Genesis 2
1 Igitur perfecti sunt cæli et terra, et omnis ornatus eorum.
The creation of the heavens, the earth, and everything in them was complete.
2 Complevitque Deus die septimo opus suum quod fecerat: et requievit die septimo ab universo opere quod patrarat.
By the time the seventh day came, God had finished the work he'd done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work he'd been doing.
3 Et benedixit diei septimo; et sanctificavit illum: quia in ipso cessaverat ab omni opere suo quod creavit Deus ut faceret.
God blessed the seventh day, and set it apart as holy, because he rested from all the work he'd done in creation.
4 Istæ sunt generationes cæli et terræ, quando creata sunt, in die quo fecit Dominus Deus cælum et terram:
This is the account of the Lord God's creation when he made the heavens and the earth.
5 Et omne virgultum agri antequam orietur in terra, omnemque herbam regionis priusquam germinaret: non enim pluerat Dominus Deus super terram, et homo non erat qui operaretur terram:
Up to this point there were no wild plants or crops growing on the earth, because the Lord God hadn't sent rain, and there was no one to cultivate the ground.
6 Sed fons ascendebat e terra, irrigans universam superficiem terræ.
Dew came up from the earth and made the whole surface of the ground wet.
7 Formavit igitur Dominus Deus hominem de limo terræ, et inspiravit in faciem eius spiraculum vitæ, et factus est homo in animam viventem.
The Lord God shaped the man Adam from the dust of the ground. He breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and Adam became a living being.
8 Plantaverat autem Dominus Deus Paradisum voluptatis a principio: in quo posuit hominem quem formaverat.
The Lord planted a garden in Eden, in the east. There he put the man Adam he had created.
9 Produxitque Dominus Deus de humo omne lignum pulchrum visu, et ad vescendum suave: lignum etiam vitæ in medio paradisi, lignumque scientiæ boni et mali.
The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow in the garden, beautiful trees and trees producing fruit that's good to eat. The tree of life was in the middle of the garden, along with the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
10 Et fluvius egrediebatur de loco voluptatis ad irrigandum paradisum, qui inde dividitur in quatuor capita.
A river flowed out from Eden to water the garden. From there it split into four branches.
11 Nomen uni Phison: ipse est qui circuit omnem terram Hevilath, ubi nascitur aurum:
The first branch was called the Pishon and it flowed through the whole land of Havilah, where gold is found.
12 et aurum terræ illius optimum est: ibi invenitur bdellium, et lapis onychinus.
(The gold from that land is pure. Bdellium and onyx stone are also found there.)
13 Et nomen fluvii secundi Gehon: ipse est qui circumit omnem terram Æthiopiæ.
The second branch was called the Gihon and it flowed through the whole land of Cush.
14 Nomen vero fluminis tertii, Tigris: ipse vadit contra Assyrios. Fluvius autem quartus, ipse est Euphrates.
The third branch was called the Tigris and it flowed east of the city of Asshur. The fourth branch was called the Euphrates.
15 Tulit ergo Dominus Deus hominem, et posuit eum in paradiso voluptatis, ut operaretur, et custodiret illum:
The Lord God put the man in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and care for it.
16 Præcepitque ei dicens: Ex omni ligno paradisi comede:
The Lord God ordered Adam, “You are free to eat fruit from every tree in the garden,
17 De ligno autem scientiæ boni et mali ne comedas. in quocumque enim die comederis ex eo, morte morieris.
but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, because the day you eat from it you are certain to die.”
18 Dixit quoque Dominus Deus: Non est bonum esse hominem solum: faciamus ei adiutorium simile sibi.
Then the Lord God said, “It's not good for Adam to be alone. I will make someone to help him, someone that's like him.”
19 Formatis igitur, Dominus Deus, de humo cunctis animantibus terræ, et universis volatilibus cæli, adduxit ea ad Adam, ut videret quid vocaret ea: omne enim quod vocavit Adam animæ viventis, ipsum est nomen eius.
The Lord God used the ground to make all the wild animals, and all the birds. He took them all to Adam to see what he would call them, and Adam named every living creature.
20 Appellavitque Adam nominibus suis cuncta animantia, et universa volatilia cæli, et omnes bestias terræ: Adæ vero non inveniebatur adiutor similis eius.
Adam gave names to all the livestock, all the birds, and all the wild animals. But Adam didn't find anyone like him who could help him.
21 Immisit ergo Dominus Deus soporem in Adam: cumque obdormisset, tulit unam de costis eius, et replevit carnem pro ea.
So the Lord God put Adam into a deep sleep and as he slept the Lord God removed one of Adam's ribs and closed up the place where he took it with body tissue.
22 Et ædificavit Dominus Deus costam, quam tulerat de Adam, in mulierem: et adduxit eam ad Adam.
The Lord God made a woman, using the rib he'd taken from Adam, and presented her to Adam.
23 Dixitque Adam: Hoc nunc, os ex ossibus meis, et caro de carne mea: hæc vocabitur Virago, quoniam de viro sumpta est.
“Finally!” said Adam. “Here is bone from my bone and flesh from my flesh. She shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man.”
24 Quamobrem relinquet homo patrem suum, et matrem, et adhærebit uxori suæ: et erunt duo in carne una.
This is the reason a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two become one being.
25 Erat autem uterque nudus, Adam scilicet et uxor eius: et non erubescebant.
Adam and his wife Eve were both naked, but they weren't embarrassed about it.
