Genesis 1
1 At the first God made the heaven and the earth.
In principio Dio creò il cielo e la terra.
2 And the earth was waste and without form; and it was dark on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God was moving on the face of the waters.
Ora la terra era informe e deserta e le tenebre ricoprivano l'abisso e lo spirito di Dio aleggiava sulle acque.
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Dio disse: «Sia la luce!». E la luce fu.
4 And God, looking on the light, saw that it was good: and God made a division between the light and the dark,
Dio vide che la luce era cosa buona e separò la luce dalle tenebre
5 Naming the light, Day, and the dark, Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
e chiamò la luce giorno e le tenebre notte. E fu sera e fu mattina: primo giorno.
6 And God said, Let there be a solid arch stretching over the waters, parting the waters from the waters.
Dio disse: «Sia il firmamento in mezzo alle acque per separare le acque dalle acque».
7 And God made the arch for a division between the waters which were under the arch and those which were over it: and it was so.
Dio fece il firmamento e separò le acque, che sono sotto il firmamento, dalle acque, che son sopra il firmamento. E così avvenne.
8 And God gave the arch the name of Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
Dio chiamò il firmamento cielo. E fu sera e fu mattina: secondo giorno.
9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven come together in one place, and let the dry land be seen: and it was so.
Dio disse: «Le acque che sono sotto il cielo, si raccolgano in un solo luogo e appaia l'asciutto». E così avvenne.
10 And God gave the dry land the name of Earth; and the waters together in their place were named Seas: and God saw that it was good.
Dio chiamò l'asciutto terra e la massa delle acque mare. E Dio vide che era cosa buona.
11 And God said, Let grass come up on the earth, and plants producing seed, and fruit-trees giving fruit, in which is their seed, after their sort: and it was so.
E Dio disse: «La terra produca germogli, erbe che producono seme e alberi da frutto, che facciano sulla terra frutto con il seme, ciascuno secondo la sua specie». E così avvenne:
12 And grass came up on the earth, and every plant producing seed of its sort, and every tree producing fruit, in which is its seed, of its sort: and God saw that it was good.
la terra produsse germogli, erbe che producono seme, ciascuna secondo la propria specie e alberi che fanno ciascuno frutto con il seme, secondo la propria specie. Dio vide che era cosa buona.
13 And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.
E fu sera e fu mattina: terzo giorno.
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the arch of heaven, for a division between the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for marking the changes of the year, and for days and for years:
Dio disse: «Ci siano luci nel firmamento del cielo, per distinguere il giorno dalla notte; servano da segni per le stagioni, per i giorni e per gli anni
15 And let them be for lights in the arch of heaven to give light on the earth: and it was so.
e servano da luci nel firmamento del cielo per illuminare la terra». E così avvenne:
16 And God made the two great lights: the greater light to be the ruler of the day, and the smaller light to be the ruler of the night: and he made the stars.
Dio fece le due luci grandi, la luce maggiore per regolare il giorno e la luce minore per regolare la notte, e le stelle.
17 And God put them in the arch of heaven, to give light on the earth;
Dio le pose nel firmamento del cielo per illuminare la terra
18 To have rule over the day and the night, and for a division between the light and the dark: and God saw that it was good.
e per regolare giorno e notte e per separare la luce dalle tenebre. E Dio vide che era cosa buona.
19 And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.
E fu sera e fu mattina: quarto giorno.
20 And God said, Let the waters be full of living things, and let birds be in flight over the earth under the arch of heaven.
Dio disse: «Le acque brulichino di esseri viventi e uccelli volino sopra la terra, davanti al firmamento del cielo».
21 And God made great sea-beasts, and every sort of living and moving thing with which the waters were full, and every sort of winged bird: and God saw that it was good.
Dio creò i grandi mostri marini e tutti gli esseri viventi che guizzano e brulicano nelle acque, secondo la loro specie, e tutti gli uccelli alati secondo la loro specie. E Dio vide che era cosa buona.
22 And God gave them his blessing, saying, Be fertile and have increase, making all the waters of the seas full, and let the birds be increased in the earth.
Dio li benedisse: «Siate fecondi e moltiplicatevi e riempite le acque dei mari; gli uccelli si moltiplichino sulla terra».
23 And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.
E fu sera e fu mattina: quinto giorno.
24 And God said, Let the earth give birth to all sorts of living things, cattle and all things moving on the earth, and beasts of the earth after their sort: and it was so.
Dio disse: «La terra produca esseri viventi secondo la loro specie: bestiame, rettili e bestie selvatiche secondo la loro specie». E così avvenne:
25 And God made the beast of the earth after its sort, and the cattle after their sort, and everything moving on the face of the earth after its sort: and God saw that it was good.
Dio fece le bestie selvatiche secondo la loro specie e il bestiame secondo la propria specie e tutti i rettili del suolo secondo la loro specie. E Dio vide che era cosa buona.
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, like us: and let him have rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every living thing which goes flat on the earth.
E Dio disse: «Facciamo l'uomo a nostra immagine, a nostra somiglianza, e domini sui pesci del mare e sugli uccelli del cielo, sul bestiame, su tutte le bestie selvatiche e su tutti i rettili che strisciano sulla terra».
27 And God made man in his image, in the image of God he made him: male and female he made them.
Dio creò l'uomo a sua immagine; a immagine di Dio lo creò; maschio e femmina li creò.
28 And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth.
Dio li benedisse e disse loro: «Siate fecondi e moltiplicatevi, riempite la terra; soggiogatela e dominate sui pesci del mare e sugli uccelli del cielo e su ogni essere vivente, che striscia sulla terra».
29 And God said, See, I have given you every plant producing seed, on the face of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit producing seed: they will be for your food:
Poi Dio disse: «Ecco, io vi do ogni erba che produce seme e che è su tutta la terra e ogni albero in cui è il frutto, che produce seme: saranno il vostro cibo.
30 And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the air and every living thing moving on the face of the earth I have given every green plant for food: and it was so.
A tutte le bestie selvatiche, a tutti gli uccelli del cielo e a tutti gli esseri che strisciano sulla terra e nei quali è alito di vita, io do in cibo ogni erba verde». E così avvenne.
31 And God saw everything which he had made and it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Dio vide quanto aveva fatto, ed ecco, era cosa molto buona. E fu sera e fu mattina: sesto giorno.
