Genesis 3
1 De slang was het sluwste van alle dieren in het wild, die Jahweh God had gemaakt. Ze sprak tot de vrouw: Heeft God u dan werkelijk verboden, van de bomen in de tuin te eten?
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 De vrouw gaf de slang ten antwoord: We mogen de vruchten eten van al de bomen in de tuin;
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 alleen heeft God gezegd: ge moogt niet de vruchten eten van de boom, die midden in de tuin staat, en die zelfs niet aanraken; anders zult ge sterven.
4 Maar de slang sprak tot de vrouw: Ge zult volstrekt niet sterven.
The snake said to the woman, “No, you will certainly not die. God said that
5 Maar God weet, dat uw ogen zullen opengaan, wanneer ge daarvan eet, en dat ge gelijk aan God zult worden door de kennis van goed en kwaad.
[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 Ook had de vrouw al bemerkt, hoe goed die boom was om van te eten; hoe hij een lust was voor de ogen, en hoe verleidelijk, wanneer men inzicht wil verkrijgen. Ze plukte dus van zijn vrucht en at; ze gaf er ook van aan haar man, die bij haar stond, en ook hij at er van.
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 Nu gingen hun beiden de ogen open; ze merkten, dat ze naakt waren. Ze hechtten daarom vijgeblaren aaneen, en maakten er zich een schaamgordel van.
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 En toen zij Jahweh God in de koelte van de middag in de tuin hoorden wandelen, verborgen de mens en zijn vrouw zich voor Jahweh God tussen de bomen van de tuin.
[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 Maar Jahweh God riep den mens, en sprak tot hem: Waar zijt gij?
But Yahweh God called to the man, saying to him, “Why are you [trying to hide from me]?”
10 Hij antwoordde: Toen ik U in de tuin hoorde, werd ik bang, omdat ik naakt ben; en ik heb mij verborgen.
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 Maar Hij sprak: Wie heeft u verteld, dat ge naakt zijt? Hebt ge soms van de boom gegeten, waarvan Ik u verboden heb te eten?
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 De mens antwoordde: De vrouw, die Gij mij tot gezellin hebt gegeven, gaf mij van de boom, en ik at.
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 Nu sprak Jahweh God tot de vrouw: Wat hebt ge gedaan? De vrouw gaf ten antwoord: De slang heeft mij verleid, en ik heb gegeten.
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 Toen sprak Jahweh God tot de slang: Omdat ge dit gedaan hebt, zijt ge vervloekt Onder alle tamme en wilde dieren; Op uw buik zult ge kruipen, Stof vreten uw leven lang.
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 Ik zal vijandschap wekken tussen u en de vrouw, Tussen uw kroost en haar kroost; Dit zal u de kop verpletteren, Maar gij zult loeren naar zijn hiel.
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 En tot de vrouw sprak Hij: De lasten uwer zwangerschap zal Ik verzwaren, In smarten zult ge kinderen baren; Toch zult ge naar uw man verlangen, En hij zal over u heersen.
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 En Hij sprak tot den mens: Omdat ge naar uw vrouw hebt geluisterd, En van de boom hebt gegeten, waarvan Ik u verbood te eten; Is om u de aardbodem vervloekt, Alleen door levenslang zwoegen zult ge er van eten.
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 Distels en doornen zal hij u voortbrengen, Ofschoon gij u met veldgewas moet voeden;
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 In het zweet van uw aanschijn zult gij uw brood eten, Totdat ge terugkeert tot de grond, waaruit ge genomen zijt. Want ge zijt stof, En tot stof keert ge terug!
[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 De mens noemde zijn vrouw nu Eva, omdat zij de moeder zou worden van al wat leeft.
[The man, whose name was] Adam, named his wife Eve, [which means ‘living’], because she became the ancestor of all living people.
21 En Jahweh God maakte kleren van dierenhuiden voor den mens en zijn vrouw, en bekleedde hen daarmee.
Then Yahweh God [killed some animals and] made clothes from their skins for Adam and his wife.
22 Toen sprak Jahweh God: Zie, door de kennis van goed en kwaad is de mens geworden als een van ons. Als hij nu zijn hand maar niet uitstrekt, om te plukken en te eten van de levensboom, zodat hij ook nog eeuwig blijft leven!
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 Daarom verdreef Jahweh God hem uit de tuin van Eden, om de grond te bebouwen, waaruit hij genomen was.
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 Hij joeg den mens weg, en plaatste ten oosten van Edens tuin de cherubs met de vlam van het bliksemende zwaard, om de weg naar de levensboom te bewaken.
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].
