Genesis 1
1 In the beginning God made the heaven and the earth.
Nel principio Iddio creò i cieli e la terra.
2 But the earth was unsightly and unfurnished, and darkness was over the deep, and the Spirit of God moved over the water.
E la terra era informe e vuota, e le tenebre coprivano la faccia dell’abisso, e lo spirito di Dio aleggiava sulla superficie delle acque. E Dio disse:
3 And God said, Let there be light, and there was light.
“Sia la luce!” E la luce fu.
4 And God saw the light that it was good, and God divided between the light and the darkness.
E Dio vide che la luce era buona; e Dio 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, the first day.
E Dio chiamò la luce “giorno”, e le tenebre “notte”. Così fu sera, poi fu mattina: e fu il primo giorno.
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.
Poi Dio disse: “Ci sia una distesa tra le acque, che separi le acque dalle acque”.
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.
E Dio fece la distesa e separò le acque ch’erano sotto la distesa, dalle acque ch’erano sopra la distesa. E così fu.
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.
E Dio chiamò la distesa “cielo”. Così fu sera, poi fu mattina: e fu il secondo giorno.
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.
Poi Dio disse: “Le acque che son sotto il cielo siano raccolte in un unico luogo, e apparisca l’asciutto”. E così fu.
10 And God called the dry land Earth, and the gatherings of the waters he called Seas, and God saw that it was good.
E Dio chiamò l’asciutto “terra”, e chiamò la raccolta delle acque “mari”. E Dio vide che questo era buono.
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.
Poi Dio disse: “Produca la terra della verdura, dell’erbe che faccian seme e degli alberi fruttiferi che, secondo la loro specie, portino del frutto avente in sé la propria semenza, sulla terra”. E così fu.
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.
E la terra produsse della verdura, dell’erbe che facevan seme secondo la loro specie, e degli alberi che portavano del frutto avente in sé la propria semenza, secondo la loro specie. E Dio vide che questo era buono.
13 And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.
Così fu sera, poi fu mattina: e fu il terzo giorno.
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.
Poi Dio disse: “Sianvi de’ luminari nella distesa dei cieli per separare il giorno dalla notte; e siano dei segni e per le stagioni e per i giorni e per gli anni;
15 And let them be for light in the firmament of the heaven, so as to shine upon the earth, and it was so.
e servano da luminari nella distesa dei cieli per dar luce alla terra”. E così fu.
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.
E Dio fece i due grandi luminari: il luminare maggiore, per presiedere al giorno, e il luminare minore per presiedere alla notte; e fece pure le stelle.
17 And God placed them in the firmament of the heaven, so as to shine upon the earth,
E Dio li mise nella distesa dei cieli per dar luce alla terra,
18 and to regulate day and night, and to divide between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
per presiedere al giorno e alla notte e separare la luce dalle tenebre. E Dio vide che questo era buono.
19 And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.
Così fu sera, poi fu mattina: e fu il quarto giorno.
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.
Poi Dio disse: “Producano le acque in abbondanza animali viventi, e volino degli uccelli sopra la terra per l’ampia distesa del cielo”.
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.
E Dio creò i grandi animali acquatici e tutti gli esseri viventi che si muovono, i quali le acque produssero in abbondanza secondo la loro specie, ed ogni volatilo secondo la sua specie. E Dio vide che questo era buono.
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.
E Dio li benedisse, dicendo: “Crescete, moltiplicate, ed empite le acque dei mari, e moltiplichino gli uccelli sulla terra”.
23 And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.
Così fu sera, poi fu mattina: e fu il quinto giorno.
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.
Poi Dio disse: “Produca la terra animali viventi secondo la loro specie: bestiame, rettili e animali selvatici della terra, secondo la loro specie”. E così fu.
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.
E Dio fece gli animali selvatici della terra, secondo le loro specie, il bestiame secondo le sue specie, e tutti i rettili della terra, secondo le loro specie. E Dio vide che questo era buono.
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.
Poi Dio disse: “Facciamo l’uomo a nostra immagine e a nostra somiglianza, ed abbia dominio sui pesci del mare e sugli uccelli del cielo e sul bestiame e su tutta la terra e su tutti i rettili che strisciano sulla terra”.
27 And God made man, according to the image of God he made him, male and female he made them.
E Dio creò l’uomo a sua immagine; lo creò a immagine di Dio; li creò maschio e femmina.
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.
E Dio li benedisse; e Dio disse loro: “Crescete e moltiplicate e riempite la terra, e rendetevela soggetta, e dominate sui pesci del mare e sugli uccelli del cielo e sopra ogni animale che si muove sulla terra”.
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.
E Dio disse: “Ecco, io vi do ogni erba che fa seme sulla superficie di tutta la terra, ed ogni albero fruttifero che fa seme; questo vi servirà di nutrimento.
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.
E ad ogni animale della terra e ad ogni uccello dei cieli e a tutto ciò che si muove sulla terra ed ha in sé un soffio di vita, io do ogni erba verde per nutrimento”. E così fu.
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.
E Dio vide tutto quello che aveva fatto, ed ecco, era molto buono. Così fu sera, poi fu mattina: e fu il sesto giorno.
