¹And Jehovah said to Moses, See, I have made thee God to Pharaoh; and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.

¹Jehovha akati kuna Mozisi, Tarira, ndakuita saMwari kuna Farao; Aroni, mukoma wako, achava muporofita wako.

²Thou shalt speak all that I command thee; and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.

²Taura zvose zvandinokuraira; Aroni, mukoma wako, achataura naFarao, kuti atendere vana vaIsiraeri, vabude munyika yake.

³And I will render Pharaoh's heart obdurate, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.

³Ini ndichaomesa moyo waFarao, ndichawanza zviratidzo zvangu nezvishamiso zvangu panyika yeEgipita.

⁴And Pharaoh will not hearken unto you; and I will lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth my hosts, my people, the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.

⁴Asi Farao haangakuteerereyi; ipapo ndichaisa ruoko rwangu pamusoro ndikabudisa hondo dzangu, ivo vanhu vangu, vana vaIsiraeri, munyika yeEgipita nokutonga kukuru.

⁵And the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah, when I stretch forth my hand on Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.

⁵VaEgipita vachaziva kuti ndini Jehovha, kana ndichitambanudza ruoko rwangu pamusoro ndichibvisa vana vaIsiraeri pakati pavo.

⁶And Moses and Aaron did as Jehovah had commanded them: so did they.

⁶Mozisi naAroni vakaita saizvozvo; sezvavakanga varairwa naJehovha, vakaita saizvozvo.

⁷And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron was eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.

⁷Mozisi akanga ana makore makumi masere, naAroni makore makumi masere namatatu, panguva yavakataura naFarao.

⁸And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

⁸Zvino Jehovha akataura naMozisi naAroni, akati,

⁹When Pharaoh shall speak to you, saying, Do a miracle for yourselves, -- then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy staff and cast [it] before Pharaoh -- it will become a serpent.

⁹Kana Farao achitaura nemi, akati, Tiratidzei chinoshamisa, uti kuna Aroni, Tora tsvimbo yako, uikandire pasi pamberi paFarao, ishanduke nyoka.

¹⁰And Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and did so, as Jehovah had commanded; and Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh, and before his bondmen, and it became a serpent.

¹⁰Mozisi naAroni vakapinda kuna Farao, vakaita sezvavakarairwa naJehovha, Aroni akakandira tsvimbo pasi pamberi paFarao napamberi pavaranda vake, ikashanduka nyoka.

¹¹And Pharaoh also called the sages and the sorcerers; and they too, the scribes of Egypt, did so with their enchantments:

¹¹Ipapo Farao akadanawo vakachenjera navaroyi; naivowo, idzo n'anga dzeEgipita, vakaita saizvozvo nouroyi hwavo.

¹²they cast down every man his staff, and they became serpents; but Aaron's staff swallowed up their staves.

¹²nekuti mumwe nomuwe akakandira pasi tsvimbo yake, dzikashanduka nyoka; asi tsvimbo yaAroni yakamedza tsvimbo dzavo.

¹³And Pharaoh's heart was stubborn, and he hearkened not to them, as Jehovah had said.

¹³Zvino moyo waFarao ukawomeswa, akasavateerera; sezvakarehwa naJehovha.

¹⁴And Jehovah said to Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened: he refuseth to let the people go.

¹⁴Zvino Jehovha akati kuna Mozisi, moyo waFarao mukukutu, haadi kutendera vanhu kuenda.

¹⁵Go unto Pharaoh in the morning -- behold, he will go out unto the water -- and take thy stand by the bank of the river in front of him; and take in thy hand the staff that was turned into a serpent.

¹⁵Enda kuna Farao mangwanani; tarira, achabuda achienda kumvura, iwe undomira pamahombekombe erwizi kuti usangane naye, wakabata muruoko rwako tsvimbo iya yakashanduka nyoka.

¹⁶And say unto him, Jehovah the God of the Hebrews has sent me to thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness; but behold, hitherto thou hast not hearkened.

¹⁶Ugoti kwaari, Jehovha, Mwari wavaHebheru, akandituma kwauri, achiti, Tendera vanhu vangu kuenda vandinamate murenje; zvino tarira, kusvikira zvino hauna kunditeerera.

¹⁷Thus saith Jehovah: In this shalt thou know that I am Jehovah -- behold, I will smite with the staff that is in my hand upon the water which is in the river, and it shall be turned into blood.

¹⁷Zvanzi naJehovha, Uchaziva kuti ndini Jehovha nechinhu ichi: Tarira ndicharova mvura iri murwizi netsvimbo iri muruoko rwangu, ikashanduka ropa.

¹⁸And the fish that is in the river shall die; and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink the water out of the river.

¹⁸Hove dziri murwizi dzichafa, rwizi ruchanhuwa; vaEgipita vachanetswa nokutsvaka kumwa mvura yorwizi.

¹⁹And Jehovah said to Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy staff, and stretch out thy hand upon the waters of the Egyptians -- upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their reservoirs of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout the land of Egypt, both in [vessels of] wood and in [vessels of] stone.

¹⁹Jehovha akatiwo kuna Mozisi, Uti kuna Aroni, Tora tsvimbo yako, utambanudzire ruoko rwako pamusoro pemvura yavaEgipita, pamusoro penzizi dzavo, napamusoro pehova dzavo, napamusoro pamadziva avo, napamusoro pamakungwa avo ose, zvishanduke ropa; rivepo panyika yose yeEgipita, mumidziyo yamatanda nemidziyo yamabwe.

²⁰And Moses and Aaron did so, as Jehovah had commanded; and he lifted up the staff, and smote the waters that were in the river before the eyes of Pharaoh, and before the eyes of his bondmen; and all the waters that were in the river were turned into blood.

²⁰Mozisi naAroni vakaita sezvavakarairwa naJehovha, vakasimudza tsvimbo, vakarova mvura yakanga iri murwizi pamberi paFarao napamberi pavaranda vake, mvura yose yomurwizi ikashanduka ropa.

²¹And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink the water of the river; and the blood was throughout the land of Egypt.

²¹Hove dzomurwizi dzikafa, rwizi rukanhuwa, vaEgipita vakasagona kumwa mvura yorwizi ropa rikavapo panyika yose yeEgipita.

²²And the scribes of Egypt did so with their sorceries; and Pharaoh's heart was stubborn, neither did he hearken to them, as Jehovah had said.

²²n'anga dzeEgipita dzikaitawo saizvozvo nouroyi hwadzo; asi moyo waFarao wakaomeswa, akasavateerera, sezvakanga zvarehwa naJehovha.

²³And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and took not this to heart either.

²³Ipapo Farao akadzoka, akapinda mumba make; haana kurangarira nechinhu ichiwo.

²⁴And all the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.

²⁴VaEgipita vose vakachera nhivi dzorwizi vachitsvaka mvura yokumwa; nekuti vakanga vasingagoni kumwa mvura yorwizi.

²⁵And seven days were fulfilled, after Jehovah had smitten the river.

²⁵Mazuva manomwe akapera kubva pakurohwa korwizi naJehovha.