Genesis 1
1 In principio creavit Deus caelum, et terram.
In the beginning God made the heaven and the earth.
2 Terra autem erat inanis et vacua, et tenebrae erant super faciem abyssi: et Spiritus Domini ferebatur super aquas.
But the earth was unsightly and unfurnished, and darkness was over the deep, and the Spirit of God moved over the water.
3 Dixitque Deus: Fiat lux. Et facta est lux.
And God said, Let there be light, and there was light.
4 Et vidit Deus lucem quod esset bona: et divisit lucem a tenebris.
And God saw the light that it was good, and God divided between the light and the darkness.
5 Appellavitque lucem Diem, et tenebras Noctem: factumque est vespere et mane, dies unus.
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night, and there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
6 Dixit quoque Deus: Fiat firmamentum in medio aquarum: et dividat aquas ab aquis.
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the water, and let it be a division between water and water, and it was so.
7 Et fecit Deus firmamentum, divisitque aquas, quae erant sub firmamento, ab his, quae erant super firmamentum. Et factum est ita.
And God made the firmament, and God divided between the water which was under the firmament and the water which was above the firmament.
8 Vocavitque Deus firmamentum, Caelum: et factum est vespere et mane, dies secundus.
And God called the firmament Heaven, and God saw that it was good, and there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
9 Dixit vero Deus: Congregentur aquae, quae sub caelo sunt, in locum unum: et appareat arida. Et factum est ita.
And God said, Let the water which is under the heaven be collected into one place, and let the dry land appear, and it was so. And the water which was under the heaven was collected into its places, and the dry land appeared.
10 Et vocavit Deus aridam, Terram, congregationesque aquarum appellavit Maria. Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum.
And God called the dry land Earth, and the gatherings of the waters he called Seas, and God saw that it was good.
11 Et ait: Germinet terra herbam virentem, et facientem semen, et lignum pomiferum faciens fructum iuxta genus suum, cuius semen in semetipso sit super terram. Et factum est ita.
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the herb of grass bearing seed according to its kind and according to its likeness, and the fruit-tree bearing fruit whose seed is in it, according to its kind on the earth, and it was so.
12 Et protulit terra herbam virentem, et facientem semen iuxta genus suum, lignumque faciens fructum, et habens unumquodque sementem secundum speciem suam. Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum.
And the earth brought forth the herb of grass bearing seed according to its kind and according to its likeness, and the fruit tree bearing fruit whose seed is in it, according to its kind on the earth, and God saw that it was good.
13 Et factum est vespere et mane, dies tertius.
And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.
14 Dixit autem Deus: Fiant luminaria in firmamento caeli, et dividant diem ac noctem, et sint in signa et tempora, et dies et annos:
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, to divide between day and night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and for years.
15 ut luceant in firmamento caeli, et illuminent terram. Et factum est ita.
And let them be for light in the firmament of the heaven, so as to shine upon the earth, and it was so.
16 Fecitque Deus duo luminaria magna: luminare maius, ut praeesset diei: et luminare minus, ut praeesset nocti: et stellas.
And God made the two great lights, the greater light for regulating the day and the lesser light for regulating the night, the stars also.
17 Et posuit eas in firmamento caeli, ut lucerent super terram,
And God placed them in the firmament of the heaven, so as to shine upon the earth,
18 et praeessent diei ac nocti, et dividerent lucem ac tenebras. Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum.
and to regulate day and night, and to divide between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
19 Et factum est vespere et mane, dies quartus.
And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.
20 Dixit etiam Deus: Producant aquae reptile animae viventis, et volatile super terram sub firmamento caeli.
And God said, Let the waters bring forth reptiles having life, and winged creatures flying above the earth in the firmament of heaven, and it was so.
21 Creavitque Deus Cete grandia, et omnem animam viventem atque motabilem, quam produxerant aquae in species suas, et omne volatile secundum genus suum. Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum.
And God made great whales, and every living reptile, which the waters brought forth according to their kinds, and every creature that flies with wings according to its kind, and God saw that they were good.
22 Benedixitque eis, dicens: Crescite, et multiplicamini, et replete aquas maris: avesque multiplicentur super terram.
And God blessed them, saying, Increase and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let the creatures that fly be multiplied on the earth.
23 Et factum est vespere et mane, dies quintus.
And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.
24 Dixit quoque Deus: Producat terra animam viventem in genere suo, iumenta, et reptilia, et bestias terrae secundum species suas. Factumque est ita.
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind, quadrupeds and reptiles and wild beasts of the earth according to their kind, and it was so.
25 Et fecit Deus bestias terrae iuxta species suas, et iumenta, et omne reptile terrae in genere suo. Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum,
And God made the wild beasts of the earth according to their kind, and cattle according to their kind, and all the reptiles of the earth according to their kind, and God saw that they were good.
26 et ait: Faciamus Hominem ad imaginem, et similitudinem nostram: et praesit piscibus maris, et volatilibus caeli, et bestiis, universaeque terrae, omnique reptili, quod movetur in terra.
And God said, Let us make man according to our image and likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the flying creatures of heaven, and over the cattle and all the earth, and over all the reptiles that creep on the earth.
27 Et creavit Deus hominem ad imaginem et similitudinem suam: ad imaginem Dei creavit illum, masculum et feminam creavit eos.
And God made man, according to the image of God he made him, male and female he made them.
28 Benedixitque illis Deus, et ait: Crescite et multiplicamini, et replete terram, et subiicite eam, et dominamini piscibus maris, et volatilibus caeli, et universis animantibus, quae moventur super terram.
And God blessed them, saying, Increase and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the seas and flying creatures of heaven, and all the cattle and all the earth, and all the reptiles that creep on the earth.
29 Dixitque Deus: Ecce dedi vobis omnem herbam afferentem semen super terram, et universa ligna quae habent in semetipsis sementem generis sui, ut sint vobis in escam:
And God said, Behold I have given to you every seed-bearing herb sowing seed which is upon all the earth, and every tree which has in itself the fruit of seed that is sown, to you it shall be for food.
30 et cunctis animantibus terrae, omnique volucri caeli, et universis quae moventur in terra, et in quibus est anima vivens, ut habeant ad vescendum. Et factum est ita.
And to all the wild beasts of the earth, and to all the flying creatures of heaven, and to every reptile creeping on the earth, which has in itself the breath of life, even every green plant for food; and it was so.
31 Viditque Deus cuncta quae fecerat: et erant valde bona. Et factum est vespere et mane, dies sextus.
And God saw all the things that he had made, and, behold, they were very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
