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.

¹A tungin Pathianin lei leh van a siam.

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.

²Huan, lei a siaa a vuak kia ahi; tui thukpi tung a mialin a mial hi. Pathian khain tui tungte a opkhum hi.

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

³Huan, Pathianin, Vak hongom hen, a chi a: huchiin vak a hongomta hi.

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

⁴Huan, Pathianin, Vak a ena, hoih a sa mahmah; huchiin Pathianin vak leh mial a khenta hi.

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

⁵Huan, Pathianin vak, sun, achia, mial, jan, a chi hi: huchiin nitaklam a oma, jinglam leng a om, a ni khatnaah.

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

⁶Huan, Pathianin, tui leh tui kalah vansin om henla, huaiin tui leh tuite khen hen, a chi.

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.

⁷Huchiin, Pathianin, vansin a bawla, vansin nuaia tui omte leh vansin tunga tui om a khenta: huchibang a honghita hi.

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

⁸Huan, Pathianin vansin, Van, achia. Huchiin nitaklam a oma, jinglam leng a om, a ni nihnaah.

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

⁹Huan, Pathianin, Van nuaia tuite mun khatah om khawm uhenla, gam keu hongdawk hen, a chi a; huchiin huchibang a honghita hi.

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

¹⁰Huan, Pathianin, gam keu, Lei, achia; tui om khawmte, tuipite, a chi hi: huan Pathianin huai a ena, hoih a sa mahmah hi.

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.

¹¹Huan, Pathianin, leiin loupate, anteh chi nei te, thei sing, lei amau chi omdan ding banga gah, agah sunga a chi omte omsak hen, a chi a, huchiin huchibang a honghita hi.

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.

¹²Huchiin, leiin loupate, anteh amau chi omdan ding banga chi neite, sing a mau chi omdan ding banga gah, a gah sunga chi omte a omsakta hi: huan Pathianin huai a ena, hoih a sa mahmah hi.

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

¹³Huchiin, nitaklam a oma, jinglam leng a om, a ni thumnaah.

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;

¹⁴Huan, Pathianin, sun leh jan khenna dingin vansin ah tanvakte om u henla, huaite chiamtehnate, hunbite, nite, kumte, theihna ding hi uhen:

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

¹⁵Lei tanvak dingin van vansin tanvakte din om uhen, a chi a: huchiin, huchibang a honghita.

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.

¹⁶Huchiin, Pathianin tanvak thupipi nih a bawlta; tanvak thupi zopen sun vaihawm dingin, tanvak thupi lou zopen jan vaihawm dingin, a bawl hi: aksite leng a bawl hi.

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

¹⁷Huan, Pathianin huaite lei tanvak dingin van vansin ah a koihta,

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

¹⁸Sun tunga leh jan tunga vaihawm ding leh vak leh mial khen dingin: huchiin, Pathianin huai a ena, hoih a sa mahmah hi.

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

¹⁹Huchiin, nitaklam a oma, jinglam leng a om, a ni linaah.

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

²⁰Huan, Pathianin, tuiten thilsiam tangthei henna neite tampi pawtsak uhenla, vasate leng van vansin hawm heuhou ah, leitungah leng uhen, a chi hi.

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.

²¹Huchiin, Pathianin tuipi thil thupi lian pipite a siama, thil hing tangthei chiteng, tuiin a pawt sak, amaute chi omdan ding bangin a siam hi: Pathianin huai a ena, hoih a sa mahmah hi.

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

²²Huan, Pathianin, Chi tampi suangin hongpung unla. Tuipi tuite dimsak unla, vasate leng lei ah pung uhen, chiin a vualjawl hi.

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

²³Huchiin, nitaklam a oma, jinglam leng a om, a ni ngana ah.

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.

²⁴Huan, Pathianin, Leiin thil hing amau chi omdan ding bang chiatin; gante, ganhingte, gamsate, amau chi omdan ding bang chiatin pawtsak uhen, a chi a: huchiin, huchibang a honghita hi.

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.

²⁵Huchiin, Pathianin gamsa amau chi omdan ding bang chiatin, gamte amau chi omdan ding bang chiatin, leia thil khupboha paite tengteng amau chi omdan ding bang chiatin a bawla: huan, Pathianin huai a ena, hoih a sa mahmah hi.

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.”

²⁶Huan, Pathianin, I kibatpihin, ei mahmah bangin, mi I bawl dia, amau tuipia ngasate tungah, tunga leng vasate tungah, gan tungah, leitung tengteng tungah thu I neisak ding, a chi a.

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

²⁷Huchiin, Pathianin amah kibatpihin mi a siama, Pathian kibatpih mahmahin ahi a siam; pasal leh numei a siamta hi.

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.”

²⁸Huan, Pathianin amau a vualjawl a: Pathian mah in a kiang uah, Chi tampi suang dingin hongpung unla, lei luah dim unla, na thuthu un omsak un; tuipia ngasa tungah, tunga leng vasate tungah, thil hing leitunga khupboh a paite tengteng tungah leng thu nei un, a chi hi.

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.

²⁹Huan, Pathian mahin, ngai un, leitung tengtenga anteh chinei om chiteng leh sing chiteng, sing chinei gah omnate, ka honpia hi; na an ding uh ahi ding:

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.

³⁰Huan, leia sa chiteng kiangah, tunga leng vasa chiteng kiangah, thil, leitunga khupboha pai, henna nei chiteng kiangah a an ding un loupa hing chiteng ka pia hi, a chi a: huchiin, huchibang a honghita.Huan, Pathianin a thil bawl khempeuh a ena, ngaiin, hoih a sa mahmah, Huchiin, nitaklam a oma, jinglam leng a om, ani gukna ah.

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

³¹Huan, Pathianin a thil bawl khempeuh a ena, ngaiin, hoih a sa mahmah, Huchiin, nitaklam a oma, jinglam leng a om, ani gukna ah.