1 N ow the serpent was more subtle and crafty than any living creature of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, Can it really be that God has said, You shall not eat from every tree of the garden?

وَكانَتِ الحَيَّةُ أمْكَرَ الحَيواناتِ البَرِّيَّةِ الَّتِي خَلَقَها اللهُ. فَقالَتْ لِلمَرأةِ: «أحَقّاً قالَ اللهُ لَكُما: ‹لا تَأْكُلا مِنْ أشْجارِ الحَدِيقَةِ كُلِّها؟›»

2 A nd the woman said to the serpent, We may eat the fruit from the trees of the garden,

فَقالَتِ المَرْأةُ لِلحَيَّةِ: «بَلْ نَأْكُلُ مِنْ ثَمَرِ جَمِيعِ الأشْجارِ فِي الحَديقَةِ،

3 E xcept the fruit from the tree which is in the middle of the garden. God has said, You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.

أمّا الشَّجَرَةُ الَّتي فِي وَسَطِ الحَدِيقَةِ، فَقَدْ قالَ اللهُ: ‹لا تأكُلا مِنْها وَلا تَلْمَساها وَإلّا فَسَتَمُوتان!›»

4 B ut the serpent said to the woman, You shall not surely die,

فَقالَتِ الحَيَّةُ لِلمَرْأةِ: «لَنْ تَمُوتا!

5 F or God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing the difference between good and evil and blessing and calamity.

لَكِنَّ اللهَ يَعْرِفُ أنَّكُما حِينَ تَأْكُلانِ مِنْها، تَنْفَتِحُ أعْيُنُكُما، وَتُصبِحانِ مِثلَ اللهِ فِي التَّمْيِيزِ بَينَ الخَيرِ وَالشَّرِّ.»

6 A nd when the woman saw that the tree was good (suitable, pleasant) for food and that it was delightful to look at, and a tree to be desired in order to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she gave some also to her husband, and he ate.

وَرَأتِ المَرْأةُ أنَّ الشَّجَرَةَ شَهِيَّةٌ لِلأكلِ وَجَذّابَةٌ لِلعَينِ، وَمَرغُوبٌ فِيها بِسَبَبِ ما تُعْطِيهِ مِنَ الحِكْمَةِ لِلآكِلِ مِنْها. فَأخَذَتْ مِنْ ثَمَرِها، وَأكَلَتْ. ثُمَّ أعطَتْ لِزَوْجِها الَّذِي كانَ مَعَها، فَأكَلَ هُوَ أيضاً.

7 T hen the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves apronlike girdles.

فانفَتَحَتْ أعيُنُهُما، وَأدرَكا أنَّهُما عُرْيانَينِ. فَخاطا أوْراقَ تِينٍ، وَصَنَعا لَهُما ثَوبَينِ يُخفِيانِ عَوْرَتَيهِما.

8 A nd they heard the sound 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 among the trees of the garden.

ثُمَّ سَمِعا صَوْتَ اللهِ ماشِياً فِي الحَدِيقَةِ مَعَ هُبُوبِ الرِيحِ. فاختَبَأ الرَّجُلُ وَزَوْجَتُهُ بَينَ أشْجارِ الحَدِيقَةِ مِنْ حَضْرَةِ اللهِ.

9 B ut the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, Where are you?

فَنادَى اللهُ الرَّجُلَ وَقالَ لَهُ: «أينَ أنتَ؟»

10 H e said, I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself.

فَقالَ: «سَمِعْتُ صَوْتَكَ فِي الحَدِيقَةِ، فَخِفْتُ لِأنِّي عُرْيانٌ، فاختَبَأْتُ.»

11 A nd He said, Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?

فَقالَ اللهُ: «مَنْ قالَ لَكَ إنَّكَ عُرْيانٌ؟ هَلْ أكَلْتَ مِنَ الشَّجَرَةِ الَّتِي نَهَيتُكَ عَنِ الأكلِ مِنْها؟»

12 A nd the man said, The woman whom You gave to be with me—she gave me from the tree, and I ate.

فَقالَ الرَّجُلُ: «المَرْأةُ الَّتِي أعطَيتَنِي إيّاها لِتَكُونَ مَعِي أعطَتْنِي مِنْ ثَمَرِ الشَّجَرَةِ، فَأكَلْتُ.»

13 A nd the Lord God said to the woman, What is this you have done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled (cheated, outwitted, and deceived) me, and I ate.

حِينَئِذٍ قالَ اللهُ لِلمَرأةِ: «ما هَذا الَّذِي فَعَلْتِهِ؟» فَقالَتِ المَرْأةُ: «الحَيَّةُ احتالَتْ عَلَيَّ، فَأكَلْتُ.»

14 A nd the Lord God said to the serpent, Because you have done this, you are cursed above all animals and above every living thing of the field; upon your belly you shall go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.

فَقالَ اللهُ لِلحَيَّةِ: «لِأنَّكِ فَعَلْتِ ذَلِكَ، تَكُونِينَ مَلعُونَةً أكثَرَ مِنْ كُلِّ البَهائِمِ وَمِنْ كُلِّ الحَيواناتِ البَرِّيَّةِ. وَكُلَّ أيّامِ حَياتِكِ، سَتَزحَفِينَ عَلَى بَطنِكِ، وَسَتَتَعَفَّرِينَ بِالتُّرابِ.

15 A nd I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her Offspring; He will bruise and tread your head underfoot, and you will lie in wait and bruise His heel.

وَسَأجعَلُ عَداوَةً بَينَكِ وَبَينَ المَرْأةِ، وَبَيْنَ نَسلِكِ وَنَسلِها. سَيَسْحَقُ نَسلُها رَأْسَكِ، وَأنْتِ سَتَلْدَغِينَ عَقِبَهُ.»

16 T o the woman He said, I will greatly multiply your grief and your suffering in pregnancy and the pangs of childbearing; with spasms of distress you will bring forth children. Yet your desire and craving will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.

ثُمَّ قالَ اللهُ لِلمَرْأةِ: «سَأُكَثِّرُ آلامَ حَبَلِكِ، وَبِالوَجَعِ تَلِدِينَ أبْناءَكِ. أنتِ تَشْتاقينَ إلَى زَوْجِكِ، وَهُوَ يَسُودُ عَلَيكِ.»

17 A nd to Adam He said, Because you have listened and given heed to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it, the ground is under a curse because of you; in sorrow and toil shall you eat of it all the days of your life.

ثُمَّ قالَ اللهُ لِآدَمَ: «قَدِ اسْتَمَعْتَ لِمَشُورَةِ امْرَأتِكَ، فَأكَلْتَ مِنَ الشَّجَرَةِ الَّتِي نَهَيتُكَ عَنِ الأكلِ مِنْها. لِهَذا سَألعَنُ الأرْضَ، فَلا تَعُودُ تَأْكُلُ مِنْها إلّا بِالكَدِّ وَالتَّعَبِ كُلَّ أيّامِ حَياتِكَ.

18 T horns also and thistles shall it bring forth for you, and you shall eat the plants of the field.

سَتُنْبِتُ لَكَ شَوْكاً وَحَسَكاً. وَسَتُضطَرُّ إلَى الأكلِ مِنْ نَباتاتِ الحُقُولِ.

19 I n the sweat of your face shall you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you shall return.

تَأْكُلُ خُبْزَكَ بِعَرَقِ جَبِينِكَ، إلَى أنْ تَعُودَ إلَى الأرْضِ الَّتِي مِنْها أُخِذْتَ. مِنَ التُّرابِ خُلِقْتَ، وَإلَى التُّرابِ سَتَعُودُ.»

20 T he man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all the living.

وَدَعا آدَمُ زَوْجَتَهُ «حَوّاءَ» لِأنَّها سَتُصْبِحُ أُمَّ كُلِّ إنْسانٍ حَيٍّ.

21 F or Adam also and for his wife the Lord God made long coats (tunics) of skins and clothed them.

وَصَنَعَ اللهُ مَلابِسَ مِنَ الجِلْدِ لِآدَمَ وَلِزَوْجَتِهِ، وَألْبَسَهُما.

22 A nd the Lord God said, Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil and blessing and calamity; and now, lest he put forth his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever—

ثُمَّ قالَ اللهُ: «ها قَدْ صارَ الإنْسانُ كَواحِدٍ مِنّا فِي التَّمْيِيزِ بَينَ الخَيرِ وَالشَّرِّ. وَالآنَ يُمْكِنُهُ أنْ يَمُدَّ يَدَهُ وَيَأْخُذَ مِنْ ثَمَرِ شَجَرَةِ الحَياةِ، وَيأكُلُ مِنْها، فَيَعيِشَ إلَى الأبَدِ.»

23 T herefore the Lord God sent him forth from the Garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken.

فَطَرَدَهُ اللهُ مِنْ حَدِيقَةِ عَدَنٍ لِيَفلَحَ الأرْضَ الَّتِي مِنْها خُلِقَ.

24 S o drove out the man; and He placed at the east of the Garden of Eden the cherubim and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep and guard the way to the tree of life.

وَبَعدَ أنْ طَرَدَ الإنْسانَ، وَضَعَ مَلائِكَةَ الكَرُوبِيمَ، وَسيْفاً مُلْتَهِباً مُتَقَلِّباً لِحِراسَةِ الطَّرِيقِ إلَى شَجَرَةِ الحَياةِ.