Genesis 1
1 In the beginning God made the heaven and the earth.
Au commencement, Dieu créa le ciel et la terre.
2 But the earth was unsightly and unfurnished, and darkness was over the deep, and the Spirit of God moved over the water.
Or la terre n’était que solitude et chaos; des ténèbres couvraient la face de l’abîme, et le souffle de Dieu planait à la surface des eaux.
3 And God said, Let there be light, and there was light.
Dieu dit: "Que la lumière soit!" Et la lumière fut.
4 And God saw the light that it was good, and God divided between the light and the darkness.
Dieu considéra que la lumière était bonne, et il établit une distinction entre la lumière et les ténèbres.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night, and there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
Dieu appela la lumière jour, et les ténèbres, il les appela Nuit. Il fut soir, il fut matin, un jour.
6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the water, and let it be a division between water and water, and it was so.
Dieu dit: "Qu’un espace s’étende au milieu des eaux, et forme une barrière entre les unes et les autres."
7 And God made the firmament, and God divided between the water which was under the firmament and the water which was above the firmament.
Dieu fit l’espace, opéra une séparation entre les eaux qui sont au-dessous et les eaux qui sont au-dessus, et cela demeura ainsi.
8 And God called the firmament Heaven, and God saw that it was good, and there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
Dieu nomma cet espace le Ciel. Le soir se fit, le matin se fit, —second jour.
9 And God said, Let the water which is under the heaven be collected into one place, and let the dry land appear, and it was so. And the water which was under the heaven was collected into its places, and the dry land appeared.
Dieu dit: "Que les eaux répandues sous le ciel se réunissent sur un même point, et que le sol apparaisse." Cela s’accomplit.
10 And God called the dry land Earth, and the gatherings of the waters he called Seas, and God saw that it was good.
Dieu nomma le sol la Terre, et l’agglomération des eaux, il la nomma les Mers. Et Dieu considéra que c’était bien.
11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the herb of grass bearing seed according to its kind and according to its likeness, and the fruit tree bearing fruit whose seed is in it, according to its kind on the earth, and it was so.
Dieu dit: "Que la terre produise des végétaux, savoir: des herbes renfermant une semence; des arbres fruitiers portant, selon leur espèce, un fruit qui perpétue sa semence sur la terre." Et cela s’accomplit.
12 And the earth brought forth the herb of grass bearing seed according to its kind and according to its likeness, and the fruit tree bearing fruit whose seed is in it, according to its kind on the earth, and God saw that it was good.
La terre donna naissance aux végétaux: aux herbes qui développent leur semence selon leur espèce, et aux arbres portant, selon leur espèce, un fruit qui renferme sa semence. Et Dieu considéra que c’était bien.
13 And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.
Le soir se fit, le matin se fit, —troisième jour.
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, to divide between day and night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and for years.
Dieu dit: "Que des corps lumineux apparaissent dans l’espace des cieux, pour distinguer entre le jour et la nuit; ils serviront de signes pour les saisons, pour les jours, pour les années;
15 And let them be for light in the firmament of the heaven, so as to shine upon the earth, and it was so.
et ils serviront de luminaires, dans l’espace céleste, pour éclairer la terre." Et cela s’accomplit.
16 And God made the two great lights, the greater light for regulating the day and the lesser light for regulating the night, the stars also.
Dieu fit les deux grands luminaires: le plus grand luminaire pour la royauté du jour, le plus petit luminaire pour la royauté de la nuit, et aussi les étoiles.
17 And God placed them in the firmament of the heaven, so as to shine upon the earth,
Et Dieu les plaça dans l’espace céleste pour rayonner sur la terre;
18 and to regulate day and night, and to divide between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
pour régner le jour et la nuit, et pour séparer la lumière des ténèbres. Dieu considéra que c’était bien.
19 And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.
Le soir se fit, le matin se fit, —quatrième jour.
20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth reptiles having life, and winged creatures flying above the earth in the firmament of heaven, and it was so.
Dieu dit: "Que les eaux fourmillent d’une multitude animée, vivante; et que des oiseaux volent au dessus de ta terre, à travers l’espace des cieux."
21 And God made great whales, and every living reptile, which the waters brought forth according to their kinds, and every creature that flies with wings according to its kind, and God saw that they were good.
Dieu créa les cétacés énormes, et tous les êtres animés qui se meuvent dans les eaux, où ils pullulèrent selon leurs espèces, puis tout ce qui vole au moyen d’ailes, selon son espèce; et Dieu considéra que c’était bien.
22 And God blessed them saying, Increase and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let the creatures that fly be multiplied on the earth.
Dieu les bénit en disant: Croissez et multipliez remplissez les eaux, habitants des mers oiseaux, multipliez sur la terre!"
23 And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.
Le soir se fit, le matin se fit, —cinquième jour.
24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind, quadrupeds and reptiles and wild beasts of the earth according to their kind, and it was so.
Dieu dit: "Que la terre produise des êtres animés selon leurs espèces: bétail, reptiles, bêtes sauvages de chaque sorte." Et cela s’accomplit.
25 And God made the wild beasts of the earth according to their kind, and cattle according to their kind, and all the reptiles of the earth according to their kind, and God saw that they were good.
Dieu forma les bêtes sauvages selon leurs espèces, de même les animaux qui paissent, de même ceux qui rampent sur le sol. Et Dieu considéra que c’était bien.
26 And God said, Let us make man according to our image and likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the flying creatures of heaven, and over the cattle and all the earth, and over all the reptiles that creep on the earth.
Dieu dit: "Faisons l’homme à notre image, à notre ressemblance, et qu’il domine sur les poissons de la mer, sur les oiseaux du ciel, sur le bétail; enfin sur toute la terre, et sur tous les êtres qui s’y meuvent.
27 And God made man, according to the image of God he made him, male and female he made them.
Dieu créa l’homme à son image; c’est à l’image de Dieu qu’il le créa. Mâle et femelle furent créés à la fois.
28 And God blessed them, saying, Increase and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the seas and flying creatures of heaven, and all the cattle and all the earth, and all the reptiles that creep on the earth.
Dieu les bénit en leur disant "Croissez et multipliez! Remplissez la terre et soumettez-la! Commandez aux poissons de la mer, aux oiseaux du ciel, à tous les animaux qui se meuvent sur la terre!
29 And God said, Behold I have given to you every seed-bearing herb sowing seed which is upon all the earth, and every tree which has in itself the fruit of seed that is sown, to you it shall be for food.
Dieu ajouta: "Or, je vous accorde tout herbage portant graine, sur toute la face de la terre, et tout arbre portant des fruits qui deviendront arbres par le développement du germe. Ils serviront à votre nourriture.
30 And to all the wild beasts of the earth, and to all the flying creatures of heaven, and to every reptile creeping on the earth, which has in itself the breath of life, even every green plant for food; and it was so.
Et aux animaux sauvages, à tous les oiseaux du ciel, à tout ce qui se meut sur la terre et possède un principe de vie, j’assigne toute verdure végétale pour nourriture." Et il en fut ainsi.
31 And God saw all the things that he had made, and, behold, they were very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Dieu examina tout ce qu’il avait fait c’était éminemment bien. Le soir se fit, puis le matin; ce fut le sixième jour.
