1Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?3.1 Yea…: Heb. Yea, because, etc. 2And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.3.6 pleasant: Heb. a desire 7And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.3.7 aprons: or, things to gird about 8And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.3.8 cool: Heb. wind
9And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? 10And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
11And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? 12And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 13And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
14And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: 15And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. 16Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.3.16 to thy…: or, subject to thy husband
17And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 18Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;3.18 bring…: Heb. cause to bud 19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. 20And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.3.20 Eve: Heb. Chavah: that is Living 21Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
22¶ And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: 23Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. 24So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
የሰው ውድቀት
1እባብ እግዚአብሔር አምላክ (ያህዌ ኤሎሂም) ከፈጠራቸው የዱር አራዊት ሁሉ ተንኰለኛ ነበረ፤ ሴቲቱንም፣ “በርግጥ እግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም)፣ ‘በአትክልቱ ስፍራ ካሉ ዛፎች ከማናቸውም እንዳትበሉ’ ብሏልን?” አላት።
2ሴቲቱም እባቡን እንዲህ አለችው፤ “በአትክልቱ ስፍራ ካሉት ዛፎች ፍሬ መብላት እንችላለን፤ 3ነገር ግን እግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም) ‘በአትክልቱ ስፍራ መካከል ከሚገኘው ዛፍ ፍሬ እንዳትበሉ፤ እንዳትነኩትም፤ አለዚያ ትሞታላችሁ’ ብሏል።”
4እባቡም ሴቲቱን እንዲህ አላት፤ “መሞት እንኳ አትሞቱም፤ 5ከፍሬው በበላችሁ ጊዜ ዐይናችሁ እንደሚከፈትና መልካምና ክፉን በማወቅ፣ እንደ እግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም) እንደምትሆኑ እግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም) ስለሚያውቅ ነው።”
6ሴቲቱ የዛፉ ፍሬ ለመብል መልካም፣ ለዐይን የሚያስደስትና ጥበብንም ለማግኘት የሚያጓጓ እንደ ሆነ ባየች ጊዜ፣ ከፍሬው ወስዳ በላች፤ ከእርሷም ጋር ለነበረው ለባሏ ሰጠችው፤ እርሱም በላ። 7የሁለቱም ዐይኖች ተከፈቱ፤ ዕራቍታቸውን መሆናቸውንም ተገነዘቡ። ስለዚህ የበለስ ቅጠል ሰፍተው አገለደሙ።
8ቀኑ መሸትሸት ሲል፣ እግዚአብሔር አምላክ (ያህዌ ኤሎሂም) በአትክልቱ ስፍራ ሲመላለስ አዳምና ሔዋን ድምፁን ሰምተው ከእግዚአብሔር አምላክ (ያህዌ ኤሎሂም) ፊት በዛፎቹ መካከል ተሸሸጉ። 9እግዚአብሔር አምላክ (ያህዌ ኤሎሂም) ግን አዳምን ተጣርቶ፣ “የት ነህ?” አለው።
10አዳምም፣ “ድምፅህን በአትክልቱ ስፍራ ሰማሁ፤ ዕራቍቴን ስለሆንሁ ፈራሁ፤ ተሸሸግሁም” ብሎ መለሰ።
11እግዚአብሔርም፣ (ያህዌ)፣ “ዕራቍትህን መሆንህን ማን ነገረህ? ‘ከእርሱ እንዳትበላ’ ብዬ ካዘዝሁህ ዛፍ በላህን?” አለው።
12አዳምም፣ “ይህች ከእኔ ጋር እንድትኖር የሰጠኸኝ ሴት፣ እርሷ ከዛፉ ፍሬ ሰጠችኝና በላሁ” አለ።
13እግዚአብሔር አምላክ (ያህዌ ኤሎሂም) ሴቲቱን፣ “ይህ ያደረግሽው ምንድን ነው?” አላት።
እርሷም፣ “እባብ አሳሳተኝና በላሁ” አለች።
14እግዚአብሔር አምላክ (ያህዌ ኤሎሂም) እባብን እንዲህ አለው፤ “ይህን ስለ ሠራህ፣
“ከከብቶችና ከዱር እንስሳት ሁሉ
ተለይተህ የተረገምህ ሁን፤
በሕይወትህ ዘመን ሁሉ፣ በደረትህ
እየተሳብህ ትሄዳለህ፤
ዐፈርም ትበላለህ።
15በአንተና በሴቲቱ፣
በዘርህና በዘሯ መካከል፣
ጠላትነትን አደርጋለሁ፤
እርሱ ራስህን ይቀጠቅጣል፤3፥15 ወይም ይመታል
አንተም ተረከዙን ትቀጠቅጣለህ።”
16ሴቲቱንም እንዲህ አላት፤
“በምጥ ጊዜ ጭንቅሽን አበዛለሁ፤
በሥቃይም ትወልጃለሽ፤
ፍላጎትሽም ወደ ባልሽ ይሆናል፤
እርሱም የበላይሽ ይሆናል።”
17አዳምንም እንዲህ አለው፤ “የሚስትህን ቃል ሰምተህ፣ ‘ከእርሱ አትብላ’ ብዬ ያዘዝሁህን ዛፍ በልተሃልና፣
“ከአንተ የተነሣ ምድር የተረገመች ትሁን፤
በሕይወትህ ዘመን ሁሉ
ምግብህን ጥረህ ግረህ ከእርሷ ታገኛለህ።
18ምድርም እሾኽና አሜከላ
ታበቅልብሃለች፤
ከቡቃያዋም ትበላለህ።
19ከምድር ስለ ተገኘህ፣
ወደ መጣህበት መሬት እስክትመለስ
ድረስ
እንጀራህን በፊትህ ላብ ትበላለህ፤
ዐፈር ነህና
ወደ ዐፈር ትመለሳለህ።”
20አዳምም3፥20 ወይም ሰውየው የሕያዋን ሁሉ እናት ናትና ሚስቱን ሔዋን3፥20 ሔዋን ማለት ሕያው ማለት ሳይሆን አይቀርም። ብሎ ጠራት። 21እግዚአብሔር አምላክ (ያህዌ ኤሎሂም) ከቈዳ ልብስ አዘጋጅቶ አዳምንና ሚስቱን አለበሳቸው።
22ከዚያም እግዚአብሔር አምላክ (ያህዌ ኤሎሂም)፣ “ሰው መልካምንና ክፉውን ለይቶ በማወቅ ረገድ አሁን ከእኛ እንደ አንዱ ሆኗል፤ አሁን ደግሞ እጁን ዘርግቶ ከሕይወት ዛፍ ቀጥፎ እንዳይበላ፣ ለዘላለምም እንዳይኖር ይከልከል” አለ። 23ስለዚህ የተገኘበትን ምድር እንዲያርስ፣ እግዚአብሔር አምላክ (ያህዌ ኤሎሂም) ሰውን ከዔድን የአትክልት ስፍራ አስወጣው፤ 24ሰውንም ካስወጣው በኋላ፣ ወደ ሕይወት ዛፍ የሚወስደውን መንገድ ለመጠበቅ ኪሩቤልንና በየአቅጣጫው የምትገለባበጥ ነበልባላዊ ሠይፍ ከዔድን በስተ ምሥራቅ አኖረ።3፥24 ወይም ፊት ለፊት አስቀመጠ
