Chodyt' Hospod' po rayu,
Z Adamom besiduye:
"Adame!
Vse v rayu ye tvoye,
Lysh ovochu odnoho
Yisty zapreshchayu!"

Zmiy vse to v korchy chuyet'
I ot Yevy trebuyet':
"O Yevo!
Koly v rayu vse tvoye,
Chom z ovochu odnoho
Rvaty ne probuyesh?"

"Mnoho v rayu yest' plodiv,
Yich Hospod' ne boronyt'
Zryvaty,
Lysh z odnoho zapretyv,
Priyde vichnyi Boziy hniv
I rayu utrata."

"Yey nestrachaysya Yevo,
Vkusy ovoch ot dreva,
Uvydysh:
Tayny s'vita ciloho,
Budesh mudriysha Boha
Z supruhom Adamom!"

Ovoch Yeva vkusyla
I muza pobudyla,
O hore!
Hospod' v rayu yavyvsya
Adam pred Bohom skryvsya
Vin nahiy i holyi...

A Boh strohiy sudiya:
"Zakon lehkiy dav vam Ya,
Adame!
Moyu s'vyatuyu volyu
Ty perestupyv z zenoyu,
Priyde vam kara!"

Prarodyteli z rayu
Pishly – yich shchaslyvist' vsya
Strachena
Anhel z mechem ohnennym
Sterih vozvrat vyhnanym
Vo dver rayskuyu.

Narodyvsya Boziy Syn,
Izbavytel nash yedyn
Ot kary,
Z Bohom nas prymyraye,
Dver raysku otvyraye
Novonarozdennyi!