1 A nd the serpent was more crafty than any animal of the field which Jehovah Elohim had made. And it said to the woman, Is it even so, that God has said, Ye shall not eat of 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 of the fruit of the trees of the garden;

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

3 b ut of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, God has said, Ye shall not eat of it, and ye shall not touch it, lest ye die.

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

4 A nd the serpent said to the woman, Ye will not certainly die;

فَقالَتِ الحَيَّةُ لِلمَرْأةِ: «لَنْ تَمُوتا!

5 b ut God knows that in the day ye eat of it, your eyes will be opened, and ye will be as God, knowing good and evil.

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

6 A nd the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a pleasure for the eyes, and the tree was to be desired to give intelligence; and she took of its fruit, and ate, and gave also to her husband with her, 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 A nd the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

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

8 A nd they heard the voice of Jehovah Elohim, walking in the garden in the cool of the day. And Man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah Elohim, in the midst of 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 A nd Jehovah Elohim called to Man, and said to him, Where art thou?

فَنادَى اللهُ الرَّجُلَ وَقالَ لَهُ: «أينَ أنتَ؟»

10 A nd he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I feared, because I am naked; and I hid myself.

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

11 A nd he said, Who told thee that thou art naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee not to eat?

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

12 A nd Man said, The woman, whom thou hast given with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.

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

13 A nd Jehovah Elohim said to the woman, What is this thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent deceived me, and I ate.

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

14 A nd Jehovah Elohim said to the serpent, Because thou hast done this, be thou cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field. On thy belly shalt thou go, and eat dust all the days of thy 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 thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he shall crush thy head, and thou shalt crush 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 increase thy travail and thy pregnancy; with pain thou shalt bear children; and to thy husband shall be thy desire, and he shall rule over thee.

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 thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed be the ground on thy account; with toil shalt thou eat it all the days of thy 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 a nd thorns and thistles shall it yield thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.

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

19 I n the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground: for out of it wast thou taken. For dust thou art; and unto dust shalt thou return.

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

20 A nd Man called his wife's name Eve; because she is the mother of all living.

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

21 A nd Jehovah Elohim made Adam and his wife coats of skin, and clothed them.

وَصَنَعَ اللهُ مَلابِسَ مِنَ الجِلْدِ لِآدَمَ وَلِزَوْجَتِهِ، وَألْبَسَهُما.

22 A nd Jehovah Elohim said, Behold, Man is become as one of us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he stretch out his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever …!

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 Jehovah Elohim 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 A nd he drove out Man; and he set the Cherubim, and the flame of the flashing sword, toward the east of the garden of Eden, to guard the way to the tree of life.

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