¹And Jehovah had said to Abram, Go out of thy land, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, to the land that I will shew thee.

¹Zvino Jehovha wakati kuna Abhuramu: Ibva panyika yekwako nekuhama dzako nekuimba yababa vako, uende kunyika yandichakuratidza.

²And I will make of thee a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing.

²Zvino ndichakuita uve rudzi rukuru, nekukuropafadza, nekuita zita rako rive guru, uye uchava ropafadzo.

³And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee; and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

³Zvino ndicharopafadza vanokuropafadza, nekutuka unokutuka; uye mauri marudzi ose enyika acharopafadzwa.

⁴And Abram departed as Jehovah had said to him. And Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed out of Haran.

⁴Abhuramu ndokuenda Jehovha sezvaakataura kwaari, naRoti wakae­nda naye. Zvino Abhuramu wakange ane ma­kore makumi manomwe nemashanu pakubva kwake Harani.

⁵And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had acquired, and the souls that they had obtained in Haran, and they went out to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

⁵Abhuramu ndoku­tora Sarai, mukadzi wake, naRoti, mwanakomana wemunin'ina wake, nenhumbi dzavo dzose dzavakange vaunganidza, nemweya yavakange vawana paHarani, va­kabuda kuenda kunyika yeKanani; ­ndokusvika kunyika yeKanani.

⁶And Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

⁶Abhuramu ndokugura nemunyika kusvika panzvimbo yeShekemu, pamuti wemuouki* weMore; uye vaKanani vaiva munyika iyo nguva iyoyo.

⁷And Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land. And there he built an altar to Jehovah who had appeared to him.

⁷Zvino Jehovha wakaonekera kuna Abhuramu, akati: Kumbeu yako ndichapa nyika iyi; ndokuvakira ipapo Jehovha aritari, iye wakange aonekera kwaari.

⁸And he removed thence towards the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, [having] Bethel toward the west, and Ai toward the east; and there he built an altar to Jehovah, and called on the name of Jehovah.

⁸Zvino wakabva ipapo akaenda kugomo riri kumabvazuva aBheteri, ndokudzika tende rake; Bheteri riri kumavirazuva uye Ai kumabvazuva. Zvino wakavakirapo Jehovha aritari, akadana zita raJehovha.

⁹And Abram moved onward, going on still toward the south.

⁹Zvino Abhuramu wakafamba achienderera mberi akananga kuchamhembe.

¹⁰And there was a famine in the land. And Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was grievous in the land.

¹⁰Zvino kwakava nenzara panyika iyo; Abhuramu ndokuburukira kuEgipita kunogarako semweni; nekuti nzara yairwadza panyika.

¹¹And it came to pass when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a woman fair to look upon.

¹¹Zvino zvakaitika oswedera kupinda muEgipita kuti wakati kuna Sara, mukadzi wake: Tarira zvino, ndinoziva kuti uri mukadzi wa­kanaka kuonekwa.

¹²And it will come to pass when the Egyptians see thee, that they will say, She is his wife; and they will slay me, and save thee alive.

¹²Zvino zvichaitika vaEgipita pavachakuona, kuti vachati: Uyu mukadzi wa­ke, ndokundiuraya, asi iwe vachakuchengeta uri mupenyu.

¹³Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister, that it may be well with me on thy account, and my soul may live because of thee.

¹³Uti hako uri hanzvadzi yangu, kuti zvindinakire nekuda kwako, mweya wangu ugorarama nekuda kwako.

¹⁴And it came to pass when Abram came into Egypt, that the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.

¹⁴Zvino zvakaitika kuiti Abhuramu paakasvika Egipita, vaEgipita vakaona mukadzi kuti wakanaka kwazvo.

¹⁵And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

¹⁵Nemachinda aFarao akamuona, ndokumurumbi­dza pamberi paFarao; mukadzi ndokuiswa mumba maFarao.

¹⁶And he treated Abram well on her account; and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and bondmen, and bondwomen, and she-asses, and camels.

¹⁶Zvino wakabata Abhu­ramu zvakanaka nekuda kwake; uye akava nemakwai nenzombe nemakono ema­dhongi nevarandarume nevarandakadzi ne­madhongi echikadzi nemakamera.

¹⁷And Jehovah plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.

¹⁷Asi Jehovha wakatambudza Farao, neimba yake, nematambudziko makuru nekuda kwaSarai mukadzi waAbhu­ramu.

¹⁸And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this thou hast done to me? Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?

¹⁸Farao ndokudana Abhu­ramu akati, Chii ichi chawaita kwandiri? Nemhaka yei usina kundiudza kuti mukadzi wako.

¹⁹Why didst thou say, She is my sister, so that I took her as my wife. And now, behold, there is thy wife: take [her], and go away.

¹⁹Wakareverei kuti ihanzvadzi yangu? kusvikira ndamutora kuva mukadzi wangu? Naizvozvo zvino tarira mukadzi wako, tora uende.

²⁰And Pharaoh commanded [his] men concerning him, and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

²⁰Zvino Farao akaraira varume maererano naye, vakamudzinga nemukadzi wake nezvose zvaakange anazvo.