¹And it came to pass after these things, that God tried Abraham, and said to him, Abraham! and he said, Here am I.

¹Zvino zvakaitika shure kwezvinhu izvi kuti Mwari wakaedza Abhurahamu akati kwaari: Abhurahamu! Iye ndokuti: Tarirai, ndiri pano.

²And he said, Take now thy son, thine only [son], whom thou lovest, Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah, and there offer him up for a burnt-offering on one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

²Ndokuti: Zvino tora mwanakomana wako, wako umwe chete, waunoda, Isaka, uende kunyika yeMoria; umupe ave chibayiro chinopiswa pamusoro perimwe gomo randichakuudza.

³And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he clave the wood for the burnt-offering, and rose up and went to the place that God had told him of.

³Abhurahamu ndokumuka mangwa­nani-ngwanani, akasungira chigara padhongi rake, akatora vaviri vemajaya ake naye, naIsaka mwanakomana wake. Zvino wakatsemura huni dzechiba­yiro chinopiswa, ndokusimuka, ndokuenda kunzvimbo Mwari yaakamuudza.

⁴On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar.

⁴Zvino nemusi wetatu Abhurahamu waka­simudza meso ake, akaona nzvimbo iri kure.

⁵And Abraham said to his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.

⁵Abhurahamu ndokuti kumajaya ake: Imwi chigarai henyu pano nembo­ngoro, ini nemukomana tichienda uko nekunoshumira, tigodzoka kwamuri.

⁶And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and the knife, and they went both of them together.

⁶Abhurahamu ndokutora huni dzechi­bayiro chinopiswa, akadzitakudza Isaka mwanakomana wake; ndokutora moto neba­nga muruoko rwake, ndokuenda vari va­viri.

⁷And Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, My father! And he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood; but where is the sheep for a burnt-offering?

⁷Isaka ndokutaura naAbhurahamu baba vake akati: Baba vangu! Iye ndokuti: Ndiri pano, mwana wangu. ndokuti: Tarirai, moto nehuni, asi gwayana rechibayiro chinopiswa riripi?

⁸And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself with the sheep for a burnt-offering. And they went both of them together.

⁸Abhurahamu ndokuti: Mwari ucha­zvipa gwayana rechibayiro chinopiswa, mwanakomana wangu; saizvozvo vakafamba vari vaviri pamwe.

⁹And they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built the altar there, and piled the wood; and he bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.

⁹Zvino vakasvika panzvimbo Mwari yaakange avaudza; Abhurahamu ndokuvakapo aritari; ndokugadzira huni; ndokusunga Isaka mwanakomana wake, ndokumuisa paaritari pamu­soro pehuni.

¹⁰And Abraham stretched out his hand, and took the knife to slaughter his son.

¹⁰Zvino Abhurahamu wakata­mbanudza ruoko rwake, ndokutora banga kuti abaye mwanakomana wake.

¹¹And the Angel of Jehovah called to him from the heavens, and said, Abraham, Abraham! And he said, Here am I.

¹¹Zvino mutumwa waJehovha wakadanidzira kwaari ari kumatenga akati: Abhurahamu! Abhurahamu! Iye ndokuti: Ndiri pano.

¹²And he said, Stretch not out thy hand against the lad, neither do anything to him; for now I know that thou fearest God, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son], from me.

¹²Zvino wakati: Usaisa ruoko rwako pamukomana, kana kumuitira chinhu, nekuti ikozvino ndinoziva kuti unotya Mwari, sezvo usina kundinyima mwanakomana wako, wako umwe chete.

¹³And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, behind was a ram caught in the thicket by its horns; and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt-offering instead of his son.

¹³Abhurahamu ndokusimudza meso ake, ndokutarira, ndokuona shure gondohwe rakange rakabatwa mufomwe nenyanga dzaro. Abhurahamu ndokunotora gondohwe riya, akaripisa chikava chiba­yiro panzvimbo yemwanakomana wake.

¹⁴And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh; as it is said at the present day, On the mount of Jehovah will be provided.

¹⁴Abhurahamu ndokutumidza zita renzvimbo iyo kuti Jehovha-jire; sezvo kuchinzi nanhasi, Pagomo raJehovha zvicharangarirwa.

¹⁵And the Angel of Jehovah called to Abraham from the heavens a second time,

¹⁵Zvino mutumwa waJehovha waka­danidzira kuna Abhurahamu rwechipiri, ari kumate­nga,

¹⁶and said, By myself I swear, saith Jehovah, that, because thou hast done this, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son],

¹⁶ndokuti: Ndakapika neni ndomene, ndizvo zvinoreva Jehovha, nekuti waita chinhi ichi, ukasanyima mwanakomana wako, wako umwe chete;

¹⁷I will richly bless thee, and greatly multiply thy seed, as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is on the sea-shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

¹⁷ndichakuropafa­dza nekuropafadza, uye ndichawanza nekuwanza mbeu yako senyeredzi dzekumatenga, uye se­jecha riri pamahombekombe egungwa; uye mbeu yako ichava varidzi vemasuwo eva­vengi vayo;

¹⁸and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves, because thou hast hearkened to my voice.

¹⁸nemumbeu yako ndudzi dzose dzenyika dzicharopafadzwa, nekuti wa­kateerera inzwi rangu.

¹⁹And Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba. And Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.

¹⁹Zvino Abhura­hamu wakadzokera kumajaya ake; ndoku­simuka ndokuenda vose Bheerishebha; Abhurahamu ndokugara paBheerishebha.

²⁰And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she also has borne sons to thy brother Nahor:

²⁰Zvino zvakaitika shure kwezvinhu izvi, kuti Abhurahamu wakaudzwa zvichinzi: Tarira, Mirika wakaberekerawo munin'ina wako Nahori vanakomana:

²¹Uz his first-born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,

²¹Uzi dangwe rake, naBuzi munin'ina wake, naKemueri baba vaAramu,

²²and Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.

²²naKesedhi, naHazo, naPiradhashi, naJidhirafi, naBhetueri;

²³(And Bethuel begot Rebecca.) These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

²³Bhetueri ndokubereka Rabheka; ava va­sere Mirika wakavakaberekera Nahori, munununa waAbhurahamu.

²⁴And his concubine, named Reumah, she also bore Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maacah.

²⁴Nemurongo wake, wezita rainzi Ruma, wakaberekawo Tebha, naGahami, naTa­hashi, naMaaka.