1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Hapo mwanzo Mungu aliziumba mbingu na nchi.
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Nayo nchi ilikuwa ukiwa, tena utupu, na giza lilikuwa juu ya uso wa vilindi vya maji; Roho ya Mungu ikatulia juu ya uso wa maji.
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Mungu akasema, Iwe nuru; ikawa nuru.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Mungu akaiona nuru, ya kuwa ni njema; Mungu akatenga nuru na giza.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Mungu akaiita nuru Mchana, na giza akaliita Usiku. Ikawa jioni ikawa asubuhi, siku moja.
6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
Mungu akasema, Na liwe anga katikati ya maji, likayatenge maji na maji.
7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
Mungu akalifanya anga, akayatenga yale maji yaliyo juu ya anga na yale maji yaliyo chini ya anga; ikawa hivyo.
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Mungu akaliita lile anga Mbingu. Ikawa jioni ikawa asubuhi, siku ya pili.
9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
Mungu akasema, Maji yaliyo chini ya mbingu na yakusanyike mahali pamoja, ili pakavu paonekane; ikawa hivyo.
10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
Mungu akapaita pale pakavu Nchi; na makusanyiko ya maji akayaita Bahari; Mungu akaona ya kuwa ni vyema.
11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
Mungu akasema, Nchi na itoe majani, mche utoao mbegu, na mti wa matunda uzaao matunda kwa jinsi yake, ambao mbegu zake zimo ndani yake, juu ya nchi; ikawa hivyo.
12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Nchi ikatoa majani, mche utoao mbegu kwa jinsi yake, na mti uzaao matunda, ambao mbegu zake zimo ndani yake, kwa jinsi yake; Mungu akaona ya kuwa ni vyema.
13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.
Ikawa jioni ikawa asubuhi, siku ya tatu.
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
Mungu akasema, Na iwe mianga katika anga la mbingu ili itenge kati ya mchana na usiku; nayo iwe ndiyo dalili na majira na siku na miaka;
15 and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
tena iwe ndiyo mianga katika anga la mbingu itie nuru juu ya nchi; ikawa hivyo.
16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
Mungu akafanya mianga miwili mikubwa, ule mkubwa utawale mchana, na ule mdogo utawale usiku; akafanya na nyota pia.
17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
Mungu akaiweka katika anga la mbingu, itie nuru juu ya nchi
18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
na kuutawala mchana na usiku na kutenga nuru na giza; Mungu akaona ya kuwa ni vyema.
19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Ikawa jioni ikawa asubuhi, siku ya nne.
20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
Mungu akasema, Maji na yajawe kwa wingi na kitu kiendacho chenye uhai, na ndege waruke juu ya nchi katika anga la mbingu.
21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Mungu akaumba nyangumi wakubwa, na kila kiumbe chenye uhai kiendacho, ambavyo maji yalijawa navyo kwa wingi kwa jinsi zao, na kila ndege arukaye, kwa jinsi yake; Mungu akaona ya kuwa ni vyema.
22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
Mungu akavibarikia, akisema, Zaeni, mkaongezeke, mkayajaze maji ya baharini, ndege na wazidi katika nchi.
23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
Ikawa jioni ikawa asubuhi, siku ya tano.
24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Mungu akasema, Nchi na izae kiumbe hai kwa jinsi zake, mnyama wa kufugwa, nacho kitambaacho, na wanyama wa mwitu kwa jinsi zake; ikawa hivyo.
25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Mungu akafanya mnyama wa mwitu kwa jinsi zake, na mnyama wa kufugwa kwa jinsi zake, na kila kitu kitambaacho juu ya nchi kwa jinsi yake; Mungu akaona ya kuwa ni vyema.
26 And 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 fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Mungu akasema, Na tumfanye mtu kwa mfano wetu, kwa sura yetu; wakatawale samaki wa baharini, na ndege wa angani, na wanyama, na nchi yote pia, na kila chenye kutambaa kitambaacho juu ya nchi.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Mungu akaumba mtu kwa mfano wake, kwa mfano wa Mungu alimwumba, mwanamume na mwanamke aliwaumba.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Mungu akawabarikia, Mungu akawaambia, Zaeni, mkaongezeke, mkaijaze nchi, na kuitiisha; mkatawale samaki wa baharini, na ndege wa angani, na kila kiumbe chenye uhai kiendacho juu ya nchi.
29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
Mungu akasema, Tazama, nimewapa kila mche utoao mbegu, ulio juu ya uso wa nchi yote pia, na kila mti, ambao matunda yake yana mbegu; vitakuwa ndivyo chakula chenu;
30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
na chakula cha kila mnyama wa nchi, na cha kila ndege wa angani, na cha kila kitu kitambaacho juu ya nchi, chenye uhai; majani yote ya miche, ndiyo chakula chenu; ikawa hivyo.
31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Mungu akaona kila kitu alichokifanya, na tazama, ni chema sana. Ikawa jioni ikawa asubuhi, siku ya sita.
