Genesis 1
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
In principio Dio creò il cielo e la terra.
2 And the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Ora la terra era informe e deserta e le tenebre ricoprivano l'abisso e lo spirito di Dio aleggiava sulle acque.
3 And God said, Let there be light, and there was light.
Dio disse: «Sia la luce!». E la luce fu.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good. And God divided the light from the darkness.
Dio vide che la luce era cosa buona e separò la luce dalle tenebre
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
e chiamò la luce giorno e le tenebre notte. E fu sera e fu mattina: primo giorno.
6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
Dio disse: «Sia il firmamento in mezzo alle acque per separare le acque dalle acque».
7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament. And it was so.
Dio fece il firmamento e separò le acque, che sono sotto il firmamento, dalle acque, che son sopra il firmamento. E così avvenne.
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
Dio chiamò il firmamento cielo. E fu sera e fu mattina: secondo giorno.
9 And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear. And it was so.
Dio disse: «Le acque che sono sotto il cielo, si raccolgano in un solo luogo e appaia l'asciutto». E così avvenne.
10 And God called the dry land Earth, and he called the gathering together of the waters Seas. And God saw that it was good.
Dio chiamò l'asciutto terra e la massa delle acque mare. E Dio vide che era cosa buona.
11 And God said, Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit according to their kind (in which is the seed of them) upon the earth. And it was so.
E Dio disse: «La terra produca germogli, erbe che producono seme e alberi da frutto, che facciano sulla terra frutto con il seme, ciascuno secondo la sua specie». E così avvenne:
12 And the earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed according to their kind, and trees bearing fruit in which is the seed of it, according to their kind. And God saw that it was good.
la terra produsse germogli, erbe che producono seme, ciascuna secondo la propria specie e alberi che fanno ciascuno frutto con il seme, secondo la propria specie. Dio vide che era cosa buona.
13 And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.
E fu sera e fu mattina: terzo giorno.
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night, and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years.
Dio disse: «Ci siano luci nel firmamento del cielo, per distinguere il giorno dalla notte; servano da segni per le stagioni, per i giorni e per gli anni
15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth. And it was so.
e servano da luci nel firmamento del cielo per illuminare la terra». E così avvenne:
16 And God made the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night, also the stars.
Dio fece le due luci grandi, la luce maggiore per regolare il giorno e la luce minore per regolare la notte, e le stelle.
17 And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth,
Dio le pose nel firmamento del cielo per illuminare la terra
18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
e per regolare giorno e notte e per separare la luce dalle tenebre. E Dio vide che era cosa buona.
19 And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
E fu sera e fu mattina: quarto giorno.
20 And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
Dio disse: «Le acque brulichino di esseri viventi e uccelli volino sopra la terra, davanti al firmamento del cielo».
21 And God created the great sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, which the waters brought forth abundantly, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
Dio creò i grandi mostri marini e tutti gli esseri viventi che guizzano e brulicano nelle acque, secondo la loro specie, e tutti gli uccelli alati secondo la loro specie. E Dio vide che era cosa buona.
22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.
Dio li benedisse: «Siate fecondi e moltiplicatevi e riempite le acque dei mari; gli uccelli si moltiplichino sulla terra».
23 And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
E fu sera e fu mattina: quinto giorno.
24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth according to their kind. And it was so.
Dio disse: «La terra produca esseri viventi secondo la loro specie: bestiame, rettili e bestie selvatiche secondo la loro specie». E così avvenne:
25 And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kind, and the cattle according to their kind, and everything that creeps upon the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
Dio fece le bestie selvatiche secondo la loro specie e il bestiame secondo la propria specie e tutti i rettili del suolo secondo la loro specie. E Dio vide che era cosa buona.
26 And God said, Let us make mankind in our image-after our likeness-and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.
E Dio disse: «Facciamo l'uomo a nostra immagine, a nostra somiglianza, e domini sui pesci del mare e sugli uccelli del cielo, sul bestiame, su tutte le bestie selvatiche e su tutti i rettili che strisciano sulla terra».
27 And God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created him, male and female he created them.
Dio creò l'uomo a sua immagine; a immagine di Dio lo creò; maschio e femmina li creò.
28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and have power over it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.
Dio li benedisse e disse loro: «Siate fecondi e moltiplicatevi, riempite la terra; soggiogatela e dominate sui pesci del mare e sugli uccelli del cielo e su ogni essere vivente, che striscia sulla terra».
29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed. To you it shall be for food,
Poi Dio disse: «Ecco, io vi do ogni erba che produce seme e che è su tutta la terra e ogni albero in cui è il frutto, che produce seme: saranno il vostro cibo.
30 and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creeps upon the earth in which there is life, for food-every green herb. And it was so.
A tutte le bestie selvatiche, a tutti gli uccelli del cielo e a tutti gli esseri che strisciano sulla terra e nei quali è alito di vita, io do in cibo ogni erba verde». E così avvenne.
31 And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Dio vide quanto aveva fatto, ed ecco, era cosa molto buona. E fu sera e fu mattina: sesto giorno.
