Kejadian 1
1 Pada permulaan segala sesuatu, Allah menciptakan tingkat-tingkat surga dan langit serta bumi.
Long, long ago God created the heavens and the earth.
2 Waktu itu, bumi belum berbentuk dan kosong. Bumi gelap gulita dan digenangi air yang sangat dalam. Roh Allah hadir di atas permukaan air itu.
When he began to create the earth, it was shapeless and completely desolate/chaotic. Darkness covered the deep water that surrounded the earth. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the water.
3 Berkatalah Allah, “Jadilah terang!” Maka terang itu jadi.
God said, “I want light to shine!” And light shone.
4 Allah melihat bahwa terang itu baik, maka Dia memisahkan terang dari kegelapan.
God was pleased with the light. Then he made the light to shine in some places, and in other places there was still darkness.
5 Allah menyebut terang itu ‘siang’ dan kegelapan itu ‘malam’. Hari pertama berakhir ketika petang menjadi malam.
He gave to the light the name ‘day’, and he gave to the darkness the name ‘night’. After that, there was an evening which was followed by a morning. He called that whole period of time ‘the first day’.
6 Pada pagi berikutnya, berkatalah Allah, “Hendaklah ada ruang kosong untuk memisahkan air yang di bumi dengan air yang di atas bumi.”
Then God said, “I command that there be an empty space like a huge dome to separate the water that is above it from the water on the earth that is below it!”
7 Maka jadilah demikian.
And that is what happened. God gave to the space the name ‘sky’.
8 Allah menyebut ruang kosong itu ‘langit’. Hari kedua berakhir ketika petang menjadi malam.
Then there was another evening, which was followed by another morning. He called that period of time ‘the second day’.
9 Pada pagi berikutnya, berkatalah Allah, “Hendaklah air yang ada di bawah langit berkumpul di satu tempat, supaya tanah kering bisa terlihat.” Maka jadilah demikian.
Then God said, “I want the water that is below the sky to come together, and dry ground to appear and rise above the water.” And that is what happened.
10 Allah menyebut tanah kering itu ‘darat’ dan kumpulan air itu ‘laut’. Allah melihat bahwa semuanya itu baik.
God gave to the ground the name ‘earth’, and he gave to the water that came together the name ‘oceans’. God was pleased with the earth and the oceans.
11 Kemudian Allah berkata, “Hendaklah tanah mengeluarkan berbagai jenis tumbuhan, termasuk yang menghasilkan biji-bijian dan berbagai jenis pohon yang buahnya berbiji. Hendaklah tiap jenis biji itu nanti menghasilkan tumbuhan atau pohon yang sama sesuai jenisnya.” Maka jadilah demikian.
Then God said, “I want the earth to produce plants, including plants that will produce seeds and trees that will produce fruit. Each kind of tree will bear its own kind of fruit.”
12 Tanah menumbuhkan segala jenis tumbuhan, termasuk yang menghasilkan biji-bijian dan berbagai jenis pohon yang buahnya berbiji. Dan setiap jenis biji selalu menghasilkan tumbuhan atau pohon yang sama jenisnya. Allah melihat bahwa semuanya itu baik.
Then plants grew on the earth; each kind of plant began to produce its own kind of seed.
13 Hari ketiga berakhir ketika petang menjadi malam.
Then there was another evening which was followed by another morning. God called that period of time ‘the third day’.
14 Pada pagi berikutnya, berkatalah Allah, “Hendaklah ada berbagai benda penerang di langit supaya sinarnya terpancar ke bumi. Biarlah benda-benda itu menunjukkan perbedaan antara siang dan malam, serta menjadi tanda untuk menentukan hari, tahun, dan musim.” Maka jadilah demikian.
Then God said, “I want a sun, a moon, and many stars to shine in the sky. The sun will shine in the daytime and the moon and stars will shine during the nighttime. By the changes in their appearance they will indicate the various seasons (OR, the times for special celebrations), and will enable people to know when days and years begin.
I want them also to be like lights in the sky that will shine on the earth.” And that is what happened.
16 Allah membuat dua benda penerang yang besar. Yang lebih besar bersinar pada siang hari, dan yang lebih kecil bersinar pada malam hari. Allah juga membuat banyak sekali bintang.
God made two of them that were like big lights. The bigger one, the sun, shines during the day and the smaller one, the moon, shines during the night. He also made the stars.
17 Allah mengatur benda-benda itu di langit untuk menerangi bumi,
God set all of them in the sky to shine on the earth,
18 untuk bersinar pada siang dan malam, dan untuk memisahkan terang dari gelap. Allah melihat bahwa semuanya itu baik.
to rule the day and the night, and to separate the light of the daytime from the darkness of the nighttime. God was pleased with these things he had made.
19 Hari keempat berakhir ketika petang menjadi malam.
Then there was another evening which was followed by another morning. He called that period of time ‘the fourth day’.
20 Pada pagi berikutnya, berkatalah Allah, “Hendaklah air dipenuhi dengan berbagai jenis makhluk hidup yang berenang, dan langit dipenuhi dengan berbagai jenis burung yang beterbangan di atas permukaan bumi.”
Then God said, “I want many creatures to live in all the oceans, and I also want birds to fly in the sky above the earth.”
21 Lalu Allah menciptakan berbagai jenis binatang laut yang besar dan segala jenis makhluk yang bergerak di dalam air. Dia juga menciptakan segala jenis binatang yang bersayap. Allah melihat bahwa semuanya itu baik.
So God created huge sea creatures and every other kind of creature that moves in the water, and caused them to live in all the oceans. He also created many kinds of birds. God was pleased with all those creatures.
22 Lalu Allah memberkati semua makhluk hidup itu, kata-Nya, “Hendaklah segala makhluk yang hidup di laut berkembang biak dan memenuhi lautan. Dan segala binatang yang bersayap hendaklah bertambah banyak di bumi.”
God blessed them. He said, “Produce offspring and become very numerous. I want the creatures in the water to live in all the oceans, and birds also to become very numerous.” And that is what happened.
23 Hari kelima berakhir ketika petang menjadi malam.
Then there was another evening that was followed by another morning. He called that period of time ‘the fifth day’.
24 Pada pagi berikutnya, berkatalah Allah, “Hendaklah ada berbagai jenis makhluk hidup di bumi, termasuk hewan ternak, binatang liar, binatang melata, dan binatang yang merayap di atas permukaan tanah.” Maka Allah menjadikan segala binatang itu, yaitu hewan ternak, binatang liar, binatang melata, dan binatang yang merayap, sesuai jenisnya masing-masing. Allah melihat bahwa semuanya itu baik.
Then God said, “I want various kinds of creatures to appear on the earth. There will be many kinds of (livestock/domestic animals), creatures that scurry across the ground, and large wild animals.” And that is what happened.
God made all kinds of wild animals and (livestock/domestic animals) and all kinds of creatures that scurry across the ground. God was pleased with all these creatures.
26 Kemudian Allah berkata, “Marilah Kita menciptakan manusia supaya menyerupai Kita dan mencerminkan sifat-sifat Kita. Mereka akan berkuasa atas seluruh bumi, yaitu atas segala ikan-ikan di laut, burung-burung di udara, hewan ternak, binatang liar, binatang melata, dan binatang yang merayap di tanah.”
Then God said, “Now we will make human beings that will be like us in many ways. I want them to rule over the fish in the sea, over the birds, over all the (livestock/domestic animals), and over all the other creatures that scurry across the ground.”
27 Maka Allah menciptakan manusia supaya menyerupai Dia. Allah menciptakan mereka, laki-laki dan perempuan.
So God created human beings that were like him in many ways. He made them to be like himself. He created some to be male and some to be female.
28 Kemudian Allah memberkati mereka, “Beranakcuculah hingga kalian menjadi banyak. Penuhilah seluruh bumi dan berkuasalah atasnya. Hendaklah kalian berkuasa atas semua binatang di laut, di udara, dan di bumi.”
God blessed them, saying, “Produce many children, who will live all over the earth and rule over it. I want them to rule over the fish and the birds and over all creatures that scurry across the ground.”
29 Berkatalah Allah kepada manusia itu, “Dengarlah! Aku memberikan kepada kalian segala tumbuhan yang menghasilkan biji-bijian dan semua pohon yang buahnya berbiji. Semua itu akan menjadi makanan bagi kalian.
God said to the humans, “Listen! I have given you all the plants that produce seeds, all over the earth, and all the trees that have seeds in their fruit. All these things are for you to eat.
30 Tetapi untuk semua binatang di bumi, burung-burung di udara, binatang melata, dan binatang yang merayap, Aku memberikan segala tumbuhan hijau sebagai makanan mereka.” Maka jadilah demikian.
I have given all the green plants to all the wild animals and to the birds and to all the creatures that scurry across the ground, to everything that breathes, for them to eat.” And that is what happened.
31 Allah melihat bahwa semua yang sudah diciptakan-Nya itu sungguh amat baik. Hari keenam berakhir ketika petang menjadi malam.
God was pleased with everything that he had made. Truly, it was all very good. Then there was another evening, that was followed by another morning. He called that period of time ‘the sixth day’.
