Genesis 3
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
World English Bible
1Sed et serpens erat callidior cunctis animantibus terræ quæ fecerat Dominus Deus. Qui dixit ad mulierem: Cur præcepit vobis Deus ut non comederetis de omni ligno paradisi?
1Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden’?”
2Cui respondit mulier: De fructu lignorum, quæ sunt in paradiso, vescimur:
2The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees of the garden,
3de fructu vero ligni quod est in medio paradisi, præcepit nobis Deus ne comederemus, et ne tangeremus illud, ne forte moriamur.
3but not the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden. God has said, ‘You shall not eat of it. You shall not touch it, lest you die.’”
4Dixit autem serpens ad mulierem: Nequaquam morte moriemini.
4The serpent said to the woman, “You won’t really die,
5Scit enim Deus quod in quocumque die comederitis ex eo, aperientur oculi vestri, et eritis sicut dii, scientes bonum et malum.
5for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
6Vidit igitur mulier quod bonum esset lignum ad vescendum, et pulchrum oculis, aspectuque delectabile: et tulit de fructu illius, et comedit: deditque viro suo, qui comedit.
6When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took some of its fruit, and ate. Then she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate it, too.
7Et aperti sunt oculi amborum; cumque cognovissent se esse nudos, consuerunt folia ficus, et fecerunt sibi perizomata.
7Their eyes were opened, and they both knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made coverings for themselves.
8Et cum audissent vocem Domini Dei deambulantis in paradiso ad auram post meridiem, abscondit se Adam et uxor ejus a facie Domini Dei in medio ligni paradisi.
8They heard the LORD God’s voice walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.
9Vocavitque Dominus Deus Adam, et dixit ei: Ubi es?
9The LORD God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?”
10Qui ait: Vocem tuam audivi in paradiso, et timui, eo quod nudus essem, et abscondi me.
10The man said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; so I hid myself.”
11Cui dixit: Quis enim indicavit tibi quod nudus esses, nisi quod ex ligno de quo præceperam tibi ne comederes, comedisti?
11God said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”
12Dixitque Adam: Mulier, quam dedisti mihi sociam, dedit mihi de ligno, et comedi.
12The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
13Et dixit Dominus Deus ad mulierem: Quare hoc fecisti? Quæ respondit: Serpens decepit me, et comedi.
13The LORD God said to the woman, “What have you done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
14Et ait Dominus Deus ad serpentem: [Quia fecisti hoc, maledictus es inter omnia animantia, et bestias terræ: super pectus tuum gradieris, et terram comedes cunctis diebus vitæ tuæ.
14The LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, you are cursed above all livestock, and above every animal of the field. You shall go on your belly and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.
15Inimicitias ponam inter te et mulierem, et semen tuum et semen illius: ipsa conteret caput tuum, et tu insidiaberis calcaneo ejus.]
15I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”
16Mulieri quoque dixit: Multiplicabo ærumnas tuas, et conceptus tuos: in dolore paries filios, et sub viri potestate eris, et ipse dominabitur tui.
16To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. You will bear children in pain. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
17Adæ vero dixit: Quia audisti vocem uxoris tuæ, et comedisti de ligno, ex quo præceperam tibi ne comederes, maledicta terra in opere tuo: in laboribus comedes ex ea cunctis diebus vitæ tuæ.
17To Adam he said, “Because you have listened to your wife’s voice, and have eaten from the tree, about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ the ground is cursed for your sake. You will eat from it with much labor all the days of your life.
18Spinas et tribulos germinabit tibi, et comedes herbam terræ.
18It will yield thorns and thistles to you; and you will eat the herb of the field.
19In sudore vultus tui vesceris pane, donec revertaris in terram de qua sumptus es: quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris.
19You will eat bread by the sweat of your face until you return to the ground, for you were taken out of it. For you are dust, and you shall return to dust.”
20Et vocavit Adam nomen uxoris suæ, Heva: eo quod mater esset cunctorum viventium.
20The man called his wife Eve because she would be the mother of all the living.
21Fecit quoque Dominus Deus Adæ et uxori ejus tunicas pelliceas, et induit eos:
21The LORD God made garments of animal skins for Adam and for his wife, and clothed them.
22et ait: Ecce Adam quasi unus ex nobis factus est, sciens bonum et malum: nunc ergo ne forte mittat manum suam, et sumat etiam de ligno vitæ, et comedat, et vivat in æternum.
22The LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand, and also take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever—”
23Et emisit eum Dominus Deus de paradiso voluptatis, ut operaretur terram de qua sumptus est.
23Therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.
24Ejecitque Adam: et collocavit ante paradisum voluptatis cherubim, et flammeum gladium, atque versatilem, ad custodiendam viam ligni vitæ.
24So he drove out the man; and he placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.
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