Human Disobedience
1 Now the snake was the most cunning animal that the Lord God had made. The snake asked the woman, “Did God really tell you not to eat fruit from any tree in the garden?”
2 “We may eat the fruit of any tree in the garden,” the woman answered, 3 “except the tree in the middle of it. God told us not to eat the fruit of that tree or even touch it; if we do, we will die.”
4 The snake replied, “That's not true; you will not die. 5 God said that because he knows that when you eat it, you will be like God and know what is good and what is bad.”
6 The woman saw how beautiful the tree was and how good its fruit would be to eat, and she thought how wonderful it would be to become wise. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, and he also ate it. 7 As soon as they had eaten it, they were given understanding and realized that they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and covered themselves.
8 That evening they heard the Lord God walking in the garden, and they hid from him among the trees. 9 But the Lord God called out to the man, “Where are you?”
10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden; I was afraid and hid from you, because I was naked.”
11 “Who told you that you were naked?” God asked. “Did you eat the fruit that I told you not to eat?”
12 The man answered, “The woman you put here with me gave me the fruit, and I ate it.”
13 The Lord God asked the woman, “Why did you do this?”
She replied, “The snake tricked me into eating it.”
God Pronounces Judgment
14 Then the Lord God said to the snake, “You will be punished for this; you alone of all the animals must bear this curse: From now on you will crawl on your belly, and you will have to eat dust as long as you live. 15 I will make you and the woman hate each other; her offspring and yours will always be enemies. Her offspring will crush your head, and you will bite her offspring's heel.”
16 And he said to the woman, “I will increase your trouble in pregnancy and your pain in giving birth. In spite of this, you will still have desire for your husband, yet you will be subject to him.”
17 And he said to the man, “You listened to your wife and ate the fruit which I told you not to eat. Because of what you have done, the ground will be under a curse. You will have to work hard all your life to make it produce enough food for you. 18 It will produce weeds and thorns, and you will have to eat wild plants. 19 You will have to work hard and sweat to make the soil produce anything, until you go back to the soil from which you were formed. You were made from soil, and you will become soil again.”
20 Adam named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all human beings. 21 And the Lord God made clothes out of animal skins for Adam and his wife, and he clothed them.
Adam and Eve Are Sent Out of the Garden
22 Then the Lord God said, “Now these human beings have become like one of us and have knowledge of what is good and what is bad. They must not be allowed to take fruit from the tree that gives life, eat it, and live forever.” 23 So the Lord God sent them out of the Garden of Eden and made them cultivate the soil from which they had been formed. 24 Then at the east side of the garden he put living creatures and a flaming sword which turned in all directions. This was to keep anyone from coming near the tree that gives life.
Cilvēks atkrīt no Dieva
(Rm 5:12–21)1 Bet čūska bija vismanīgākā no visiem lauka zvēriem, kurus Kungs Dievs bija taisījis, un viņa teica sievai: “Vai tiešām Dievs sacīja: no visiem dārza kokiem jūs nevarat ēst?” 2 Sieva teica čūskai: “Mēs varam ēst no visiem dārza augļiem, 3 bet par tā koka augļiem, kas dārza vidū, Dievs sacīja: neēdiet no tā un neaiztieciet to, citādi mirsiet!” 4 Bet čūska teica sievai: “Mirt jūs nemirsiet, 5 jo Dievs zina, ka tai dienā, kad jūs no tā ēdīsiet, jūsu acis atvērsies un jūs būsiet kā Dievs, zināsiet, kas labs un kas ļauns!” 6 Un sieva redzēja, ka tas koks ir labs, lai ēstu, ka tīkams acīm un kārojams prātam, un viņa ņēma tā augli un ēda, un deva arī savam vīram, kas bija kopā ar viņu, un viņš ēda. 7 Un abiem atdarījās acis, un nu viņi zināja, ka ir kaili, un viņi sašuva vīģu lapas un uztaisīja sev gurnautus. 8 Un dienas vēsumā viņi dzirdēja, ka dārzā skan Kunga Dieva balss. Un cilvēks un sieva paslēpās no Kunga Dieva dārzā starp kokiem. 9 Un Kungs Dievs sauca cilvēkam un teica viņam: “Kur tu esi?” 10 Un tas teica: “Es dzirdēju dārzā tavu balsi un nobijos, jo esmu kails, un es paslēpos.” 11 Un viņš teica: “Kas tev pastāstīja, ka tu esi kails? Vai tu ēdi no tā koka, par ko es tev pavēlēju – neēd no tā?!” 12 Un cilvēks teica: “Tā sieva, ko tu man devi, viņa man deva no tā koka, un es ēdu!” 13 Un Kungs Dievs teica sievai: “Ko tu esi izdarījusi!” Un sieva teica: “Čūska mani pievīla, un es ēdu!” 14 Un Kungs Dievs teica čūskai:
“Tāpēc ka tu to darīji,
tu esi nolādēta starp visiem lopiem
un starp visiem lauka zvēriem!
Uz vēdera tu līdīsi
un rīsi pīšļus visas dienas,
kamēr dzīvosi!
15 Un es celšu ienaidu
starp tevi un sievu,
starp tavu pēcnācēju un viņas pēcnācēju! –
viņš tev sadragās galvu,
bet tu viņam sadzelsi papēdi!”
16 Un sievai viņš teica:
“Vairot es vairošu tev grūtumu,
kad tu būsi grūta,
mokās tu radīsi dēlus,
savu vīru tu kārosi,
bet viņš valdīs pār tevi!”
17 Un cilvēkam viņš teica: “Tāpēc ka tu paklausīji savas sievas balsij un ēdi no koka, par ko es tev pavēlēju: neēd no tā! –
nolādēta lai tevis dēļ zeme,
mokās tu no tās ēdīsi
visas dienas, kamēr dzīvosi!
18 Tev sadīgs no tās ērkšķi un dadži,
un tu ēdīsi lauka stādus!
19 Sava vaiga sviedros tu ēdīsi maizi,
līdz tu atgriezīsies zemē,
no kuras tu esi ņemts,
jo pīslis tu esi,
un pīšļos tu atgriezīsies!”
20 Un cilvēks savu sievu nosauca vārdā Ieva , jo viņa bija visu dzīvo māte. 21 Un Kungs Dievs darināja cilvēkam un viņa sievai ādas ģērbu un ietērpa viņus.
22 Un Kungs Dievs teica: “Redzi, cilvēks ir kļuvis kā viens no mums, zina, kas labs un kas ļauns! Un tagad, ka viņš vēl neizstiepj roku, lai ņemtu arī no dzīvības koka un ēstu un dzīvotu mūžam!” – 23 un Kungs Dievs izraidīja viņu no Ēdenes dārza, lai apstrādā zemi, no kuras viņš ņemts! 24 Un viņš padzina cilvēku un uz austrumiem no Ēdenes dārza iemitināja ķerubus ar atvāztiem liesmojošiem zobeniem, lai sargā ceļu uz dzīvības koku.
