Genesis 1
1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Le gɔmedzedzea me la, Mawu wɔ dziƒo kple anyigba.
2 The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.
Anyigba nɔ nyamaa, nɔnɔme aɖeke meli nɛ o. Ele ƒuƒlu, eye viviti do ɖe tsi gbana la dzi, eye Mawu ƒe Gbɔgbɔ nɔ agba sam le tsia dzi.
3 God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
Mawu gblɔ be, “Kekeli nedo.” Eye kekeli do.
4 God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.
Mawu kpɔ be kekeli la nyo, eye wòma kekeli la tso viviti la gbɔ.
5 God called the light “day”, and the darkness he called “night”. There was evening and there was morning, the first day.
Mawu yɔ kekeli la be “ŋkeke,” eye wòyɔ viviti la be “zã.” Ale zã do, eye ŋu ke. Esiae nye ŋkeke gbãtɔ.
6 God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”
Mawu gblɔ be, “Lilikpo nedo, eye wòama tsi si le lilikpo la te kple esi le lilikpo la tame la me. Eye wòva eme nenema.”
7 God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.
Ale Mawu wɔ lilikpo, eye wòma tsi si le lilikpo la te la ɖa tso esi le lilikpo la tame la gbɔ, eye wòva eme.
8 God called the expanse “sky”. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.
Mawu yɔ lilikpo la be “dziƒo.” Zã do, eye ŋu ke. Esiae nye ŋkeke evelia.
9 God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;” and it was so.
Mawu gblɔ be, “Mina tsi si le lilikpo la te la naƒo ƒu ɖe teƒe ɖeka be anyigba ƒe ƒuƒuiƒe nadze.” Eva eme nenema.
10 God called the dry land “earth”, and the gathering together of the waters he called “seas”. God saw that it was good.
Mawu yɔ ƒuƒuiƒe la be “anyigba,” eye wòyɔ tsi siwo ƒo ƒu la be, “atsiaƒuwo.” Mawu kpɔe be enyo.
11 God said, “Let the earth yield grass, herbs yielding seeds, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with their seeds in it, on the earth;” and it was so.
Mawu gblɔ be, “Mina nuwo namie ɖe anyigba la dzi: ati tsekuwo kple ati siwo tsena, eye ku nɔa tsetseawo me wotɔxɛwotɔxɛe la.” Eva eme nenema.
12 The earth yielded grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with their seeds in it, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.
Tete nuwo mie ɖe anyigba la dzi: ati siwo tsea ku wotɔxɛwotɔxɛe, eye Mawu kpɔe be enyo.
13 There was evening and there was morning, a third day.
Zã do, eye ŋu ke. Esiae nye ŋkeke etɔ̃lia.
14 God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs to mark seasons, days, and years;
Mawu gblɔ be, “Mina akaɖiwo nanɔ dziŋgɔli la me be woama ŋkeke ɖa tso zã gbɔ, eye woanye dzesi siwo afia ɣeyiɣiwo, ŋkekewo kple ƒewo,
15 and let them be for lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth;” and it was so.
eye woanye akaɖiwo le dziŋgɔli la me be woana kekeli anyigba.” Eye wòva eme nenema.
16 God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
Mawu wɔ nu keklẽ gã eve: ɣe kple ɣleti, be woaklẽ ɖe anyigba dzi. Eɖoe be nu keklẽ gãtɔ si nye ɣe la naklẽ le ŋkeke me, eye suetɔ si nye ɣleti la naklẽ le zã me. Ewɔ ɣletiviwo hã.
17 God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light to the earth,
Mawu tsɔ wo ɖo lilikpo la ŋu, be woana kekeli anyigba,
18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.
aɖu zã kple ŋkeke dzi, eye woama kekeli ɖa tso viviti gbɔ. Nu sia dze Mawu ŋu.
19 There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
Ale zã do, eye ŋu ke. Esiae nye ŋkeke enelia.
20 God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
Mawu gblɔ be, “Tɔmelãwo nedzi ɖe tsiawo me, eye xeviwo nedzo le yame le dziŋgɔli la ƒe ŋkume.”
21 God created the large sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.
Ale Mawu wɔ ƒumelã gãwo kple nu gbagbe siwo tana, eye wonɔa tsi me la ƒomevi vovovowo kple xevi siwo dzona la ƒomeviwo katã. Mawu kpɔe be enyo.
22 God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”
Mawu yra wo gblɔ be, “Midzi ne miasɔ gbɔ, miayɔ atsiaƒuwo me, eye miana xeviwo nasɔ gbɔ le anyigba dzi.”
23 There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
Eye zã do, eye ŋu ke. Esiae nye ŋkeke atɔ̃lia.
24 God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind;” and it was so.
Mawu gblɔ be, “Anyigba nedzi lã kple nu gbagbe ɖe sia ɖe ƒomevi: nyiwo, nu tatawo kple gbemelã ɖe sia ɖe tɔgbi.” Eye wòva eme nenema.
25 God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.
Mawu wɔ lã wɔadãwo, nyi kple nu tatawo dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe tɔgbi. Eye Mawu kpɔ be enyo.
26 God said, “Let’s make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
Mawu gblɔ be, “Mina míawɔ ame ɖe míaƒe nɔnɔme me, wòaɖi mí, eye wòaɖu ƒumelãwo, dziƒoxewo, aƒemelãwo kple gbemelãwo katã kpakple nu gbagbe siwo katã tana le anyigba dzi la dzi.”
27 God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.
Ale Mawu wɔ ame ɖe eya ŋutɔ ƒe nɔnɔme me. Mawu ƒe nɔnɔme me wòwɔ ame ɖo; ŋutsu kple nyɔnu wòwɔ.
28 God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
Mawu yra wo gblɔ na wo be, “Midzi miayɔ anyigba blibo la dzi, eye miaɖu edzi; miawoe nye tɔmelãwo, dziƒoxewo kple lã siwo katã tana le anyigba dzi la dzi ɖulawo.”
29 God said, “Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.
Mawu gagblɔ be “Metsɔ nu miemie siwo tsea ku le anyigba blibo la dzi kple ati tsekuwo na mi abe miaƒe nuɖuɖu ene.
30 To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food;” and it was so.
Metsɔ gbewo kple atiwo katã na lãwo kple xeviwo kple nu siwo katã tana, siwo me agbe le, le anyigba dzi abe woƒe nuɖuɖu ene.” Eye wòva me nenema.
31 God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.
Mawu lé ŋku ɖe nu siwo katã wòwɔ la ŋu, eye wòkpɔe be wonyo ŋutɔ. Zã do, eye ŋu ke. Esiae nye ŋkeke adelia.
