Genesisy 1
1 Tam-pifotorañ’ añe, namboaren’ Añahare o likerañeo naho ty tane toy,
Long, long ago God created the heavens and the earth.
2 ie amy zay tsy amam‑bintañe naho kòake ty tane toy naho nimoromoroñe ty an-tarehe’ i lalekey, vaho nihelahela ambone’ o ranoo t’i Arofon’ Añahare.
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 Hoe t’i Andrianañahare: Ampiloneahan-kazavàñe; le nisodehan-kazavàñe.
God said, “I want light to shine!” And light shone.
4 Nivazohon’ Añahare i hazavañey te nisoa, le navahen’ Añahare amy ieñey i hazavàñey,
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 nataon’ Añahare ty hoe Andro i hazavàñey vaho nanoe’e ty hoe Haleñe i ieñey. I haleñey vaho i antoandroy—ty andro valoha’e.
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 Le hoe t’i Andrianañahare: Ampiboahan-dañelañe añivo’ o ranoo hisitaha’ ty rano ami’ty rano.
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 Aa le namboaren’ Añahare i lañelañey vaho navì’e amy rano ambone’ i lañelañey ty rano ambane’ i lañelañey. Le izay ty ie.
And that is what happened. God gave to the space the name ‘sky’.
8 Nataon’ Añahare ty hoe likerañe i lañelañey. I haleñey vaho i antoandroy—ty andro faharoe.
Then there was another evening, which was followed by another morning. He called that period of time ‘the second day’.
9 Le hoe t’i Andrianañahare: Hatontoñe antoetse raike o rano ambane’ i likerañeio hiboaha’ ty tane maike. Le iizay ty ie.
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 Nataon’Añahare ty hoe Tane i maikey, naho ty hoe Riake o rano nifanontoñeo, le nivazohon’Añahare te soa.
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 Aa le hoe t’i Andrianañahare: Ampitiriañ’ ahetse i taney, rongoñe mamoa voa naho hatae mamoa voa rekets’ àta’e ty amy karaza’ey. Le izay ty ie.
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 Aa le nitirian’ ahetse ty tane toy, rongoñe mamoa voa ty amy karaza’ey, vaho hatae mamoa voa rekets’ àta’e, ty amy karaza’ey. Le nivazohon’ Añahare te soa.
Then plants grew on the earth; each kind of plant began to produce its own kind of seed.
13 I haleñey vaho i antoandroy—ty andro fahatelo.
Then there was another evening which was followed by another morning. God called that period of time ‘the third day’.
14 Le hoe t’i Andrianañahare: Ampiboaheñe failo i lañelañen-dikerañey hañavake ty antoandro ami’ty haleñe ho vintañe naho famotoañañe naho andro vaho taoñe;
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 ho jiro amy lañelañen-dikerañey hañilo ty tane toy. Le iizay ty ie.
I want them also to be like lights in the sky that will shine on the earth.” And that is what happened.
16 Le namboaren’ Añahare ty jiro roe jabajaba—hifehe ty andro ty jiro bey naho hifehe ty haleñe ty jiro zai’e—vaho o vasiañeo.
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 Aa le napon’Añahare amy lañelañen-dikerañey iereo hañilo ty tane toy
God set all of them in the sky to shine on the earth,
18 hamehe ty andro naho ty haleñe vaho hañavake i ieñey amy hazavàñey. Nivazohon’ Añahare te soa.
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 I haleñey vaho i antoandroy—ty andro fah’ efatse.
Then there was another evening which was followed by another morning. He called that period of time ‘the fourth day’.
20 Le hoe t’i Andrianañahare: Ampifamorohoteñe raha veloñe hangetseketseke o ranoo, naho ampitiliñem-boroñe ty ambone’ tane toy an-tarehe’ i lañelañen-dindìñ’ey.
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 Le namboaren’ Añahare o fañanen-driakeo naho ze hene raha veloñe mihetseke, mifamorohotse amo ranoo, ty amy karaza’ey, naho ze hene voroñe reketse elatse ty amy karaza’ey. Le nivazohon’ Añahare te soa.
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 Nitatan’ Añahare iereo ami’ ty hoe: Manaranàha le mangetseketseha, atsafo o ranon-driakeo, vaho ampangorokitsiheñe voroñe ty an-tane atoy.
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 I haleñey vaho i antoandroy —ty andro faha-lime.
Then there was another evening that was followed by another morning. He called that period of time ‘the fifth day’.
24 Le hoe t’i Andrianañahare: Hampanaranàheñe an-tane atoy ze raha veloñe iaby ty amy karaza’ey: o hareo, naho o raha milalio naho ze hene bibi’ ty tane toy, ty amo karaza’eo. Vaho iizay ty ie.
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 Le namboaren’ Añahare o bibi’ ty tane toio amo karaza’eo, naho ze karazan’ añombe iaby vaho ze hene karaza-biby misitsitse an-tane atoy. Le nivazohon’ Añahare te soa.
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 Le hoe t’i Andrianañahare: Antao hamboatse ondaty hambam-bintañ’ aman-tikañe, hifañoronkoroñe aman-tika, hifehe o fian-driakeo naho o voron-tiokeo naho o bibio naho ty tane toy iaby vaho ze biby misitsitse an-tane atoy.
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 Aa le namboaren’ Añahare mirai-bintañe ama’e t’indaty, hambam-bintañe aman’ Añahare ty namboare’e aze, lahilahy naho ampela ty nitsene’e iareo.
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 Nitataen’ Añahare iereo, le hoe t’i Andrianañahare ama’e: Manaranàha le mangetseketseha naho atsefo ty tane toy vaho feleho; le feheo o fian-driakeo naho o voron-tiokeo vaho ze biby misitsitse an-tane atoy.
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 Le hoe t’i Andrianañahare, Heheke te natoloko anahareo ze hene ahetse mamoa ambone’ ty tane toy, naho ze fonga hatae mamoa rekets’ àta’e ty am-po’e ao, ho fikama’areo.
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 Aa ty amo hene bibi’ ty tane toio naho ze fonga voron-tioke vaho ze raha misitsitse an-tane atoy, ze kila raha veloñe, le nimeako ze hene ahets’antsetra ho haneñe. Le izay ty ie.
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 Nivazohon’ Añahare o raha namboare’e iabio le hehe te soa. I haleñey vaho i antoandroy—ty andro fah’ eneñe.
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’.
