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1 Ní ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ ohun gbogbo Ọlọ́run dá àwọn ọ̀run àti ayé.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2 Ayé sì wà ní rúdurùdu, ó sì ṣófo, òkùnkùn sì wà lójú ibú omi, Ẹ̀mí Ọlọ́run sì ń rábàbà lójú omi.
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 Ọlọ́run sì wí pé, “Jẹ́ kí ìmọ́lẹ̀ kí ó wà,” ìmọ́lẹ̀ sì wà.
And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
4 Ọlọ́run rí i pé ìmọ́lẹ̀ náà dára, ó sì ya ìmọ́lẹ̀ náà sọ́tọ̀ kúrò lára òkùnkùn.
And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness.
5 Ọlọ́run sì pe ìmọ́lẹ̀ náà ní “ọ̀sán,” àti òkùnkùn ní “òru.” Àṣálẹ́ àti òwúrọ̀ sì jẹ́ ọjọ́ kìn-ín-ní.
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. There was evening and there was morning, one day.
6 Ọlọ́run sì wí pé, “Jẹ́ kí òfúrufú kí ó wà ní àárín àwọn omi, láti pààlà sí àárín àwọn omi.”
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 Ọlọ́run sì dá òfúrufú láti ya omi tí ó wà ní òkè òfúrufú kúrò lára omi tí ó wà ní orí ilẹ̀. Ó sì rí bẹ́ẹ̀.
And God made the expanse, and separated the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse.
8 Ọlọ́run sì pe òfúrufú ní “ọ̀run.” Àṣálẹ́ àti òwúrọ̀ sì jẹ́ ọjọ́ kejì.
And God called the expanse Sky. And God saw that it was good. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.
9 Ọlọ́run sì wí pé, “Jẹ́ kí omi abẹ́ ọ̀run wọ́ papọ̀ sí ojú kan, kí ilẹ̀ gbígbẹ sì farahàn.” Ó sì rí bẹ́ẹ̀.
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 Ọlọ́run sì pe ilẹ̀ gbígbẹ náà ní “ilẹ̀,” àti àpapọ̀ omi ní “òkun.” Ọlọ́run sì rí i wí pé ó dára.
And God called the dry land Earth, and the gatherings of the waters he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
11 Ọlọ́run sì wí pé, “Jẹ́ kí ilẹ̀ kí ó hu ọ̀gbìn: ewéko ti yóò máa mú èso wá àti igi tí yóò máa so èso ní irú tirẹ̀, tí ó ní irúgbìn nínú.” Ó sì rí bẹ́ẹ̀.
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 Ilẹ̀ sì hù ọ̀gbìn: ewéko tí ó ń so èso ní irú tirẹ̀, àti igi tí ń so èso, tí ó ní irúgbìn nínú ní irú tirẹ̀. Ọlọ́run sì ri pé ó dára.
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 Àṣálẹ́ àti òwúrọ̀ sì jẹ́ ọjọ́ kẹta.
There was evening and there was morning, a third day.
14 Ọlọ́run sì wí pé, “Jẹ́ kí ìmọ́lẹ̀ kí ó wà ní ojú ọ̀run, láti pààlà sí àárín ọ̀sán àti òru, kí wọn ó sì máa wà fún àmì láti mọ àwọn àsìkò, àti àwọn ọjọ́ àti àwọn ọdún.
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 Kí wọn ó jẹ́ ìmọ́lẹ̀ ní ojú ọ̀run láti tan ìmọ́lẹ̀ sí orí ilẹ̀.” Ó sì rí bẹ́ẹ̀.
and let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth." And it was so.
16 Ọlọ́run dá ìmọ́lẹ̀ ńlá ńlá méjì, ìmọ́lẹ̀ tí ó tóbi láti ṣe àkóso ọ̀sán àti ìmọ́lẹ̀ tí ó kéré láti ṣe àkóso òru. Ó sì dá àwọn ìràwọ̀ pẹ̀lú.
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 Ọlọ́run sì ṣe wọ́n lọ́jọ̀ sí ojú ọ̀run láti máa tan ìmọ́lẹ̀ si orí ilẹ̀,
And God set them in the expanse of the sky to shine on the earth,
18 láti ṣàkóso ọ̀sán àti òru àti láti pààlà sí àárín ìmọ́lẹ̀ àti òkùnkùn. Ọlọ́run sì rí i pé ó dára.
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 Àṣálẹ́ àti òwúrọ̀ sì jẹ́ ọjọ́ kẹrin.
There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
20 Ọlọ́run sì wí pé, “Jẹ́ kí omi kí ó kún fún àwọn ohun alààyè, kí àwọn ẹyẹ kí ó sì máa fò ní òfúrufú.”
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 Nítorí náà Ọlọ́run dá àwọn ẹ̀dá alààyè ńlá ńlá sí inú òkun, àwọn ohun ẹlẹ́mìí àti àwọn ohun tí ń rìn ní onírúurú tiwọn, àti àwọn ẹyẹ abìyẹ́ ní onírúurú tiwọn. Ọlọ́run sì rí i pé ó dára.
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 Ọlọ́run súre fún wọn, ó sì wí pé, “Ẹ máa bí sí i, ẹ sì máa pọ̀ sí i, ẹ kún inú omi òkun, kí àwọn ẹyẹ náà sì máa pọ̀ sí i ní orí ilẹ̀.”
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 Àṣálẹ́ àti òwúrọ̀ sì jẹ́ ọjọ́ karùn-ún.
There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
24 Ọlọ́run sì wí pé, “Kí ilẹ̀ kí ó mú ohun alààyè jáde ní onírúurú wọn: ẹran ọ̀sìn, àwọn ohun afàyàfà àti àwọn ẹran inú igbó, ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan ní irú tirẹ̀.” Ó sì rí bẹ́ẹ̀.
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 Ọlọ́run sì dá ẹranko inú igbó àti ẹran ọ̀sìn gbogbo ní irú tirẹ̀ àti gbogbo ohun alààyè tí ń rìn ní ilẹ̀ ní irú tirẹ̀. Ọlọ́run sì rí i pé ó dára.
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 Lẹ́yìn náà ni Ọlọ́run wí pé, “Ẹ jẹ́ kí a dá ènìyàn ní àwòrán ara wa, gẹ́gẹ́ bí àwa ti rí, kí wọn kí ó jẹ ọba lórí ẹja òkun, ẹyẹ ojú ọ̀run, ẹran ọ̀sìn, gbogbo ilẹ̀ àti lórí ohun gbogbo tí ń rìn lórí ilẹ̀.”
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 Nítorí náà, Ọlọ́run dá ènìyàn ní àwòrán ara rẹ̀, ní àwòrán Ọlọ́run ni ó dá a, akọ àti abo ni ó dá wọn.
And God created humankind in his own image. In God's image he created him; male and female he created them.
28 Ọlọ́run sì súre fún wọn, Ọlọ́run sì wí fún wọn pé, “Ẹ máa bí sí i, kí ẹ sì máa pọ̀ sí i, kí ẹ sì gbilẹ̀, kí ẹ ṣe ìkápá ayé. Ẹ ṣe àkóso àwọn ẹja inú òkun, ẹyẹ ojú ọ̀run àti gbogbo ẹ̀dá alààyè tí ó ń rìn ní orí ilẹ̀.”
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 Nígbà náà ni Ọlọ́run wí pé, “Mo fi gbogbo ohun ọ̀gbìn tí ń so èso fún un yín bí oúnjẹ àti àwọn igi eléso pẹ̀lú. Gbogbo rẹ̀ yóò jẹ́ oúnjẹ fún un yín.
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 Àti fún àwọn ẹranko inú igbó àti ẹyẹ ojú ọ̀run àti àwọn ohun afàyàfà, gbogbo ohun tó ní èémí ìyè nínú ni mo fi ewéko fún bí oúnjẹ.” Ó sì rí bẹ́ẹ̀.
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 Ọlọ́run sì rí àwọn ohun gbogbo tí ó dá, ó dára gidigidi. Àṣálẹ́ àti òwúrọ̀ sì jẹ́ ọjọ́ kẹfà.
And God saw everything that he had made, and look, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.

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