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 super faciem abyssi et spiritus Dei 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 ac tenebras
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 factumque 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 semet ipso 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 adferentem 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 factumque 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 ut 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 inluminent 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 magna luminaria 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 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 subicite 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 adferentem semen super terram et universa ligna quae habent in semet ipsis 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 fecit 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.
