The Book of Genesis, Chapter 3ΓΕΝΕΣΙΣ Γ′

Ὁ δὲ ὄφις ἦν φρονιμώτατος πάντων τῶν θηρίων τῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ὧν ἐποίησεν κύριος ὁ θεός. καὶ εἶπεν ὁ ὄφις τῇ γυναικί· Τί ὅτι εἶπεν ὁ θεός, Οὐ μὴ φάγητε ἀπὸ παντὸς ξύλου τοῦ παραδείσου;

Now the serpent was the most shrewd of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. And the serpent said to the woman, 'Why is it that God said, You shall by no means eat from every tree of the garden?'

καὶ εἶπεν ἡ γυνὴ τῷ ὄφει· Ἀπὸ καρποῦ ξύλου τοῦ παραδείσου φαγόμεθα·

And the woman said to the serpent, 'From the fruit of the trees of the garden we shall eat;'

ἀπὸ δὲ καρποῦ τοῦ ξύλου, ὅ ἐστιν ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ παραδείσου, εἶπεν ὁ θεός· Οὐ φάγεσθε ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ οὐδὲ μὴ ἅψησθε αὐτοῦ, ἵνα μὴ ἀποθάνητε.

but from the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden, God said, 'You shall not eat from it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.'

καὶ εἶπεν ὁ ὄφις τῇ γυναικί· Οὐ θανάτῳ ἀποθανεῖσθε·

And the serpent said to the woman, 'You shall not die by death.'

ᾔδει γὰρ ὁ θεός, ὅτι ἐν ᾗ ἂν ἡμέρᾳ φάγητε ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ, διανοιχθήσονται ὑμῶν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί, καὶ ἔσεσθε ὡς θεοί, γινώσκοντες καλὸν καὶ πονηρόν.

For God knows that on whatever day you eat from it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be as gods, knowing good and evil.

καὶ εἶδεν ἡ γυνὴ ὅτι καλὸν τὸ ξύλον εἰς βρῶσιν καὶ ὅτι ἀρεστὸν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς ἰδεῖν καὶ ὡραῖόν ἐστιν τοῦ κατανοῆσαι· καὶ λαβοῦσα τοῦ καρποῦ αὐτοῦ ἔφαγεν· καὶ ἔδωκεν καὶ τῷ ἀνδρὶ αὐτῆς μετ᾿ αὐτῆς, καὶ ἔφαγον.

And the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was pleasing to the eyes to see and beautiful to contemplate; and taking from its fruit she ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and they ate.

καὶ διηνοίχθησαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ τῶν δύο, καὶ ἔγνωσαν ὅτι γυμνοὶ ἦσαν· καὶ ἔρραψαν φύλλα συκῆς καὶ ἐποίησαν ἑαυτοῖς περιζώματα.

And the eyes of the two were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves.

καὶ ἤκουσαν τὴν φωνὴν κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ περιπατοῦντος ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ τὸ δειλινόν· καὶ ἐκρύβησαν ὅ τε Ἀδὰμ καὶ ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ προσώπου κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ ξύλου τοῦ παραδείσου.

And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the evening; and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the face of the Lord God in the midst of the tree of the garden.

καὶ ἐκάλεσεν κύριος ὁ θεὸς τὸν Ἀδὰμ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Ἀδάμ, ποῦ εἶ;

And the Lord God called Adam and said to him, 'Adam, where are you?'

καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Τὴν φωνήν σου ἤκουσα περιπατοῦντός σου ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ, καὶ ἐφοβήθην, ὅτι γυμνός εἰμι, καὶ ἐκρύβην.

And he said to him, 'I heard your voice as you were walking in the garden, and I was afraid, because I am naked, and I hid.'

καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Τίς ἀνήγγειλέν σοι ὅτι γυμνὸς εἶ; μὴ ἀπὸ τοῦ ξύλου, οὗ ἐνετειλάμην σοι τούτου μόνου μὴ φαγεῖν, ἔφαγες ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ;

And he said to him, 'Who told you that you are naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you alone not to eat?'

καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Ἀδάμ· Ἡ γυνή, ἣν ἔδωκας μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ, αὕτη μοι ἔδωκεν ἀπὸ τοῦ ξύλου, καὶ ἔφαγον.

And Adam said, 'The woman whom you gave with me — she gave to me from the tree, and I ate.'

καὶ εἶπεν κύριος ὁ θεὸς τῇ γυναικί· Τί τοῦτο ἐποίησας; καὶ εἶπεν ἡ γυνή· Ὁ ὄφις ἠπάτησέν με, καὶ ἔφαγον.

And the Lord God said to the woman, 'What is this you have done?' And the woman said, 'The serpent deceived me, and I ate.'

καὶ εἶπεν κύριος ὁ θεὸς τῷ ὄφει· Ὅτι ἐποίησας τοῦτο, ἐπικατάρατος σὺ ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν κτηνῶν καὶ ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν θηρίων τῆς γῆς· ἐπὶ τῷ στήθει σου καὶ τῇ κοιλίᾳ πορεύσῃ καὶ γῆν φάγεσαι πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ζωῆς σου.

And the Lord God said to the serpent, 'Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all the wild animals of the earth; upon your breast and belly you shall go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.'

καὶ ἔχθραν θήσω ἀνὰ μέσον σου καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τῆς γυναικὸς καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ σπέρματός σου καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ σπέρματος αὐτῆς· αὐτός σου τηρήσει κεφαλήν, καὶ σὺ τηρήσεις αὐτοῦ πτέρναν.

And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he will watch your head, and you will watch his heel.

καὶ τῇ γυναικὶ εἶπεν· Πληθύνων πληθυνῶ τὰς λύπας σου καὶ τὸν στεναγμόν σου· ἐν λύπαις τέξῃ τέκνα· καὶ πρὸς τὸν ἄνδρα σου ἡ ἀποστροφή σου, καὶ αὐτός σου κυριεύσει.

And to the woman he said, 'Multiplying I will multiply your pains and your groaning; in pains you shall bring forth children; and toward your husband will be your turning, and he will rule over you.'

τῷ δὲ Ἀδὰμ εἶπεν· Ὅτι ἤκουσας τῆς φωνῆς τῆς γυναικός σου καὶ ἔφαγες ἀπὸ τοῦ ξύλου, οὗ ἐνετειλάμην σοι τούτου μόνου μὴ φαγεῖν, ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἔφαγες, ἐπικατάρατος ἡ γῆ ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις σου· ἐν λύπαις φάγεσαι αὐτὴν πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ζωῆς σου.

And to Adam he said, 'Because you listened to the voice of your wife and ate from the tree of which I commanded you, of this alone not to eat — you ate from it; cursed is the earth in your works; in pains you shall eat from it all the days of your life.'

ἀκάνθας καὶ τριβόλους ἀνατελεῖ σοι, καὶ φάγεσαι τὸν χόρτον τοῦ ἀγροῦ.

Thorns and thistles it shall sprout for you, and you shall eat the herbage of the field.

ἐν ἱδρῶτι τοῦ προσώπου σου φάγεσαι τὸν ἄρτον σου ἕως τοῦ ἀποστρέψαι σε εἰς τὴν γῆν, ἐξ ἧς ἐλήμφθης· ὅτι γῆ εἶ καὶ εἰς γῆν ἀπελεύσῃ.

By the sweat of your face you shall eat your bread until you return to the earth from which you were taken; because you are earth, and to earth you shall go.

καὶ ἐκάλεσεν Ἀδὰμ τὸ ὄνομα τῆς γυναικὸς αὐτοῦ Ζωή, ὅτι αὕτη μήτηρ πάντων τῶν ζώντων.

And Adam called the name of his wife Life, because she was the mother of all the living.

καὶ ἐποίησεν κύριος ὁ θεὸς τῷ Ἀδὰμ καὶ τῇ γυναικὶ αὐτοῦ χιτῶνας δερματίνους καὶ ἐνέδυσεν αὐτούς.

And the Lord God made for Adam and his wife tunics of skin, and clothed them.

καὶ εἶπεν ὁ θεός· Ἰδοὺ Ἀδὰμ γέγονεν ὡς εἷς ἐξ ἡμῶν τοῦ γινώσκειν καλὸν καὶ πονηρόν· καὶ νῦν μήποτε ἐκτείνῃ τὴν χεῖρα καὶ λάβῃ ἀπὸ τοῦ ξύλου τῆς ζωῆς καὶ φάγῃ καὶ ζήσεται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.

And God said, 'Behold, Adam has become as one of us, knowing good and evil; and now lest he stretch out his hand and take from the tree of life and eat and live forever.'

καὶ ἐξαπέστειλεν αὐτὸν κύριος ὁ θεὸς ἐκ τοῦ παραδείσου τῆς τρυφῆς ἐργάζεσθαι τὴν γῆν, ἐξ ἧς ἐλήμφθη.

And the Lord God sent him out from the garden of delight to cultivate the earth from which he was taken.

καὶ ἐξέβαλεν τὸν Ἀδὰμ καὶ κατῴκισεν αὐτὸν ἀπέναντι τοῦ παραδείσου τῆς τρυφῆς καὶ ἔταξεν τὰ Χερουβὶμ καὶ τὴν φλογίνην ῥομφαίαν τὴν στρεφομένην φυλάσσειν τὴν ὁδὸν τοῦ ξύλου τῆς ζωῆς.

And he drove out Adam and settled him opposite the garden of delight, and stationed the cherubim and the flaming, turning sword to guard the way to the tree of life.