Genesis 1
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Nel principio Iddio creò i cieli e la terra.
2 Now the earth was formless and empty, and darkness was on the surface of the watery depths. And God's Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.
E la terra era informe e vuota, e le tenebre coprivano la faccia dell’abisso, e lo spirito di Dio aleggiava sulla superficie delle acque. E Dio disse:
3 And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
“Sia la luce!” E la luce fu.
4 And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness.
E Dio vide che la luce era buona; e Dio separò la luce dalle tenebre.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. There was evening and there was morning, one day.
E Dio chiamò la luce “giorno”, e le tenebre “notte”. Così fu sera, poi fu mattina: e fu il primo giorno.
6 And God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters." And it was so.
Poi Dio disse: “Ci sia una distesa tra le acque, che separi le acque dalle acque”.
7 And God made the expanse, and separated the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse.
E Dio fece la distesa e separò le acque ch’erano sotto la distesa, dalle acque ch’erano sopra la distesa. E così fu.
8 And God called the expanse Sky. And God saw that it was good. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.
E Dio chiamò la distesa “cielo”. Così fu sera, poi fu mattina: e fu il secondo giorno.
9 And God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered to one gathering, and let the dry land appear." And it was so. And the waters under the sky gathered to their gatherings, and the dry land appeared.
Poi Dio disse: “Le acque che son sotto il cielo siano raccolte in un unico luogo, e apparisca l’asciutto”. E così fu.
10 And God called the dry land Earth, and the gatherings of the waters he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
E Dio chiamò l’asciutto “terra”, e chiamò la raccolta delle acque “mari”. E Dio vide che questo era buono.
11 And God said, "Let the earth produce vegetation, plants yielding seed after its kind, and fruit trees bearing fruit with seed in it after its kind, on the earth." And it was so.
Poi Dio disse: “Produca la terra della verdura, dell’erbe che faccian seme e degli alberi fruttiferi che, secondo la loro specie, portino del frutto avente in sé la propria semenza, sulla terra”. E così fu.
12 And the earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after its kind, and fruit trees bearing fruit with seed in it after its kind, on the earth. And God saw that it was good.
E la terra produsse della verdura, dell’erbe che facevan seme secondo la loro specie, e degli alberi che portavano del frutto avente in sé la propria semenza, secondo la loro specie. E Dio vide che questo era buono.
13 There was evening and there was morning, a third day.
Così fu sera, poi fu mattina: e fu il terzo giorno.
14 And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky for the illumination of the day, to give light on the earth, and to rule the day and the night, and to separate between the day and the night. And let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and for years;
Poi Dio disse: “Sianvi de’ luminari nella distesa dei cieli per separare il giorno dalla notte; e siano dei segni e per le stagioni e per i giorni e per gli anni;
15 and let them be for lights in the expanse of the sky to shine on the earth." And it was so.
e servano da luminari nella distesa dei cieli per dar luce alla terra”. E così fu.
16 And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars.
E Dio fece i due grandi luminari: il luminare maggiore, per presiedere al giorno, e il luminare minore per presiedere alla notte; e fece pure le stelle.
17 And God set them in the expanse of the sky to shine on the earth,
E Dio li mise nella distesa dei cieli per dar luce alla terra,
18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
per presiedere al giorno e alla notte e separare la luce dalle tenebre. E Dio vide che questo era buono.
19 There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
Così fu sera, poi fu mattina: e fu il quarto giorno.
20 And God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let flying creatures fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky." And it was so.
Poi Dio disse: “Producano le acque in abbondanza animali viventi, e volino degli uccelli sopra la terra per l’ampia distesa del cielo”.
21 And God created the large sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after its kind, and every winged flying creature after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
E Dio creò i grandi animali acquatici e tutti gli esseri viventi che si muovono, i quali le acque produssero in abbondanza secondo la loro specie, ed ogni volatilo secondo la sua specie. E Dio vide che questo era buono.
22 And God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the flying creatures multiply on the earth."
E Dio li benedisse, dicendo: “Crescete, moltiplicate, ed empite le acque dei mari, e moltiplichino gli uccelli sulla terra”.
23 There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
Così fu sera, poi fu mattina: e fu il quinto giorno.
24 And God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after its kind: tame animals, and crawling creatures, and wild animals of the earth after its kind." And it was so.
Poi Dio disse: “Produca la terra animali viventi secondo la loro specie: bestiame, rettili e animali selvatici della terra, secondo la loro specie”. E così fu.
25 And God made the wild animals of the earth after its kind, and the tame animals after its kind, and everything that crawls on the ground after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
E Dio fece gli animali selvatici della terra, secondo le loro specie, il bestiame secondo le sue specie, e tutti i rettili della terra, secondo le loro specie. E Dio vide che questo era buono.
26 And God said, "Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the flying creatures of the sky, and over the tame animals, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over every creature that crawls on the earth." And it was so.
Poi Dio disse: “Facciamo l’uomo a nostra immagine e a nostra somiglianza, ed abbia dominio sui pesci del mare e sugli uccelli del cielo e sul bestiame e su tutta la terra e su tutti i rettili che strisciano sulla terra”.
27 And God created humankind in his own image. In God's image he created him; male and female he created them.
E Dio creò l’uomo a sua immagine; lo creò a immagine di Dio; li creò maschio e femmina.
28 And God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the flying creatures of the sky, and over all the tame animals, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over all the creatures that crawl on the earth."
E Dio li benedisse; e Dio disse loro: “Crescete e moltiplicate e riempite la terra, e rendetevela soggetta, e dominate sui pesci del mare e sugli uccelli del cielo e sopra ogni animale che si muove sulla terra”.
29 And God said, "Look, I have given you every plant yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.
E Dio disse: “Ecco, io vi do ogni erba che fa seme sulla superficie di tutta la terra, ed ogni albero fruttifero che fa seme; questo vi servirà di nutrimento.
30 And to every wild animal of the earth, and to every tame animal of the earth, and to every flying creature of the sky, and to every creature that crawls on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green plant for food."
E ad ogni animale della terra e ad ogni uccello dei cieli e a tutto ciò che si muove sulla terra ed ha in sé un soffio di vita, io do ogni erba verde per nutrimento”. E così fu.
31 And God saw everything that he had made, and look, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.
E Dio vide tutto quello che aveva fatto, ed ecco, era molto buono. Così fu sera, poi fu mattina: e fu il sesto giorno.
