Liber Genesis, 1

1. In principio creavit Deus caelum et terram.

1. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

2. Terra autem erat inanis et vacua, et tenebrae super faciem abyssi, et spiritus Dei ferebatur super aquas.

2. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters.

3. Dixitque Deus: “Fiat lux”. Et facta est lux.

3. And God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light.

4. Et vidit Deus lucem quod esset bona et divisit Deus lucem ac tenebras.

4. And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.

5. Appellavitque Deus lucem Diem et tenebras Noctem. Factumque est vespere et mane, dies unus.

5. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was 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 in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters."

7. Et fecit Deus firmamentum divisitque aquas, quae erant sub firmamento, ab his, quae erant super firmamentum. Et factum est ita.

7. And God made the firmament and separated the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament. And it was so.

8. Vocavitque Deus firmamentum Caelum. Et factum est vespere et mane, dies secundus.

8. And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

9. Dixit vero Deus: “Congregentur aquae, quae sub caelo sunt, in locum unum, et appareat arida”. Factumque est ita.

9. And God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so.

10. Et vocavit Deus aridam Terram congregationesque aquarum appellavit Maria. Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum.

10. God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

11. Et ait Deus: “Germinet terra herbam virentem et herbam facientem semen et lignum pomiferum faciens fructum iuxta genus suum, cuius semen in semetipso sit super terram”. Et factum est ita.

11. And God said, "Let the earth put forth vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, upon the earth." And it was so.

12. Et protulit terra herbam virentem et herbam afferentem semen iuxta genus suum lignumque faciens fructum, qui habet in semetipso sementem secundum speciem suam. Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum.

12. The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

13. Et factum est vespere et mane, dies tertius.

13. And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

14. Dixit autem Deus: “Fiant luminaria in firmamento caeli, ut dividant diem ac noctem et sint in signa et tempora et dies et annos,

14. And God said, "Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years,

15. ut luceant in firmamento caeli et illuminent terram. Et factum est ita.

15. and let them be lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth." And it was so.

16. Fecitque Deus duo magna luminaria: luminare maius, ut praeesset diei, et luminare minus, ut praeesset nocti, et stellas.

16. And God made the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; he made the stars also.

17. Et posuit eas Deus in firmamento caeli, ut lucerent super terram

17. And God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth,

18. et praeessent diei ac nocti et dividerent lucem ac tenebras. Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum.

18. to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

19. Et factum est vespere et mane, dies quartus.

19. And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

20. Dixit etiam Deus: “Pullulent aquae reptile animae viventis, et volatile volet super terram sub firmamento caeli”.

20. And God said, "Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the firmament of the heavens."

21. Creavitque Deus cete grandia et omnem animam viventem atque motabilem, quam pullulant aquae secundum species suas, et omne volatile secundum genus suum. Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum;

21. So God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

22. benedixitque eis Deus dicens: “Crescite et multiplicamini et replete aquas maris, avesque multiplicentur super terram”.

22. And God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."

23. Et factum est vespere et mane, dies quintus.

23. And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

24. Dixit quoque Deus: “Producat terra animam viventem in genere suo, iumenta et reptilia et bestias terrae secundum species suas”. Factumque est ita.

24. And God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds." And it was so.

25. Et fecit Deus bestias terrae iuxta species suas et iumenta secundum species suas et omne reptile terrae in genere suo. Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum.

25. And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the cattle according to their kinds, and everything that creeps upon the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

26. Et ait Deus: “Faciamus hominem ad imaginem et similitudinem nostram; et praesint piscibus maris et volatilibus caeli et bestiis universaeque terrae omnique reptili, quod movetur in terra”.

26. Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth."

27. Et creavit Deus hominem ad imaginem suam; ad imaginem Dei creavit illum; masculum et feminam creavit eos.

27. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

28. Benedixitque illis Deus et ait illis Deus: “Crescite et multiplicamini et replete terram et subicite eam et dominamini piscibus maris et volatilibus caeli et universis animantibus, quae moventur super terram”.

28. And God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth."

29. Dixitque Deus: “Ecce dedi vobis omnem herbam afferentem semen super terram et universa ligna, quae habent in semetipsis fructum ligni portantem sementem, ut sint vobis in escam

29. And God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food.

30. et cunctis animantibus terrae omnique volucri caeli et universis, quae moventur in terra et in quibus est anima vivens, omnem herbam virentem ad vescendum”. Et factum est ita.

30. And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food." And it was so.

31. Viditque Deus cuncta, quae fecit, et ecce erant valde bona. Et factum est vespere et mane, dies sextus.

31. And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.