¹And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory.

¹Zvino Jakove wakanzwa mashoko evanakomana vaRabhani vachiti: Jakove atora zvose zvababa vedu; nezvaiva zvababa vedu vachiita mbiri iyi.

²And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.

²Jakove akaonawo chiso chaRabhani, zvino tarira, chakanga chisakaita kwaari sepakutanga.

³And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.

³Jehovha ndokuti kuna Jakove: Dzokera kunyika yemadzibaba ako nekuhama dzako; ndigova newe.

⁴And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,

⁴Zvino Jakove wakatuma ndokudanira Rakeri naRea kusango kuboka rake,

⁵And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.

⁵ndokuti kwavari: Ndi­noona chiso chababa venyu kuti hachisa­kaita kwandiri sepakutanga; asi Mwari wababa vangu wange aneni.

⁶And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.

⁶Zvino munoziva kuti nesimba rangu rose dakashandira baba venyu.

⁷And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

⁷Uye baba venyu vakandinyenge­dzera, vakashandura mubayiro wangu kagumi, asi Mwari haana kuvatendera kundiitira zvakaipa.

⁸If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ring-streaked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ring-streaked.

⁸Kana vakataura sezvizvi: Zvine mavara zvichava mubairo wako, ipapo boka rose rakabereka zvine mavara. Zvino vataura seizvi: Zvine mitsetse zvichava mubayiro wako, ipapo boka rose raka­bereka zvine mitsetse.

⁹Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

⁹Saizvozvo Mwari wakatora zvipfuwo zvababa venyu, akapa kwandiri.

¹⁰And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ring-streaked, speckled, and grizzled.

¹⁰Zvino zvakaitika panguva iyo boka richitora mazamu, kuti ndakasimudza meso angu ndikaona muchiroto, zvino tarira, nhongo dzino­kwira boka, dzaiva nemitsetse, nemavara, nedzakaita pfumbu.

¹¹And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.

¹¹Zvino mutumwa waMwari wakati kwandiri muchiroto: Jakove! Ndikati: Ndiri pano.

¹²And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ring-streaked, speckled, and grizzled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.

¹²Ndokuti: Simudza hako meso ako uone, nhongo dzose, dzinokwira boka, dzine mitsetse, dzine mavara, dzakaita pfumbu; nekuti ndaona zvose Rabhani zvaanoita kwauri.

¹³I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.

¹³Ndini Mwari weBheteri, pawakazodza mbiru, pawakandipikira mhiko. Ikozvino, simuka, ubude munyika ino, udzo­kere kunyika yechizvarigo chako.

¹⁴And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

¹⁴Rakeri naRea ndokupindura vakati kwaari: Ko tichine mugove ne­nhaka kuimba yababa vedu here?

¹⁵Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.

¹⁵Ko ha­tiverengwi sevatorwa kwavari here? nekuti vakatitengesa, uye vakapedzawo chose mari yedu.

¹⁶For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.

¹⁶Nekuti fuma yose Mwari yaakato­rera baba vedu ndeyedu ne­vana vedu; naizvozvo ikozvino chose Mwari chaareva kwauri, chiite.

¹⁷Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;

¹⁷Jakove ndokusimuka, ndokuta­svisa vana vake nevakadzi vake pama­kamera;

¹⁸And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

¹⁸ndokutinha zvipfuwo zvake zvose, nenhumbi dzake dzose dzaakange awana, zvipfuwo zvaakange anazvo, zvaakange awana paPa­dhanaramu, kuti aende kuna Isaka baba vake kunyika yeKanani.

¹⁹And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.

¹⁹Zvino Rabhani wakange aenda kunoveura makwai ake, Rakeri ndokuba chifana­nidzo baba vake chavaiva nacho.

²⁰And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.

²⁰Jakove akabva achiverevedza kuna Rabhani muSiriya, nekuti haana kumuzivisa kuti unotiza.

²¹So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.

²¹Zvino wakatiza iye nezvose zvaakange anazvo, ndokusimuka, ndokuya­mbuka rwizi, ndokuringisa chiso chake kugomo reGi­riadhi.

²²And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.

²²Zvino zvakaudzwa Rabhani nezuva retatu kuti Jakove watiza.

²³And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.

²³Iye akatora hama dzake naye akadzingirirana naye rwendo rwemazuva manomwe, vaka­muwana mugomo reGiriadhi.

²⁴And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

²⁴Mwari ndokuuya kuna Rabhani muSiriya muchiroto usiku, ndokuti kwaari: Zvichenjerere, zvimwe ungataura kuna Jakove chakanaka kana chakaipa.

²⁵Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.

²⁵Rabhani ndokuwana Jakove. Zvino Jakove wakange adzika tende rake mugomo; Ra­bhaniwo nehama dzake vakadzika matende avo mugomo reGiriadhi.

²⁶And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?

²⁶Zvino Rabhani ndokuti kuna Jako­bho: Waitei, kuti waverevedza ndisingazivi, uchitora vakunda vangu nechisimba sevatapwa nemunondo?

²⁷Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?

²⁷Watizirei pachivande, uchindiverevedza, usingandiudzi, kuti ndingadai ndakuoneka nemufaro nenziyo, nengoma nerudimhwa?

²⁸And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.

²⁸Uye hauna kundi­tendera kutsvoda vanakomana va­ngu nevakunda vangu. Ikozvino waita sebe­nzi pakuita.

²⁹It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

²⁹Zviri pasimba reruoko rwangu kukuitirai zvakaipa; asi Mwari wababa vako wakataura neni usiku hwazuro achiti: Zvichenjerere kuti urege kutaura naJako­bho kana chakanaka kana chakaipa.

³⁰And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

³⁰Zvino ikozvino, kuenda waenda, nekuti ­wanga uchishuva zvikuru imba yababa vako; wabirei vamwari vangu?

³¹And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.

³¹Jakove ndokupindura ndokuti kuna Rabhani: Nekuti ndakanga ndichitya, nekuti ndakati: Zvimwe munganditorera vakunda venyu nechisimba.

³²With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.

³²Uyo wamunowana kwaari vamwari venyu ngaarege kurarama; zvino pamberi pehama dzedu, zviongororerei zvenyu zviri kwandiri, muzvitorere. Nekuti Jakove waka­nge asingazivi kuti Rakeri wakange aba.

³³And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.

³³Rabhani ndokupinda mutende raJakove, nemutende raRea, nemutende revarandakadzi vaviri, asi haana kuzviwana. Zvino wakabuda mutende raRea, ndokupinda mutende raRakeri.

³⁴Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.

³⁴Zvino Rakeri wakange atora zvifananidzo, akazviisa muchigaro chekamera, ndokugara pamusoro pazvo. Rabhani ndokubata-bata pose mute­nde, asi haana kuzviwana.

³⁵And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched but found not the images.

³⁵Iye ndokuti kuna baba vake: Ngazirege kusafadza pameso paishe wangu kuti handigoni kusimuka pamberi penyu; nekuti mutowo wevakadzi uri kwandiri. Iye akatsvakisisa, asi haana kuwana zvifananidzo.

³⁶And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?

³⁶Zvino Jakove wakatsamwa, ndokupikisana naRabhani; Jakove ndokupindura ndokuti kuna Rabhani: Kudarika kwangu chii, chivi changu chii, kuti mundidzingirire neshungu?

³⁷Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.

³⁷Zvamabata-bata nhumbi dzangu dzose mawanei chenhumbi dzekumba kwenyu? Zviisei pano pamberi pehama dzangu nehama dzenyu kuti vato­nge pakati pedu isu vaviri.

³⁸This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.

³⁸Makore awa makumi maviri ndinemwi; nhu­nzvi dzenyu dzemakwai nenhunzvi dzenyu dzembudzi hazvina kusvodza, nemakondobwe enyu emapoka handina kuadya.

³⁹That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.

³⁹Zvakabvamburwa handina kuzviuisa kwamuri; ini ndakazviripa; pamaoko angu makazvireva, zvaka­biwa masikati kana zvakabiwa usiku.

⁴⁰Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

⁴⁰Masikati ndakapedzwa nezuva, neveta usiku; hope dzangu dzikatiza kumeso angu.

⁴¹Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

⁴¹Makore aya makumi maviri ndakange ndiri mumba menyu, ndakakushandirai makore gumi nemana nekuda kwevakunda venyu vaviri, nemakore matanhatu nekuda kwezvipfuwo zvenyu; mukashandura mubayiro wangu kagumi.

⁴²Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.

⁴²Kunze kwekuti Mwari wababa vangu, Mwari waAbhurahamu, nekutya kwaIsaka, dai asaiva neni, zvi­rokwazvo ikozvino mungadai maindiendesa ndi­sina chinhu. Dambudziko rangu nebasa remaoko angu Mwari wakaona, akakutsiurai usiku hwazuro.

⁴³And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?

⁴³Zvino Rabhani wakapi­ndura akati kuna Jakove: Vakunda vakunda vangu, nevanakomana vanakomana vangu, boka iboka rangu, nezvose zvaunoona ndezvangu; nekuvakunda vangu ndichaitei nhasi, kana kuvana vavo vavakazvara?

⁴⁴Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.

⁴⁴Zvino ikozvino, ngatiite su­ngano, ini newe; chive uchapupu pakati pangu newe.

⁴⁵And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

⁴⁵Jakove ndokutora ibwe, akarimisa rikava mbiru.

⁴⁶And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.

⁴⁶Jakove ndokuti kuhama dzake: Unganidzai mabwe. Zvino vakatora mabwe, vakaita murwi; vakadya ipapo pamusoro pemurwi.

⁴⁷And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.

⁴⁷Rabhani ndokuutumidza Jegarisahadhuta; asi Jakove akautumi­dza Garidhi.

⁴⁸And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;

⁴⁸Rabhani ndokuti: Murwi uyu uchapupu pakati pangu newe nhasi. Naizvozvo zita rawo rakanzi Garidhi,

⁴⁹And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.

⁴⁹uye Mizipa, nekuti wakati: Jehovha ngaarinde pakati pangu newe, kana tisingaonani umwe neumwe.

⁵⁰If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.

⁵⁰Kana ukatambudza vakunda vangu, uye kana ukawana vamwe vakadzi kunze kwevakunda vangu, hakuna munhu unesu, asi tarira, Mwari chapupu pakati pangu newe.

⁵¹And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee:

⁵¹Zvino Rabhani wakati kuna Jakove: Tarira murwi uyu, tarira mbiru iyi, yandakamisa pakati pangu newe.

⁵²This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.

⁵²Murwi uyu ngauve chapupu, nembiru iyi ngaive chapupu, kuti ini handingapfuuri murwi uyu ndichienda kwauri, newe haungapfuuri murwi uyu nembiru uchiuya kwandiri kuti tiitirane zva­kaipa.

⁵³The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.

⁵³Mwari waAbhurahamu, naMwari waNahori, Mwari wababa vavo, ngaato­nge pakati pedu. Jakove ndokupika neKutya kwababa vake Isaka.

⁵⁴Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.

⁵⁴Jakove ndokubaya chibayiro mugomo, akadana hama dzake kuti vadye chingwa; vakadya chingwa, vakarara mugomo.

⁵⁵And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.

⁵⁵Rabhani ndokumuka mangwanani-ngwani, ndokutsvoda vanakomana vake neva­kunda vake, ndokuvaropafadza; Rabhani ndokuenda, ndokudzokera kunzvimbo yake.