3, 4. (a) Ngumuphi umyalo Nkulunkulu lawunika bo-Adamu na-Eva? (b) Kwakubaluleke kangakanani kulalela loyo myalo?

³ Nanobe bebanelitsemba lekuphila phakadze, bekunetintfo bo-Adamu na-Eva lobekufanele batente kute bachubeke baphila. Bekufanele baphefumule, banatse, balale futsi badle. Lokubaluleke kakhulu kutsi kuphila kwabo bekusime ebudlelwaneni babo neMniki Kuphila. (Dut. 8:3) Kwemukela sicondziso saNkulunkulu bekuyintfo lebalulekile kute bachubeke bajabulela kuphila. Jehova wakwenta kwacaca loku ku-Adamu ngisho nangaphambi kwekutsi kudalwe Eva. Njani? “Nkulunkulu Simakadze wamyala umuntfu watsi kuye: ‘Ungadla ngekutsandza kwakho tonkhe titselo letilapha ensimini; kodvwa ungasidli sitselo sesihlahla sekwati lokulungile nalokungakalungi, ngobe mhlazana usidla uyakufa nekufa.’”​—Gen. 2:16, 17.

⁴ ‘Sihlahla sekwati lokulungile nalokungakalungi’ besimelela lilungelo laNkulunkulu lekuncuma lokuhle nalokubi. Adamu abekwati kwehlukanisa lokuhle nalokubi; abedalwe ngemfanekiso waNkulunkulu futsi abenanembeza. Lesihlahla besitawukhumbuta bo-Adamu na-Eva kutsi bahlale basidzinga sicondziso saJehova. Kudla kwabo kulesihlahla bekutawusho kutsi bafuna kutibusa, lobekutawuletsa umphumela lomubi kubo nasesitukulwaneni sabo. Umyalo waNkulunkulu nesigwebo labebatasitfola nabangalaleli, kwakukhombisa ingoti yekutsatsa lendlela lengakalungi.

⁷ Nkulunkulu watsi ku-Adamu: “Mhlazana usidla [sitselo sesihlahla sekwati lokulungile nalokungakalungi] uyakufa nekufa.” Kungenteka kutsi Adamu abecabanga kutsi lelilanga belingema-awa langu-24. Ngemuva kwekwephula umyalo waNkulunkulu, abengacabanga kutsi Jehova utawutsatsa sinyatselo lingakashoni lelolanga. “Ekupholeni kwelilanga,” Jehova wakhuluma na-Adamu na-Eva. (Gen. 3:8) Njengobe aliJaji lelilungile, wacale walalela loko labebakusho. (Gen. 3:9-13) Ngemuva kwaloko wabanika sigwebo. (Gen. 3:14-19) Kube wababulala ngalesosikhatsi, injongo yakhe nga-Adamu na-Eva nesitukulwane sabo beyingaba lite. (Isa. 55:11) Nanobe asikhipha sigwebo sekufa nemiphumela yesono yacala kubonakala, wabavumela kutsi batale bantfwana labebangazuza kulamanye emalungiselelo labekatawenta. Ngako-ke, ngembono waNkulunkulu bo-Adamu na-Eva bafa ngalelilanga labona ngalo, futsi ecinisweni bafa lingakapheli “lilanga” leliyiminyaka lengu-1 000.​—2 Phet. 3:8.