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.
Yih Hospod ne boronyt
Zryvaty:
Lysh z odnoho zaboronyv, –
Pryide vichnyi Bozyi hniv
I rayu utrata."
"Ei, ne strahaisya, Yeva,
Vkusy ovoch z dereva,
Uvydysh:
Tainy svita ciloho, –
Budesh mudriisha 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 svyatuyu volju
Ty perestupyv z zenoyu,
Pryide vam kara".
Prarodychi z rayu
Pishly – yih shchaslyvist vsya
Strachena...
Anhel z mechem ohnenym
Sterih prystup vyhnanym
Do dveryi raiskyh.
Narodyvsya Bozyi Syn,
Vybavytel nash yedyn
Vid kary.
Z Bohom nas prymyryaye,
Dveri raiski otvoryaye,
Novonarodzenyi!