¹And the serpent was more crafty than any animal of the field which Jehovah Elohim had made. And it said to the woman, Is it even so, that God has said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

¹Zvino nyoka yakanga yakasvinuka kupfuura mhuka dzose dzesango Jehovha Mwari dzaakange aita. Ndokuti kumukadzi, Nhai, ndizvo here kuti Mwari wakati: Regai kudya miti yose yemunda?

²And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden;

²Mukadzi ndokuti kunyoka: Tingadya zvemichero yemiti yemunda;

³but of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, God has said, Ye shall not eat of it, and ye shall not touch it, lest ye die.

³asi zvemuchero wemuti uri pakati pemunda, Mwari wakati: Musadya, kana kuu­bata, zvimwe mufe.

⁴And the serpent said to the woman, Ye will not certainly die;

⁴Nyoka ikati kumukadzi: Hamu­ngafi zvirokwazvo.

⁵but God knows that in the day ye eat of it, your eyes will be opened, and ye will be as God, knowing good and evil.

⁵Nekuti Mwari ano­ziva kuti nomusi wamunoudya nawo, meso enyu achasvinudzwa, mukava saMwari, muchiziva zvakanaka nezva­kaipa.

⁶And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a pleasure for the eyes, and the tree was to be desired to give intelligence; and she took of its fruit, and ate, and gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.

⁶Zvino mukadzi wakati achiona kuti muti wakanaka kuva chikafu, uye kuti unofa­dza meso, uye kuti muti unodikamwa kungwadza, akatora zvemuchero yawo, akadya, akapawo kumurume wake pamwe naye, uye akadya.

⁷And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

⁷Zvino meso avo vari vaviri, akasvinudzwa, vakaziva kuti vakashama; vakasonanidza mashizha emuonde, vakazviitira mafasikoto.

⁸And they heard the voice of Jehovah Elohim, walking in the garden in the cool of the day. And Man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah Elohim, in the midst of the trees of the garden.

⁸Zvino vakanzwa inzwi raJehovha Mwari achifamba mumunda pakutonhorera kwezuva, munhu nemukadzi wake ndokunohwanda pa­mberi paJehovha Mwari pakati pemiti yemunda.

⁹And Jehovah Elohim called to Man, and said to him, Where art thou?

⁹Jehovha Mwari akadana mu­nhu, akati kwaari, Uripi?

¹⁰And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I feared, because I am naked; and I hid myself.

¹⁰Iye ndokuti: Ndanzwa inzwi renyu mumunda, ndikatya, nekuti ndanga ndisina kupfeka, ndokuhwanda.

¹¹And he said, Who told thee that thou art naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee not to eat?

¹¹Zvino wakati: Ndiani wakuudza kuti hauna kupfeka? Wadya kanhi zvemuti wandakakuraira kuti usaudya?

¹²And Man said, The woman, whom thou hast given [to be] with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.

¹²Zvino munhu wakati, Mukadzi wamakapa kuti ave neni, iye wandipa zvemuti ndikadya.

¹³And Jehovah Elohim said to the woman, What is this thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent deceived me, and I ate.

¹³Zvino Jehovha Mwari wakati kumukadzi: Chii chawakaita? Mukadzi ndokuti: Nyoka yandinyengera, ndika­dya.

¹⁴And Jehovah Elohim said to the serpent, Because thou hast done this, be thou cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field. On thy belly shalt thou go, and eat dust all the days of thy life.

¹⁴Zvino Jehovha Mwari wakati kunyoka: Nekuti waita izvi, wapiwa rushambwa kupfuura chipfuwo chose nemhuka yose yesango; uye nedumbu rako uchafamba, uye guruva ucharidya mazuva ose eupenyu hwako.

¹⁵And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he shall crush thy head, and thou shalt crush his heel.

¹⁵Uye ndichaisa ruvengo pa­kati pako nemukadzi, nepakati pembeu yako nembeu yake, iyo ichakupwanya musoro, newe uchaipwanya chitsitsinho.

¹⁶To the woman he said, I will greatly increase thy travail and thy pregnancy; with pain thou shalt bear children; and to thy husband shall be thy desire, and he shall rule over thee.

¹⁶Kumukadzi wakati: Ndichawanza zvikuru kurwadziwa kwako nekutora mi­mba kwako, mukurwadziwa uchabereka vana, chishuwo chako chichava kumurume wako, uye uchakutonga.

¹⁷And to Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed be the ground on thy account; with toil shalt thou eat [of] it all the days of thy life;

¹⁷Zvino kumunhu wakati: Nekuti wateerera kuinzwi remukadzi wako, ukadya muti wa­ndakakuraira ndichiti: Usadya zvawo, pasi papiwa rushambwa nemhosva yako, nekutambudzika uchadya zvibereko zvayo ma­zuva ose eupenyu hwako.

¹⁸and thorns and thistles shall it yield thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.

¹⁸Zvino ichakubere­kera mhinzwa neubayambeva, uye uchadya mi­riwo yemusango.

¹⁹In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground: for out of it wast thou taken. For dust thou art; and unto dust shalt thou return.

¹⁹Neziya rechiso chako uchadya chikafu kusvikira wadzokera kuvhu; nekuti wakatorwa kwariri. nekuti uri guruva, uchadzokerazve kuguruva.

²⁰And Man called his wife's name Eve; because she is the mother of all living.

²⁰Zvino munhu wakatumidza mukadzi wake kuti Evha; nekuti ndiye mai vevapenyu vose.

²¹And Jehovah Elohim made Adam and his wife coats of skin, and clothed them.

²¹Zvino Jehovha Mwari wakai­tira munhu nemukadzi wake nguvo dza­matehwe, akavafukidza nadzo.

²²And Jehovah Elohim said, Behold, Man is become as one of us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he stretch out his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever ...!

²²Zvino Jehovha Mwari akati, Ta­rirai, munhu ava somumwe wedu zvaanoziva zvakanaka nezvakaipa; zvino zvi­mwe angatambanudza ruoko rwake aka­torawo zvomuti woupenyu, akadya, aka­rarama nokusingaperi.

²³Therefore Jehovah Elohim sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.

²³Naizvozvo Jehovha Mwari akamubudisa mumunda weEdheni, kuti arime ivhu raakatorwa kwariri.

²⁴And he drove out Man; and he set the Cherubim, and the flame of the flashing sword, toward the east of the garden of Eden, to guard the way to the tree of life.

²⁴Naizvozvo akadzinga munhu, akaisa makerubhi kurutivi rwamabva­zuva rwomunda weEdheni, nomurazvo womunondo waimonereka kumativi ose, kurindira nzira yomuti woupenyu.