Genesis 2

VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Igitur perfecti sunt cæli et terra, et omnis ornatus 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 diei septimo, et sanctificavit illum, quia in ipso cessaverat 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 Istæ sunt generationes cæli et terræ, quando creata sunt, in die quo fecit Dominus Deus cælum et terram,	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 et omne virgultum agri antequam oriretur in terra, omnemque herbam regionis priusquam germinaret : non enim pluerat Dominus Deus super terram, et homo non erat qui operaretur terram :	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 terræ.	6 but a stream was welling up out of the earth and was watering all the surface of the ground--
7 Formavit igitur Dominus Deus hominem de limo terræ, et inspiravit in faciem ejus spiraculum vitæ, 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 Plantaverat autem Dominus Deus paradisum voluptatis a principio, 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 vitæ in medio paradisi, lignumque scientiæ 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 de loco voluptatis ad irrigandum paradisum, qui inde dividitur in quatuor 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 Hevilath, ubi nascitur 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 terræ 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 fluvii secundi Gehon ; ipse est qui circumit omnem terram Æthiopiæ.	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 contra Assyrios. 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 voluptatis, 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 præcepitque ei, 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 scientiæ 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 : faciamus ei adjutorium simile sibi.	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 terræ, et universis volatilibus cæli, adduxit ea ad Adam, ut videret quid vocaret ea : omne enim quod vocavit Adam animæ viventis, ipsum est nomen ejus.	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 animantia, et universa volatilia cæli, et omnes bestias terræ : Adæ vero non inveniebatur adjutor similis ejus.	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 ejus, 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 ædificavit 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 : Hoc nunc os ex ossibus meis, et caro de carne mea : hæc vocabitur Virago, quoniam de viro sumpta est.	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 homo patrem suum, et matrem, et adhærebit uxori suæ : et erunt duo in carne una.	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 Erat autem uterque nudus, Adam scilicet et uxor ejus : et non erubescebant.	25 The man and his wife were both naked, yet they felt no shame.