Génesis 1
1 En el principio, Dios creó los cielos y la tierra.
Long, long ago God created the heavens and the earth.
2 La tierra estaba sin forma y vacía. Las tinieblas estaban en la superficie de las profundidades y el Espíritu de Dios se cernía sobre la superficie de las aguas.
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 Dios dijo: “Que se haga la luz”, y se hizo la luz.
God said, “I want light to shine!” And light shone.
4 Dios vio la luz y vio que era buena. Dios separó la luz de las tinieblas.
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 Dios llamó a la luz “día”, y a las tinieblas las llamó “noche”. Hubo tarde y hubo mañana, el primer día.
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 Dios dijo: “Que haya una extensión en medio de las aguas, y que divida las aguas de las aguas”.
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 Dios hizo la expansión y dividió las aguas que estaban debajo de la expansión de las aguas que estaban encima de la expansión; y así fue.
And that is what happened. God gave to the space the name ‘sky’.
8 Dios llamó a la expansión “cielo”. Hubo tarde y mañana, un segundo día.
Then there was another evening, which was followed by another morning. He called that period of time ‘the second day’.
9 Dios dijo: “Que las aguas bajo el cielo se reúnan en un solo lugar, y que aparezca la tierra seca”; y así fue.
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 Dios llamó a la tierra seca “tierra”, y a la reunión de las aguas la llamó “mares”. Dios vio que era bueno.
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 Dijo Dios: “Produzca la tierra hierba, hierbas que den semillas y árboles frutales que den fruto según su especie, con sus semillas, sobre la tierra”; y así fue.
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 La tierra dio hierba, hierbas que producen semillas según su género, y árboles que dan fruto, con sus semillas, según su género; y vio Dios que era bueno.
Then plants grew on the earth; each kind of plant began to produce its own kind of seed.
13 Se hizo la tarde y la mañana, un tercer día.
Then there was another evening which was followed by another morning. God called that period of time ‘the third day’.
14 Dios dijo: “Que haya luces en la extensión del cielo para separar el día de la noche; y que sean para señales que marquen las estaciones, los días y los años;
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 y que sean para luces en la extensión del cielo para alumbrar la tierra”; y así fue.
I want them also to be like lights in the sky that will shine on the earth.” And that is what happened.
16 Dios hizo las dos grandes luces: la luz mayor para gobernar el día, y la luz menor para gobernar la noche. También hizo las estrellas.
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 Dios las puso en la extensión del cielo para que alumbraran la tierra,
God set all of them in the sky to shine on the earth,
18 y para que dominaran el día y la noche, y para que separaran la luz de las tinieblas. Dios vio que era bueno.
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 Se hizo la tarde y se hizo la mañana, un cuarto día.
Then there was another evening which was followed by another morning. He called that period of time ‘the fourth day’.
20 Dios dijo: “Que las aguas abunden en seres vivos, y que las aves vuelen sobre la tierra en la abierta extensión del cielo”.
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 Dios creó las grandes criaturas marinas y toda criatura viviente que se mueve, con las que pululan las aguas, según su especie, y toda ave alada según su especie. Dios vio que era bueno.
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 Dios los bendijo diciendo: “Sean fecundos y multiplíquense, llenen las aguas de los mares y multiplíquense las aves en la tierra.”
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 Se hizo la tarde y la mañana, un quinto día.
Then there was another evening that was followed by another morning. He called that period of time ‘the fifth day’.
24 Dios dijo: “Que la tierra produzca seres vivos según su especie, ganado, reptiles y animales de la tierra según su especie”; y así fue.
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 Dios hizo a los animales de la tierra según su especie, a los animales según su especie y a todo lo que se arrastra por el suelo según su especie. Dios vio que era bueno.
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 Dios dijo: “Hagamos al hombre a nuestra imagen y semejanza. Que tenga dominio sobre los peces del mar, sobre las aves del cielo, sobre el ganado, sobre toda la tierra y sobre todo lo que se arrastra sobre ella”.
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 Dios creó al hombre a su imagen y semejanza. A imagen y semejanza de Dios lo creó; hombre y mujer los creó.
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 Dios los bendijo. Dios les dijo: “Sed fecundos, multiplicaos, llenad la tierra y sometedla. Dominen a los peces del mar, a las aves del cielo y a todo ser viviente que se mueve sobre la tierra”.
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 Dios dijo: “Mira, te he dado toda hierba que da semilla, que está en la superficie de toda la tierra, y todo árbol que da fruto que da semilla. Serán su alimento.
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 A todo animal de la tierra, y a toda ave del cielo, y a todo lo que se arrastra sobre la tierra, en el que hay vida, les he dado toda hierba verde como alimento”; y así fue.
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 Dios vio todo lo que había hecho, y he aquí que era muy bueno. Hubo tarde y mañana, un sexto día.
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’.
