Genesis 1
1 Long, long ago God created the heavens and the earth.
はじめに神は天と地とを創造された。
2 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.
地は形なく、むなしく、やみが淵のおもてにあり、神の霊が水のおもてをおおっていた。
3 God said, “I want light to shine!” And light shone.
神は「光あれ」と言われた。すると光があった。
4 God was pleased with the light. Then he made the light to shine in some places, and in other places there was still darkness.
神はその光を見て、良しとされた。神はその光とやみとを分けられた。
5 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’.
神は光を昼と名づけ、やみを夜と名づけられた。夕となり、また朝となった。第一日である。
6 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!”
神はまた言われた、「水の間におおぞらがあって、水と水とを分けよ」。
7 And that is what happened. God gave to the space the name ‘sky’.
そのようになった。神はおおぞらを造って、おおぞらの下の水とおおぞらの上の水とを分けられた。
8 Then there was another evening, which was followed by another morning. He called that period of time ‘the second day’.
神はそのおおぞらを天と名づけられた。夕となり、また朝となった。第二日である。
9 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.
神はまた言われた、「天の下の水は一つ所に集まり、かわいた地が現れよ」。そのようになった。
10 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.
神はそのかわいた地を陸と名づけ、水の集まった所を海と名づけられた。神は見て、良しとされた。
11 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.”
神はまた言われた、「地は青草と、種をもつ草と、種類にしたがって種のある実を結ぶ果樹とを地の上にはえさせよ」。そのようになった。
12 Then plants grew on the earth; each kind of plant began to produce its own kind of seed.
地は青草と、種類にしたがって種をもつ草と、種類にしたがって種のある実を結ぶ木とをはえさせた。神は見て、良しとされた。
13 Then there was another evening which was followed by another morning. God called that period of time ‘the third day’.
夕となり、また朝となった。第三日である。
14 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.
神はまた言われた、「天のおおぞらに光があって昼と夜とを分け、しるしのため、季節のため、日のため、年のためになり、
15 I want them also to be like lights in the sky that will shine on the earth.” And that is what happened.
天のおおぞらにあって地を照らす光となれ」。そのようになった。
16 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.
神は二つの大きな光を造り、大きい光に昼をつかさどらせ、小さい光に夜をつかさどらせ、また星を造られた。
17 God set all of them in the sky to shine on the earth,
神はこれらを天のおおぞらに置いて地を照らさせ、
18 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.
昼と夜とをつかさどらせ、光とやみとを分けさせられた。神は見て、良しとされた。
19 Then there was another evening which was followed by another morning. He called that period of time ‘the fourth day’.
夕となり、また朝となった。第四日である。
20 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.”
神はまた言われた、「水は生き物の群れで満ち、鳥は地の上、天のおおぞらを飛べ」。
21 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.
神は海の大いなる獣と、水に群がるすべての動く生き物とを、種類にしたがって創造し、また翼のあるすべての鳥を、種類にしたがって創造された。神は見て、良しとされた。
22 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.
神はこれらを祝福して言われた、「生めよ、ふえよ、海の水に満ちよ、また鳥は地にふえよ」。
23 Then there was another evening that was followed by another morning. He called that period of time ‘the fifth day’.
夕となり、また朝となった。第五日である。
24 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.
神はまた言われた、「地は生き物を種類にしたがっていだせ。家畜と、這うものと、地の獣とを種類にしたがっていだせ」。そのようになった。
25 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.
神は地の獣を種類にしたがい、家畜を種類にしたがい、また地に這うすべての物を種類にしたがって造られた。神は見て、良しとされた。
26 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.”
神はまた言われた、「われわれのかたちに、われわれにかたどって人を造り、これに海の魚と、空の鳥と、家畜と、地のすべての獣と、地のすべての這うものとを治めさせよう」。
27 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.
神は自分のかたちに人を創造された。すなわち、神のかたちに創造し、男と女とに創造された。
28 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.”
神は彼らを祝福して言われた、「生めよ、ふえよ、地に満ちよ、地を従わせよ。また海の魚と、空の鳥と、地に動くすべての生き物とを治めよ」。
29 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.
神はまた言われた、「わたしは全地のおもてにある種をもつすべての草と、種のある実を結ぶすべての木とをあなたがたに与える。これはあなたがたの食物となるであろう。
30 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.
また地のすべての獣、空のすべての鳥、地を這うすべてのもの、すなわち命あるものには、食物としてすべての青草を与える」。そのようになった。
31 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’.
神が造ったすべての物を見られたところ、それは、はなはだ良かった。夕となり、また朝となった。第六日である。
