⁵ Munzila eeyi banabukwetene basikubisya bakatalika kufwa. Iciindi Leza naakali kubasinganya kufwa wakayungizya akwaambila Adamu kuti: “Nyika ilitukidwe nkaambo kanduwe. Uyoolya micelo yayo mumacise mazuba oonse aabuponi bwako. Iyookuzyalila mamvwa amitubetube. Uyoolya zisyu zyamusokwe.” (Matalikilo 3:17, 18) Aboobo ba Adamu a Eva bakasowa coolwe cakubamba nyika yatakalimidwe kuti ibe paradaiso. Nobakatandwa kuzwa mu Edeni, bakalikubelesya nguzu zyabo zyoonse kujana cakulya kuzwa kunyika iitukidwe. Akaambo kakukona bube obo bwabusizibi alimwi akufwa, iluzubo lwabo lwakayandika luumbulizyo kapati.—Ba-Roma 5:12.

⁸ Jehova wakakanza kunyonyoona nyika eeyo mbyaabi kwiinda muzambangulwe lyanyika yoonse pele wakaambila Nowa kuti ayake bwaato kusaanguna kutegwa afutule buumi. Aboobo musyobo wabantu alimwi amisyobo-misyobo yabanyama yakafutulwa. Elo bakaubulukwa kaka Nowa abamukwasyi wakwe ciindi lyakamana Zambangulwe nobakali kuzwa mubwato kuya anyika iisalazidwe! Cakali cintu cuumbulizya kujana kuti kusinganizigwa kwanyika kwamana calo cakapa kuti kulima cibe cintu cuuba-uba kapati! Masimpe businsimi bwa Lameki bwakasinizya kuba bwamasimpe alimwi Nowa wakapona mbuli bwakali kupandulula zina lyakwe. (Matalikilo 8:21) Mbuli mubelesi wa Leza uusyomeka Nowa wakaleta “luumbulizyo” kubantu. Nokuba boobo, ikuyunga kubyaabi kwa Saatani abadaimona bakwe taakwe nokwakamana lyakainda Zambangulwe pe, ibantu bazumanana kutongela akaambo kamukuli wa cibi, kuciswa alimwi alufu.