⁸ Nxa kuyikho ayekucabanga, wayekhe phansi. Kanti njalo nxa kuyikuthi yikho ababekutshela uKhayini ngesikhathi esakhula, akumangalisi ukuthi waba ngumuntu ozikhukhumezayo. Ngokuya kwesikhathi u-Eva welamisa ngenye indodana kodwa akulandawo lapho esizwa kuthiwa wagiya ngayo. Bayipha ibizo elithi Abela, okutsho ukuthi “Umoya Ophuma Emakhaleni” loba “Into Engelamsebenzi.” (Gen. 4:2) Engxenye ukumnika ibizo leli kwakutshengisa ukuthi babekhangelele ukuthi uKhayini wayezakwenza okuhle kulaye.

10, 11. UKhayini lo-Abela benza yiphi imisebenzi, njalo yiluphi uphawu lobuntu u-Abela aba lalo?

¹⁰ Kumele ukuthi abafana laba ababili bathi bekhula, u-Adamu wabafundisa ukwenza imisebenzi eqakathekileyo ukuze imuli ithole okuya ethunjini. UKhayini waba ngumlimi, u-Abela waba ngumalusi.

¹³ Akuthandabuzwa ukuthi u-Abela wayesiba lesikhathi sokunakana ngoNkulunkulu. Akumbone ngelihlo lengqondo eselusa izimvu zakhe. Umalusi kwakumele akhasabule imimango emide. Wayeqansa amaqaqa, adabule phakathi kwezihotsha, achaphe lemifula, edinga amadlelo aluhlaza lendawo elamanzi futhi enhle lapho izifuyo zakhe ezazingaphumula khona. Phakathi kwezinyamazana ezazikhona, kukhanya izimvu yizo ezazikudinga kakhulu ukuvikelwa lokunakekelwa ngumuntu. Kungenzeka ukuthi u-Abela wakubona lokhu wasenanzelela ukuthi laye kwakumele aqondiswe, avikelwe futhi anakekelwe nguNkulunkulu ngoba ulenhlakanipho njalo ulamandla kulabantu. Kumele ukuthi u-Abela wayehlala ekhuluma ngakho lokhu nxa ethandaza, futhi lokhu kwamenza waba lokholo oluqinileyo.