3, 4. (a) U-Adamu lo-Eva baphiwa wuphi umlayo? (b) Chaza ukuthi kwakuqakatheke ngani ukulalela umlayo lo?.

³ Lanxa u-Adamu lo-Eva babelesibusiso sempilo engapheliyo, kwakulezinto okwakumele bazenze ukuze baqhubeke bephila. Kwakumele baphefumule, banathe, balale njalo badle. Kodwa okwakuqakatheke kakhulu ukuze baqhubeke bephila yikuba lobuhlobo obuhle lalowo owayebanike ukuphila. (Dute. 8:3) Yikho-ke ukulalela imilayo kaNkulunkulu yikho kuphela okwakuzakwenza ukuthi baqhubeke bekholisa impilo. UJehova wakucacisa lokhu ku-Adamu, u-Eva engakadalwa lokudalwa. Njani? “INkosi uNkulunkulu yamlaya umuntu yathi: ‘Ungadla okwezihlahla zonke zensimu njengokuthanda kwakho; kodwa ungadli okwesihlahla sokwazi okulungileyo lokubi, ngoba mhla usidla okwaso uzakufa isibili.’ ”​—Gen. 2:16, 17, The Holy Bible in Ndebele.

⁴ ‘Isihlahla sokwazi okulungileyo lokubi’ sasitshengisa ukuthi uNkulunkulu nguye olelungelo lokutsho ukuthi kuyini okulungileyo lokuthi kuyini okubi. Kodwa u-Adamu wayevele ekwazi ukuthi kuyini okulungileyo lokubi ngoba wayedalwe ngomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu njalo wayelomzwangedwa. Isihlahla sasizakhumbuza u-Adamu lo-Eva ukuthi kwakumele balaywe nguJehova okwempilo yabo yonke. Nxa babengadla isihlahla leso, kwakuzabe kusitsho ukuthi bafuna ukwenza abakufunayo bengatshelwa lutho nguNkulunkulu. Lokhu kwakuzaphambanisa impilo yabo kanye leyabantwana ababezakuba labo. Lokho uNkulunkulu ayebatshele ukuthi kuzakwenzakala nxa bangasidla kwakutshengisa ukuthi ukusidla kwakuyisono esikhulu.

⁷ UNkulunkulu wayetshele u-Adamu ukuthi: “Mhla usidla okwaso [isihlahla sokwazi okulungileyo lokubi] uzakufa isibili.” Kumele ukuthi u-Adamu wayecabanga ukuthi nxa uNkulunkulu esithi “mhla” wayesitsho ilanga elilamahola angu-24. Ngemva kokwephula umlayo kaNkulunkulu, mhlawumbe wayecabanga ukuthi uJehova uzahle amjezise lingakatshoni lokutshona. Kwathi “kusihlwa ekupholeni kwelanga,” uJehova wafika ku-Adamu lo-Eva. (Gen. 3:8, The Holy Bible in Ndebele) Singathi kwasekusemthethwandaba, uNkulunkulu evumela u-Adamu lo-Eva ukuthi bachaze ababekwenzile. (Gen. 3:9-13) Ngemva kwalokhu wasebagweba ngenxa yesono ababesenzile. (Gen. 3:14-19) Aluba wahle wababulala khonapho, injongo yakhe ephathelane lokwakuzakwenziwa ngu-Adamu lo-Eva kanye lenzalo yabo yayizahle iphelele emoyeni. (Isaya. 55:11) UJehova wahle watshela u-Adamu lo-Eva ukuthi babezakufa njalo bahle baqalisa ukuhlupheka. Lanxa kunjalo, wabavumela ukuthi babe labantwana ababezancedwa ngokunye ayezakwenza. KuNkulunkulu ilanga elilodwa lilingana leminyaka eyinkulungwane. Yikho-ke kuye, u-Adamu lo-Eva bafa ngalo kanye ilanga abona ngalo, “mhla” besidla isihlahla.​—2 Phet. 3:8.