< Suencuek 3 >
1 Te vaengah BOEIPA Pathenloh a saii kohong mulhing boeih lakah rhul te tah thaai tih, huta taengah, “Pathen loh, ‘Dum kah thingkung te khat khaw na ca rhoi mahpawh,’ a ti tatak ngawn a?” a ti nah.
The snake was more cunning than all the other wild animals that Yahweh God had made. [One day Satan gave to] the snake [the ability to talk to the woman]. The snake said to her, “Did God really say to you, ‘Do not eat the fruit from any of the trees in the park/garden’?”
2 Te dongah huta loh rhul taengah, “Dum thing thaih te ka caak rhoi thai.
The woman replied, “[What God said was], ‘Do not eat the fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the park/garden or touch it. If you do that, you will die. But you can eat fruit from any of the other trees.’”
3 Tedae Pathen loh, 'Dum laklung kah thing thaih te ca rhoi boeh, taek rhoi boeh, te dongahna duek rhoi ve,’ a ti,” a ti nah.
4 Tedae rhul loh huta taengah, “Na duek rhoena duek rhoi mahpawh.
The snake said to the woman, “No, you will certainly not die. God said that
5 Te te na caak rhoi khohnin ah na mik khaw tueng vetih a thae a then mingnah khaw Pathen bangla na om rhoi ni tila Pathen loh a ming dongah ni,” a ti nah.
[only] because he knows that when you eat fruit from that tree, [you will understand new things. It will be as though] your eyes are opened [MET], and you will know what is good [to do] and what is evil [to do], just as God does.”
6 Huta long khaw caak ham koi thing then la, mik ham khaw hoehhamnah koi laa hmuh. Te vaengaha lungming la om ham thing tea nai. Te dongah a thaih tea loh tiha caak. Te phoeiah a taengkah a va te khawa paek tiha caak.
The woman saw that the fruit on that tree was good to eat, and it was very beautiful, and she desired it because [she thought] it would make her wise. So she picked some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, and he ate it.
7 Te phoeiah amih rhoi kah mikte bok tueng tih pumtling la a om rhoi tea ming rhoi. Te dongah thaibu hawn te a hui rhoi tih amamih rhoi ham hnilaa saii rhoi.
Immediately [it was as though] their eyes were opened, and they realized that they were naked, so they were ashamed. So they [picked] some fig leaves and fastened them together to make clothes for themselves.
8 BOEIPA Pathen kah ol tah te khohnin kah khohli neh dum khuiaha caeh te a yaak rhoi. Te dongah Adam neh a yuu tah BOEIPA Pathen mikhmuh kah, dum lamloh thingkung lakli ah thuh uh rhoi.
[Late that afternoon], when a cool breeze was blowing, they heard the sound/footsteps of Yahweh as he was walking in the park/garden. So the man and his wife hid themselves among the bushes in the park/garden, [so that Yahweh God would not see them].
9 Tedae BOEIPA Pathen loh hlang tongpa tea khue tih a taengah, “Melam na om,” a ti nah.
But Yahweh God called to the man, saying to him, “Why are you [trying to hide from me]?”
10 Tongpa loh, “Dum ah na ol ka yaak dae kai pumtling dongah ni ka rhih tih ka thuh,” a ti nah.
The man replied, “I heard the sound of your [footsteps/walking] in the garden, and I was naked, so I was afraid and I hid myself.”
11 Te dongah Boeipa loh, “Nang pumtling ni tila nang taengah ulae aka puen? Caak ham moenih tila nang kan uen thingkung te na caak nama?” a ti nah.
God said, “How did you find out you were naked [RHQ]? It must be because you ate some of the fruit [from the tree] that I told you, ‘Do not eat its fruit.’” [RHQ]
12 Te vaengah tongpa loh, “Huta te kai taengah nan paek coeng ta, anih loh thing te kai taengah m'paek dongah ni ka caak,” a ti nah.
The man said, “You gave me this woman to be with me. She is the one who gave me some of the fruit from that tree, and so I ate it.”
13 Te dongah BOEIPA Pathen loh huta te, “Hekah he metlamna saii,” a tinah hatah huta loh, “Rhul loh kai n'rhaithi tih ka caak,” a ti nah.
Then Yahweh God said to the woman, “Why did you do such a thing?” The woman replied, “I ate some of the fruit because the snake deceived me.”
14 Te dongah BOEIPA Pathen loh rhul taengah, “Hetlana saii dongah nang tah rhamsa boeih lakah khaw, kohong kah mulhing boeih lakah khaw, thaephoei thil la na om coeng. Na bung nehna colh vetih na hing tue khuiah laipina caak ni.
Then Yahweh God said to the snake, “Because you did this, of all the livestock and the wild animals, I will curse/punish you alone. As a result, you [and all other snakes] will scurry across the ground on your bellies, and so what you eat will have dirt [on it] as long as you live.
15 Nang laklo neh huta lakloah khaw, nang kah tiingan laklo neh anih kah tiingan laklo ah khaw, thunkha thunhling ka khueh vetih anih loh na lu ham phop ni. Nang long khaw anih kah khomik te na tuk pah ni,” a ti nah.
And I will cause you and the woman to act in a hostile way toward each other, and I will cause your brood and her descendants to act hostilely toward each other. You will strike at the heel [of one descendant] of hers, but he will strike your head.”
16 Pathen loh huta taengah, “Na thatlohnah neh na rhumpum te ka pungtai rhoela ka pungtai sak ni. Patangnah neh camoena cun ni. Na lungdueknahte na va ham vetih anih loh nang soah n'taemrhai ni,” a ti nah.
Then Yahweh said to the woman, “You will have great pain when you give birth to children; you will suffer great pain as your children are being born [DOU]. You will greatly desire your husband [to show affection for you], but he will rule over you.”
17 Adam te khaw, “Na yuu ol tena hnatang nah. Te dongah, 'Ca boeh ka ti, ' tih nang kan uen lalah, thingkung lamkah tena caak. Te dongah diklai he nang kong ah thae ka phoei thil coeng. Na hing tue khuiah thatlohnah nen ni buh na caak eh.
Then Yahweh said to the man, “You heeded what your wife said, and you ate some of the fruit [of the tree] concerning which I commanded you saying, ‘Do not eat it.’ So I will make it difficult [to grow things in] the ground because of what you did. You will have to work hard as long as you live to produce things from the ground to eat.
18 Hling neh lota khaw nang ham daih vetih kohong kah baelhing te na caak ni.
Thornbushes and thistle plants and other weeds will grow [and prevent what you have planted from growing]. And for food, you will have to eat things that just grow in your fields.
19 Na talung kah hlantui loh diklai la na bo sak daengah ni buhna caak eh. Laipi lamkah nang n'loh dongah laipi lana bal van ni,” a ti nah.
[All your life] you will sweat as you work hard to produce food to eat. Then you will die [EUP], and your [body will be buried] in the ground. [I made] you from soil, so when you [die and are buried your body will decay] and become soil again.”
20 Te phoeiah Adam yuu te aka hing boeih kah a manu la a om ham dongaha mingte Eve tila a sui.
[The man, whose name was] Adam, named his wife Eve, [which means ‘living’], because she became the ancestor of all living people.
21 Te daengah BOEIPA Pathen loh Adam ham neh a yuu ham maehpho angkidung te a saii pah tih amih rhoi te a bai sak.
Then Yahweh God [killed some animals and] made clothes from their skins for Adam and his wife.
22 Te phoeiah BOEIPA Pathen loh, “Hlang he a then khawa thae khaw ming ham mamih khuikah pakhat phek la ha om coeng he. Tahaeah a kuta yueng tih hingnah thing khawa loh dongah kumhal hing ham ca lah ve,” a ti.
Then Yahweh said, “Look! Those two have become like us because they know what is good [to do] and what is evil [to do]. So now, it will not be good if they reach out and pick and eat [some of the fruit from] the tree [which enables people who eat it] to live [forever]!”
23 Te dongah BOEIPA Pathen loh anihte Eden dum lamkaha tueih. Te lamkah ni khohmuen aka tawn hama loh.
So Yahweh God expelled the man and his wife from the garden of Eden. Yahweh God had created Adam from the ground, but now he forced him to till that ground [so that he could grow food to eat].
24 Hlang te khawa haek coeng tih hingnah thingkung longpuei aka hung ham cherubim neh hmaitak cunghang aka tinghil te Eden dum kah khothoeng aha khueh.
After Yahweh expelled them, on the east side of the garden he placed (cherubim/creatures with wings) and [an angel holding] a flaming sword which flashed back and forth. He did that in order to block the entrance to the garden, so that people could not go back to the tree that enables people [who eat its fruit] to live [forever].