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Genesis 2

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1 Təməwit ta da as əkkəsawan jənnawan əd ṃədlan d arat kul wa tan ihan.

2 Əzəl wa n əṣṣa əššəɣəl wa iga Məššina kul ikkisaw, təzzar iɣrad-tu daɣ-as.

3 Iga Məššina albaraka-nnet fəl əzəl wa n əṣṣa, izzəzwar-tu fəlas əzəl wa da ad daɣ iɣrad əššəɣəl n əxluk kul wa iga.

4 Ələsəl wa n jənnawan d aṃadal ənta da as d-ətawaxlakan. As d-iga Əməli Məššina aṃadal əd jənnawan

5 wər tu təlla təfsəq waliyyat za wər ig̣med yel harwa fəl aṃadal. Fəlas Əməli Məššina wər d-issofay akonak fəl aṃadal, amaran ənta da wər t-illa awedan waliyyan igyakan aṃadal.

6 Təzzar təg̣mad-du šaṭ n aṃan aṃadal, təssəbdag tesayt n aṃadal.

7 Ixlak-du Əməli Məššina aggadəm daɣ əg̣odrar n aṃadal issəwad daɣ šinjar-net iṇfas wa n təməddurt, təzzar iqqal aggadəm taxlək əhan ṃan.

8 Dəffər a di ig'Əməli Məššina əgoras daɣ akal n Edan fəl aganna wa n dənnəg issənṣa daɣ-as aggadəm wa dd-ixlak da.

9 Əməli Məššina issədwal-du daɣ aṃadal irawan n eškan kul əhossaynen as əzodan aratan-nasan əs taṭṭay, issədwal-du ənta da ašək wa n təməddurt daɣ aṃṃas n əgoras, d ašək wa n maṣnat n a wa olaɣan d iba-nnet.

10 Ig̣mad-d'agarew akal wa n Edan fəl ad-aššašəw əgoras. Den da ad-imməzzay agarew iqqal əkkoz ḍaran.

11 Aḍar w'azzaran eṣəm-net Fišon, ənta a dd-iɣlayan akal kul wa n Hawila, akal wa iha urəɣ,

12 urəɣ iṃosan wa iqqətasan. Akal wen ətawagrawan daɣ-as aḍutan əzodnen əlanen ələsəl as itawaṇṇu Bədola, tolas əhanat-tu təhun əntanatay da əlanen ələsəl as itawaṇṇu Šoham.

13 Eṣəm n aḍar wa n əššin Gihon, ənta a dd-iɣlayan akal wa n Kuš ket-net.

14 Eṣəm n aḍar wa n karad Hiddekəl, ənta a dd-ingayan daɣ dənnəg n akal n Aššur. Aḍar wa n əkkoz eṣəm-net Fərat.

15 Idkal Əməli Məššina aggadəm, ig-ay daɣ əgoras wa n Edan fəl a dər-əs annaṭṭaf, iṣṣən daɣ-as.

16 Təzzar ig'Əməli Məššina y aggadəm tarɣəmt təṃosat as das iṇṇa: «Təle turagat ən taṭṭay n aratan n eškan kul win n əgoras.

17 Mišan ad-wər-tatša aratan n ašək wa n maṣnat n a wa olaɣan d iba-nnet, fəlas as tan-tətšeɣ illikan as a kay iba.»

18 Iṇṇa Əməli Məššina: «Wər oleɣ ad iṃos aggadəm ɣas-net ad-as-aga tadhəlt a dər inihagga.»

19 Ixlak-du Əməli Məššina daɣ aṃadal imudaran kul win ozalnen fəl aṃadal əd g̣ədad kul. Iwat-tan-du s aggadəm ad-inəy Əməli Məššina ma əṃosan əṣmawan win dasan z-agu. Təzzar iqqal as iṣmawan win ig'aggadəm i mudaran, əntanay a tan əwarnen.

20 Ig'aggadəm iṣmawan i hərwan əd g̣ədad əd wəxsan kul, mišan wər ɣur-əs ig'as, ənta aggadəm, igraw tadhəlt a dər inihagga.

21 Təzzar isaṭṭarmas-tu Əməli Məššina iket an eṭəs. Daɣ amazay wa d inṣa da ikkas-du iyyan daɣ ɣərdəššan-net issoɣal iṣan n alam təməwit-nasan.

22 Ixlak-du Əməli Məššina tanṭut daɣ əɣərdes wa dd-ikkas daɣ aggadəm da, eway-tat-du sər-əs.

23 Təzzar iṇṇa aggadəm: «Ənta da ta təṃosat eɣas ən ɣasan-in elam n alam-in. Ənt'as z-itawaṇṇu tanṭut fəl-as aləs a daɣ du-tətawakkas.»

24 A di da a fəlas aləs ad-ifəl ehan ən šis əd ṃas, irtəy əd tənṭut-net, əqqəlan elam iyyanda.

25 Aləs əd tənṭut ket-nasan əxizamzaman, eges wər tan tətibəz takarakit.

   

Commentary

 

What the Bible says about... Marriage and Spirituality

By New Christian Bible Study Staff, John Odhner

A bride, dressed for her wedding, looks out a window.

People who are truly in love know that marriage is one of the greatest blessings the Lord has given people. But there's a lot of confusion and doubt about marriage these days. Let's take a look at what the Bible says about it, beginning at the very beginning. The very fact that the Lord has created us male and female (Genesis 1:27) seems to indicate that marriage is the intended condition for people.

In the Adam and Eve story, the Lord says, "It is not good that the man should be alone." (Genesis 2:18). Therefore, He creates Eve. It's a very ancient story that depicts marriage as one of God's blessings for humanity, part of his plan for people.

God's blessing on the first marriage makes this even more clear: "And God blessed them and said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply.'" (Genesis 1:28)

Not only does marriage have the Lord's blessing - it is also phrased as a commandment in this passage from the prophet Jeremiah: "Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel.... Take wives and beget sons and daughters, and take wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands, so that they may bear sons and daughters--that you may be increased there, and not diminished.'" (Jeremiah 29:6)

King Solomon said, "He who finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor from the Lord." (Proverbs 18:22)

In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus has a telling response to the Pharisees who are quizzing him about divorce:

Jesus answered, "Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female', and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate'." (Matthew 19:4-6)

In the text of the Bible, there are also frequent references to a marriage between the Lord and His Church, where the church is made up of the people who love the Lord and follow his commandments. This is a different sort of marriage than the one between husband and wife, but some of the same ideals of love and reciprocity and conjunction are presented.

"As the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you." (Isaiah 62:5)

"Your Maker is your husband: The Lord of Hosts is His name." (Isaiah 54:5)

"'Turn, O backsliding children,' says the Lord, 'for I am married to you.'" (Jeremiah 3:14)

"Let us be glad and rejoice, and give glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready." (Revelation 19:7).

See also Jeremiah 31:32; Isaiah 49:18, 61:10; Jeremiah 2:32; Hosea 2:2; Ezekiel 16; Matthew 22:2-9; 25:1-10; Luke 5:34; Revelation 21:2, 9; 22:17, etc.

From all this, it seems pretty clear that there's strong support in the Bible for marriage.

That said, there are also some passages that have led people in other directions. In some of Paul's letters, there are some things which can be taken to mean that marriage is less chaste than celibacy. In answering a question from the Saduccees, Jesus says that in heaven, they neither marry nor are given in marriage. What did he mean by that? We will dig into these issues in separate topics, or in an extension to this one... but, overall, the Bible's pretty clear that marriage is part of the Lord's design for us, and that our physical, earthly marriages represent a spiritual marriage, too.