Genesis 1
1 In principio creavit Deus caelum, et terram.
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
2 Terra autem erat inanis et vacua, et tenebrae erant super faciem abyssi: et Spiritus Domini ferebatur super aquas.
Now, the earth, had become waste and wild, and darkness, was on the face of the roaring deep, —but, the Spirit of God, was brooding on the face of the waters,
3 Dixitque Deus: Fiat lux. Et facta est lux.
And God said—Light, be, And light was.
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 the light, from the, darkness;
5 Appellavitque lucem Diem, et tenebras Noctem: factumque est vespere et mane, dies unus.
and God called the light, day, but the darkness, called he, night. So it was evening—and it was morning, one day.
6 Dixit quoque Deus: Fiat firmamentum in medio aquarum: et dividat aquas ab aquis.
And God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it be a means of dividing, between waters and waters,
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 expanse, and it divided between the waters that were under the expanse and the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so.
8 Vocavitque Deus firmamentum, Caelum: et factum est vespere et mane, dies secundus.
And God called the expanse, heavens. So it was evening—and it was morning, a, 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 waters under the heavens be gathered together, into one place, and let the dry—ground appear. And it was so.
10 Et vocavit Deus aridam, Terram, congregationesque aquarum appellavit Maria. Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum.
And God called, the dry-ground, land, but the gathering together of the waters, called he 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 land put-forth vegetation—herb yielding seed, fruit-tree, bearing fruit after its kind, whose seed is within it on the land. 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 land brought-forth vegetation—herb yielding seed after its kind, and tree bearing fruit, whose seed is within it, after its kind, And God saw that it was good.
13 Et factum est vespere et mane, dies tertius.
So it was evening—and it was morning, a 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 luminaries in the expanse of the heavens, to divide between the day and the night, —and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
15 ut luceant in firmamento caeli, et illuminent terram. Et factum est ita.
yea let them be for luminaries in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on 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 luminaries, —the greater luminary to rule the day, and the lesser luminary to rule the night, also the stars.
17 Et posuit eas in firmamento caeli, ut lucerent super terram,
And God set them in the expanse of the heavens, —to give light on the earth;
18 et praeessent diei ac nocti, et dividerent lucem ac tenebras. Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum.
and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
19 Et factum est vespere et mane, dies quartus.
So it was evening—and it was morning, a fourth day.
20 Dixit etiam Deus: Producant aquae reptile animae viventis, et volatile super terram sub firmamento caeli.
And God said—Let the waters swarm with an abundance of living soul, and, birds, shall fly over the earth, over the face of the expanse of the heavens.
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 created the great sea-monsters, —and every living soul that moveth—[with] which the waters swarmed after their kind and every winged bird—after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
22 Benedixitque eis, dicens: Crescite, et multiplicamini, et replete aquas maris: avesque multiplicentur super terram.
And God blessed them, saying, —Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let, the birds, multiply in the land.
23 Et factum est vespere et mane, dies quintus.
So it was evening—and it was morning, a 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 land, bring forth, living soul, after its kind, tame-beast and creeping thing and wild-beast, of the land, after its 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-beast of the land after its kind, and the tame-beast after its kind, and every creeping thing of the ground, after its kind. And God saw that it was 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 in our image after our likeness—and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the bird of the heavens and over the tame-beast—and over all the land, and over every creeping thing, that creepeth on the land.
27 Et creavit Deus hominem ad imaginem et similitudinem suam: ad imaginem Dei creavit illum, masculum et feminam creavit eos.
And God created the man in his own image, In the image of God, created he him, —Male and female, created he, 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, and God said to them Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, —and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the bird of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth on the land.
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—Lo! I have given to you—every herb yielding seed which is on the face of all the land, and every tree wherein is the fruit of a tree yielding seed, —to you, shall it 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 every living thing of the land—and to every bird of the heavens, and to every thing that moveth on the land, wherein is a living soul, every green herb 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 every thing which he had made, and lo! it was very good. So it was evening—and it was morning, the sixth day.
