1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.2Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.3And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.4God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.5God called the light ‘day’, and the darkness he called ‘night’. And there was evening, and there was morning – the first day.6And God said, ‘Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.’7So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so.8God called the vault ‘sky’. And there was evening, and there was morning – the second day.9And God said, ‘Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.’ And it was so.10God called the dry ground ‘land’, and the gathered waters he called ‘seas’. And God saw that it was good.11Then God said, ‘Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.’ And it was so.12The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.13And there was evening, and there was morning – the third day.14And God said, ‘Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years,15and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.’ And it was so.16God made two great lights – the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.17God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth,18to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.19And there was evening, and there was morning – the fourth day.20And God said, ‘Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.’21So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.22God blessed them and said, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.’23And there was evening, and there was morning – the fifth day.24And God said, ‘Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.’ And it was so.25God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.26Then God said, ‘Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,* and over all the creatures that move along the ground.’27So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.28God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.’29Then God said, ‘I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.30And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground – everything that has the breath of life in it – I give every green plant for food.’ And it was so.31God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning – the sixth day.
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داستان آفرينش
1در آغاز، هنگامی كه خدا آسمانها و زمين را آفريد،2زمين، خالی و بیشكل بود، و روح خدا روی تودههای تاريکِ بخار حركت میكرد.3خدا فرمود: «روشنايی بشود.» و روشنايی شد.4خدا روشنايی را پسنديد و آن را از تاريكی جدا ساخت.5او روشنايی را«روز» و تاريكی را«شب» ناميد. شب گذشت و صبح شد. اين، روز اول بود.6سپس خدا فرمود: «تودههای بخار از هم جدا شوند تا آسمان در بالا و اقيانوسها در پايين تشكيل گردند.»7خدا تودههای بخار را از آبهای پايين جدا كرد و آسمان را به وجود آورد. شب گذشت و صبح شد. اين، روز دوم بود.9پس از آن خدا فرمود: «آبهای زير آسمان در يكجا جمع شوند تا خشكی پديد آيد.» و چنين شد. خدا خشكی را«زمين» و اجتماع آبها را«دريا» ناميد و خدا اين را پسنديد.11سپس خدا فرمود: «انواع نباتات و گياهان دانهدار و درختان ميوهدار در زمين برويند و هر يک، نوع خود را توليد كنند.» همينطور شد و خدا خشنود گرديد.13شب گذشت و صبح شد. اين، روز سوم بود.14سپس خدا فرمود: «در آسمان اجسام درخشانی باشند تا زمين را روشن كنند و روز را از شب جدا نمايند و روزها، فصلها و سالها را پديد آورند.» و چنين شد.16پس خدا دو روشنايی بزرگ ساخت تا بر زمين بتابند: روشنايی بزرگتر برای حكومت بر روز و روشنايی كوچكتر برای حكومت بر شب. او همچنين ستارگان را ساخت.17خدا آنها را در آسمان قرار داد تا زمين را روشن سازند،18بر روز و شب حكومت كنند، و روشنايی و تاريكی را از هم جدا نمايند. و خدا خشنود شد.19شب گذشت و صبح شد. اين، روز چهارم بود.20سپس خدا فرمود: «آبها از موجودات زنده پر شوند و پرندگان بر فراز آسمان به پرواز درآيند.»21پس خدا حيوانات بزرگ دريايی و انواع جانوران آبزی و انواع پرندگان را آفريد. خدا از اين نيز خشنود شد و آنها را بركت داده، فرمود: «موجودات دريايی بارور و زياد شوند و آبها را پُر سازند و پرندگان نيز روی زمين زياد شوند.»23شب گذشت و صبح شد. اين، روز پنجم بود.24سپس خدا فرمود: «زمين، انواع جانوران و حيوانات اهلی و وحشی و خزندگان را به وجود آوَرَد.» و چنين شد.25خدا انواع حيوانات اهلی و وحشی و تمام خزندگان را به وجود آورد، و از كار خود خشنود گرديد.26سرانجام خدا فرمود: «انسان را شبيه خود بسازيم، تا بر حيوانات زمين و ماهيان دريا و پرندگان آسمان فرمانروايی كند.»27پس خدا انسان را شبيه خود آفريد. او انسان را زن و مرد خلق كرد28و ايشان را بركت داده، فرمود: «بارور و زياد شويد، زمين را پُر سازيد، بر آن تسلط يابيد، و بر ماهيان دريا و پرندگان آسمان و همهٔ حيوانات فرمانروايی كنيد.29تمام گياهان دانهدار و ميوههای درختان را برای خوراک به شما دادم،30و همهٔ علفهای سبز را به حيوانات و پرندگان و خزندگان بخشيدم.»31آنگاه خدا به آنچه آفريده بود نظر كرد و كار آفرينش را از هر لحاظ عالی ديد. شب گذشت و صبح شد. اين، روز ششم بود.
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