumlindi womfowethu yini na?” Wathi kuye: “Ukwenzeleni lokho na? Igazi lomnawakho liyakhala kimi lisemhlabathini! Usuqalekisiwe emhlabathini lona ovule umlomo wawo wemukela igazi lomnawakho olichithele kuwo ngesandla sakho. Uma ulima, umhlabathi awuyikukunika sivuno; uzoba ngumhambuma nozulane emhlabeni.”