| Language | Nynorsk |
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| Language Subtitle | English |
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| Year | 1848 |
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| Translator | Det Norske Bibelselskab |
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| Introduction | Norwegian, which is the language spoken in Norway, has two variants in writing: bokmål and nynorsk. Bokmål is a language which has its origins in Danish. It was introduced to Norway when we were a Danish colony from about year 1500 to 1814. Very few Norwegians, except for those in the capital, speak a dialect which is close to bokmål. Nynorsk is a language which tries to combine the Norwegian dialects. It was introduced in 1848 by Ivar Aasen and became more and more popular until World War II, when we Norwegians had more serious concerns than the future of our language. Today only one of six Norwegians use nynorsk. |
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| Verse 1 | I opphavet skapte Gud himmelen og jorda. Jorda var aud og tom, og mørker låg over havdjupet. Men Guds Ande sveiv over vatnet. Då sa Gud: "Det verte ljos!" Så vart det ljos. Og Gud såg at ljoset var godt, og han skilde ljoset frå mørkret. Gud kalla ljoset dag, og mørkret kalla han natt. Og det vart kveld, og det vart morgon, fyrste dagen. |
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| Verse 2 | Då sa Gud: "Det skal verta ein kvelv midt i vatnet; han skal skilja vatn frå vatn!" Og det vart så. Så gjorde Gud himmelkvelven og skilde vatnet som er under kvelven, frå vatnet som er over han. Gud kalla kvelven himmel. Og det vart kveld, og det vart morgon, andre dagen. |
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| Verse 3 | Då sa Gud: "Vatnet under himmelen skal samla seg på ein stad, så det faste landet kjem til synes!" Og det vart så. Gud kalla det faste landet jord, og vatnet som hadde samla seg, kalla han hav. Og Gud såg at det var godt. |
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| Verse 4 | Då sa Gud: "Jorda skal la grøne vokstrar gro fram, planter som set frø, og tre som ber alle slag frukt med frø i, på jorda!" Og det vart så. |
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| Verse 5 | Jorda bar fram grøne vokstrar, planter som set frø, kvar etter sitt slag, og tre som ber frukt med frø i, kvart etter sitt slag. Og Gud såg at det var godt. 13 Og det vart kveld, og det vart morgon, tredje dagen. |
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| Verse 6 | Då sa Gud: "Det skal verta ljos på himmelkvelven. Dei skal skilja mellom dag og natt og vera merke på høgtider, dagar og år. 15 Dei skal skina på kvelven og lysa ut over jorda." Og det vart så. |
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| Verse 7 | Gud skapte dei to store ljosa, det største til å råda om dagen og det minste til å råda om natta, og stjernene. |
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| Verse 8 | Gud sette dei på himmelkvelven til å lysa ut over jorda, |
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| Verse 9 | til å råda om dagen og natta og til å skilja ljoset frå mørkret. Og Gud såg at det var godt. |
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| Interlinear Translation 1 | In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. |
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| Translation 2 | And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. |
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| Translation 3 | And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. |
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| Translation 4 | And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. |
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| Translation 5 | And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. |
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| Translation 6 | And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: |
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| Translation 7 | And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. |
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| Translation 8 | And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, |
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| Translation 9 | And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. |
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| Notes 1 | A picture of Ivar Aasen:  |
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| Submitted By | Hallvard Hedde |
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| Date Submitted | Sunday, February 22, 2004 |
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| Date Edited | Wednesday, March 17, 2004 |
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| Date To Headline | Thursday, March 18, 2004 |
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