Genesi 1
1 Nel principio Iddio creò i cieli e la terra.
Long, long ago God created the heavens and the earth.
2 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:
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 “Sia la luce!” E la luce fu.
God said, “I want light to shine!” And light shone.
4 E Dio vide che la luce era buona; e Dio separò la luce dalle tenebre.
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 E Dio chiamò la luce “giorno”, e le tenebre “notte”. Così fu sera, poi fu mattina: e fu il primo giorno.
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 Poi Dio disse: “Ci sia una distesa tra le acque, che separi le acque dalle acque”.
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 E Dio fece la distesa e separò le acque ch’erano sotto la distesa, dalle acque ch’erano sopra la distesa. E così fu.
And that is what happened. God gave to the space the name ‘sky’.
8 E Dio chiamò la distesa “cielo”. Così fu sera, poi fu mattina: e fu il secondo giorno.
Then there was another evening, which was followed by another morning. He called that period of time ‘the second day’.
9 Poi Dio disse: “Le acque che son sotto il cielo siano raccolte in un unico luogo, e apparisca l’asciutto”. E così fu.
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 E Dio chiamò l’asciutto “terra”, e chiamò la raccolta delle acque “mari”. E Dio vide che questo era buono.
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 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.
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 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.
Then plants grew on the earth; each kind of plant began to produce its own kind of seed.
13 Così fu sera, poi fu mattina: e fu il terzo giorno.
Then there was another evening which was followed by another morning. God called that period of time ‘the third day’.
14 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;
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.
15 e servano da luminari nella distesa dei cieli per dar luce alla terra”. E così fu.
I want them also to be like lights in the sky that will shine on the earth.” And that is what happened.
16 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.
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 E Dio li mise nella distesa dei cieli per dar luce alla terra,
God set all of them in the sky to shine on the earth,
18 per presiedere al giorno e alla notte e separare la luce dalle tenebre. E Dio vide che questo era buono.
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 Così fu sera, poi fu mattina: e fu il quarto giorno.
Then there was another evening which was followed by another morning. He called that period of time ‘the fourth day’.
20 Poi Dio disse: “Producano le acque in abbondanza animali viventi, e volino degli uccelli sopra la terra per l’ampia distesa del cielo”.
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 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.
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 E Dio li benedisse, dicendo: “Crescete, moltiplicate, ed empite le acque dei mari, e moltiplichino gli uccelli sulla terra”.
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 Così fu sera, poi fu mattina: e fu il quinto giorno.
Then there was another evening that was followed by another morning. He called that period of time ‘the fifth day’.
24 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.
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.
25 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.
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 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”.
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 E Dio creò l’uomo a sua immagine; lo creò a immagine di Dio; li creò maschio e femmina.
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 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”.
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 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.
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 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.
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 E Dio vide tutto quello che aveva fatto, ed ecco, era molto buono. Così fu sera, poi fu mattina: e fu il sesto giorno.
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’.
