Genesis 1
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Başlangıçta Tanrı göğü ve yeri yarattı.
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.
Yer boştu, yeryüzü şekilleri yoktu; engin karanlıklarla kaplıydı. Tanrı'nın Ruhu suların üzerinde hareket ediyordu.
3 And God said, Let there be light, and there was light.
Tanrı, “Işık olsun” diye buyurdu ve ışık oldu.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good. And God divided the light from the darkness.
Tanrı ışığın iyi olduğunu gördü ve onu karanlıktan ayırdı.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
Işığa “Gündüz”, karanlığa “Gece” adını verdi. Akşam oldu, sabah oldu ve ilk gün oluştu.
6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
Tanrı, “Suların ortasında bir kubbe olsun, suları birbirinden ayırsın” diye buyurdu.
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.
Ve öyle oldu. Tanrı gökkubbeyi yarattı. Kubbenin altındaki suları üstündeki sulardan ayırdı.
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
Kubbeye “Gök” adını verdi. Akşam oldu, sabah oldu ve ikinci gün oluştu.
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.
Tanrı, “Göğün altındaki sular bir yere toplansın, kuru toprak görünsün” diye buyurdu ve öyle oldu.
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.
Kuru alana “Kara”, toplanan sulara “Deniz” adını verdi. Tanrı bunun iyi olduğunu gördü.
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.
Tanrı, “Yeryüzü bitkiler, tohum veren otlar, türüne göre tohumu meyvesinde bulunan meyve ağaçları üretsin” diye buyurdu ve öyle oldu.
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.
Yeryüzü bitkiler, türüne göre tohum veren otlar, tohumu meyvesinde bulunan meyve ağaçları yetiştirdi. Tanrı bunun iyi olduğunu gördü.
13 And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.
Akşam oldu, sabah oldu ve üçüncü gün oluştu.
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.
Tanrı şöyle buyurdu: “Gökkubbede gündüzü geceden ayıracak, yeryüzünü aydınlatacak ışıklar olsun. Belirtileri, mevsimleri, günleri, yılları göstersin.” Ve öyle oldu.
15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth. And it was so.
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.
Tanrı büyüğü gündüze, küçüğü geceye egemen olacak iki büyük ışığı ve yıldızları yarattı.
17 And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth,
Yeryüzünü aydınlatmak, gündüze ve geceye egemen olmak, ışığı karanlıktan ayırmak için onları gökkubbeye yerleştirdi. Tanrı bunun iyi olduğunu gördü.
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.
19 And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
Akşam oldu, sabah oldu ve dördüncü gün oluştu.
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.
Tanrı, “Sular canlı yaratıklarla dolup taşsın, yeryüzünün üzerinde, gökte kuşlar uçuşsun” diye buyurdu.
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.
Tanrı büyük deniz canavarlarını, sularda kaynaşan canlıları ve uçan çeşitli varlıkları yarattı. Bunun iyi olduğunu gördü.
22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.
Tanrı, “Verimli olun, çoğalın, denizleri doldurun, yeryüzünde kuşlar çoğalsın” diyerek onları kutsadı.
23 And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
Akşam oldu, sabah oldu ve beşinci gün oluştu.
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.
Tanrı, “Yeryüzü çeşit çeşit canlı yaratık, evcil ve yabanıl hayvan, sürüngen türetsin” diye buyurdu. Ve öyle oldu.
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.
Tanrı çeşit çeşit yabanıl hayvan, evcil hayvan, sürüngen yarattı. Bunun iyi olduğunu gördü.
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.
Tanrı, “Kendi suretimizde, kendimize benzer insan yaratalım” dedi, “Denizdeki balıklara, gökteki kuşlara, evcil hayvanlara, sürüngenlere, yeryüzünün tümüne egemen olsun.”
27 And God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created him, male and female he created them.
Tanrı insanı kendi suretinde yarattı, onu Tanrı'nın suretinde yarattı. Onları erkek ve dişi olarak yarattı.
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.
Onları kutsayarak, “Verimli olun, çoğalın” dedi, “Yeryüzünü doldurun ve denetiminize alın; denizdeki balıklara, gökteki kuşlara, yeryüzünde yaşayan bütün canlılara egemen olun.
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,
İşte yeryüzünde tohum veren her otu, tohumu meyvesinde bulunan her meyve ağacını size veriyorum. Bunlar size yiyecek olacak.
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.
Yabanıl hayvanlara, gökteki kuşlara, sürüngenlere –soluk alıp veren bütün hayvanlara– yiyecek olarak yeşil otları veriyorum.” Ve öyle oldu.
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.
Tanrı yarattıklarına baktı ve her şeyin çok iyi olduğunu gördü. Akşam oldu, sabah oldu ve altıncı gün oluştu.
