1 In principio creavit Deus caelum et terram. 2 Terra autem erat inanis et vacua, et tenebrae erant super faciem abyssi : et spiritus Dei ferebatur super aquas. 3 Dixitque Deus : Fiat lux. Et facta est lux 4 Et vidit Deus lucem quod esset bona : et divisit lucem a tenebris. 5 Appellavitque lucem Diem, et tenebras Noctem : factumque est vespere et mane, dies unus.
1 God, at the beginning of time, created heaven and earth. 2 Earth was still an empty waste, and darkness hung over the deep; but already, over its waters, stirred the breath of God. 3 Then God said, Let there be light; and the light began. 4 God saw the light, and found it good, and he divided the spheres of light and darkness; 5 the light he called Day, and the darkness Night. So evening came, and morning, and one day passed.
Genesis 1:1-5