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?

¹Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

²Mukadzi ndokuti kunyoka: Tingadya zvemichero yemiti yemunda;

²And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

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

³But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

⁴Nyoka ikati kumukadzi: Hamu­ngafi zvirokwazvo.

⁴And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

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

⁵For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

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.

⁶And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

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

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.

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

⁸And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.

⁹Jehovha Mwari akadana mu­nhu, akati kwaari, Uripi?

⁹And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

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

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

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

¹¹And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

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

¹²And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

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

¹³And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

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.

¹⁴And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

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

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

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

¹⁶Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

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.

¹⁷And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

¹⁸Zvino ichakubere­kera mhinzwa neubayambeva, uye uchadya mi­riwo yemusango.

¹⁸Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

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

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

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

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

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

²¹Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

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

²²And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

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

²³Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

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

²⁴So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.