Genesi 1
1 In principio Dio creò il cielo e la terra.
In the beginning God made the heaven and the earth.
2 Ora la terra era informe e deserta e le tenebre ricoprivano l'abisso e lo spirito di Dio aleggiava sulle acque.
But the earth was unsightly and unfurnished, and darkness was over the deep, and the Spirit of God moved over the water.
3 Dio disse: «Sia la luce!». E la luce fu.
And God said, Let there be light, and there was light.
4 Dio vide che la luce era cosa buona e separò la luce dalle tenebre
And God saw the light that it was good, and God divided between the light and the darkness.
5 e chiamò la luce giorno e le tenebre notte. E fu sera e fu mattina: primo giorno.
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night, and there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
6 Dio disse: «Sia il firmamento in mezzo alle acque per separare le acque dalle acque».
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the water, and let it be a division between water and water, and it was so.
7 Dio fece il firmamento e separò le acque, che sono sotto il firmamento, dalle acque, che son sopra il firmamento. E così avvenne.
And God made the firmament, and God divided between the water which was under the firmament and the water which was above the firmament.
8 Dio chiamò il firmamento cielo. E fu sera e fu mattina: secondo giorno.
And God called the firmament Heaven, and God saw that it was good, and there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
9 Dio disse: «Le acque che sono sotto il cielo, si raccolgano in un solo luogo e appaia l'asciutto». E così avvenne.
And God said, Let the water which is under the heaven be collected into one place, and let the dry land appear, and it was so. And the water which was under the heaven was collected into its places, and the dry land appeared.
10 Dio chiamò l'asciutto terra e la massa delle acque mare. E Dio vide che era cosa buona.
And God called the dry land Earth, and the gatherings of the waters he called Seas, and God saw that it was good.
11 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:
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the herb of grass bearing seed according to its kind and according to its likeness, and the fruit-tree bearing fruit whose seed is in it, according to its kind on the earth, and it was so.
12 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.
And the earth brought forth the herb of grass bearing seed according to its kind and according to its likeness, and the fruit tree bearing fruit whose seed is in it, according to its kind on the earth, and God saw that it was good.
13 E fu sera e fu mattina: terzo giorno.
And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.
14 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
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, to divide between day and night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and for years.
15 e servano da luci nel firmamento del cielo per illuminare la terra». E così avvenne:
And let them be for light in the firmament of the heaven, so as to shine upon the earth, and it was so.
16 Dio fece le due luci grandi, la luce maggiore per regolare il giorno e la luce minore per regolare la notte, e le stelle.
And God made the two great lights, the greater light for regulating the day and the lesser light for regulating the night, the stars also.
17 Dio le pose nel firmamento del cielo per illuminare la terra
And God placed them in the firmament of the heaven, so as to shine upon the earth,
18 e per regolare giorno e notte e per separare la luce dalle tenebre. E Dio vide che era cosa buona.
and to regulate day and night, and to divide between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
19 E fu sera e fu mattina: quarto giorno.
And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.
20 Dio disse: «Le acque brulichino di esseri viventi e uccelli volino sopra la terra, davanti al firmamento del cielo».
And God said, Let the waters bring forth reptiles having life, and winged creatures flying above the earth in the firmament of heaven, and it was so.
21 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.
And God made great whales, and every living reptile, which the waters brought forth according to their kinds, and every creature that flies with wings according to its kind, and God saw that they were good.
22 Dio li benedisse: «Siate fecondi e moltiplicatevi e riempite le acque dei mari; gli uccelli si moltiplichino sulla terra».
And God blessed them, saying, Increase and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let the creatures that fly be multiplied on the earth.
23 E fu sera e fu mattina: quinto giorno.
And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.
24 Dio disse: «La terra produca esseri viventi secondo la loro specie: bestiame, rettili e bestie selvatiche secondo la loro specie». E così avvenne:
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind, quadrupeds and reptiles and wild beasts of the earth according to their kind, and it was so.
25 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.
And God made the wild beasts of the earth according to their kind, and cattle according to their kind, and all the reptiles of the earth according to their kind, and God saw that they were good.
26 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».
And God said, Let us make man according to our image and likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the flying creatures of heaven, and over the cattle and all the earth, and over all the reptiles that creep on the earth.
27 Dio creò l'uomo a sua immagine; a immagine di Dio lo creò; maschio e femmina li creò.
And God made man, according to the image of God he made him, male and female he made them.
28 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».
And God blessed them, saying, Increase and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the seas and flying creatures of heaven, and all the cattle and all the earth, and all the reptiles that creep on the earth.
29 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.
And God said, Behold I have given to you every seed-bearing herb sowing seed which is upon all the earth, and every tree which has in itself the fruit of seed that is sown, to you it shall be for food.
30 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.
And to all the wild beasts of the earth, and to all the flying creatures of heaven, and to every reptile creeping on the earth, which has in itself the breath of life, even every green plant for food; and it was so.
31 Dio vide quanto aveva fatto, ed ecco, era cosa molto buona. E fu sera e fu mattina: sesto giorno.
And God saw all the things that he had made, and, behold, they were very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
