Sha hiihii Aôndo gba Sha man tar.
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Tar yô, gba lun dang, gbilin tsô; ime lu sha zegemnger man Jijingi u Aôndo gba karen sha kwav mnger.
The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.
Tsô Aôndo kaa er: Iwanger i lu; maa iwanger lu je.
God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
Aôndo nenge iwanger, er i doo yô; nahan Aôndo pav iwanger a ime.
God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.
Tsô Aôndo yila iwanger er atetan, man ime yô, A yila er tugh. Nahan hingir iyange i been man pepe, ka iyange i hiihii je la.
God called the light “day”, and the darkness he called “night”. There was evening and there was morning, the first day.
Aôndo shi kaa er: Kwavaôndo u lu hen atô u mnger, u pav mngerem a mngerem.
God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”
Nahan Aôndo er kwav aôndo, A pav mngerem ma shin kwav aôndo a mngerem ma sha kwav aôndo la; maa lu di nahan je.
God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.
Tsô Aôndo yila kwav aôndo er Sha. Nahan hingir iyange i been man pepe, ka iyange i sha uhar je la.
God called the expanse “sky”. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.
Aôndo shi kaa er: Mngerem ma shin kwav aôndo ma kohol ijiir i môm, taregh nyaagh u due; maa lu di nahan je.
God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;” and it was so.
Tsô Aôndo yila taregh nyaagh er tar; man mngerem ma ma kohol mara yô, A yila ma er zege m nger. Aôndo nenge er i doo nahan yô.
God called the dry land “earth”, and the gathering together of the waters he called “seas”. God saw that it was good.
Aôndo shi kaa er: Tar u mende toho, imendenev mbi wan isham man ikon i umen atam sha anza a i kposo kposo, a lun a ake kimi, sha tar; maa lu di nahan je.
God said, “Let the earth yield grass, herbs yielding seeds, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with their seeds in it, on the earth;” and it was so.
Tsô toho mende sha tar, imendenev mbi wan isham sha anza a mbi; man ikon i umen atam a lun a ake kimi sha anza a i. Aôndo nenge er i doo nahan yô.
The earth yielded grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with their seeds in it, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.
Nahan hingir iyange i been man pepe, ka iyange i sha utar je la.
There was evening and there was morning, a third day.
Aôndo shi kaa er: Akaa a nan iwanger a lu sha kwav aôndo Sha, sha er a pav atetan a tugh yô; a lu sha ci u akav man ashighe man ayange kua anyom;
God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs to mark seasons, days, and years;
shi a lu akaa a nan iwanger sha kwav aôndo Sha, er a taan iwanger sha tar yô; maa lu di nahan je.
and let them be for lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth;” and it was so.
Tsô Aôndo er akaa vesen a nan iwanger ahar, u hemban la sha u a lu a tahav atetan, u kiriki la yô, a lu a tahav tugh; kua asan kpaa.
God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
Tsô Aôndo ver a sha kwav aôndo Sha, er a̱ taan iwanger sha tar,
God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light to the earth,
A lu a tahav atetan man tugh, shi a̱ pav iwanger a ime kpaa. Aôndo nenge er i doo nahan yô.
and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.
Nahan hingir iyange i been man pepe, ka iyange i sha unyiin je la.
There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
Aôndo shi kaa er: Mngerem ma mgbough a akaa uma a zenden shimi, inyon kpaa i purugh sha tar, sha kwav aôndo Sha.
God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
Aôndo gba uzegembainyamev mba shin zegemnger man hanma kwagh u uma u zenden, u mngerem ma mgbough a mi sha anza a ve yô, man shi hanma inyon i purugh, sha inja i i. Aôndo nenge er i doo nahan yô.
God created the large sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.
Shi Aôndo ver ve doo doo kaa er: Mar nen kpishi, ngee nen, iv nen shin mngerem ma uzege mbamngerev; inyom kpaa i seer a seer ngeen sha tar.
God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”
Nahan hingir iyange i been man pepe, ka iyange i sha utaan je la.
There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
Aôndo shi kaa er: Tar u due a akaauma sha inja i a, uzendenya man akaa a a kper a kpela inya man inyam toho i sha tar, sha anza a ve; maa lu di nahan je.
God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind;” and it was so.
Aôndo er inyam toho i sha tar sha anza a i, man uzendenya di kpaa sha anza a ve, man hanma kwagh u a kper a kpela inya sha inja na. Aôndo nenge er i doo nahan yô.
God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.
Tsô Aôndo kaa er: Sé er or sha inja i mlu wase, sha ibeen Yase; ishu i shin zegemnger man inyon i sha man uzendenya man tar cii kua hanma kwagh u kpelan inya, u a kper a kpela sha tar kpaa, ve lu sha ikev ve.
God said, “Let’s make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
Nahan Aôndo gba or sha inja i mlu Na, lu sha inja i mlu u Aôndo je A gba nan ye; lu nomsoor man kwase A gba ve ye.
God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.
Aôndo ver ve doo doo; Aôndo kaa a ve er: Mar nen kpishi, seer nen ngeen, iv nen tar, gema nen u, u̱ lu sha ikev yen; ishu i shin zegemnger man inyom i purugh sha kwav aôndo man hanma kwagh u uma u a zenden sha tar cii, ve̱ lu sha ikev yen.
God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
Aôndo shi kaa er: Nenge, M na ne hanma imendenegh ki wan isham, ki ki lu sha tar cii, man hanma kon u ityamegh ki lu sha u, ki lun a ake kimi, a hingir kwagh yan wen.
God said, “Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.
Man shi hanma inyam i sha tar, man hanma inyon i sha, man hanma kwagh u akper a kpela inya u a lu uma yô, M na ve hanma ihuugh, ki lu kwagh yan ve; maa lu di nahan je.
To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food;” and it was so.
Tsô Aôndo gema nenge hanma kwagh u Un er yô, lu u doon tsung. Nahan hingir iyange i been man pepe, ka iyange i sha atar atar je la.
God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.