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.
Kusahwa kwe nthu
1 Ndizo ngwenu, nyoka yakabe ili jenjedu linopinda phuka dzose dze shango dzakathamiwa ndi Yahwe Ndzimu. Yakabhuzwa nkadzi ikati, “Kumande, Ndzimu wakati musitongoja miti yose imu nnda iwoyu kene?”
2 Nkadzi kadabila nyoka eti, “Tingaja zwedu mitjelo ye miti imu nnda, 3 koga Ndzimu wakati, ‘Musitongoja ntjelo we nti u pakati kwe nnda, kene kuli kuubhata musiubhate ngoti mungafa.’ ”
4 Koga nyoka ikati ku nkadzi, “Nge malebeswa dumbu, amungafe 5 ngoti Ndzimu unoziba kuti mu zhuba ilelo la mungauja, mesho enyu anowozhulika mukanga Ndzimu, mukaziba bubuya ne mbipo.”
6 Nkadzi kati ebona kuti nti iwoyo wakanakila kujiwa, kakale uli mbuya ngolingwa, ntome upa nthu butjenjedu, katjela ntjelo kauja. Mmwe ntjelo kaupa nlume uwe ngono kajabo. 7 Ipapo mesho abo bose kazhuka, ngono bakaziba kuti bambujo, ndizo bakabe bethumanya mazhani e mpaya bezwithamigwa zwitembgwe.
8 Kwakati mu madekwana kotothola, bakahwa nsindo wa Yahwe Ndzimu beyenda mu nnda, ngono nlume ne nkadzi uwe bakabgwatila Yahwe Ndzimu pakati kwe miti ye nnda. 9 Koga Yahwe Ndzimu bakadana nlume bakati, “Ungayi?”
10 Kadabila eti, “Ndahwa nsindo wenyu mu nnda, ngono atja ngoti ndili mbujo, ndizo abe ndibgwata.”
11 Ndzimu ukabe umbhuzwa uti, “Ndiani wakubudza kuti umbujo? Waja ntjelo wandakakudwa ati usiuje kene?”
12 Nlume kabe eti, “Nkadzi wamakandipa kuti agale nami, wandipa ntjelo we nti iwoyo ngono auja.”
13 Yahwe Ndzimu bakabhuzwa nkadzi bakati, “Ini ikoku kwawathama kene?”
Nkadzi kashandula eti, “Nyoka yandifulila, ngono aja.”
Ndzimu unowosumikilisa
14 Ndizo Yahwe Ndzimu bakadwa nyoka bakati,
“Se wathama ikoku, wabe ne bhiso kupinda zwithuwo zose,
ne phuka dzose dze shango.
Unowoyenda usoba pasi nge ntumbu,
unowotjila uja hwuluba mazhuba wose e bupenyu gugo.”
15 “Ndowolonga lubengo pakati kuko ne nkadzi,
na pakati kwe ludzi gugo ne ludzi gugwe.
Ludzi gugwe gowopkhwanya nsholo uwo,
iwe unowokaadza itshitshino tjitje.”
16 Ndzimu ukadwa nkadzi ukati,
“Ndowowatsha zwibhayo mu kuwana mbeleko kuko.
Nge zwibhayo unowowana bana,
nenguba kwakajalo njemulo dzidzo dzowobe mu nlume uwo,
ngono iye unowokulaula.”
17 Kuna Adamu Ndzimu ukabe uti,
“Iwe ngoti wahwilila nkadzi uwo ukaja ntjelo we nti wandakati usiuje,
pasi pabe ne bhiso nge kuko,
unowotjilila mu mang'oni
e kushinga kuti uwane zojiwa butjilo gugo gose.
18 Pasi panowokumelela mihwa ne mitinyana inobhaya,
nawe unowoja milibo ye shango.
19 Unowoja zojiwa nge dukuta le phazha iyo
kudzina ubgwilila mu mavu
ngoti wakatogwa mu ali,
u hwuluba ngono unowobgwilila mu hwuluba.”
20 Adamu katumila nkadzi uwe kati Efa, ngoti wakabe ewobe mme be bathu bose. 21 Yahwe Ndzimu bakathamila Adamu ne nkadzi uwe zwiambalo zwe makukuta bakabaambadza.
Tatiwa kwa Adamu na Efa mu nnda
22 Ipapo Yahwe Ndzimu bakabe beti, “Nthu ngwenu wofanana koga ne mmwe wedu, unoziba bubuya ne mbipo, ungadwa etambunudza luboko gugwe etjela ntjelo we nti we butjilo eja, edwa etjilila tjose.” 23 Ndizo Yahwe Ndzimu bakabe bentata mu nnda we Edeni kunolima mavu aakatogwa mu ali. 24 Ndzimu ukatatila nthu kuzhe, ngono ukabiga dzikherubhu* dzawo ku bhezhuba kwe nnda we Edeni ne thumo linothuta linoshandukila mu mbizho dzose kulinda zila inoyenda ku nti we butjilo.