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Basi nyoka alikuwa mwerevu kuliko wanyama wote wa mwitu aliowafanya Bwana Mungu. Akamwambia mwanamke, Ati! Hivi ndivyo alivyosema Mungu, Msile matunda ya miti yote ya bustani?
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?’”
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Mwanamke akamwambia nyoka, Matunda ya miti ya bustanini twaweza kula;
The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden,
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lakini matunda ya mti ulio katikati ya bustani Mungu amesema, Msiyale wala msiyaguse, msije mkafa.
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.’”
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Nyoka akamwambia mwanamke, Hakika hamtakufa,
“You will not surely die,” the serpent told the woman.
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kwa maana Mungu anajua ya kwamba siku mtakayokula matunda ya mti huo, mtafumbuliwa macho, 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.”
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Mwanamke alipoona ya kuwa ule mti wafaa kwa chakula, wapendeza macho, nao ni mti wa kutamanika kwa maarifa, basi alitwaa katika matunda yake akala, akampa na mumewe, 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.
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Wakafumbuliwa macho wote wawili wakajijua kuwa wa uchi, wakashona majani ya mtini, wakajifanyia nguo.
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.
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Kisha wakasikia sauti ya Bwana Mungu, akitembea bustanini wakati wa jua kupunga; Adamu na mkewe wakajificha kati ya miti ya bustani, Bwana Mungu asiwaone.
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.
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Bwana Mungu akamwita Adamu, akamwambia, Uko wapi?
But the LORD God called out to the man, “Where are you?”
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Akasema, Nalisikia sauti yako bustanini, nikaogopa kwa kuwa mimi ni uchi; nikajificha.
“I heard Your voice in the garden,” he replied, “and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”
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Akasema, Ni nani aliyekuambia ya kuwa u uchi? Je! Umekula wewe matunda ya mti niliyokuagiza usiyale?
“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?”
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Adamu akasema, Huyo mwanamke uliyenipa awe pamoja nami ndiye aliyenipa matunda ya mti huo, nikala.
And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
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Bwana Mungu akamwambia mwanamke, Nini hili ulilolifanya? Mwanamke akasema, Nyoka alinidanganya, nikala.
Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied, “and I ate.”
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Bwana Mungu akamwambia nyoka, Kwa sababu umeyafanya hayo, umelaaniwa wewe kuliko wanyama wote, na kuliko hayawani wote walioko mwituni; kwa tumbo utakwenda, na mavumbi utakula 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.
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nami nitaweka uadui kati yako na huyo mwanamke, na kati ya uzao wako na uzao wake; huo utakuponda kichwa, na wewe utamponda 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.”
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Akamwambia mwanamke, Hakika nitakuzidishia uchungu wako, na kuzaa kwako; kwa utungu utazaa watoto; na 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.”
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Akamwambia Adamu, Kwa kuwa umeisikiliza sauti ya mke wako, ukala matunda ya mti ambao nalikuagiza, nikisema, Usiyale; ardhi imelaaniwa kwa ajili yako; kwa uchungu utakula mazao yake 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.
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michongoma na miiba itakuzalia, nawe utakula mboga za kondeni;
Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
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kwa jasho la uso wako utakula chakula, hata utakapoirudia ardhi, ambayo katika hiyo ulitwaliwa; kwa maana u mavumbi wewe, nawe mavumbini 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.”
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Adamu akamwita mkewe jina lake Hawa; kwa kuwa yeye ndiye aliye mama yao wote walio hai.
And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living.
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Bwana Mungu akawafanyia Adamu na mkewe mavazi ya ngozi, akawavika.
And the LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and He clothed them.
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Bwana Mungu akasema, Basi, huyu mtu amekuwa kama mmoja wetu, kwa kujua mema na mabaya; na sasa asije akanyosha mkono wake akatwaa matunda ya mti wa uzima, akala, 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...”
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kwa hiyo Bwana Mungu akamtoa katika bustani ya Edeni, ailime ardhi ambayo katika hiyo alitwaliwa.
Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.
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Basi akamfukuza huyo mtu, akaweka Makerubi, upande wa mashariki wa bustani ya Edeni, na upanga wa moto uliogeuka huko na huko, kuilinda njia ya 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.