1、起初神创造天地。
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2、神说:“要有光”,就有了光。
And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
3、神就照着自己的形像造人,乃是照着他的形像造男造女。
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
4 耶和华神用地上的尘土造人,将生气吹在他鼻孔里,他就成了有灵的活人,名叫亚当。
The LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
5、因此,人要离开父母与妻子连合,二人成为一体。
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
6、亚伯兰信耶和华,耶和华就以此为他的义。
Abram believed the LORD , and he credited it to him as righteousness.
7、从前你们的意思是要害我,但神的意思原是好的,要保全许多人的性命,成就今日的光景。
You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.
8、神对摩西说:“我是自有永有的。”又说:“你要对以色列人这样说:'那自有的打发我到你们这里来。'"
God said to Moses, "I am who I am . This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.' "
9、这血要在你们所住的房屋上作记号,我一见这血,就越过你们去,我击杀埃及地头生的时候,灾殃必不临到你们身上灭你们。
The blood will be a sign for you on the houseswhere you are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.
10、日间,耶和华在云柱中领他们的路;夜间,在火柱中光照他们,使他们日夜都可以行走。
By day the LORD went ahead of them in a pillar ofcloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night.