< Genesis 3 >

1 And the serpent has been cunning above every beast of the field which YHWH God has made, and he says to the woman, “Is it true that God has said, You do not eat from every tree of the garden?”
耶和華上帝所造的,惟有蛇比田野一切的活物更狡猾。蛇對女人說:「上帝豈是真說不許你們吃園中所有樹上的果子嗎?」
2 And the woman says to the serpent, “From the fruit of the trees of the garden we eat,
女人對蛇說:「園中樹上的果子,我們可以吃,
3 but from the fruit of the tree which [is] in the midst of the garden, God has said, You do not eat of it, nor touch it, lest you die.”
惟有園當中那棵樹上的果子,上帝曾說:『你們不可吃,也不可摸,免得你們死。』」
4 And the serpent says to the woman, “Dying, you do not die,
蛇對女人說:「你們不一定死;
5 for God knows that in the day of your eating of it—your eyes have been opened, and you have been as God, knowing good and evil.”
因為上帝知道,你們吃的日子眼睛就明亮了,你們便如上帝能知道善惡。」
6 And the woman sees that the tree [is] good for food, and that it [is] pleasant to the eyes, and the tree is desirable to make [one] wise, and she takes from its fruit and eats, and also gives [some] to her husband with her, and he eats;
於是女人見那棵樹的果子好作食物,也悅人的眼目,且是可喜愛的,能使人有智慧,就摘下果子來吃了,又給她丈夫,她丈夫也吃了。
7 and the eyes of them both are opened, and they know that they [are] naked, and they sew fig-leaves, and make girdles for themselves.
他們二人的眼睛就明亮了,才知道自己是赤身露體,便拿無花果樹的葉子為自己編做裙子。
8 And they hear the sound of YHWH God walking up and down in the garden at the breeze of the day, and the man and his wife hide themselves from the face of YHWH God in the midst of the trees of the garden.
天起了涼風,耶和華上帝在園中行走。那人和他妻子聽見上帝的聲音,就藏在園裏的樹木中,躲避耶和華上帝的面。
9 And YHWH God calls to the man and says to him, “Where [are] you?”
耶和華上帝呼喚那人,對他說:「你在哪裏?」
10 And he says, “I have heard Your sound in the garden, and I am afraid, for I am naked, and I hide myself.”
他說:「我在園中聽見你的聲音,我就害怕;因為我赤身露體,我便藏了。」
11 And He says, “Who has declared to you that you [are] naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I have commanded you not to eat?”
耶和華說:「誰告訴你赤身露體呢?莫非你吃了我吩咐你不可吃的那樹上的果子嗎?」
12 And the man says, “The woman whom You placed with me—she has given to me from the tree, and I eat.”
那人說:「你所賜給我、與我同居的女人,她把那樹上的果子給我,我就吃了。」
13 And YHWH God says to the woman, “What [is] this you have done?” And the woman says, “The serpent has caused me to forget, and I eat.”
耶和華上帝對女人說:「你做的是甚麼事呢?」女人說:「那蛇引誘我,我就吃了。」
14 And YHWH God says to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed [are] you above all the livestock, and above every beast of the field: on your belly you go, and dust you eat, [for] all days of your life;
耶和華上帝對蛇說: 你既做了這事,就必受咒詛, 比一切的牲畜野獸更甚; 你必用肚子行走, 終身吃土。
15 and I put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He bruises your head, and you bruise His heel.”
我又要叫你和女人彼此為仇; 你的後裔和女人的後裔也彼此為仇。 女人的後裔要傷你的頭; 你要傷他的腳跟。
16 To the woman He said, “Multiplying I multiply your sorrow and your conception; you will bear children in sorrow, and your desire [is] toward your Man [[or husband]], and He [[or he]] will rule over you.”
又對女人說: 我必多多加增你懷胎的苦楚; 你生產兒女必多受苦楚。 你必戀慕你丈夫; 你丈夫必管轄你。
17 And to the man He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and eat from the tree concerning which I have charged you, saying, You do not eat of it, cursed [is] the ground on your account; in sorrow you eat of it [for] all days of your life,
又對亞當說: 你既聽從妻子的話, 吃了我所吩咐你不可吃的那樹上的果子, 地必為你的緣故受咒詛; 你必終身勞苦才能從地裏得吃的。
18 and it brings forth thorn and bramble for you, and you have eaten the herb of the field;
地必給你長出荊棘和蒺藜來; 你也要吃田間的菜蔬。
19 by the sweat of your face you eat bread until your return to the ground, for you have been taken out of it, for dust you [are], and to dust you return.”
你必汗流滿面才得糊口, 直到你歸了土, 因為你是從土而出的。 你本是塵土,仍要歸於塵土。
20 And the man calls his wife’s name Eve, for she has been mother of all living.
亞當給他妻子起名叫夏娃,因為她是眾生之母。
21 And YHWH God makes coats of skin [for] the man and his wife, and clothes them.
耶和華上帝為亞當和他妻子用皮子做衣服給他們穿。
22 And YHWH God says, “Behold, the man was as one of Us, as to the knowledge of good and evil; and now, lest he send forth his hand, and has also taken from the Tree of Life, and eaten, and lived for all time.”
耶和華上帝說:「那人已經與我們相似,能知道善惡;現在恐怕他伸手又摘生命樹的果子吃,就永遠活着。」
23 YHWH God sends him forth from the Garden of Eden to serve the ground from which he has been taken;
耶和華上帝便打發他出伊甸園去,耕種他所自出之土。
24 indeed, He casts out the man, and causes the cherubim to dwell at the east of the Garden of Eden with the sword of flame whirling around to guard the way of the Tree of Life.
於是把他趕出去了;又在伊甸園的東邊安設基路伯和四面轉動發火焰的劍,要把守生命樹的道路。

< Genesis 3 >