¹ A palavra que veio a Jeremias da parte do Senhor, quando o rei Zedequias lhe enviou Pasur, filho de Malquias, e Sofonias, filho de Maaséias, o sacerdote, dizendo:

² Pergunta agora por nós ao Senhor, por que Nabucodonozor, rei de Babilônia, guerreia contra nós; porventura o Senhor nos tratará segundo todas as suas maravilhas, e fará que o rei se retire de nós.

³ Então Jeremias lhes respondeu: Assim direis a Zedequias:

⁴ Assim diz o Senhor, o Deus de Israel: Eis que virarei contra vos as armas de guerra, que estão nas vossas mãos, com que vós pelejais contra o rei de Babilônia e contra os caldeus, que vos estão sitiando ao redor dos muros, e ajuntá-los-ei no meio desta cidade.

⁵ E eu mesmo pelejarei contra vós com mão estendida, e com braço forte, e em ira, e em furor, e em grande indignação.

⁶ E ferirei os habitantes desta cidade, tanto os homens como os animais; de grande peste morrerão.

⁷ E depois disso, diz o Senhor, entregarei Zedequias, rei de Judá, e seus servos, e o povo, e os que desta cidade restarem da peste, e da espada, e da fome, sim entregá-los-ei na mão de Nabucodonozor, rei de Babilônia, e na mão de seus inimigos, e na mão dos que procuram tirar-lhes a vida; e ele os passará ao fio da espada; não os poupará, nem se compadecerá, nem terá misericordia.

⁸ E a este povo dirás: Assim diz o Senhor: Eis que ponho diante de vós o caminho da vida e o caminho da morte.

⁹ O que ficar nesta cidade há de morrer à espada, ou de fome, ou de peste; mas o que sair, e se render aos caldeus, que vos cercam, viverá, e terá a sua vida por despojo.

¹⁰ Porque pus o meu rosto contra esta cidade para mal, e não para bem, diz o Senhor; na mão do rei de Babilônia se entregará, e ele a queimará a fogo.

¹¹ E à casa do rei de Judá dirás: Ouvi a palavra do Senhor:

¹² O casa de Davi, assim diz o Senhor: Executai justiça pela manhã, e livrai o espoliado da mão do opressor, para que não saia o meu furor como fogo, e se acenda, sem que haja quem o apague, por causa da maldade de vossas ações.

¹³ Eis que eu sou contra ti, ó moradora do vale, ó rocha da campina, diz o Senhor; contra vós que dizeis: Quem descerá contra nós? ou: Quem entrará nas nossas moradas?

¹⁴ E eu vos castigarei segundo o fruto das vossas ações, diz o Senhor; e no seu bosque acenderei fogo que consumirá a tudo o que está em redor dela.

¹ Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, "Has God really said, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'"

² The woman said to the serpent, "Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat,

³ but of the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'"

⁴ The serpent said to the woman, "You won't surely die,

⁵ for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."

⁶ When 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 of its fruit, and ate; and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate.

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

⁸ They heard the voice of Yahweh God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God among the trees of the garden.

⁹ Yahweh God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?"

¹⁰ The man said, "I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself."

¹¹ God said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?"

¹² The man said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate."

¹³ Yahweh God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."

¹⁴ Yahweh God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, you are cursed above all livestock, and above every animal of the field. On your belly you shall go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.

¹⁵ I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel."

¹⁶ To the woman he said, "I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. In pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you."

¹⁷ To Adam he said, "Because you have listened to your wife's voice, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground for your sake. In toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.

¹⁸ Thorns also and thistles will it bring forth to you; and you will eat the herb of the field.

¹⁹ By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return."

²⁰ The man called his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all living.

²¹ Yahweh God made coats of skins for Adam and for his wife, and clothed them.

²² Yahweh God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he put forth his hand, and also take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever..."

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

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