¹[Ny namoronan'Andriamanitra izao tontolo izao] Tamin'ny voalohany Andriamanitra nahary ny lanitra sy ny tany.

¹In the beginning God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” After “God,” the Hebrew has the two letters “Aleph Tav” (the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet) as a grammatical marker. created the heavens and the earth.

²Ary ny tany dia tsy nisy endrika sady foana; ary aizina no tambonin'ny lalina. Ary ny fanahin'Andriamanitra nanomba tambonin'ny rano.

²Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.

³Ary Andriamanitra nanao hoe: Misia mazava; dia nisy mazava.

³God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

⁴Ary hitan'Andriamanitra fa tsara ny mazava; ary nampisarahin'Andriamanitra ny mazava sy ny maizina.

⁴God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.

⁵Ary Andriamanitra nanao ny mazava hoe andro; ary ny maizina nataony hoe alina. Dia nisy hariva, ary nisy maraina, andro voalohany izany.

⁵God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” There was evening and there was morning, one day.

⁶Ary Andriamanitra nanao hoe: Misia habakabaka eo anelanelan'ny rano; ary aoka hampisaraka ny rano amin'ny rano izy.

⁶God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”

⁷Ary Andriamanitra nanao ny habakabakaka ka nampisaraka ny rano ambanin'ny habakabaka tamin'ny rano ambonin'ny habakabaka; dia nisy izany.

⁷God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

⁸Ary Andriamanitra nanao ny habakabaka hoe lanitra. Dia nisy hariva, ary nisy maraina, andro faharoa izany.

⁸God called the expanse “sky.” There was evening and there was morning, a second day.

⁹Ary Andriamanitra nanao hoe : Aoka hiangona ny rano eny ambanin'ny lanitra ho eo amin'ny fitoerana iray, ary aoka hiseho ny maina; dia nisy izany.

⁹God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so.

¹⁰Ary Andriamanitra nanao ny maina hoe tany; ary ny rano tafangona nataony hoe ranomasina. Ary hitan'Andriamanitra fa tsara izany.

¹⁰God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering together of the waters he called “seas.” God saw that it was good.

¹¹Ary Andriamanitra nanao hoe: Aoka ny tany haniry ahitra sy anana mamoa ary hazo fihinam-boa izay mamoa, samy araka ny karazany avy, ka manam-boa ao aminy, eny ambonin'ny tany; dia nisy izany.

¹¹God said, “Let the earth yield grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its seed in it, on the earth”; and it was so.

¹²Ary ny tany naniry ahitra sy anana mamoa samy araka ny karazany avy, ary hazo mamoa izay manam-boa ao aminy, samy araka ny karazany avy. Ary hitan'Andriamanitra fa tsara izany.

¹²The earth yielded grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with its seed in it, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.

¹³Dia nisy hariva. ary nisy maraina, andro fahatelo izany.

¹³There was evening and there was morning, a third day.

¹⁴Ary Andriamanitra nanao hoe: Misia fahazavana eny amin'ny habakabaky ny lanitra hampisaraka ny andro sy ny alina; ary aoka ho famantarana sy ho fotoana ary ho andro sy taona ireo.

¹⁴God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;

¹⁵Ary aoka ho fanazavana eny amin'ny habakabaky ny lanitra izy hanazava eny ambonin'ny tany; dia nisy izany.

¹⁵and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth”; and it was so.

¹⁶Ary Andriamanitra nanao ny fanazavana roa lehibe, dia ny fanazavana lehibe ho mpanapaka ny andro ary ny fanazavana kely ho mpanapaka ny alina sy ny kintana.

¹⁶God 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.

¹⁷Ary Andriamanitra nametraka azy teny amin'ny habakabaky ny lanitra hanazava eny ambonin'ny tany,

¹⁷God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth,

¹⁸sy ho mpanapaka ny andro sy ny alina, ary hampisaraka ny mazava sy ny maizina. Ary hitan'Andriamanitra fa tsara izany.

¹⁸and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.

¹⁹Dia nisy hariva, ary nisy maraina, andro fahefatra izany.

¹⁹There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

²⁰Ary Andriamanitra nanao hoe: Aoka ny rano ho be zava-manan'aina; ary aoka hisy vorona hanidina ambonin'ny tany eny amin'ny habakabaky ny lanitra.

²⁰God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky.”

²¹Ary Andriamanitra nahary ny biby vaventy anaty rano sy ny zava-manan'aina mihetsiketsika rehetra, izay efa betsaka ao amin'ny rano, samy araka ny karazany avy, ary ny voro-manidina rehetra, samy araka ny karazany avy. Ary hitan'Andriamanitra fa tsara izany.

²¹God 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.

²²Ary Andriamanitra nitso-drano azy hoe: Maroa anaka sy mihabetsaha ary mamenoa ny rano ao amin'ny ranomasina; ary aoka ny vorona hihamaro eny ambonin'ny tany.

²²God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”

²³Dia nisy fa hariva, ary nisy maraina, andro fahadimy izany.

²³There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

²⁴Ary Andriamanitra nanao hoe: Aoka ny tany hamoaka zava-manan'aina samy araka ny karazany avy, dia biby fiompy sy biby mandady sy mikisaka ary bibi-dia, samy araka ny karazany avy; dia nisy izany.

²⁴God 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.

²⁵Ary Andriamanitra nanao ny bibi-dia, samy araka ny karazany avy, sy ny biby fiompy, samy araka ny karazany avy, ary ny biby rehetra izay mandady na mikisaka amin'ny tany, samy araka ny karazany avy. Ary hitan'Andriamanitra fa tsara izany.

²⁵God 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.

²⁶Ary Andriamanitra nanao hoe: Andeha Isika hamorona olona tahaka ny endritsika, araka ny tarehintsika ; ary aoka izy hanjaka amin'ny hazandrano ao amin'ny ranomasina sy ny voro-manidina sy ny biby fiompy sy ny tany rehetra ary ny biby rehetra izay mandady na mikisaka amin'ny tany.

²⁶God 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 birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

²⁷Ary Andriamanitra nahary ny olona tahaka ny endriny; tahaka ny endrik'Andriamanitra no namoronany azy; lahy sy vavy no namoronany azy.

²⁷God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.

²⁸Ary Andriamanitra nitso-drano azy hoe: Maroa fara sy mihabetsaha ary mamenoa ny tany, ka mampanompoa azy; ary manjaka amin'ny hazandrano ao amin'ny ranomasina sy ny voro-manidina ary ny biby rehetra izay mihetsiketsika ambonin'ny tany.

²⁸God 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.”

²⁹Ary Andriamanitra nanao hoe: Indro, efa nomeko anareo ny anana manintsam-boa rehetra izay ambonin'ny tany rehetra ary ny hazo rehetra izay misy voa sady manintsam-boa; dia ho fihinana anareo ireny.

²⁹God 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.

³⁰Ary ny amin'ny bibi-dia rehetra sy ny voro-manidina rehetra ary ny zava-manan'aina rehetra izay mandady na mikisaka amin'ny tany, dia efa nomeko azy ny zava-maitso rehetra ho fihinany; dia nisy izany.Ary hitan'Andriamanitra izay rehetra nataony, ary, indro, tsara indrindra izany. Dia nisy hariva, ary nisy maraina, andro fahenina izany.

³⁰To 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.

³¹Ary hitan'Andriamanitra izay rehetra nataony, ary, indro, tsara indrindra izany. Dia nisy hariva, ary nisy maraina, andro fahenina izany.

³¹God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.