Genesis 1
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Başlangıçta Tanrı göğü ve yeri yarattı.
2 And the earth was waste and empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over 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 between the light and 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 — the first day.
Işığa “Gündüz”, karanlığa “Gece” adını verdi. Akşam oldu, sabah oldu ve ilk gün oluştu.
6 And God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it be a division between waters and waters.
Tanrı, “Suların ortasında bir kubbe olsun, suları birbirinden ayırsın” diye buyurdu.
7 And God made the expanse, and divided between the waters that are under the expanse and the waters that are above the expanse; and it was so.
Ve öyle oldu. Tanrı gökkubbeyi yarattı. Kubbenin altındaki suları üstündeki sulardan ayırdı.
8 And God called the expanse Heavens. 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 the gathering together of the waters he called 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 cause grass to spring up, herb producing seed, fruit-trees yielding fruit after their kind, the seed of which is in them, on 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, herb producing seed after its kind, and trees yielding fruit, the seed of which is in them, after 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 expanse of the heavens, to divide between the day and 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 expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth. And it was so.
16 And God made the two great lights, the great light to rule the day, and the small light to rule the night, — and the stars.
Tanrı büyüğü gündüze, küçüğü geceye egemen olacak iki büyük ışığı ve yıldızları yarattı.
17 And God set them in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on 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 during the day and during the night, and to divide between the light and 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 souls, and let fowl fly above the earth in the expanse of the heavens.
Tanrı, “Sular canlı yaratıklarla dolup taşsın, yeryüzünün üzerinde, gökte kuşlar uçuşsun” diye buyurdu.
21 And God created the great sea monsters, and every living soul that moves with which the waters swarm, after their kind, and every winged fowl after 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 fowl 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 souls after their kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth, after 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 beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after 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 man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over the whole earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth on 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 Man in his image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he 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 subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over every animal that moveth on 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 producing seed that is on the whole earth, and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree producing seed: it shall be food for you;
İşte yeryüzünde tohum veren her otu, tohumu meyvesinde bulunan her meyve ağacını size veriyorum. Bunlar size yiyecek olacak.
30 and to every animal of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth on the earth, in which is a living soul, every green herb for food. 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.
