Genesis 3

3 ¹Di snake sabi pass any oda animal wey dey field wey our Papa don make. E ask di woman say, “Na true say God really talk sey, ‘Make una no chop from any tree wey dey inside di garden’?” ^a a v1 As e don reject our Papa, di snake come paint am as God wey dey far, wey dey hold back good tin — na dis foundation lie dey hide di heart of di Papa from im pikin dem.

²Di woman tell di snake sey, “We fit chop di fruit from di trees wey dey inside di garden, ³but God talk sey, ‘Make una no chop di fruit of di tree wey dey for di middle of di garden, no touch am sef, if not una go die.’”

⁴But di snake tell di woman sey, “Una no go die at all. ⁵God sabi sey di day wey una go chop from am, una eye go open, una go come be like God, wey sabi good and bad.” ^b b v5 Dem don already carry im image (1:27). Di lie na sey dem suppose grab am for im back rather dan collect am from im hand.

⁶Di woman see sey di tree fine for chop, e sweet di eye, and e good to give person sense. She take im fruit, chop, give small to her husband wey dey with her, and e chop too. ⁷Na so di eye of di two of dem open, and dem come know sey dem dey naked; dem sew fig leaf join together come make cover for dem body.

⁸Dem hear di sound of our Papa as E dey waka for inside di garden for di cool time of di day, and di man with im wife hide comot from im presence for inside di trees of di garden.

⁹But our Papa call di man come ask am sey, “Wia you dey?”

¹⁰Di man talk sey, “I hear You for inside di garden, and fear catch me, because I dey naked, so I hide.”

¹¹Our Papa talk sey, “Who tell you sey you dey naked? You chop from di tree wey I tell you make you no chop from am?”

¹²Di man talk sey, “Di woman wey You put with me, na im give me fruit from di tree, and I chop.”

¹³Na so our Papa ask di woman sey, “Wetin be dis wey you don do?” She talk sey, “Na di snake deceive me, and I chop.”

¹⁴So our Papa tell di snake sey, “Because you don do dis tin, curse dey on top you pass all di animal wey dem dey keep and pass all di wild animal; na for your belle you go dey crawl, and na dust you go dey chop all di days of your life. ¹⁵And I go put enemy-mind between you and di woman, and between your pikin dem and her pikin dem; E go crush your head, and you go bite im heel.” ^c c v15 From di very first promise after di fall, our Papa point go Jesus — di pikin wey go crush di snake come rescue im pikin dem.

¹⁶To di woman E talk sey, “I go make di pain wey you go get for pikin-born plenty well well; na for pain you go born pikin. Your want go dey for your husband, and e go rule ova you.”

¹⁷And to Adam E talk sey, “Because you listen to your wife come chop from di tree wey I command you sey, ‘Make you no chop from am,’ curse dey on di ground because of you; na through hard-hard suffer-work you go chop from am all di days of your life. ¹⁸E go grow thorn and thistle for you, and na di plant of di field you go dey chop. ¹⁹Na with di sweat of your face you go chop your bread, until you go back go di ground, since na from am dem take you comot; because na dust you be, and na dust you go turn back to.”

²⁰Di man call im wife name Eve, because na she go come be di mama of everybody wey dey alive. ^d d v20 Di name Eve mean “dey alive” — na she be di mama of everybody wey dey alive.

²¹Our Papa make cloth from animal skin for Adam and im wife, and E wear am for dem. ^e e v21 After dem fall, our Papa provide for im pikin dem cover wey better pass wetin dem make for demself — na di first picture of im heart to dress dem with wetin na only Am fit give.

²²Na so our Papa talk sey, “Look am, di man don come be like one of us, wey sabi good and bad. Now, make e no reach out, take from di tree of life too, chop, come dey live forever…” ^f f v22 Di Hebrew sentence stop for here without finish — our Papa no ever talk wetin for follow. Scripture leave di tin unfinished.

²³So our Papa send am comot from di garden of Eden make e go work di ground wey dem take am comot. ²⁴E drive di man comot come put cherubim and one sword wey dey turn round dey burn fire for di east side of di garden of Eden, to guard di road wey lead go di tree of life. ^g g v24 Cherubim for inside Scripture no be di small cherub-picture wey Renaissance art dey draw, but na powerful heaven guardian wey our Papa put to protect di holy road wey lead back go life.