Бытие 1
1 В начале сотвори Бог небо и землю.
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
2 Земля же бе невидима и неустроена, и тма верху бездны, и Дух Божий ношашеся верху воды.
The earth was without form and empty. Darkness was upon the surface of the deep. The Spirit of God was moving above the surface of the waters.
3 И рече Бог: да будет свет. И бысть свет.
God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
4 И виде Бог свет, яко добро, и разлучи Бог между светом и между тмою.
God saw the light, that it was good. He divided the light from the darkness.
5 И нарече Бог свет день, а тму нарече нощь. И бысть вечер, и бысть утро, день един.
God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” This was evening and morning, the first day.
6 И рече Бог: да будет твердь посреде воды, и да будет разлучающи посреде воды и воды. И бысть тако.
God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”
7 И сотвори Бог твердь, и разлучи Бог между водою, яже бе под твердию, и между водою, яже бе над твердию.
God made the expanse and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse. It was so.
8 И нарече Бог твердь небо. И виде Бог, яко добро. И бысть вечер, и бысть утро, день вторый.
God called the expanse “sky.” This was evening and morning, the second day.
9 И рече Бог: да соберется вода, яже под небесем, в собрание едино, и да явится суша. И бысть тако. И собрася вода, яже под небесем, в собрания своя, и явися суша.
God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear.” It was so.
10 И нарече Бог сушу землю, и собрания вод нарече моря. И виде Бог, яко добро.
God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” He saw that it was good.
11 И рече Бог: да прорастит земля былие травное, сеющее семя по роду и по подобию, и древо плодовитое творящее плод, емуже семя его в нем, по роду на земли. И бысть тако.
God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation: plants yielding seed and fruit trees bearing fruit whose seed is in the fruit, each according to its own kind.” It was so.
12 И изнесе земля былие травное, сеющее семя по роду и по подобию, и древо плодовитое творящее плод, емуже семя его в нем, по роду на земли. И виде Бог, яко добро.
The earth produced vegetation, plants producing seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit whose seed was in it, after their kind. God saw that it was good.
13 И бысть вечер, и бысть утро, день третий.
This was evening and morning, the third day.
14 И рече Бог: да будут светила на тверди небесней, освещати землю и разлучати между днем и между нощию: и да будут в знамения и во времена, и во дни и в лета,
God said, “Let there be lights in the sky to divide the day from the night and let them be as signs, for seasons, for days and years.
15 и да будут в просвещение на тверди небесней, яко светити по земли. И бысть тако.
Let them be lights in the sky to give light upon the earth.” It was so.
16 И сотвори Бог два светила великая: светило великое в начала дне, и светило меншее в начала нощи, и звезды:
God made the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He made the stars also.
17 и положи я Бог на тверди небесней, яко светити на землю,
God set them in the sky to give light upon the earth,
18 и владети днем и нощию, и разлучати между светом и между тмою. И виде Бог, яко добро.
to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.
19 И бысть вечер, и бысть утро, день четвертый.
This was evening and morning, the fourth day.
20 И рече Бог: да изведут воды гады душ живых, и птицы летающыя по земли, по тверди небесней. И бысть тако.
God said, “Let the waters be filled with great numbers of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the expanse of the sky.”
21 И сотвори Бог киты великия, и всяку душу животных гадов, яже изведоша воды по родом их, и всяку птицу пернату по роду. И виде Бог, яко добра.
God created the great sea creatures, as well as every living creature after its kind, creatures that move and which fill the waters everywhere, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.
22 И благослови я Бог, глаголя: раститеся и множитеся, и наполните воды, яже в морях, и птицы да умножатся на земли.
God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas. Let birds multiply on the earth.”
23 И бысть вечер, и бысть утро, день пятый.
This was evening and morning, the fifth day.
24 И рече Бог: да изведет земля душу живу по роду, четвероногая и гады, и звери земли по роду. И бысть тако.
God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures, each according to its own kind, livestock, creeping things, and beasts of the earth, each according to its own kind.” It was so.
25 И сотвори Бог звери земли по роду, и скоты по роду их, и вся гады земли по роду их. И виде Бог, яко добра.
God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, the livestock after their kinds, and everything that creeps upon the ground after its kind. He saw that it was good.
26 И рече Бог: сотворим человека по образу Нашему и по подобию, и да обладает рыбами морскими, и птицами небесными, (и зверми) и скотами, и всею землею, и всеми гады пресмыкающимися по земли.
God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
27 И сотвори Бог человека, по образу Божию сотвори его: мужа и жену сотвори их.
God created man in his own image. In his own image he created him. Male and female he created them.
28 И благослови их Бог, глаголя: раститеся и множитеся, и наполните землю, и господствуйте ею, и обладайте рыбами морскими, (и зверми) и птицами небесными, и всеми скотами, и всею землею, и всеми гадами пресмыкающимися по земли.
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful, and multiply. Fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.”
29 И рече Бог: се, дах вам всякую траву семенную сеющую семя, еже есть верху земли всея: и всякое древо, еже имать в себе плод семене семеннаго, вам будет в снедь:
God said, “See, I have given you every plant yielding seed which is upon the surface of all the earth, and every tree with fruit which has seed in it. They will be food to you.
30 и всем зверем земным, и всем птицам небесным, и всякому гаду пресмыкающемуся по земли, иже имать в себе душу живота, и всяку траву зелену в снедь. И бысть тако.
To every beast of the earth, to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creeps upon the earth, and to every creature that has the breath of life I have given every green plant for food.” It was so.
31 И виде Бог вся, елика сотвори: и се добра зело. И бысть вечер, и бысть утро, день шестый.
God saw everything that he had made. Behold, it was very good. This was evening and morning, the sixth day.
