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In principio creavit Deus caelum et terram. |
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. |
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Terra autem erat inanis et vacua, |
The earth was without form and void, |
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et tenebrae erant super faciem abyssi, |
and darkness was upon the face of the deep; |
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et Spiritus Dei ferebatur super aquas. |
and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters. |
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Dixitque Deus: Fiat lux. |
And God said, "Let there be light"; |
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Et facta est lux. |
and there was light. |
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Et vidit Deus lucem quod esset bona: |
And God saw that the light was good; |
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et divisit lucem ac tenebras. |
and God separated the light from the darkness. |
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Appellavitque lucem Diem, et tenebras Noctem: |
God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. |
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factumque est vespere et mane, dies unus. |
And there was evening and there was morning, one day. |