¹And Jethro the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done to Moses, and to Israel his people; that Jehovah had brought Israel out of Egypt.

¹Zvino Jeturo, mupristi weMidhiani, mukarahwa waMozisi, akanzwa zvose zvakaitira Jehovha Mozisi navaIsiraeri, vanhu vake, kuti Jehovha akabudisa vaIsiraeri muEgipita.

²And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,

²Jeturo, mukarahwa waMozisi, akatora Zipora, mukadzi waMozisi, nekuti akanga amudzosera kuna baba vake,

³and her two sons, of whom the name of the one was Gershom -- for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land,

³navanakomana vake vaviri zita romumwe rainzi Geshomi, nekuti akati, Ndakanga ndiri mweni panyika yavamwe;

⁴-- and the name of the other, Eliezer -- For the God of my father has been my help, and has delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.

⁴nezita romumwe rainzi Ereazari, nekuti akati, Mwari wababa vangu akanga ari mubatsiri wangu, akandirwira pamunondo waFarao.

⁵And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came to Moses with his sons and his wife into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mountain of God.

⁵Jeturo mukarahwa waMozisi akauya navanakomana vaMozisi nomukadzi wake kuna Mozisi murenje, pagomo raMwari, paakanga avaka misasa;

⁶And he sent word to Moses: I, thy father-in-law Jethro, am come to thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.

⁶akati kuna Mozisi, Ini mukarahwa wako, Jeturo, ndauya kwauri nomukadzi wako navanakomana vake vaviri vanaye.

⁷And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other [after] their welfare, and went into the tent.

⁷Mozisi akandosangana nomukarahwa wake, akakotamira pasi pamberi pake, akamutsvoda; vakabvunzana mufaro, vakapinda mutende.

⁸And Moses told his father-in-law all that Jehovah had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake; all the trouble that had befallen them on the way, and [how] Jehovah had delivered them.

⁸Zvino Mozisi akaudza mukarahwa wake zvose zvakanga zvaitira Jehovha Farao navaEgipita nokuda kwavaIsiraeri, nokutambudzika kose kwakavawira panzira nokurwirwa kwavo naJehovha.

⁹And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness that Jehovah had done to Israel; that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians.

⁹Jeturo akafara pamusoro pezvose zvakanaka zvakanga zvaitirwa vaIsiraeri naJehovha, kuti akavarwira pamaoko avaEgipita.

¹⁰And Jethro said, Blessed be Jehovah, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh; who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.

¹⁰Jeturo akati, Jehovha ngaakudzwe akakurwirai pamaoko avaEgipita, napamaoko aFarao, iye akarwira vanhu pamaoko avaEgipita.

¹¹Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods; for in the thing in which they acted haughtily [he was] above them.

¹¹Zvino ndinoziva kuti Jehovha mukuru kuvamwari vose pachinhu icho chavakazvikudza nacho kwavari.

¹²And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt-offering and sacrifices for God; and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law in the presence of God.

¹²Ipapo Jeturo, mukarahwa waMozisi, akauya kuna Mwari nechipiriso chokupisa nezvimwe zvibayiro; Aroni navakuru vose vaIsiraeri vakauya vakadya zvokudya nomukarahwa waMozisi pamberi paMwari.

¹³And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people; and the people stood by Moses from the morning to the evening.

¹³Zvino fume mangwana Mozisi akagara achitambira vanhu mhaka dzavo, vanhu vakamira pamberi paMozisi kubva mangwanani kusvikira madekwana.

¹⁴And Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did with the people, and said, What is this thing which thou art doing with the people? why dost thou sit alone, and all the people are standing by thee from morning to evening?

¹⁴Zvino mukarahwa waMozisi akati achiona zvose zvaakanga achiitira vanhu akati, Unoitireiko vanhu zvinhu izvi? Unogarireiko uri woga, vanhu vachimira pamberi pako kubva mangwanani kusvikira madekwana?

¹⁵And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to enquire of God.

¹⁵Mozisi akati kumukarahwa wake: Nekuti vanhu vanouya kwandiri kuzobvunza Mwari;

¹⁶When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between one and another; and I make known [to them] the statutes of God, and his laws.

¹⁶kana vane shoko vanosiuya kwandiri; ndinositamba mhaka dziri pakati pomunhu nowokwake, ndichivazivisa zvakatemwa naMwari nemirairo yake.

¹⁷And Moses' father-in-law said to him, The thing that thou art doing is not good.

¹⁷Zvino mukarahwa waMozisi akati kwaari, Chinhu ichi chaunoita hachina kunaka.

¹⁸Thou wilt be quite exhausted, both thou and this people that is with thee; for the thing is too heavy for thee: thou canst not perform it alone.

¹⁸Zvirokwazvo uchaneta kwazvo, iwe navanhu vaunavo; nekuti chinhu ichi chinokuremera; haungagoni kuchiita uri woga.

¹⁹Hearken now to my voice: I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee. Be thou for the people with God, and bring the matters before God;

¹⁹Teerera zvino inzwi rangu, ndikurairire, Mwari agova newe. Iwe umirire vanhu pamberi paMwari, uise mashoko avo kuna Mwari;

²⁰and teach them the statutes and the laws, and make known to them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do.

²⁰uvadzidzise zvakatemwa nemirairo, uvaratidze nzira yavanofanira kufamba nayo, nebasa ravanofanira kuita.

²¹But do thou provide among all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place [them] over them, chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties, and chiefs of tens,

²¹Asi utsvake pakati pavanhu vose varume vechokwadi vanovenga kufufurwa; uvaite vabati vavo vezvuru, navabati vamazana, navabati vamakumi mashanu, navabati vamakumi;

²²that they may judge the people at all times; and it shall be [that] they shall bring to thee every great matter, and that they shall judge every small matter, and they shall lighten [the task] on thee, and they shall bear [it] with thee.

²²ivo ngavatambire vanhu mhaka dzavo nguva dzose; zvino kana pane shoko guru, ngavariise kwauri, asi kana ari mashoko maduku ngavaatambe vamene; naizvozvo iwe ucharerusirwa, naivo vachatakura mutoro pamwechete newe.

²³If thou do this thing, and God command thee [so], thou wilt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.

²³Kana ukaita chinhu ichi, Mwari akakuraira saizvozvo, iwe uchagona kutsunga, navanhu ava vose vachaenda kudzimba dzavo norugare.

²⁴And Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.

²⁴Mozisi akateerera inzwi romukarahwa wake, akaita zvose zvaakanga audzwa naye.

²⁵And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties, and chiefs of tens.

²⁵Mozisi akatsaura varume vakachenjera pakati pavaIsiraeri vose, akavaita vakuru vavanhu, vabati vezviuru, navabati vamazana, navabati vamakumi mashanu, navabati vamakumi.

²⁶And they judged the people at all times: the hard matters they brought to Moses, but every small matter they judged.

²⁶Ivo vakatamba mhaka dzavanhu nguva dzose; mashoko makuru vaisiuya nawo kuna Mozisi, asi mashoko ose maduku vaiatamba vamene.

²⁷And Moses sent away his father-in-law, and he departed into his land.

²⁷Zvino Mozisi akatendera mukarahwa wake kuenda hake; iye akaenda kunyika yake.