¹And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

¹Zvino Rakeri akati achiona kuti wakange asingaberekeri Jakove, Rakeri wakagodora mukoma wake, ndokuti kuna Jakove: Ndipe vana; kana zvikasadaro ndife.

²And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, Am I in God's stead, who has withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

²Naizvozvo kutsamwa kwaJakove kwakapfutira Rakeri akati: Ndiri pachinzvimbo chaMwari here, wakabata chibereko chechizvaro?

³And she said, Behold, there is my maid, Bilhah: go in to her, in order that she may bear on my knees, and I may also be built up by her.

³Iye ndokuti: Tarira, murandakadzi wangu Bhiriha, pinda kwaari, kuti abereke pamabvi angu, neni ndivakwe kwaari.

⁴And she gave him Bilhah her maidservant as wife, and Jacob went in to her.

⁴Zvino wakamupa Bhiriha, murandakadzi wake kuva mukadzi; Jakove ndokupinda kwaari.

⁵And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.

⁵Zvino Bhiriha wakabata mimba, akaberekera Jakove mwanakomana.

⁶And Rachel said, God has done me justice, and has also heard my voice, and given me a son; therefore she called his name Dan.

⁶Rakeri ndokuti: Mwari wanditongera, uye wanzwa inzwi rangu, ndokundipa mwanakomana. Naizvozvo wakatumidza zita rake kuti Dhani.

⁷And Bilhah Rachel's maidservant again conceived, and bore Jacob a second son.

⁷Bhiriha murandakadzi waRakeri ndokubata mimbazve, ndokuberekera Jakove mwanakomana wechipiri.

⁸And Rachel said, Wrestlings of God have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed; and she called his name Naphtali.

⁸Zvino Rakeri wakati: Nemutsimba mukuru, ndakaita mutsimba nemukoma wangu, ndikakunda; akatumidza zita rake kuti Nafutari.

⁹And when Leah saw that she had ceased to bear, she took Zilpah her maidservant and gave her to Jacob as wife.

⁹Zvino Rea wakati achiona kuti wamira kubereka, wakatora Ziripa murandakadzi wake, akamupa kuna Jakove kuva mukadzi.

¹⁰And Zilpah Leah's maidservant bore Jacob a son.

¹⁰Ziripa murandaka­dzi waRea ndokuberekera Jakove mwanakomana.

¹¹And Leah said, Fortunately! and she called his name Gad.

¹¹Rea ndokuti: Ndaita rombo rakanaka. Ndokutumidza zita rake kuti Gadhi.

¹²And Zilpah Leah's maidservant bore Jacob a second son.

¹²Zi­ripa, murandakadzi waRea, ndokuberekera Jakove mwanakomana wechipiri.

¹³And Leah said, Happy am I; for the daughters will call me blessed! and she called his name Asher.

¹³Rea ndokuti: Ndezvemufaro wangu, nekuti vakunda vachanditi ndine mufaro. Ndokutumidza zita rake Asheri.

¹⁴And Reuben went out in the days of wheat-harvest, and found mandrakes in the fields; and he brought them to his mother Leah. And Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.

¹⁴Zvino Rubheni akaenda pamazuva okukohwa gorosi, akandowana mamandirakisi* mumunda, akaauisa kuna mai vake Rea. Rakeri ndokuti kuna Rea: Dondipawo mamandirakisi emwanakomana wako.

¹⁵And she said to her, Is it [too] little that thou hast taken my husband, that thou wilt take my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes.

¹⁵Iye ndokuti kwaari: Chinhu chiduku here kuti wakatora murume wangu? Zvino woda kutorazve mamandirakisi emwanakomana wangu here? Rakeri ndokuti: Naizvozvo ucharara newe usiku huno nekuda kwemamandirakisi emwanakomana wako.

¹⁶And when Jacob came from the fields in the evening, Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in to me, for indeed I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

¹⁶Zvino Jakove wakati achidzoka kubva kumunda manheru, Rea ndokubuda kunomuchingamidza, akati: Unofanira kupinda kwa­ndiri, nekuti kukuhaya* ndakuhaya nemamandirakisi emwanakomana wangu. Ndokurara naye usiku ihwohwo.

¹⁷And God hearkened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.

¹⁷Zvino Mwari wakanzwa Rea, akabata mimba, akaberekera Jakove mwanakomana wechishanu.

¹⁸And Leah said, God has given me my hire, because I have given my maidservant to my husband; and she called his name Issachar.

¹⁸Rea ndokuti: Mwari wandipa mubayiro wangu, nekuti ndakapa murandakadzi wangu murume wangu; ndokutumidza zita rake kuti Isakari.

¹⁹And Leah again conceived, and bore Jacob a sixth son;

¹⁹Rea ndokubata mimbazve, ndokuberekera Jakove mwanakomana wechitanhatu.

²⁰and Leah said, God has endowed me with a good dowry; this time will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons. And she called his name Zebulun.

²⁰Rea ndokuti: Mwari wandipa chipo chakanaka; ikozvino murume wangu uchagara neni, nekuti ndamuberekera vanakomana vatanhatu; ndokutumidza zita rake kuti Zebhuroni.

²¹And afterwards she bore a daughter, and called her name Dinah.

²¹pashure akazobereka mukunda, akamutumidza zita rake kuti Dhina.

²²And God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.

²²Zvino Mwari wakarangarirawo Rakeri, Mwari akamunzwa, akazarura chibereko chake.

²³And she conceived, and bore a son, and said, God has taken away my reproach.

²³Akabata mimba, ndokubereka mwanakomana, ndokuti: Mwari wabvisa kunyadziswa kwangu.

²⁴And she called his name Joseph; and said, Jehovah will add to me another son.

²⁴Ndokutumidza zita rake kuti Josefa, achiti: Jehovha ngaawedzere kwandiri umwe mwanakomana.

²⁵And it came to pass when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, Send me away, that I may go to my place and to my country.

²⁵Zvino zvakaitia Rakeri abereka Josefa, kuti Jakove wakati kuna Rabhani: Ndiregei ndifambe kuti ndiende kunzvimbo yekwedu nekunyika yekwedu.

²⁶Give [me] my wives for whom I have served thee, and my children; that I may go away, for thou knowest my service which I have served thee.

²⁶Ipai kwandiri vakadzi vangu nevana vangu, vandakashandira kwamuri kuti ndiende, nekuti imwi munoziva basa rangu randakakubatirai.

²⁷And Laban said to him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes -- I have discovered that Jehovah has blessed me for thy sake.

²⁷Rabhani ndokuti kwaari: Kana hangu ndawana nyasha pameso ako; ndaona nekutarisisa kuti Jehovha wakandiropafadza nekuda kwako.

²⁸And he said, Appoint to me thy wages, and I will give it.

²⁸Ndokutiwo: Nditemere mubayiro wako, ndigokupa.

²⁹And he said to him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and what thy cattle has become with me.

²⁹Iye ndokuti kwaari: Imwi munoziva kuti ndakakushandirai sei, uye kuti zvipfuwo zvenyu zvaiva zvakadii neni.

³⁰For it was little that thou hadst before me, and it is increased to a multitude, and Jehovah has blessed thee from the time I came; and now, when shall I also provide for my house?

³⁰Nekuti zvishoma zvamaiva nazvo ndisati ndasvika, zvakawanda zvikava zvizhinjizhinji; Jehovha ndokukuropafadzai pakusvika kwangu; zvino ini ndichabatira imba yangu rinhi?

³¹And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me anything. If thou doest this for me, I will again feed [and] keep thy flock:

³¹Iye ndokuti: Ndichakupei? Jakove ndokuti: Hamungandipi chinhu; kana mukandiitira chinhu ichi, ndichafudzazve nekuchengeta zvipfuwo zvenyu.

³²I will pass through all thy flock to-day, to remove thence all the speckled and spotted sheep, and all the brown lambs, and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and [that] shall be my hire.

³²Ndichagura nepakati peboka renyu rose nhasi, ndichibvisapo gwai rose rine mavara nerine makwapa, negwai rose resvundu pakati pemakwai, nedzine mavara nedzine makwapa pakati pembudzi; zvigova mubayiro wangu.

³³And my righteousness shall answer for me hereafter, when thou comest about my hire, before thy face: all that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the lambs, let that be stolen with me.

³³Zvino kururama kwangu kuchandipupurira pazuva rinouya, kana muchiuira mubayiro wangu pamberi pechiso chenyu; zvose zvisina mavara nezvisina makwapa pakati pembudzi, nezvisvundu pamakwai, zvinenge zvabiwa kana zviri kwandiri.

³⁴And Laban said, Well, let it be according to thy word.

³⁴Rabhani ndokuti: Tarira, haiwa, ngazvive maererano neshoko rako.

³⁵And he removed that day the he-goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the brown among the lambs, and gave [them] into the hand of his sons.

³⁵Zvino nemusi iwoyo wakatsaura nhongo dzembudzi dzakange dzine mitsetse nedzine makwapa, nenhunzvi dzose dzembudzi dzakange dzine mavara nedzine makwapa, chose chakange chine ruvana ruchena, nechisvundu pamakwai, akapa paruoko rwevana vake.

³⁶And he put three days' journey between himself and Jacob. And Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flock.

³⁶Akaisa chinhambwe chemazuva matatu pakati pake naJakove. Jakove akafudza boka raRabhani rakange rasara.

³⁷And Jacob took fresh rods of white poplar, almond-tree, and maple; and peeled off white stripes in them, uncovering the white which was on the rods.

³⁷Zvino Jakove wakatora matanda manyoro emupopura* neemuarimondi neasina makwande, akasvuura mitaro michena paari, akaonesa kuchena kwakange kuri maari.

³⁸And he set the rods which he had peeled before the flock, in the troughs at the watering-places where the flock came to drink, and they were ardent when they came to drink.

³⁸Ndokuisa matanda aakanga asvuura pamigero nezvimwiro pakanangana nemapoka, paiuya mapoka kuzomwa; kuti abate mazamu pakuuya kwawo kuzomwa.

³⁹And the flock was ardent before the rods; and the flock brought forth ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.

³⁹Zvino mapoka akatora zamu pamberi pematanda, mapoka ndokubereka zvine mitsetse nezvine mavara nezvine makwapa.

⁴⁰And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flock toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he made himself separate flocks, and did not put them with Laban's flock.

⁴⁰Zvino Jakove akaparadzanisa makwayana, akataridza zviso zvemapoka kune zvaiva nemitsetse nezvose zvisvundu pamapoka aRabhani; akaisa mapoka ake ari oga; akasaaisa kuzvipfuwo zvaRabhani.

⁴¹And it came to pass whensoever the strong cattle were ardent, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might become ardent among the rods;

⁴¹Zvino zvakaitika pose akasimba eboka paaibata zamu, kuti Jakove wakaisa matanda pamberi pemeso emapoka pamigero, kuti zviteverwe pakati pematanda.

⁴²but when the sheep were feeble, he put [them] not in; so the feeble were Laban's, and the strong Jacob's.

⁴²Asi kana boka risina simba haana kuaisa; naizvozvo zvakange zvisina simba zvakange zviri zvaRabhani, uye zvakasimba zvaJakove.

⁴³And the man increased very, very much, and had much cattle, and bondwomen, and bondmen, and camels, and asses.

⁴³Zvino murume akava mukuru kwazvo, akava nemapoka mazhinji nevaranda nevarandakadzi nemakamera nemadhongi.