Genesi 1
1 NEL principio Iddio creò il cielo e la terra.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2 E la terra era una cosa deserta e vacua; e tenebre [erano] sopra la faccia dell'abisso. E lo Spirito di Dio si moveva sopra la faccia delle acque.
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.
3 E Iddio disse: Sia la luce. E la luce fu.
And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
4 E Iddio vide che la luce [era] buona. E Iddio separò la luce dalle tenebre.
And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness.
5 E Iddio nominò la luce Giorno, e le tenebre Notte. Così fu sera, e [poi] fu mattina, [che fu] il primo giorno.
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. There was evening and there was morning, one day.
6 Poi Iddio disse: Siavi una distesa tra le acque, la quale separi le acque dalle acque.
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.
7 E Iddio fece quella distesa: e separò le acque che [son] disotto alla distesa, da quelle che [son] disopra d'essa. E così fu.
And God made the expanse, and separated the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse.
8 E Iddio nominò la distesa Cielo. Così fu sera, e [poi] fu mattina, [che fu] il secondo giorno.
And God called the expanse Sky. And God saw that it was good. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.
9 Poi Iddio disse: Sieno tutte le acque, [che son] sotto al cielo, raccolte in un luogo, ed apparisca l'asciutto. E così fu.
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.
10 E Iddio nominò l'asciutto Terra, e la raccolta delle acque Mari. E Iddio vide che [ciò era] buono.
And God called the dry land Earth, and the gatherings of the waters he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
11 Poi Iddio disse: Produca la terra erba minuta, erbe che facciano seme, ed alberi fruttiferi che portino frutto, secondo le loro specie; il cui seme [sia] in esso, sopra la terra. E così fu.
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.
12 La terra adunque produsse erba minuta, erbe che fanno seme, secondo le loro specie, ed alberi che portano frutto, il cui seme [è] in esso, secondo le loro specie. E Iddio vide che [ciò era] buono.
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.
13 Così fu sera, e [poi] fu mattina, [che fu] il terzo giorno.
There was evening and there was morning, a third day.
14 Poi Iddio disse: Sienvi de' luminari nella distesa del cielo, per far distinzione tra il giorno e la notte: e quelli sieno per segni, e per [distinguer] le stagioni e i giorni e gli anni.
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;
15 E sieno per luminari nella distesa del cielo, per recar la luce in su la terra. E così fu.
and let them be for lights in the expanse of the sky to shine on the earth." And it was so.
16 Iddio adunque fece i due gran luminari (il maggiore per avere il reggimento del giorno, e il minore per avere il reggimento della notte), e le stelle.
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.
17 E Iddio li mise nella distesa del cielo, per recar la luce sopra la terra,
And God set them in the expanse of the sky to shine on the earth,
18 e per avere il reggimento del giorno e della notte, e per separar la luce dalle tenebre. E Iddio vide che [ciò era] buono.
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.
19 Così fu sera, e [poi] fu mattina, [che fu] il quarto giorno.
There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
20 Poi Iddio disse: Producano le acque copiosamente rettili, [che sieno] animali viventi; e volino gli uccelli sopra la terra, e per la distesa del cielo.
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.
21 Iddio adunque creò le grandi balene, ed ogni animal vivente che va serpendo; i quali animali le acque produssero copiosamente, secondo le loro specie; ed ogni [sorta di] uccelli che [hanno] ale, secondo le loro specie. E Iddio vide che [ciò era] buono.
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.
22 E Iddio li benedisse, dicendo: Figliate, moltiplicate, ed empiete le acque ne' mari; moltiplichino parimente gli uccelli sulla terra.
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."
23 Così fu sera, e [poi] fu mattina, [che fu] il quinto giorno.
There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
24 Poi Iddio disse: Produca la terra animali viventi, secondo le loro specie; bestie domestiche, rettili e fiere della terra, secondo le loro specie. E così fu.
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.
25 Iddio adunque fece le fiere della terra, secondo le loro specie; e gli animali domestici, secondo le loro specie; ed ogni [sorta di] rettili della terra, secondo le loro specie. E Iddio vide che [ciò era] buono.
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.
26 Poi Iddio disse: Facciamo l'uomo alla nostra immagine, secondo la nostra somiglianza; ed abbia la signoria sopra i pesci del mare, e sopra gli uccelli del cielo, e sopra le bestie, e sopra tutta la terra, e sopra ogni rettile che serpe sopra la terra.
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.
27 Iddio adunque creò l'uomo alla sua immagine; egli lo creò all'immagine di Dio; egli li creò maschio e femmina.
And God created humankind in his own image. In God's image he created him; male and female he created them.
28 E Iddio li benedisse, e disse loro: Fruttate e moltiplicate, ed empiete la terra, e rendetevela soggetta, e signoreggiate sopra i pesci del mare, e sopra gli uccelli del cielo, e sopra ogni bestia che cammina sopra la terra.
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."
29 Oltre a ciò, Iddio disse: Ecco, io vi do tutte l'erbe che producono seme, che son sopra tutta la terra; e tutti gli alberi fruttiferi che fanno seme. [Queste cose] vi saranno per cibo.
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.
30 Ma a tutte le bestie della terra, ed a tutti gli uccelli del cielo, ed a tutti gli animali che serpono sopra la terra, ne' quali è anima vivente, [io do] ogni erba verde per mangiarla. E così fu.
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."
31 E Iddio vide tutto quello ch'egli avea fatto; ed ecco, [era] molto buono. Così fu sera, e [poi] fu mattina, [che fu] il sesto giorno.
And God saw everything that he had made, and look, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.
