Gênesis 1
1 No princípio criou Deus os céus e a terra.
Long, long ago God created the heavens and the earth.
2 E a terra estava desordenada e vazia, e as trevas estavam sobre a face do abismo, e o Espírito de Deus se movia sobre a face das águas.
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 E disse Deus: Haja luz; e houve luz.
God said, “I want light to shine!” And light shone.
4 E viu Deus que a luz era boa: e separou Deus a luz das trevas.
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 E chamou Deus à luz Dia, e às trevas chamou Noite: e foi a tarde e a manhã o primeiro dia.
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 E disse Deus: Haja expansão em meio das águas, e separe as águas das águas.
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 E fez Deus a expansão, e separou as águas que estavam debaixo da expansão, das águas que estavam sobre a expansão: e foi assim.
And that is what happened. God gave to the space the name ‘sky’.
8 E chamou Deus à expansão Céus: e foi a tarde e a manhã, o dia segundo.
Then there was another evening, which was followed by another morning. He called that period of time ‘the second day’.
9 E disse Deus: Juntem-se as águas que estão debaixo dos céus em um lugar, e descubra-se a porção seca; e foi assim.
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 E chamou Deus à porção seca Terra, e à reunião das águas chamou Mares; e viu Deus que era bom.
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 E disse Deus: Produza a terra erva verde, erva que dê semente; árvore de fruto que dê fruto segundo a sua espécie, que sua semente esteja nela, sobre a terra: e foi assim.
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 E produziu a terra erva verde, erva que dá semente segundo sua natureza, e árvore que dá fruto, cuja semente está nele, segundo a sua espécie; e viu Deus que era bom.
Then plants grew on the earth; each kind of plant began to produce its own kind of seed.
13 E foi a tarde e a manhã, o dia terceiro.
Then there was another evening which was followed by another morning. God called that period of time ‘the third day’.
14 E disse Deus: Haja luminares na expansão dos céus para separar o dia e a noite: e sejam por sinais, e para as estações, e para dias e anos;
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 E sejam por luminares na expansão dos céus para iluminar sobre a terra: e foi.
I want them also to be like lights in the sky that will shine on the earth.” And that is what happened.
16 E fez Deus os dois grandes luminares; o luminar maior para que exerça domínio no dia, e o luminar menor para que exerça domínio na noite; fez também as estrelas.
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 E as pôs Deus na expansão dos céus, para iluminar sobre a terra,
God set all of them in the sky to shine on the earth,
18 E para exercer domínio no dia e na noite, e para separar a luz e as trevas: e viu Deus que era bom.
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 E foi a tarde e a manhã, o dia quarto.
Then there was another evening which was followed by another morning. He called that period of time ‘the fourth day’.
20 E disse Deus: Produzam as águas répteis de alma vivente, e aves que voem sobre a terra, na expansão aberta dos céus.
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 E criou Deus as grandes criaturas marinhas, e toda coisa viva que anda arrastando, que as águas produziram segundo a sua espécie, e toda ave de asas segundo sua espécie: e viu Deus que era bom.
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 E Deus os abençoou dizendo: Frutificai e multiplicai, e enchei as águas nos mares, e as aves se multipliquem na terra.
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 E foi a tarde e a manhã, o dia quinto.
Then there was another evening that was followed by another morning. He called that period of time ‘the fifth day’.
24 E disse Deus: Produza a terra seres viventes segundo a sua espécie, animais e serpentes e animais da terra segundo sua espécie: e foi assim.
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 E fez Deus animais da terra segundo a sua espécie, e gado segundo a sua espécie, e todo animal que anda arrastando sobre a terra segundo sua espécie: e viu Deus que era bom.
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 E disse Deus: Façamos ao ser humano à nossa imagem, conforme nossa semelhança; e domine os peixes do mar, e as aves dos céus, e os animais, e toda a terra, e todo animal que anda arrastando sobre a terra.
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 E criou Deus o ser humano à sua imagem, à imagem de Deus o criou; macho e fêmea os criou.
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 E Deus os abençoou; e disse-lhes Deus: Frutificai e multiplicai, e enchei a terra, e subjugai-a, e dominai os peixes do mar, as aves dos céus, e todos os animais que se movem sobre a terra.
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 E disse Deus: Eis que vos dei toda erva que dá semente, que está sobre a face de toda a terra; e toda árvore em que há fruto de árvore que dá semente, vos será para comer.
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 E a todo animal da terra, e a todas as aves dos céus, e a tudo o que se move sobre a terra, em que há vida, toda erva verde lhes será para comer: e foi assim.
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 E viu Deus tudo o que havia feito, e eis que era bom em grande maneira. E foi a tarde e a manhã, o dia sexto.
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’.
