Liber Genesis, 1
1. in principio creavit Deus cælum et terram
1. In the beginning God created heaven, and earth.
2. terra autem erat inanis et vacua et tenebræ super faciem abyssi et spiritus Dei ferebatur super aquas
2. And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters.
3. dixitque Deus fiat lux et facta est lux
3. And God said: Be light made. And light was made.
4. et vidit Deus lucem quod esset bona et divisit lucem ac tenebras
4. And God saw the light that it was good; and he divided the light from the darkness.
5. appellavitque lucem diem et tenebras noctem factumque est vespere et mane dies unus
5. And he called the light Day, and the darkness Night; and there was evening and morning one day.
6. dixit quoque Deus fiat firmamentum in medio aquarum et dividat aquas ab aquis
6. And God said: Let there be a firmament made amidst the waters: and let it divide the waters from the waters.
7. et fecit Deus firmamentum divisitque aquas quæ erant sub firmamento ab his quæ erant super firmamentum et factum est ita
7. And God made a firmament, and divided the waters that were under the firmament, from those that were above the firmament, and it was so.
8. vocavitque Deus firmamentum cælum et factum est vespere et mane dies secundus
8. And God called the firmament, Heaven; and the evening and morning were the second day.
9. dixit vero Deus congregentur aquæ quæ sub cælo sunt in locum unum et appareat arida factumque est ita
9. God also said: Let the waters that are under the heaven, be gathered together into one place: and let the dry land appear. And it was so done.
10. et vocavit Deus aridam terram congregationesque aquarum appellavit maria et vidit Deus quod esset bonum
10. And God called the dry land, Earth; and the gathering together of the waters, he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
11. et ait germinet terra herbam virentem et facientem semen et lignum pomiferum faciens fructum juxta genus suum cujus semen in semet ipso sit super terram et factum est ita
11. And he said: Let the earth bring forth the green herb, and such as may seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after its kind, which may have seed in itself upon the earth. And it was so done.
12. et protulit terra herbam virentem et adferentem semen juxta genus suum lignumque faciens fructum et habens unumquodque sementem secundum speciem suam et vidit Deus quod esset bonum
12. And the earth brought forth the green herb, and such as yieldeth seed according to its kind, and the tree that beareth fruit having seed each one according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
13. factumque est vespere et mane dies tertius
13. And the evening and the morning were the third day.
14. dixit autem Deus fiant luminaria in firmamento cæli ut dividant diem ac noctem et sint in signa et tempora et dies et annos
14. And God said: Let there be lights made in the firmament of heaven, to divide the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years:
15. ut luceant in firmamento cæli et inluminent terram et factum est ita
15. To shine in the firmament of heaven, and to give light upon the earth. And it was so done.
16. fecitque Deus duo magna luminaria luminare majus ut præesset diei et luminare minus ut præesset nocti et stellas
16. And God made two great lights: a greater light to rule the day; and a lesser light to rule the night: and the stars.
17. et posuit eas in firmamento cæli ut lucerent super terram
17. And he set them in the firmament of heaven to shine upon the earth.
18. et præessent diei ac nocti et dividerent lucem ac tenebras et vidit Deus quod esset bonum
18. And to rule the day and the night, and to divide the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
19. et factum est vespere et mane dies quartus
19. And the evening and morning were the fourth day.
20. dixit etiam Deus producant aquæ reptile animæ viventis et volatile super terram sub firmamento cæli
20. God also said: Let the waters bring forth the creeping creature having life, and the fowl that may fly over the earth under the firmament of heaven.
21. creavitque Deus cete grandia et omnem animam viventem atque motabilem quam produxerant aquæ in species suas et omne volatile secundum genus suum et vidit Deus quod esset bonum
21. And God created the great whales, and every living and moving creature, which the waters brought forth, according to their kinds, and every winged fowl according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
22. benedixitque eis dicens crescite et multiplicamini et replete aquas maris avesque multiplicentur super terram
22. And he blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and fill the waters of the sea: and let the birds be multiplied upon the earth.
23. et factum est vespere et mane dies quintus
23. And the evening and morning were the fifth day.
24. dixit quoque Deus producat terra animam viventem in genere suo jumenta et reptilia et bestias terræ secundum species suas factumque est ita
24. And God said: Let the earth bring forth the living creature in its kind, cattle and creeping things, and beasts of the earth, according to their kinds. And it was so done.
25. et fecit Deus bestias terræ juxta species suas et jumenta et omne reptile terræ in genere suo et vidit Deus quod esset bonum
25. And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, and cattle, and every thing that creepeth on the earth after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
26. et ait faciamus hominem ad imaginem et similitudinem nostram et præsit piscibus maris et volatilibus cæli et bestiis universæque terræ omnique reptili quod movetur in terra
26. And he said: Let us make man to our image and likeness: and let him have dominion over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and the beasts, and the whole earth, and every creeping creature that moveth upon the earth.
27. et creavit Deus hominem ad imaginem suam ad imaginem Dei creavit illum masculum et feminam creavit eos
27. And God created man to his own image: to the image of God he created him: male and female he created them.
28. benedixitque illis Deus et ait crescite et multiplicamini et replete terram et subicite eam et dominamini piscibus maris et volatilibus cæli et universis animantibus quæ moventur super terram
28. And God blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and all living creatures that move upon the earth.
29. dixitque Deus ecce dedi vobis omnem herbam adferentem semen super terram et universa ligna quæ habent in semet ipsis sementem generis sui ut sint vobis in escam
29. And God said: Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed upon the earth, and all trees that have in themselves seed of their own kind, to be your meat:
30. et cunctis animantibus terræ omnique volucri cæli et universis quæ moventur in terra et in quibus est anima vivens ut habeant ad vescendum et factum est ita
30. And to all the beasts of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to all that move upon the earth, and wherein there is life, that they may have to feed upon. And it was so done.
31. viditque Deus cuncta quæ fecit et erant valde bona et factum est vespere et mane dies sextus
31. And God saw all the things that he had made, and they were very good. And the evening and morning were the sixth day.
