Mwanzo 3
1 Basi nyoka alikuwa mwerevu kuliko wanyama wote wa porini ambao Bwana Mungu aliwafanya. Nyoka akamwambia mwanamke, “Ati kweli Mungu alisema, ‘Kamwe msile matunda ya mti wowote wa bustanini’?”
Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”
2 Mwanamke akamjibu nyoka, “Tunaweza kula matunda ya miti iliyoko bustanini,
The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden,
3 lakini Mungu alisema, ‘Kamwe msile tunda la mti ulio katikati ya bustani, wala kuugusa, la sivyo mtakufa.’”
but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’”
4 Lakini nyoka akamwambia mwanamke, “Hakika hamtakufa.
“You will not surely die,” the serpent told her.
5 Kwa maana Mungu anajua ya kuwa wakati mtakapoyala, macho yenu yatafumbuliwa, nanyi mtakuwa kama Mungu, mkijua mema na mabaya.”
“For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
6 Mwanamke alipoona ya kuwa tunda la mti huo lilikuwa zuri kwa chakula na la kupendeza macho, tena linatamanika kwa kujipatia hekima, basi akachuma katika matunda yake, akala, pia akampa mumewe, aliyekuwa pamoja naye, naye akala.
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
7 Ndipo macho yao wote wawili yakafumbuliwa, wakajiona kwamba walikuwa uchi; hivyo wakashona majani ya mtini, wakajifunika.
And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.
8 Ndipo yule mwanaume na mkewe, waliposikia sauti ya Bwana Mungu alipokuwa akitembea bustanini jioni, wakajificha kutoka mbele za Bwana Mungu katikati ya miti ya bustani.
Then the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.
9 Lakini Bwana Mungu akamwita Adamu, “Uko wapi?”
But the LORD God called out to the man, “Where are you?”
10 Naye akajibu, “Nilikusikia katika bustani nikaogopa kwa sababu nilikuwa uchi, hivyo nikajificha.”
“I heard Your voice in the garden,” he replied, “and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”
11 Mungu akamuuliza, “Ni nani aliyekuambia ya kuwa ulikuwa uchi? Je, umekula matunda ya mti niliokuamuru usile?”
“Who told you that you were naked?” asked the LORD God. “Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”
12 Adamu akasema, “Huyu mwanamke uliyenipa awe pamoja nami alinipa sehemu ya tunda kutoka kwenye huo mti, nami nikala.”
And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
13 Ndipo Bwana Mungu akamuuliza mwanamke, “Ni nini hili ambalo umelifanya?” Mwanamke akajibu, “Nyoka alinidanganya, nami nikala.”
Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied, “and I ate.”
14 Hivyo Bwana Mungu akamwambia nyoka, “Kwa kuwa umefanya hili, “Umelaaniwa kuliko wanyama wote wa kufugwa na wa porini! Utatambaa kwa tumbo lako na kula mavumbi siku zote za maisha yako.
So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life.
15 Nami nitaweka uadui kati yako na huyo mwanamke, na kati ya uzao wako na wake, yeye atakuponda kichwa, nawe utamuuma kisigino.”
And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
16 Kwa mwanamke akasema, “Nitakuzidishia sana utungu wakati wa kuzaa kwako; kwa utungu utazaa watoto. Tamaa yako itakuwa kwa mumeo naye atakutawala.”
To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
17 Kwa Adamu akasema, “Kwa sababu umemsikiliza mke wako na ukala kutoka kwenye mti niliokuamuru, ‘Msile tunda lake,’ “Ardhi imelaaniwa kwa sababu yako, kwa kazi ngumu utakula chakula kitokacho humo siku zote za maisha yako.
And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
18 Itazaa miiba na mibaruti kwa ajili yako, nawe utakula mimea ya shambani.
Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
19 Kwa jasho la uso wako utakula chakula chako hadi utakaporudi ardhini, kwa kuwa ulitwaliwa kutoka humo, kwa kuwa wewe u mavumbi na mavumbini wewe utarudi.”
By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
20 Adamu akamwita mkewe Eva, kwa kuwa atakuwa mama wa wote walio hai.
And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living.
21 Bwana Mungu akawatengenezea Adamu na mkewe mavazi ya ngozi, akawavika.
And the LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and He clothed them.
22 Kisha Bwana Mungu akasema, “Sasa mtu huyu amekuwa kama mmoja wetu, kwa kujua mema na mabaya. Sharti asiruhusiwe kunyoosha mkono wake na kuchuma pia kutoka mti wa uzima akala, naye akaishi milele.”
Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”
23 Hivyo Bwana Mungu akamfukuzia mbali kutoka Bustani ya Edeni, akalime ardhi ambamo alitolewa.
Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.
24 Baada ya kumfukuzia mbali Adamu, Mungu akaweka makerubi mashariki ya Bustani ya Edeni, pamoja na upanga wa moto ukimulika huku na huko kulinda njia ya kuuendea mti wa uzima.
So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.
