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1 Ts'etta Allahee xəybıyiy ç'iye itxhın.
Long, long ago God created the heavens and the earth.
2 Ç'iye aq'vabıdena q'əradniy vod. K'orane xhyanbışin oodun ciga miç'axdaniy vod. Allahın Rı'h xhyanbışil ooadniy alcaxxva.
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 Allahee uvhuyn: «Hasre işiğ ixhecen». İşiğ ıxhayn.
God said, “I want light to shine!” And light shone.
4 Allahık'le g'acuyn, işiğ yugda vod. Qiyğa Mang'vee işiğ miç'axıyvalike cura'uyn.
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 Allahee işiğıs «yiğınyığ», miç'axıyvalis «xəm» dobı huvu. Xəm quvxha, miç'eediy qıxha; in ts'ettiyn yiğ ıxha.
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 Qiyğa Allahee uvhuyn: «Hasre xhyanbışde yı'q'nee arka vuxhecen, xhyanbı sana-sançike cure'ecen».
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 Həməxüdud ıxhayn. Allahee arka haa'ana, arkayn, çik avuduniy oodun xhyanbı sana-sançike cura'anbı.
And that is what happened. God gave to the space the name ‘sky’.
8 Allahee mane arkays «xəv» do huvu. Xəm quvxha, miç'eediy qıxha; in q'öd'esın yiğ ıxha.
Then there was another evening, which was followed by another morning. He called that period of time ‘the second day’.
9 Qiyğa Allahee uvhuyn: «Hasre xəək avudun xhyanbı sacigeeqa salecen, qeqquyn ciga g'acecen». Həməxüdud ıxhayn.
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 Allahee qeqquyne cigayk'le «ç'iye», xhyan sadıyne cigayk'lemee «deryahbıva» dobı huvu. Allahık'le g'acuyn, inəxüd yugda vod.
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 Qiyğa Allahee uvhuyn: «Hasre ç'iyeyn aq'va xhınak qixhecen: toxumbınan ok'bı-alafbı, curayn-curayn meyvabı eyxhen yivar aleyle'ecen, toxumbıd meyvabışde ad ixhecen». Həməxüdud ıxhayn.
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 Ç'iyeyne aq'vayn alabı aleyli'inbı: toxumbınan ok'bı-alafbı, curayn-curayn meyvabı eyxhen yivarıd alyadıynbı, toxumbıd meyvabışde ad ıxha. Allahık'le g'acuyn, inəxüd yugda vod.
Then plants grew on the earth; each kind of plant began to produce its own kind of seed.
13 Xəm quvxha, miç'eediy qıxha; in xhebıd'esın yiğ ıxha.
Then there was another evening which was followed by another morning. God called that period of time ‘the third day’.
14 Qiyğa Allahee uvhuyn: «Hasre xəəne arkee xəm yiğıke cura'an işiğbı ixhecen. Mançin fəsilbı, yiğbı, senbı hagvecen.
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 Hasre manbı xəə'əd işiğbı ıxha, ç'iyeylqa gyatk'vecen». Həməxüdud ıxhayn.
I want them also to be like lights in the sky that will shine on the earth.” And that is what happened.
16 Allahee q'ölle xədın işartı ha'u: yiğınyiğ vuk'lek ıkkeecenva xədın işartı, xəm vuk'lek ıkkeecenva k'ıniyn işartı. Mang'vee xənebıd ha'uynbı.
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 Allahee manbı xəənə arkeqa gitk'ıniynbı, ç'iyeylqa işiğ gehecenva,
God set all of them in the sky to shine on the earth,
18 yiğıy xəm vuk'lek ıkkeecenva, işiğıke miç'axvalla curee'ecenva. Allahık'le g'acuyn, inəxüd yugda vod.
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 Xəm quvxha, miç'eediy qıxha; in yoq'ud'esın yiğ ıxha.
Then there was another evening which was followed by another morning. He called that period of time ‘the fourth day’.
20 Qiyğa Allahee uvhuyn: «Hasre xhyanbı nafas ileşşene karbışikva gyats'ece, ç'iyeyl oo xəə xətta şit'yar aledxvecen».
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 Allahee xhyanee eyxhen ç'ak'ın karbı, harne curaylin baluğar, gırgın hadağvan nafas helen karbı, mançika sacigee harne curaylin gırgın xılibışkan şit'yar itxhın. Allahık'le g'acuyn, inəxüd yugda vod.
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 Allahee mançis xayir-düə huvu eyhen: «G'adı xət qetxhe, deryahbışeedın xhyanbı gyats'e'e; şit'yarıd ç'iyeyne aq'val geed qetxhecen».
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 Xəm quvxha, miç'eediy qıxha; in xhod'esın yiğ ıxha.
Then there was another evening that was followed by another morning. He called that period of time ‘the fifth day’.
24 Qiyğa Allahee uvhuyn: «Hasre ç'iyeyne aq'vayn harne curaylin nafas helen karbı: çavra-vəq'ə, hadağvan həyvanar, çolun həyvanar iyxhnecen». Həməxüdud ıxhayn.
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 Allahee curayn-curayn çolun həyvanar, çavra-vəq'ə, ç'iyeyl hadağvan, gırgın nafas helen həyvanar itxhıninbı. Allahık'le g'acuyn, inəxüd yugda vod.
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 Qiyğa Allahee uvhuyn: «Yişde k'op'yelyna, Şak akarana insan ixhanas. Hasre mang'vee deryahbışeene baluğaaşis, xəəne şit'yaaşis, çavra-vəq'əys, gırgıne ç'iyeyne aq'vays, ç'iyeyl hadağvane gırgınçis xəbvalla hee'ecen».
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 Allahee insan Cune k'op'yeyl irxhın, Allahne k'op'yeyl irxhın, Adamiyiy zəiyfa ipxhın.
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 Allahee manbışis xayir-düə huvu, uvhuyn: «Vuxooxu geeb qepxhe, ç'iyeyn aq'va gyats'e'e, mana vuşda vob. Deryahbışeene baluğaaşis, xəəne şit'yaaşis, ç'iyeyl hadağvane gırgıne nafas helençis xəbvalla he'e».
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 Allahee uvhuyn: «Haane, çiyeyne aq'val toxum hoolen ok'bıd-alafbıd, gırgıne yivaaşin meyvabı şos helenbı, oxhnecenva.
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 Gırgıne ç'iyeylne həyvanaaşis, gırgıne xəəne şit'yaaşis, gırgıne hadağvançis – nençeeyiy ı'mren nafas vod, gırgınçıscad – Zı oxhnecenva xhınakın ok'bı helenbı». Həməxüdud ıxhayn.
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 Allahık'le g'ecen, itxhınin gırgın kar geed yugda vod. Xəm quvxha, miç'eediy qıxha; in yixhıd'esın yiğ ıxha.
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’.

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