1 Bet čūska bija visviltīgākā no visiem lauku zvēriem, ko Dievs tas Kungs bija radījis. Tā teica sievai: „Vai Dievs tas Kungs tiešām jums būtu aizliedzis ēst no visiem dārza kokiem?“
2 Sieva teica čūskai: „Mums ir atļauts ēst no visiem dārza koku augļiem,
3 Bet par tā koka augļiem, kas ir dārza vidū, Dievs teicis: no tiem jums nebūs ēst nedz tos aiztikt, citādi jūs mirsit.“
4 Tad čūska teica sievai: „Jūs nemirsit vis,
5 Bet Dievs zina, ka tanī dienā, kad jūs no tiem ēdīsit, jūsu acis atvērsies un jūs būsit kā Dievs, zinādami, kas labs un kas ļauns.“
6 Un sieva vēroja, ka koks ir labs, lai no tā ēstu, un ka tas acīm jo tīkams un iekārojams, to uzskatot. Un viņa ņēma no koka, un ēda, un deva ari savam vīram, kas bija pie viņas, un tas arī ēda.
7 Tad viņu abu acis tika atvērtas, un viņi redzēja, ka viņi bija kaili, un viņi sašuva vīģes lapas un izveidoja sev priekšautus.
8 Kad viņi sadzirdēja Dieva tā Kunga balsi, kad Viņš dienas vēsumā staigāja pa dārzu, tad cilvēks un viņa sieva paslēpās dārza kokos Dieva tā Kunga priekšā.
9 Un Dievs tas Kungs sauca Ādamu, sacīdams: „Kur tu esi?“
10 Tas atbildēja: „Es dzirdēju Tavu balsi dārzā, un mani pārņēma bailes, jo es esmu kails, un es paslēpos.“
11 Bet Viņš sacīja: „Kas tev ir sacījis, ka tu esi kails? Tu taču nebūsi ēdis no koka, no kura Es tev aizliedzu ēst?“
12 Un cilvēks sacīja: „Sieva, ko Tu man devi, lai viņa būtu ar mani, tā man deva no tā koka, un es ēdu.“
13 Un Dievs tas Kungs sacīja sievai: „Ko tu esi darījusi?“ Un sieva sacīja: „Čūska mani pievīla, un es ēdu.“
14 Un Dievs tas Kungs sacīja čūskai: „Tādēļ, ka tu to esi darījusi, tu esi nolādētākā visu dzīvnieku un lauku zvēru vidū! Uz sava vēdera tev būs līst un pīšļus rit visu tavu mūža dienu.
15 Un Es celšu ienaidu starp tevi un sievu, starp tavu dzimumu un sievas dzimumu. Tas tev sadragās galvu, bet tu viņam iekodīsi papēdī.“
16 Sievai Viņš sacīja: „Vairodams Es vairošu tavus grūtumus un tavas nopūtas, kad tu kļūsi māte. Sāpēs tev būs bērnus dzemdēt, un tava iegriba būs pēc tava vīra, bet viņam būs valdīt pār tevi.“
17 Un Ādamam Viņš sacīja: „Tāpēc, ka tu esi klausījis savas sievas balsij un esi ēdis no šī koka, no kura Es biju tev aizliedzis ēst, lai zeme ir nolādēta tevis dēļ; tev, grūti strādājot, būs maizi ēst visu tavu mūžu.
18 Ērkšķi un dadži lai tev izaug no tās, no lauka augiem tev būs pārtikt.
19 Sava vaiga sviedros tev būs maizi ēst, kamēr tu atgriezies pie zemes, jo no tās tu esi ņemts: tu esi puteklis, un pie pīšļiem tev būs atkal atgriezties.“
20 Un cilvēks nosauca savas sievas vārdu Ieva, jo viņa kļuva visu dzīvo māte.
21 Un Dievs tas Kungs darīja vīram un sievai drānas no ādām un lika tiem tās apģērbt.
22 Un Dievs tas Kungs sacīja: „Lūk, cilvēks ir kļuvis kā kāds no mums, zinādams, kas labs un ļauns! Bet ka tas tagad neizstiepj savu roku, un neņem arī no dzīvības koka, un neēd, un nekļūst mūžīgs, un nedzīvo mūžīgi!“
23 Tā Dievs tas Kungs izraidīja viņu no Ēdenes dārza, lai tas apstrādātu zemi, no kuras tas pats bija ņemts.
24 Un Viņš tam lika būt par svešinieku, un ķerubiem ar atvēzta zobena liesmu lika apmesties austrumos no Ēdenes dārza, lai tie apsargātu ceļu uz dzīvības koku.
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.
