¹In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

¹Pakutanga Mwari wakasika matenga nenyika.

²And the earth was waste and empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

²Zvino nyika yakange isina chimiro, isina chinhu, uye rima raiva pamusoro peudzamu; uye Mweya waMwari waindeya pamusoro mvura.

³And God said, Let there be light. And there was light.

³Zvino Mwari akati: Ngakuve nechie­dza, chiedza ndokuvapo.

⁴And God saw the light that it was good; and God divided between the light and the darkness.

⁴Zvino Mwari wakaona chiedza kuti chaka­naka; Mwari ndokuparadzanisa chiedza nerima.

⁵And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening, and there was morning -- the first day.

⁵Zvino Mwari akatumidza chiedza, kuti masikati, nerima akaritumidza kuti Usiku. Madekwani akavapo, nemangwanani akavapo, zuva rekutanga.

⁶And God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it be a division between waters and waters.

⁶Zvino Mwari wakati: Ngakuve nenzvimbo pakati pemvura, uye ngaiparadzanise pakati pemvura nemvura.

⁷And God made the expanse, and divided between the waters that are under the expanse and the waters that are above the expanse; and it was so.

⁷Zvino Mwari wakaita nzvimbo, ndokuparadzanisa mvura yaiva pasi penzvimbo, nemvura yaiva pamusoro pemuganhu; zvikaita saizvozvo.

⁸And God called the expanse Heavens. And there was evening, and there was morning -- a second day.

⁸Mwari akatumidza nzvimbo kuti matenga. Ma­dekwani akavapo, nemangwanani akavapo, zuva repiri.

⁹And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together to one place, and let the dry [land] appear. And it was so.

⁹Zvino Mwari wakati: Mvura iri pasi pede­nga ngaiunganidzwe panzvimbo imwe, uye pasi pakaoma ngapaonekwe; ndokuita saizvozvo.

¹⁰And God called the dry [land] Earth, and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

¹⁰Zvino Mwari wkatumidza pasi pakaoma, kuti nyika; nemuunganidzwa wemvura akautumi­dza kuti makungwa. Mwari akaona kuti zvakanaka.

¹¹And God said, Let the earth cause grass to spring up, herb producing seed, fruit-trees yielding fruit after their kind, the seed of which is in them, on the earth. And it was so.

¹¹Zvino Mwari wakati: Nyika ngaimerese uswa, miriwo inobereka mbeu, nemiti yemichero inobereka michero inoenderana nemarudzi ayo, mbeu dzayo dziri mukati mayo, panyika; ndokuita saizvozvo.

¹²And the earth brought forth grass, herb producing seed after its kind, and trees yielding fruit, the seed of which is in them, after their kind. And God saw that it was good.

¹²Zvino nyika ika­meresa uswa, nemiriwo inobereka mbeu dzine marudzi adzo, nemuti unobereka michero, mbeu dzawo dziri mukati mawo, une marudzi awo. Mwari akaona kuti zva­kanaka.

¹³And there was evening, and there was morning -- a third day.

¹³Zvino madekwani akavapo nemangwa­nani akavapo, zuva retatu.

¹⁴And God said, Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens, to divide between the day and the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;

¹⁴Zvino Mwari wakati: Ngakuve nezviedza panzvimbo yedenga, kuti zviparadzanise masikati neusiku; kuti zvive zviratidzo, nenguva yakatarwa, nemazuva, nemakore.

¹⁵and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth. And it was so.

¹⁵Zvino ngazvive zviedza panzvimbo yedenga, kuti zvipe chiedza panyika; zvikaita saizvo­zvo.

¹⁶And God made the two great lights, the great light to rule the day, and the small light to rule the night, -- and the stars.

¹⁶Zvino Mwari wakaita zviedza zvikuru zviviri: Chiedza chikuru kuti chitonge masikati, nechiedza chiduku, kuti chitonge usiku, nenyeredziwo.

¹⁷And God set them in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth,

¹⁷Zvino Mwari aka­zviisa pasi penzvimbo yedenga, kuti zvipe chiedza panyika,

¹⁸and to rule during the day and during the night, and to divide between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

¹⁸uye zvitonge masikati neusiku, nekuparadzanisa chie­dza kubva parima; zvino Mwari akaona kuti zvaka­naka.

¹⁹And there was evening, and there was morning -- a fourth day.

¹⁹Zvino madekwani akavapo, nemangwanani akavapo, zuva rechina.

²⁰And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living souls, and let fowl fly above the earth in the expanse of the heavens.

²⁰Zvino Mwari wakati: Mvura ngaizare nekupfakanyika kwemweya mipenyu, neshiri dzibhuru­ruke pamusoro penyika munzvimbo ye­denga.

²¹And God created the great sea monsters, and every living soul that moves with which the waters swarm, after their kind, and every winged fowl after its kind. And God saw that it was good.

²¹Zvino Mwari wakasika mabukanana egungwa, nezvipenyu zvose zvinokambaira, izvo mvura yakanga izere na­zvo, zvine marudzi azvo, neshiri dzose dzine mapapiro, dzine marudzi adzo; Mwari akaona kuti zvakanaka.

²²And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply on the earth.

²²Zvino Mwari wakazviropafadza, achiti: Berekai, muwa­nde, muzadze mvura iri mumakungwa; neshiri ngadziwande panyika.

²³And there was evening, and there was morning -- a fifth day.

²³Zvino ma­dekwani akavapo, nemangwanani akavapo, zuva reshanu.

²⁴And God said, Let the earth bring forth living souls after their kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth, after their kind. And it was so.

²⁴Zvino Mwari wakati: Nyika ngaibereke zvisikwa zvipenyu zvine marudzi azvo, nezvi­pfuwo, nezvinokambaira, nemhuka dze­nyika, zvina marudzi azvo. Zvikaita sai­zvozvo.

²⁵And God made the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind. And God saw that it was good.

²⁵Mwari akaita mhuka dzenyika dzine marudzi adzo, nezvipfuwo zvine marudzi azvo, nezvinhu zvose zvinoka­mbaira panyika zvine marudzi azvo. Mwari akaona kuti zvakanaka.

²⁶And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over the whole earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth on the earth.

²⁶Zvino Mwari wakati: Ngatiite munhu nemufananidzo wedu, akafanana nesu; ngaave nesimba pamusoro pehove dzegu­ngwa, nepamusoro peshiri dzedenga, nepamusoro pezvipfuwo, nepamusoro pe­nyika yose, nepamusoro pezvose zvinokambaira panyika.

²⁷And God created Man in his image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

²⁷Zvino Mwari wakasika munhu nemufananidzo waMwari; akavasika murume nemukadzi.

²⁸And God blessed them; and God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over every animal that moveth on the earth.

²⁸Zvino Mwari wakavaropafadza, Mwari ndokuti kwavari: Berekai, muwande, uye muzadze nyika, nekuitonga; muve nesimba pamusoro pehove dzegungwa, nepamu­soro peshiri dzedenga, nepamusoro pe­zvipenyu zvose zvinokambaira pamusor penyika.

²⁹And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb producing seed that is on the whole earth, and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree producing seed: it shall be food for you;

²⁹Zvino Mwari wakati: Tarirai, ndakakupai mi­riwo yose inobereka mbeu, iri pachiso chenyika yose, nemiti yose ine michero yemiti inobereka mbeu, kwamuri ndeyekudya.

³⁰and to every animal of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth on the earth, in which is a living soul, every green herb for food. And it was so.

³⁰Zvino kumhuka dzose dzenyika, nekushiri dzose dzedenga, nezvose zvino­kambaira panyika, zvine mweya weupe­nyu, ndakazvipa miriwo yose minyoro, kuti zvive zvokudya zvazvo. Zvikaita saizvozvo.

³¹And God saw everything that he had made, and behold it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning -- the sixth day.

³¹Zvino Mwari wakaona zvose zvaakaita, onei zvakanaka kwazvo. Zvino madekwani akavapo, namangwanani akavapo, zuva retanhatu.