The Beginning
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,1:26 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Syriac); Masoretic Text the earth 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.
Masomi
1A farko-farko, Allah ya halicci sama da ƙasa. 2To, ƙasa dai ba ta da siffa, babu kuma kome a cikinta, duhu ne kawai ya rufe ko’ina, Ruhun Allah kuwa yana yawo a kan ruwan.
3Sai Allah ya ce, “Bari haske yă kasance,” sai kuwa ga haske. 4Allah ya ga hasken yana da kyau, sai ya raba tsakanin hasken da duhu. 5Allah ya kira hasken “yini,” ya kuma kira duhun “dare.” Yamma ta kasance, safiya kuma ta kasance, kwana ta fari ke nan.
6Allah ya ce, “Bari sarari yă kasance tsakanin ruwaye domin yă raba ruwa da ruwa.” 7Saboda haka Allah ya yi sarari ya raba ruwan da yake ƙarƙashin sararin da ruwan da yake bisansa. Haka kuwa ya kasance. 8Allah ya kira sararin “sama.” Yamma ta kasance, safiya kuma ta kasance, kwana ta biyu ke nan.
9Allah ya ce, “Bari ruwan da yake ƙarƙashin sama yă tattaru wuri ɗaya, bari kuma busasshiyar ƙasa tă bayyana.” Haka kuwa ya kasance. 10Allah ya kira busasshiyar ƙasar “doron ƙasa,” ruwan da ya taru kuma, ya kira “tekuna.” Allah ya ga yana da kyau.
11Sa’an nan Allah ya ce, “Bari ƙasa tă fid da tsire-tsire, da shuke-shuke, da itatuwa a bisa ƙasa masu ba da amfani da ’ya’ya a cikinsu, bisa ga irinsu.” Haka kuwa ya kasance. 12Ƙasar ta fid da tsire-tsire, da shuke-shuke masu ba da ’ya’ya bisa ga irinsu, ta fid kuma da itatuwa masu ba da ’ya’ya da iri a cikinsu bisa ga irinsu. Allah ya ga yana da kyau. 13Yamma ta kasance, safiya kuma ta kasance, kwana ta uku ke nan.
14Allah kuma ya ce, “Bari haskoki su kasance a sararin sama domin su raba yini da dare, bari su zama alamu domin su nuna yanayi, da ranaku, da kuma shekaru, 15bari kuma haskokin su kasance a sararin sama domin su ba da haske a duniya.” Haka kuwa ya kasance. 16Allah ya yi manyan haskoki biyu, babban hasken yă mallaki yini, ƙaramin kuma yă mallaki dare. Ya kuma yi taurari. 17Allah ya sa su a sararin sama domin su ba da haske a duniya, 18su mallaki yini da kuma dare, su kuma raba haske da duhu. Allah kuwa ya ga yana da kyau. 19Yamma ta kasance, safiya kuma ta kasance, kwana ta huɗu ke nan.
20Allah ya ce, “Bari ruwa yă cika da halittu masu rai, bari tsuntsaye kuma su tashi sama a bisa duniya a sararin sama.” 21Allah ya halicci manyan halittun teku, da kowane mai rai da abin da yake motsi a ruwa, bisa ga irinsu, da kuma kowane tsuntsu mai fiffike bisa ga irinsa. Allah kuwa ya ga yana da kyau. 22Allah ya albarkace su ya ce, “Ku yi ta haihuwa ku kuma ƙaru da yawa, ku cika ruwan tekuna, bari kuma tsuntsaye su yi yawa a bisa duniya.” 23Yamma ta kasance, safiya kuma ta kasance, kwana ta biyar ke nan.
24Allah kuwa ya ce, “Bari ƙasa tă ba da halittu masu rai bisa ga irinsu; dabbobi da halittu masu rarrafe, da kuma namun jeji, kowane bisa ga irinsa.” Haka kuwa ya kasance. 25Allah ya halicci namun jeji bisa ga irinsu, dabbobi bisa ga irinsu, da kuma dukan halittu masu rarrafe a ƙasa bisa ga irinsu. Allah kuwa ya ga yana da kyau.
26Sa’an nan Allah ya ce, “Bari mu yi mutum cikin siffarmu, cikin kamanninmu, bari kuma su yi mulki a bisa kifin teku, tsuntsayen sama, da kuma dabbobi, su yi mulki a bisa dukan duniya, da kuma a bisa dukan halittu, da masu rarrafe a ƙasa.”
27Saboda haka Allah ya halicci mutum cikin siffarsa.
Cikin kamannin Allah, Allah ya halicci mutum.
Miji da mace ya halicce su.
28Allah ya albarkace su, ya kuma ce musu, “Ku yi ta haihuwa ku ƙaru da yawa, ku mamaye duniya, ku mallake ta. Ku yi mulki a bisa kifin teku, da tsuntsayen sararin sama, da kuma bisa kowace halitta mai rai wadda take rarrafe a ƙasa.”
29Sa’an nan Allah ya ce, “Ga shi, na ba ku kowane tsiro mai ba da ’ya’ya masu kwaya da suke a fāɗin duniya, da dukan itatuwa masu ba da ’ya’ya, don su zama abinci a gare ku. 30Na kuma ba da dukan dabbobin ƙasa, da dukan tsuntsayen sama, da dukan abin da yake rarrafe a ƙasa, da dai iyakar abin da yake numfashi; haka kuma na ba da ganyaye su zama abinci.” Haka kuwa ya kasance.
31Allah ya ga dukan abin da ya yi, yana da kyau ƙwarai. Yamma ta kasance, safiya kuma ta kasance, kwana ta shida ke nan.
