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

Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?’”

2 ف َقالَتِ المَرْأةُ لِلحَيَّةِ: «بَلْ نَأْكُلُ مِنْ ثَمَرِ جَمِيعِ الأشْجارِ فِي الحَديقَةِ،

The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees of the garden,

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

but not the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden. God has said, ‘You shall not eat of it. You shall not touch it, lest you die.’”

4 ف َقالَتِ الحَيَّةُ لِلمَرْأةِ: «لَنْ تَمُوتا!

The serpent said to the woman, “You won’t surely die,

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

for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

6 و َرَأتِ 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.

When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took some of its fruit, and ate; and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate it, too.

7 ف انفَتَحَتْ أعيُنُهُما، وَأدرَكا أنَّهُما عُرْيانَينِ. فَخاطا أوْراقَ تِينٍ، وَصَنَعا لَهُما ثَوبَينِ يُخفِيانِ عَوْرَتَيهِما.

Their eyes were opened, and they both knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made coverings for themselves.

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

They heard Yahweh God’s voice walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God among the trees of the garden.

9 ف َنادَى اللهُ الرَّجُلَ وَقالَ لَهُ: «أينَ أنتَ؟»

Yahweh God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?”

10 ف َقالَ: «سَمِعْتُ صَوْتَكَ فِي الحَدِيقَةِ، فَخِفْتُ لِأنِّي عُرْيانٌ، فاختَبَأْتُ.»

The man said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.”

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

God said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”

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

The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

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

Yahweh God said to the woman, “What have you done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

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

Yahweh God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, you are cursed above all livestock, and above every animal of the field. You shall go on your belly and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.

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

I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”

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

To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. In pain you will bear children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

17 ث ُمَّ 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.

To Adam he said, “Because you have listened to your wife’s voice, and ate from the tree, about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ the ground is cursed for your sake. You will eat from it with much labor all the days of your life.

18 س َتُنْبِتُ لَكَ شَوْكاً وَحَسَكاً. وَسَتُضطَرُّ إلَى الأكلِ مِنْ نَباتاتِ الحُقُولِ.

It will yield thorns and thistles to you; and you will eat the herb of the field.

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

By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

20 و َدَعا آدَمُ زَوْجَتَهُ «حَوّاءَ» لِأنَّها سَتُصْبِحُ أُمَّ كُلِّ إنْسانٍ حَيٍّ.

The man called his wife Eve because she would be the mother of all the living.

21 و َصَنَعَ اللهُ مَلابِسَ مِنَ الجِلْدِ لِآدَمَ وَلِزَوْجَتِهِ، وَألْبَسَهُما.

Yahweh God made coats of animal skins for Adam and for his wife, and clothed them.

22 ث ُمَّ 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.»

Yahweh God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand, and also take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”

23 ف َطَرَدَهُ اللهُ مِنْ حَدِيقَةِ عَدَنٍ لِيَفلَحَ الأرْضَ الَّتِي مِنْها خُلِقَ.

Therefore Yahweh God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.

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

So he drove out the man; and he placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.