Liber Genesis, 2

1. Igitur perfecti sunt caeli et terra et omnis exercitus eorum.

1. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

2. Complevitque Deus die septimo opus suum, quod fecerat, et requievit die septimo ab universo opere, quod patrarat.

2. And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done.

3. Et benedixit Deus diei septimo et sanctificavit illum, quia in ipso requieverat ab omni opere suo, quod creavit Deus, ut faceret.

3. So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all his work which he had done in creation.

4. Istae sunt generationes caeli et terrae, quando creata sunt. In die quo fecit Dominus Deus terram et caelum ­

4. These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created. In the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

5. omne virgultum agri, antequam oriretur in terra, omnisque herba regionis, priusquam germinaret; non enim pluerat Dominus Deus super terram, et homo non erat, qui operaretur humum,

5. when no plant of the field was yet in the earth and no herb of the field had yet sprung up -- for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to till the ground;

6. sed fons ascendebat e terra irrigans universam superficiem terrae ­

6. but a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground --

7. tunc formavit Dominus Deus hominem pulverem de humo et inspiravit in nares eius spiraculum vitae, et factus est homo in animam viventem.

7. then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

8. Et plantavit Dominus Deus paradisum in Eden ad orientem, in quo posuit hominem, quem formaverat.

8. And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

9. Produxitque Dominus Deus de humo omne lignum pulchrum visu et ad vescendum suave, lignum etiam vitae in medio paradisi lignumque scientiae boni et mali.

9. And out of the ground the LORD God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

10. Et fluvius egrediebatur ex Eden ad irrigandum paradisum, qui inde dividitur in quattuor capita. 11 Nomen uni Phison: ipse est, qui circuit omnem terram Hevila, ubi est aurum;

10. A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and became four rivers.

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11. The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one which flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

12. et aurum terrae illius optimum est; ibi invenitur bdellium et lapis onychinus.

12. and the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there.

13. Et nomen fluvio secundo Geon: ipse est, qui circuit omnem terram Aethiopiae.

13. The name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one which flows around the whole land of Cush.

14. Nomen vero fluminis tertii Tigris: ipse vadit ad orientem Assyriae. Fluvius autem quartus ipse est Euphrates.

14. And the name of the third river is Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

15. Tulit ergo Dominus Deus hominem et posuit eum in paradiso Eden, ut operaretur et custodiret illum;

15. The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it.

16. praecepitque Dominus Deus homini dicens: “Ex omni ligno paradisi comede;

16. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, "You may freely eat of every tree of the garden;

17. de ligno autem scientiae boni et mali ne comedas; in quocumque enim die comederis ex eo, morte morieris”.

17. but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die."

18. Dixit quoque Dominus Deus: “Non est bonum esse hominem solum; faciam ei adiutorium simile sui”.

18. Then the LORD God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him."

19. Formatis igitur Dominus Deus de humo cunctis animantibus agri et universis volatilibus caeli, adduxit ea ad Adam, ut videret quid vocaret ea; omne enim, quod vocavit Adam animae viventis, ipsum est nomen eius.

19. So out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.

20. Appellavitque Adam nominibus suis cuncta pecora et universa volatilia caeli et omnes bestias agri; Adae vero non inveniebatur adiutor similis eius.

20. The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for the man there was not found a helper fit for him.

21. Immisit ergo Dominus Deus soporem in Adam. Cumque obdormisset, tulit unam de costis eius et replevit carnem pro ea;

21. So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh;

22. et aedificavit Dominus Deus costam, quam tulerat de Adam, in mulierem et adduxit eam ad Adam.

22. and the rib which the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.

23. Dixitque Adam: “Haec nunc os ex ossibus meis et caro de carne mea! Haec vocabitur Virago, quoniam de viro sumpta est haec”.

23. Then the man said, "This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man."

24. Quam ob rem relinquet vir patrem suum et matrem et adhaerebit uxori suae; et erunt in carnem unam.

24. Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh.

25. Erant autem uterque nudi, Adam scilicet et uxor eius, et non erubescebant.

25. And the man and his wife were both naked, and were not ashamed.