# Oberuferer Paradise Play

Adam and Eve

[The tree singer says:]

I love my singers when they come in a friendly way,  
Today there is a story of greater joy and honor;  
They are sitting here before the Holy Mass,  
which wants to be heard carefully and wistfully.  
That is why they are standing in a circle around me;  
they should leave the people with their singing.  
My dear singers, please make the people happy with your eyes,  
That they build the people up well,  
And make sure that singing is good,  
And a heartfelt voice and words.  
But first we want to greet the great ones,  
Who have found their way into this hall today.  
We greet God the Father on his highest throne;  
And we greet his only Son;  
And we greet the Holy Ghost, too,  
Who shows our souls the true way;  
And we greet the whole Holy Trinity:  
The Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost in Unity.  
We greet Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden,  
Where we would all like to enter.  
And we greet all the trees and the animals  
As many as there are in Paradise.  
And we also greet very finely  
The wonderful large and resounding birds;  
We greet the whole firmament,  
Which the dear Lord has placed at the end of the world. —  
We greet the officials appointed by him;  
We greet the master today as always.  
We also greet the clergy,  
Without whom we may not play.  
We greet the mayor, with honor,  
With all his complaints in the best way possible;  
For the dear Lord has provided this,  
If he likes it so much.  
And now, my dear singers, let us sing once more,  
In the middle of it stands a tree;  
No human being may eat from it,  
If he wants to keep the right attitude:  
We want to greet the tree,  
And all the fruits that hang on it.  
Eve, the wicked one, ate of them,  
And Adam, the foolish man.  
They were expelled from God;  
We are told this every day. —  
We don't greet the devil,  
whom our dear God protects from us;  
We want to pull his tail,  
and pull out all his hair.  
My dear singers have all heard it,  
What they once did in Paradise. —  
Now we greet our teacher well  
And greet our good teacher Muot,  
With whom our rough voices  
Fine, without much beating, could be right. —  
So, my dear singers have heard it  


What an old friend of ours desires.

The company enters singing:

I want to sing from the bottom of my heart,  
because it gives my soul,  
Lord, put my words in my mouth,  
so that I may praise you!  
for thou art my God  
I will speak differently,  
who has created all things  
and rules according to his counsel,  
now always praise God!  
A tree in the middle of the forest;  
it bore precious fruit;  
which in the forbidden love of God:  
they should not eat of it  
from the tree's trunk,  
should be idle.  
The tree should be life:  
therefore God does not want  
that they eat of it.

They Leave.

The Angel Gabriel Appears:

I enter here in all humility,  
God grant you a good evening,  
a good evening and a happy time,  
given to us by the Lord of heaven.  
Gracious, wise and generous lords  
and virtuous women in all things,  
until I want to annoy you,  
a little while to hear us,  
namely, from Adam and Eve,  
how they were struck out of paradise.  
If you want to hear it in good silence,  
keep quiet and listen to us carefully.

From.

Company Come again:

1. How chilly the morning seems to us,  
the sun is hidden.  
We praise God already  
in the highest throne.  
2. We come from Babylon, therefore  
and sing to you all with joy.  
We praise God already  
in the highest throne.  
3. When God in his glory floats  
he created all that lives there.  
We praise God already  
in the highest throne.  
4. Yes, all the animals together and wild,  
then he created the image of man.  
We praise God already  
in the highest throne.  
5. In the beginning God created all things,  
the earth and also the heavenly ring.  
We praise God already  
in the highest throne.  
6. Also God created the whole firmament  
on it two great lights stand.  
We praise God already  
in the highest throne.  
7. One is the day, the other is night,  
which God has made very well.  
We praise God already  
in the highest throne.  
8. He created Adam with all his diligence  
and put him in paradise.  
We praise God already  
in the highest throne.

Company Remain standing. God, Adam step forward.

Lord God speaks:

Adam, accept the living breath  
you received with the date!  
accept reason, and consider  
that I have made you out of the earth.  
Now, Adam, begin to live  
and tread on your feet evenly!  
Tell me, Adam, how you fare,  
the new world with its adornment and adornment?  
Are you not amazed at the whole earth?  
or the beautiful shine of the sun?  
or the shape of the firmament?  
Tell me, Adam, how you like it, for I am very eager to know.

Adam says:

Oh Lord, it is for the very best  
that your divine majesty created me.  
Your divine counsel also created me  
so that I may recognize my highest good  
and know from the bottom of my heart  
to live according to your divine will,  
for you have created me just  
on earth according to your image and likeness.

Lord God says:

Adam, all the animals were right,  
I give them into your power,  
that they may serve you in many ways,  
together with the mountains of the earth and the crevices  
and also together with the little birds in the air,  
as well as the fish in the rivers,  
that is my creation here together.  
I share my kingdom with you,  
you shall be called Lord forever.  
In the garden you shall have wide space,  
I give you power over all the trees.  
Yet thereupon hang many fine fruits,  
which you may eat according to your desire,  
for your precious food  
here in paradise.  
Yet I, Almighty God,  
give you only one commandment,  
namely, of the tree of good and evil  
that grows in the middle,  
(which is the best in the middle)  
you shall not eat from it.  
But if you dare  
to eat from the forbidden tree,  
you shall die the death of the eving,  
suddenly afterwards you may even perish.  
Note that I am your God,  
who gave you life and death  
and can also take it again.

Company Sings:

9. Adam recognizes his creator,  
who has given everything and everyone.  
We praise God  
in the highest throne.  
10. He gave us all the fruit with diligence  
here in a delicious meal.  
We praise God  
in the highest throne.  
11. Only one tree is excepted  
so that it would not come to harm.  
We praise God already  
in the highest throne.  
12. The tree should know good and evil,  
God says: keep this in your heart.  
We praise God already  
in the highest throne.]  
13. God let fall a sleep so deep I am ashamed before your eyes.

Lord God says:

I took a rib from Adam's body.  
From it I created Adam a wife.  
Adam, wake up and get up soon,  
here you have your equal to ch.  
She is at the same time from your body,  
a helper, she is your wife,  
she is at the same time from your ribs  
therefore you shall love her duly.  
My angel protect you on all your ways.  
My blessing be upon you always.  
Be fruitful, fill the earth  
with what it needs shall become you.  
Only remain obedient to me always.

Adam says:

Lord, I am ready for that,  
for you have given me now  
all creatures and my life too.  
Look, Eve, how lovely it is  
to live here in paradise,  
which the Lord has given us  
to live in paradise,  
And we have only one commandment,  
which our Lord has given us.  
Just listen to the little birds singing  
and see the little animals jumping around.  
Many beautiful trees and meadows  
are left to us here,  
to eat wherever we want,  
there is only one tree we should avoid,  
which is the best, as written in the middle  
we should not eat of it at all.  
And if we dare to eat  
from the forbidden tree,  
we shall die the sudden death of death  
suddenly thereafter, we shall perish. Hereby we recognize our God,  
who gave us life and death  
and can also take it again.

Companie:

15. They were now full of glory,  
everything was ready for their service.  
We praise God already  
in the highest throne.  
16. As soon as the devil realized it,  
he came secretly sneaking in.  
We praise God already in the highest throne.  
17. In a serpentine way  
he entered paradise.  
We praise God already  
in the highest throne.

Devil speaks:

I come into paradise  
sneaked in a serpentine way.  
God has created two persons  
and has adorned them so beautifully  
and has put them in his house:  
but I will see how I get them out.  
That is why I come into paradise  
I judge that it eats from the food.  
Why from the other fruits all  
can eat according to your discretion?  
And from this tree alone  
the fruit should be forbidden?  
Adam eats of the fruit rich,  
so you will be equal to your Lord.  
Therefore, O Eve, take the apple  
and eat it according to your heart's desire  
and give some to Adam as well.

Company sings:

18. She broke the apple from the branch  
and gave some to Adam's wife.  
We praise God already  
in the highest throne.

Eva Spricht:

I am your wife and you are my husband.  
I beg you just look at the tree:  
it bears the most beautiful fruit  
I have never tasted before.  
I want to taste it to see what

(It) tastes like.

So I should tell the truth  
The fruit tastes good to my heart.  
I beg you, you should also try it,  
If you love me, take it in!  
It tastes so delicious.

Adam says:

So I shall eat of the apple  
I eat it at your request  
For my sake, I do not eat it.

Company sings:

19. She also gave some to Adam,  
and his eyes were opened.  
We praise God already  
in the highest throne.  
20. And when he ate, at that hour  
the whole world was wounded.  
We praise God already  
in the highest throne.

Devil says:

I am called the devil,  
I am well known to the people.  
I give the people their sin  
I say it is very little:  
the man should hang himself,  
the woman should drown herself:  
so that their torture will be over. Just as I deceived Adam and Eve and lied to both of them, that they broke God's commandment and ate what God forbade. Oh right, oh right, such a trick! I wouldn't give such an apple for a little bit of money. had Adam and Eve eaten clover  
it would have been a thousand times more useful. [through my cunning and] trickery  
[I have achieved this release.]

Adam says:

Oh, how my heart has changed!  
Oh woman, I have done a very evil deed  
by following you.  
Now I see the naked sword before me:  
I am naked and bare throughout. Oh woman, we have sinned greatly.

God says:

Adam, where are you, come here to me!

Adam says:

O Lord, here I am,

God says:

Why are you ashamed?

Adam says:

Because I broke your commandment.

Lord God says:

Do you think you will go unpunished  
because I forbade you only that tree?  
Tell me, Adam, who told you to do it.

Adam said:

Oh Lord, I swear by my life,  
the Eve you gave me as my wife  
gave me such fruit to eat:  
yes, I would not have dared to do so.  
An apple she broke from the tree  
and bit into it so that I would see it  
and so broke your commandment  
from this moment you come, Lord God.

Lord God says:

Where is the woman who has done this.

Adam says:

Oh Lord, here she is standing under the tree.

Lord God says:

Eve, tell me!  
why did you do that?

Eve says:

Oh Lord, the snake incited me to do it,  
so that I was the last to  
eat from the forbidden tree.  
Oh Lord, we no longer want to do that.

Lord God says:

Gabriel, where art thou? Come to me!  
I give thee the flaming sword  
that thou mayest drive Adam and Eve  
from the garden of Eden.  
By my power and his,  


they shall never enter it again.

Company sings:

21. Then came an angel so white  
and drove them out of paradise.  
We praise God already  
in the highest throne.

Angel says:

I have received a command  
from the Most High God  
that I shall command Adam and Eve  
to expel you from paradise.  
So now leave paradise  
and till the field with all your might!  
And you, Adam, in fear and need  
shall you gain your bread with sweat  
and you, Eve, with pain  
shall you bear children under your heart.

Eve says:

Oh, woe is me, poor woman,  
that I must build this misery!  
Must it be, then, since we have  
commanded it by Almighty God  
and follow His teachings completely.

Adam says:

My dear wife, come here!  
Oh God, when shall we come against you?  
I beg my God to call us soon against you!

Angel says:

So go down out of the garden!  
I will call you slowly against you.

Eve says:

I beg my God you will not leave me.

Angel says:

Eve, you must not doubt!  
Follow your husband, raise your child,  
and God will forgive you all your sins.

Company sings:

22. So Adam and Eve were cast out of paradise  
. We praise God already  
in the highest throne.

Devil says:

I have deceived the two persons,  
have lied them out of paradise.  
But I will see where I can find them  
and bind them together with my chains.  
Lord judge, I cry out and scream  
about Adam and Eve, the two evildoers,  
because they broke your commandment  
I know it will not go unheeded.  
because they have pushed  
into the sinful world  
which pleases me perfectly well  
I'll be there day and night  
where misfortune is always present  
I'll be there, front and back, and when I'm there, hell will have no peace. I will be equally brave and make them sweat with me at the same time.

The Lord says:

Begone, Satan, you hellhound!  
I know not what grievous word  
Dust and dirt shall be your food  
and to the other beasts  
you shall crawl on your belly.  
See here how Adam has grown so rich:  
he has become equal to a god,  
he knows evil and also good,  
since he lifts up his hands  
and lives accordingly forever.

Company Singing Afterwards:

O holy trinity,  
o divine reign,  
death, devil and hell,  
you have all separated  
and have eternal life  
given to us all again.  
Be praised forever!  
God, who knows all our thoughts  
he wants to give us his kingdom.

Angel says:

Dear, kind, generous lords,  
as well as virtuous women and maidens in particular,  
please do not expose us to evil  
because you have heard our play about how  
God created all things  
men according to his divine counsel  
created them in his image, in the image of God, male and female,  
and placed them in the garden of Eden.  
But the serpent tempted Adam and Eve,  
and they broke God's commandment  
and ate of the fruit of the tree that God had forbidden them,  
and so transgressed God's commandment.  
thereby they came into anguish and need  
and ultimately damned to eternal death,  
until out of mercy the merciful God  
sent his only son into the world  
as a ransom.  
He does not want us to do evil  
but give us the reason  
if we have done something wrong here  
and not kept the right honor:  
each of us considers the best!  
so we wish a good night from God Almighty.