Genesi 2

NOVA VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Igitur perfecti sunt caeli et terra et omnis exercitus eorum.	1 Thus the heavens and the earth and all their array were completed.
2 Complevitque Deus die septimo opus suum, quod fecerat, et requievit die septimo ab universo opere, quod patrarat.	2 Since on the seventh day God was finished with the work he had been doing, he rested on the seventh day from all the work he had undertaken.
3 Et benedixit Deus diei septimo et sanctificavit illum, quia in ipso requieverat ab omni opere suo, quod creavit Deus, ut faceret.	3 So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work he had done in creation.
4 Istae sunt generationes caeli et terrae, quando creata sunt. In die quo fecit Dominus Deus terram et caelum ­	4 Such is the story of the heavens and the earth at their creation. At the time when the LORD God made the earth and the heavens--
5 omne virgultum agri, antequam oriretur in terra, omnisque herba regionis, priusquam germinaret; non enim pluerat Dominus Deus super terram, et homo non erat, qui operaretur humum,	5 while as yet there was no field shrub on earth and no grass of the field had sprouted, for the LORD God had sent no rain upon the earth and there was no man to till the soil,
6 sed fons ascendebat e terra irrigans universam superficiem terrae ­	6 but a stream was welling up out of the earth and was watering all the surface of the ground--
7 tunc formavit Dominus Deus hominem pulverem de humo et inspiravit in nares eius spiraculum vitae, et factus est homo in animam viventem.	7 the LORD God formed man out of the clay of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and so man became a living being.
8 Et plantavit Dominus Deus paradisum in Eden ad orientem, in quo posuit hominem, quem formaverat.	8 Then the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and he placed there the man whom he had formed.
9 Produxitque Dominus Deus de humo omne lignum pulchrum visu et ad vescendum suave, lignum etiam vitae in medio paradisi lignumque scientiae boni et mali.	9 Out of the ground the LORD God made various trees grow that were delightful to look at and good for food, with the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and bad.
10 Et fluvius egrediebatur ex Eden ad irrigandum paradisum, qui inde dividitur in quattuor capita.	10 A river rises in Eden to water the garden; beyond there it divides and becomes four branches.
11 Nomen uni Phison: ipse est, qui circuit omnem terram Hevila, ubi est aurum;	11 The name of the first is the Pishon; it is the one that winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
12 et aurum terrae illius optimum est; ibi invenitur bdellium et lapis onychinus.	12 The gold of that land is excellent; bdellium and lapis lazuli are also there.
13 Et nomen fluvio secundo Geon: ipse est, qui circuit omnem terram Aethiopiae.	13 The name of the second river is the Gihon; it is the one that winds all through the land of Cush.
14 Nomen vero fluminis tertii Tigris: ipse vadit ad orientem Assyriae. Fluvius autem quartus ipse est Euphrates.	14 The name of the third river is the Tigris; it is the one that flows east of Asshur. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
15 Tulit ergo Dominus Deus hominem et posuit eum in paradiso Eden, ut operaretur et custodiret illum;	15 The LORD God then took the man and settled him in the garden of Eden, to cultivate and care for it.
16 praecepitque Dominus Deus homini dicens: “Ex omni ligno paradisi comede;	16 The LORD God gave man this order: "You are free to eat from any of the trees of the garden
17 de ligno autem scientiae boni et mali ne comedas; in quocumque enim die comederis ex eo, morte morieris”.	17 except the tree of knowledge of good and bad. From that tree you shall not eat; the moment you eat from it you are surely doomed to die."
18 Dixit quoque Dominus Deus: “Non est bonum esse hominem solum; faciam ei adiutorium simile sui”.	18 The LORD God said: "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a suitable partner for him."
19 Formatis igitur Dominus Deus de humo cunctis animantibus agri et universis volatilibus caeli, adduxit ea ad Adam, ut videret quid vocaret ea; omne enim, quod vocavit Adam animae viventis, ipsum est nomen eius.	19 So the LORD God formed out of the ground various wild animals and various birds of the air, and he brought them to the man to see what he would call them; whatever the man called each of them would be its name.
20 Appellavitque Adam nominibus suis cuncta pecora et universa volatilia caeli et omnes bestias agri; Adae vero non inveniebatur adiutor similis eius.	20 The man gave names to all the cattle, all the birds of the air, and all the wild animals; but none proved to be the suitable partner for the man.
21 Immisit ergo Dominus Deus soporem in Adam. Cumque obdormisset, tulit unam de costis eius et replevit carnem pro ea;	21 So the LORD God cast a deep sleep on the man, and while he was asleep, he took out one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh.
22 et aedificavit Dominus Deus costam, quam tulerat de Adam, in mulierem et adduxit eam ad Adam.	22 The LORD God then built up into a woman the rib that he had taken from the man. When he brought her to the man,
23 Dixitque Adam: “Haec nunc os ex ossibus meis et caro de carne mea! Haec vocabitur Virago, quoniam de viro sumpta est haec”.	23 the man said: "This one, at last, is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; This one shall be called 'woman,' for out of 'her man' this one has been taken."
24 Quam ob rem relinquet vir patrem suum et matrem et adhaerebit uxori suae; et erunt in carnem unam.	24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, and the two of them become one body.
25 Erant autem uterque nudi, Adam scilicet et uxor eius, et non erubescebant.	25 The man and his wife were both naked, yet they felt no shame.