Mose 1 3
1 Da nye lã si dze aye wu lã bubu siwo katã Yehowa Mawu wɔ la. Da va nyɔnu la gbɔ, eye wòbiae be, “Ɖe wònye nyateƒe be Mawu de se na mi be migaɖu ati siwo katã le abɔa me la dometɔ aɖeke ƒe tsetsea oa?”
The serpent was more cunning than any of the other wild animals that the Lord God had made. He asked Eve, “Did God really say that you can't eat fruit from every tree in the garden?”
2 Nyɔnu la gblɔ na da la be, “Míate ŋu aɖu ati ɖe sia ɖe si le abɔ sia me la ƒe tsetse,
Eve replied to the serpent, “We can eat from the trees in the garden, but not the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden.
3 gake Mawu gblɔ be, ‘Migaɖu ati si le abɔ la titina ƒe tsetse o, migaka asi eŋu hã o, ne menye nenema o la, miaku.’”
God told us, ‘You mustn't eat from that tree, or even touch it, otherwise you'll die.’”
4 Da la gblɔ be, “Miele kuku ge akpɔ o!
“You certainly won't die,” the serpent told Eve.
5 Mawu nya nyuie be ne mieɖui ko la, miazu abe ye ene, elabena miaƒe ŋkuwo aʋu, eye mianya nyui kple vɔ̃.”
“It's because God knows that as soon as you eat it, you'll see things differently, and you'll be like God, knowing both what is good and what is evil.”
6 Esi nyɔnu la kpɔ be ati la ƒe tsetse nyo na ɖuɖu, eye wònya kpɔ, eye wònana wodzea nunya la, egbe ɖe ɖu. Ena ɖe srɔ̃a si le egbɔ la hã wòɖu.
Eve saw that the fruit of the tree appeared good to eat. It looked very attractive. She really wanted it so she could become wise. So she took some of its fruit and ate it, and she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it too.
7 Esi woɖu kutsetsea ko la, wodze sii enumake be yewole amama, eye ŋu de asi wo kpekpe me. Ale wotɔ aŋgbawo hesa ɖe ali.
Immediately they saw everything differently and realized they were naked. So they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves up.
8 Gbe ma gbe ƒe ɣetrɔ la, amea kple srɔ̃a se Yehowa Mawu ŋkɔ wònɔ tsa ɖim le abɔ la me. Ale woɣla wo ɖokuiwo ɖe atiawo dome.
Later they heard the Lord walking in the garden in the evening when the breeze was blowing. Adam and Eve went and hid out of sight of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
9 Yehowa Mawu yɔ amea, eye wòbiae bena, “Afi ka nèle?”
The Lord God called out to Adam, “Where are you?”
10 Adam ɖo eŋu be, “Mese ŋkɔwò nègbɔna, vɔvɔ̃ ɖom, eye nyemedi be nàkpɔm manɔ amama o, eya ta meɣla ɖokuinye.”
“I heard you walking in the garden and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid,” he replied.
11 Mawu biae be, “Ame kae gblɔ na wò be èle amama? Ɖe nèɖu ati si ŋu mede se na mi le la ƒe tsetsea?”
“Who told you that you were naked?” asked the Lord God. “Did you eat fruit from the tree I ordered you not to?”
12 Amea ɖo eŋu be, “Ɛ̃, nyɔnu si nèwɔ nam lae na kutsetsea ƒe ɖem meɖu.”
“It was the woman you gave me who gave me the fruit from the tree, and I ate it,” Adam replied.
13 Yehowa Mawu bia nyɔnu la be, “Nu ka ta nèwɔ nu sia ɖo?” Nyɔnu la ɖo eŋu be, “Da lae blem.”
The Lord God asked Eve, “Why have you done this?” “The serpent tricked me, and so I ate it,” she replied.
14 Eya ta Yehowa Mawu gblɔ na da la be, “Ɖe nu si nèwɔ ta la, “Maƒo fi ade wò ɖeka le aƒemelã kple gbemelã siwo katã le anyigba dzi la dome! Wò ƒodo dzi nàzɔ eye ʋuʋudedi anye wò nuɖuɖu le wò agbemeŋkekewo katã me.
Then the Lord God told the serpent, “Because of what you've done, you are cursed more than any of the other animals. You will slide along on your belly and eat dust as long as you live.
15 Tso azɔ dzi la, made fuléle wò kple nyɔnu la dome, eye fuléle ma ke anɔ wò dzidzime kple nyɔnu la tɔ dome. Eya la agbã ta na wò, eye wò la àɖu afɔkpodzi nɛ.”
I will make sure you and your children, and the woman and her children, are enemies. One of her children will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
16 Mawu gblɔ na nyɔnu la be, “Àdzi vi le fukpekpe kple vevesese geɖe me, gake srɔ̃wò ƒe nu aganyo ŋuwò kokoko, eye srɔ̃wò anye aƒetɔ na wò.”
He told Eve, “I will make pregnancy much more difficult, and giving birth will be very painful. However, you will still desire your husband, but he will have control over you.”
17 Mawu gblɔ na Adam be, “Esi nèɖo to srɔ̃wò, eye nèɖu kutsetse si ŋu mede se na mi le ta la, meƒo fi de anyigba ɖe tawò. “Le wò agbemeŋkekewo katã me la, àku kutri be yeakpɔ nuɖuɖu tso anyigba me.
He told Adam, “Because you did what your wife told you, and ate fruit from the tree after I ordered you, ‘Don't eat fruit from this tree,’ the ground is now cursed because of you. You will have to work painfully hard to grow food from it throughout your whole life.
18 Anyigba ana ŋuwo kple aŋɔkawo namie na wò, eye nàɖu woƒe gbewo.
It will grow thorns and thistles for you, and you will have to eat wild plants.
19 Àdze agbagba le wò agbemeŋkekewo katã me hafi akpɔ abolo aɖu va se ɖe esime nàku. Agatrɔ azu anyi, nu si wotsɔ wɔ wòe la; elabena anyi wotsɔ wɔ wòe, eye anyi ke nàgatrɔ azu.”
You will have to sweat to grow enough food to eat until you die and return to the ground. For you were made from dust and you will return to dust.”
20 Ŋutsu la na ŋkɔ srɔ̃a be Eva si gɔmee nye “Agbenala,” elabena egblɔ be, “Eyae azu amegbetɔƒome blibo la dzila.”
Adam named his wife Eve, because she was to be the mother of all human beings.
21 Yehowa Mawu wɔ lãgbalẽwu do na Adam kple srɔ̃a.
The Lord God made Adam and Eve clothes from animal skins and dressed them.
22 Yehowa Mawu gblɔ be, “Esi ame la zu abe míawo ene, eye wònya nyui kple vɔ̃ la, nya kae adzɔ ne aɖu agbeti la, eye wòanɔ agbe tegbetegbe?”
Then the Lord God observed, “Look, the human beings have become like one of us, knowing both what is good and what is evil. Now if they take the fruit from the tree of life and eat it, then they'll live forever!”
23 Esia ta Yehowa Mawu nyae ɖa tso Edenbɔ la me, eye wòɖoe ɖa be wòayi aɖade agble ɖe anyigba si me woɖee tsoe la dzi.
So the Lord God expelled them from the Garden of Eden. He sent Adam to cultivate the ground from which he'd been made.
24 Ale Mawu nya ame la, eye wòtsɔ mawudɔla sesẽ siwo wòde yi dadzowo asi na la da ɖe Edenbɔ la ƒe ɣedzeƒe lɔƒo be woadzɔ mɔ woato aɖo ta agbeti la gbɔ la nu.
After he drove them out, the Lord God placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden angels and a sword that flashed in every direction. They were to prevent access to the tree of life.
