Kĩambĩrĩria 1
1 Kĩambĩrĩria-inĩ kĩa maũndũ mothe, Ngai nĩombire igũrũ na thĩ.
In [the] beginning God created the heavens and the earth,
2 Hĩndĩ ĩyo thĩ ndĩarĩ ũrĩa yatariĩ na ndĩarĩ na kĩndũ, nayo nduma yarĩ igũrũ rĩa kũrĩa kũriku, nake Roho wa Ngai aareerete igũrũ rĩa maaĩ.
and the earth was formless and void, and darkness [was] on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God [was] fluttering on the face of the waters,
3 Nake Ngai agĩathana, akiuga atĩrĩ, “Nĩkũgĩe ũtheri,” na gũkĩgĩa ũtheri.
and God says, “Let light be”; and light is.
4 Ngai akĩona atĩ ũtheri ũcio warĩ mwega, nake akĩgayũkania ũtheri na nduma.
And God sees that the light [is] good, and God separates between the light and the darkness,
5 Ngai agĩĩta ũtheri ũcio “mũthenya,” nayo nduma akĩmĩĩta “ũtukũ.” Na gũkĩgĩa hwaĩ-inĩ, na gũkĩgĩa rũciinĩ. Ũcio ũgĩtuĩka mũthenya wa mbere.
and God calls the light “Day,” and the darkness He has called “Night”; and there is an evening, and there is a morning—day one.
6 Nake Ngai agĩathana, akiuga atĩrĩ, “Nĩkũgĩe wariĩ mũnene gatagatĩ ka maaĩ ũgayũkanie maaĩ na marĩa mangĩ.”
And God says, “Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and let it be separating between waters and waters.”
7 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Ngai agĩĩkĩra wariĩ ũcio na akĩgayũkania maaĩ marĩa maarĩ thĩ ya wariĩ ũcio na maaĩ marĩa maarĩ igũrũ rĩaguo. Na gũgĩtuĩka o ũguo.
And God makes the expanse, and it separates between the waters which [are] under the expanse, and the waters which [are] above the expanse: and it is so.
8 Ngai agĩĩta wariĩ ũcio “matu mairũ.” Na gũkĩgĩa hwaĩ-inĩ na gũkĩgĩa rũciinĩ. Ũcio ũgĩtuĩka mũthenya wa keerĩ.
And God calls the expanse “Heavens”; and there is an evening, and there is a morning—[the] second day.
9 Nake Ngai agĩathana, akiuga atĩrĩ, “Maaĩ marĩa marĩ thĩ ya matu mairũ nĩ mongane handũ hamwe na kũgĩe thĩ nyũmũ.” Na gũgĩtuĩka o ũguo.
And God says, “Let the waters under the heavens be collected to one place, and let the dry land be seen”: and it is so.
10 Ngai agĩĩta kũrĩa kũmũ “thĩ,” namo maaĩ marĩa maacookanĩrĩire akĩmeeta “maria.” Nake Ngai akĩona atĩ ũndũ ũcio warĩ mwega.
And God calls the dry land “Earth,” and the collection of the waters He has called “Seas”; and God sees that [it is] good.
11 Ningĩ Ngai agĩathana, akiuga atĩrĩ, “Thĩ nĩ ĩmere mĩmera: Mĩmera ĩrĩa ĩciaraga mbeũ, na mĩtĩ ĩrĩa ĩciaraga matunda marĩ na mbeũ thĩinĩ, kũringana na mĩthemba yayo.” Na gũgĩtuĩka o ũguo.
And God says, “Let the earth yield tender grass, herb sowing seed, fruit-tree (whose seed [is] in itself) making fruit after its kind, on the earth”: and it is so.
12 Thĩ ĩkĩmera mĩmera: Mĩmera ĩgũciara mbeũ kũringana na mĩthemba yayo, na mĩtĩ ĩgũciara matunda marĩ na mbeũ thĩinĩ kũringana na mĩthemba yayo. Nake Ngai akĩona atĩ ũndũ ũcio warĩ mwega.
And the earth brings forth tender grass, herb sowing seed after its kind, and tree making fruit (whose seed [is] in itself) after its kind; and God sees that [it is] good;
13 Nakuo gũkĩgĩa hwaĩ-inĩ na gũkĩgĩa rũciinĩ. Ũcio ũgĩtuĩka mũthenya wa gatatũ.
and there is an evening, and there is a morning—[the] third day.
14 Ningĩ Ngai agĩathana, akiuga atĩrĩ, “Nĩkũgĩe imũrĩ wariĩ-inĩ wa matu mairũ cia kũgayũkania mũthenya na ũtukũ, na irekwo ituĩke imenyithania cia imera, na mĩthenya na mĩaka.
And God says, “Let luminaries be in the expanse of the heavens, to make a separation between the day and the night, then they have been for signs, and for appointed times, and for days and years,
15 Na ituĩke imũrĩ wariĩ-inĩ ũcio wa matu mairũ, itũmage thĩ kũgĩage na ũtheri.” Na gũgĩtuĩka o ũguo.
and they have been for luminaries in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth”: and it is so.
16 Ngai nĩombire imũrĩ igĩrĩ nene. Kĩmũrĩ kĩrĩa kĩnenanene, nĩkĩo riũa, kĩarage mũthenya; nakĩo kĩmũrĩ kĩrĩa kĩninanini, nĩkĩo mweri, kĩarage ũtukũ. O na ningĩ akĩũmba njata.
And God makes the two great luminaries, the great luminary for the rule of the day, and the small luminary—and the stars—for the rule of the night;
17 Ngai agĩciiga wariĩ-inĩ wa matu mairũ itũmage thĩ kũgĩe ũtheri,
and God gives them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,
18 ciarage mũthenya na ũtukũ, na igayũkanagie nduma na ũtheri. Nake Ngai akĩona atĩ ũndũ ũcio warĩ mwega.
and to rule over day and over night, and to make a separation between the light and the darkness; and God sees that [it is] good;
19 Na gũkĩgĩa hwaĩ-inĩ na gũkĩgĩa rũciinĩ. Ũcio ũgĩtuĩka mũthenya wa kana.
and there is an evening, and there is a morning—[the] fourth day.
20 Ningĩ Ngai agĩathana, akiuga atĩrĩ: “Maaĩ nĩmaiyũrwo nĩ ciũmbe irĩ muoyo, nacio nyoni nĩciũmbũkagĩre igũrũ rĩa thĩ gũtuĩkania wariĩ wa matu mairũ.”
And God says, “Let the waters teem with the teeming living creature, and let [the] bird fly above the earth on the face of the expanse of the heavens.”
21 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Ngai akĩũmba ciũmbe iria nene cia iria-inĩ na kĩũmbe o gĩothe kĩrĩ muoyo na kĩongoyaga, ikĩiyũra maaĩ-inĩ kũringana na mĩthemba yacio, na nyoni o yothe ĩrĩ mathagu kũringana na mũthemba wayo. Nake Ngai akĩona atĩ ũndũ ũcio warĩ mwega.
And God creates the great dragons, and every living creature that is creeping, which the waters have teemed with, after their kind, and every bird with wing, after its kind, and God sees that [it is] good.
22 Ngai agĩcirathima akiuga atĩrĩ, “Ciaranai mũingĩhe, mũiyũre maaĩ-inĩ marĩa marĩ maria-inĩ, nacio nyoni nĩcingĩhe thĩ.”
And God blesses them, saying, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the bird multiply in the earth”:
23 Na gũkĩgĩa hwaĩ-inĩ na gũkĩgĩa rũciinĩ. Ũcio ũgĩtuĩka mũthenya wa gatano.
and there is an evening, and there is a morning—[the] fifth day.
24 Ningĩ Ngai agĩathana, akiuga atĩrĩ, “Thĩ nĩĩgĩe ciũmbe irĩ muoyo kũringana na mĩthemba yacio: mahiũ, na ciũmbe iria ithiiagĩra thĩ, na nyamũ cia gĩthaka, o nyamũ kũringana na mũthemba wayo.” Na gũgĩtuĩka o ũguo.
And God says, “Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, livestock and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after its kind”: and it is so.
25 Ngai akĩũmba nyamũ cia gĩthaka kũringana na mĩthemba yacio, na mahiũ kũringana na mĩthemba yamo, na ciũmbe ciothe iria ithiiagĩra thĩ kũringana na mĩthemba yacio. Nake Ngai akĩona atĩ ũndũ ũcio warĩ mwega.
And God makes the beast of the earth after its kind, and the livestock after their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, and God sees that [it is] good.
26 Ningĩ Ngai agĩathana, akiuga atĩrĩ, “Nĩtũũmbei andũ na mũhianĩre witũ, mahaanane na ithuĩ, nao maathage thamaki cia iria na nyoni cia rĩera-inĩ, na mahiũ ma thĩ yothe, na maathage ciũmbe ciothe iria ithiiagĩra thĩ.”
And God says, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over [the] fish of the sea, and over [the] bird of the heavens, and over livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.”
27 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Ngai akĩũmba mũndũ
And God creates the man in His image; in the image of God He created him, a male and a female He created them.
28 Ngai akĩmarathima, akĩmeera atĩrĩ, “Ciaranai mũingĩhe, mũiyũre thĩ na mũmĩtoorie. Athagai thamaki cia iria na nyoni cia rĩera-inĩ, na mwathage ciũmbe ciothe irĩ muoyo iria ithiiagĩra thĩ.”
And God blesses them, and God says to them, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over [the] fish of the sea, and over [the] bird of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping on the earth.”
29 Ningĩ Ngai akiuga atĩrĩ, “Nĩndamũhe mĩmera yothe ya thĩ ĩrĩa ĩciaraga mbeũ, na mũtĩ o wothe ũrĩa ũciaraga matunda marĩ mbeũ thĩinĩ. Ĩyo ĩgũtuĩka irio cianyu.
And God says, “Behold, I have given to you every herb sowing seed, which [is] on the face of all the earth, and every tree in which [is] the fruit of a tree sowing seed, to you it is for food;
30 Na kũrĩ nyamũ ciothe cia gũkũ thĩ, na nyoni ciothe cia rĩera-inĩ, o na ciũmbe ciothe iria ithiiagĩra thĩ, na kĩndũ o gĩothe kĩrĩ mĩhũmũ ya muoyo-rĩ, ndaacihe mĩmera mĩruru yothe ĩtuĩke irio ciacio.” Na gũgĩtuĩka o ũguo.
and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to every creeping thing on the earth, in which [is] breath of life, every green herb [is] for food”: and it is so.
31 Ngai akĩona atĩ kĩndũ kĩrĩa gĩothe oombĩte kĩarĩ kĩega mũno. Nakuo gũkĩgĩa hwaĩ-inĩ na gũkĩgĩa rũciinĩ. Ũcio ũgĩtuĩka mũthenya wa gatandatũ.
And God sees all that He has done, and behold, [it is] very good; and there is an evening, and there is a morning—the sixth day.
