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

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

"Mnoho v rayu ye plodiv.
Yich Hospod' ne boronyt'
Zryvaty:
Lysh z odnoho zaboronyv, –
Pryide vichnyi Bozyi hniv
I rayu utrata."

"Ey, ne strachaysya, Yeva,
Vkusy ovoch z dereva,
Uvydysh:
Tayny s'vita ciloho, –
Budesh mudriysha Boha,
Iz muzem tvoyim!.."

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

A Boh strohyi sudiya:
"Zakon lehkyi dav vam Ya,
Adame!..
Moyu s'vyatuyu volyu
Ty perestupyv z zenoyu,
Pryide vam kara".

Prarodychi z rayu
Pishly – yich shchaslyvist' vsya
Strachena...
Anhel z mechem ohnenym
Sterih prystup vyhnanym
Do dveryi rays'kych.

Narodyvsya Bozyi Syn,
Vybavytel nash yedyn
Vid kary.
Z Bohom nas prymyryaye,
Dveri rayski otvoryaye,
Novonarodzenyi!