Genesis 1
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1In principio creavit Deus cælum et terram.
1In the beginning God created heaven, and earth.
2Terra autem erat inanis et vacua, et tenebræ erant super faciem abyssi: et spiritus Dei ferebatur super aquas.
2And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters.
3Dixitque Deus: Fiat lux. Et facta est lux.
3And God said: Be light made. And light was made.
4Et vidit Deus lucem quod esset bona: et divisit lucem a tenebris.
4And God saw the light that it was good; and he divided the light from the darkness.
5Appellavitque lucem Diem, et tenebras Noctem: factumque est vespere et mane, dies unus.
5And he called the light Day, and the darkness Night; and there was evening and morning one day.
6Dixit quoque Deus: Fiat firmamentum in medio aquarum: et dividat aquas ab aquis.
6And God said: Let there be a firmament made amidst the waters: and let it divide the waters from the waters.
7Et fecit Deus firmamentum, divisitque aquas, quæ erant sub firmamento, ab his, quæ erant super firmamentum. Et factum est ita.
7And God made a firmament, and divided the waters that were under the firmament, from those that were above the firmament, and it was so.
8Vocavitque Deus firmamentum, Cælum: et factum est vespere et mane, dies secundus.
8And God called the firmament, Heaven; and the evening and morning were the second day.
9Dixit vero Deus: Congregentur aquæ, quæ sub cælo sunt, in locum unum: et appareat arida. Et factum est ita.
9God 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.
10Et vocavit Deus aridam Terram, congregationesque aquarum appellavit Maria. Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum.
10And God called the dry land, Earth; and the gathering together of the waters, he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
11Et ait: Germinet terra herbam virentem, et facientem semen, et lignum pomiferum faciens fructum juxta genus suum, cujus semen in semetipso sit super terram. Et factum est ita.
11And 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.
12Et protulit terra herbam virentem, et facientem semen juxta genus suum, lignumque faciens fructum, et habens unumquodque sementem secundum speciem suam. Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum.
12And 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.
13Et factum est vespere et mane, dies tertius.
13And the evening and the morning were the third day.
14Dixit autem Deus: Fiant luminaria in firmamento cæli, et dividant diem ac noctem, et sint in signa et tempora, et dies et annos:
14And 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:
15ut luceant in firmamento cæli, et illuminent terram. Et factum est ita.
15To shine in the firmament of heaven, and to give light upon the earth. And it was so done.
16Fecitque Deus duo luminaria magna: luminare majus, ut præesset diei: et luminare minus, ut præesset nocti: et stellas.
16And God made two great lights: a greater light to rule the day; and a lesser light to rule the night: and the stars.
17Et posuit eas in firmamento cæli, ut lucerent super terram,
17And he set them in the firmament of heaven to shine upon the earth.
18et præessent diei ac nocti, et dividerent lucem ac tenebras. Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum.
18And to rule the day and the night, and to divide the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
19Et factum est vespere et mane, dies quartus.
19And the evening and morning were the fourth day.
20Dixit etiam Deus: Producant aquæ reptile animæ viventis, et volatile super terram sub firmamento cæli.
20God 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.
21Creavitque 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.
21And 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.
22Benedixitque eis, dicens: Crescite, et multiplicamini, et replete aquas maris: avesque multiplicentur super terram.
22And he blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and fill the waters of the sea: and let the birds be multiplied upon the earth.
23Et factum est vespere et mane, dies quintus.
23And the evening and morning were the fifth day.
24Dixit quoque Deus: Producat terra animam viventem in genere suo, jumenta, et reptilia, et bestias terræ secundum species suas. Factumque est ita.
24And 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.
25Et fecit Deus bestias terræ juxta species suas, et jumenta, et omne reptile terræ in genere suo. Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum,
25And 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.
26et 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.
26And 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.
27Et creavit Deus hominem ad imaginem suam: ad imaginem Dei creavit illum, masculum et feminam creavit eos.
27And God created man to his own image: to the image of God he created him: male and female he created them.
28Benedixitque illis Deus, et ait: Crescite et multiplicamini, et replete terram, et subjicite eam, et dominamini piscibus maris, et volatilibus cæli, et universis animantibus, quæ moventur super terram.
28And 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.
29Dixitque Deus: Ecce dedi vobis omnem herbam afferentem semen super terram, et universa ligna quæ habent in semetipsis sementem generis sui, ut sint vobis in escam:
29And 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:
30et 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.
30And to all 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.
31Viditque Deus cuncta quæ fecerat, et erant valde bona. Et factum est vespere et mane, dies sextus.
31And God saw all the things that he had made, and they were very good. And the evening and morning were the sixth day.
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