Genesis 1
1 Long, long ago God created the heavens and the earth.
NEL principio Iddio creò il cielo e la terra.
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.
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.
3 God said, “I want light to shine!” And light shone.
E Iddio disse: Sia la luce. E la luce fu.
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.
E Iddio vide che la luce [era] buona. E Iddio separò la luce dalle tenebre.
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’.
E Iddio nominò la luce Giorno, e le tenebre Notte. Così fu sera, e [poi] fu mattina, [che fu] il primo giorno.
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!”
Poi Iddio disse: Siavi una distesa tra le acque, la quale separi le acque dalle acque.
7 And that is what happened. God gave to the space the name ‘sky’.
E Iddio fece quella distesa: e separò le acque che [son] disotto alla distesa, da quelle che [son] disopra d'essa. E così fu.
8 Then there was another evening, which was followed by another morning. He called that period of time ‘the second day’.
E Iddio nominò la distesa Cielo. Così fu sera, e [poi] fu mattina, [che fu] il secondo giorno.
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.
Poi Iddio disse: Sieno tutte le acque, [che son] sotto al cielo, raccolte in un luogo, ed apparisca l'asciutto. E così fu.
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.
E Iddio nominò l'asciutto Terra, e la raccolta delle acque Mari. E Iddio vide che [ciò era] buono.
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.”
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.
12 Then plants grew on the earth; each kind of plant began to produce its own kind of seed.
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.
13 Then there was another evening which was followed by another morning. God called that period of time ‘the third day’.
Così fu sera, e [poi] fu mattina, [che fu] il terzo giorno.
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.
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.
15 I want them also to be like lights in the sky that will shine on the earth.” And that is what happened.
E sieno per luminari nella distesa del cielo, per recar la luce in su la terra. E così fu.
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.
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.
17 God set all of them in the sky to shine on the earth,
E Iddio li mise nella distesa del cielo, per recar la luce sopra la terra,
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.
e per avere il reggimento del giorno e della notte, e per separar la luce dalle tenebre. E Iddio vide che [ciò era] buono.
19 Then there was another evening which was followed by another morning. He called that period of time ‘the fourth day’.
Così fu sera, e [poi] fu mattina, [che fu] il quarto giorno.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
E Iddio li benedisse, dicendo: Figliate, moltiplicate, ed empiete le acque ne' mari; moltiplichino parimente gli uccelli sulla terra.
23 Then there was another evening that was followed by another morning. He called that period of time ‘the fifth day’.
Così fu sera, e [poi] fu mattina, [che fu] il quinto giorno.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
Iddio adunque creò l'uomo alla sua immagine; egli lo creò all'immagine di Dio; egli li creò maschio e femmina.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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’.
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.
