¹And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

¹Zvino Dhina mwanasikana waRea, waakaberekera Jakove, aka­buda kunoona vakunda venyika iyoyo.

²And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.

²Uye Shekemu mwanakomana waHa­mori muHivhi, muchinda wenyika, wakamuona; akamutora, akarara naye, akamufumura.

³And his soul fastened on Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the maiden, and spoke consolingly to the maiden.

³Mweya wake ndokunamatira panaDhina, mukunda waJakove, ndokuda musikana, akataura kumoyo wemusikana.

⁴And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, Take me this girl as wife.

⁴Zvino Shekemu ndokutaura kuna baba vake Hamori achiti: Ndi­torerei musikana uyo ave mukadzi wa­ngu.

⁵And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; but his sons were with his cattle in the fields, and Jacob said nothing until they came.

⁵Zvino Jakove wakanzwa kuti akasvibisa Dhina mukunda wake; zvino vanakomana vake vakange vari kuzvipfuwo zvake kusango, Jakove ndokunyarara kusvikira vauya.

⁶And Hamor the father of Shechem came out to Jacob, to speak to him.

⁶Hamori baba vaShe­kemu vakabuda vakaenda kuna Jakove kunotau­rirana naye.

⁷And the sons of Jacob came from the fields when they heard [it]; and the men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had wrought what was disgraceful in Israel, in lying with Jacob's daughter, which thing ought not to be done.

⁷Vakati vachinzwa izvozvo vanakomana vaJakove vakauya vachi­bva kusango; zvino varume ava vakazarirwa kwazvo, vakatsamwa zvi­kuru nekuti wakange aita upenzi pakati pevaIsiraeri nekurara nemukunda waJakove; chinhu chisingafaniri kuitwa saizvozvo.

⁸And Hamor spoke to them, saying, My son Shechem's soul cleaves to your daughter: I pray you, give her to him as wife.

⁸Zvino Ha­mori wakataurirana navo achiti: Shekemu mwanakomana wangu, moyo wake unodokwairira mukunda wenyu; domupai he­nyu iye ave mukadzi wake.

⁹And make marriages with us: give your daughters to us, and take our daughters to you.

⁹Uye waniranai nesu, tipei vakunda venyu, mugozvitorera vakunda vedu.

¹⁰And dwell with us, and the land shall be before you: dwell and trade in it, and get yourselves possessions in it.

¹⁰Uye garai henyu nesu, nyika ichava pamberi penyu; garai mutengeserane, mupfuwe mairi.

¹¹And Shechem said to her father and to her brethren, Let me find favour in your eyes; and what ye shall say to me I will give.

¹¹Shekemu ndokuti kuna baba vemusikana nekuhanzvadzi dzake, Ngandiwane nyasha pameso enyu; uye chamuchareva kwandiri, ndichakupai.

¹²Impose on me very much as dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say to me; but give me the maiden as wife.

¹²Pamhidzirai zvikuru kwandiri roora nechipo; uye ndichapa sezvamuchareva kwandiri; asi ndipei musikana ave mukadzi wangu.

¹³And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and spoke -- because he had defiled Dinah their sister --

¹³Vanakomana vaJakove ndokupi­ndura Shekemu naHamori baba vake, neunyengeri, vakati, nekuti wakasvibisa hanzvadzi yavo Dhina,

¹⁴and said to them, We cannot do this, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that [were] a reproach to us.

¹⁴ndokuti kwavari: Hatingagoni kuita chinhu ichi, kupa hanzvadzi yedu munhu une ganda repamberi, nekuti chinyadzo kwatiri.

¹⁵But only in this will we consent to you, if ye will be as we, that every male of you be circumcised;

¹⁵Asi nechinhu ichi tingatenderana nemwi, kana mukava sesu, kuti murume umwe neumwe wekwenyu adzingiswe,

¹⁶then will we give our daughters to you, and take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and be one people.

¹⁶zvino ticha­kupai vakunda vedu, nesu vakunda venyu tizvitorere; uye tichagara nemwi tive rudzi rumwe.

¹⁷But if ye do not hearken to us, to be circumcised, then will we take our daughter and go away.

¹⁷Asi kana musingatitereri mukadzingiswa, tichatora mukunda wedu tiende.

¹⁸And their words were good in the eyes of Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son.

¹⁸Mashoko avo akava akanaka pameso aHamori, nepameso aShekemu, mwanakomana waHamori.

¹⁹And the youth did not delay to do this, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter. And he was honourable above all in the house of his father.

¹⁹Jaya harina kunonoka kuita chinhu ichi, nekuti waifarira muku­nda waJakove; uye waiku­dzwa kupfuura imba yose yababa vake.

²⁰And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and spoke to the men of their city, saying,

²⁰Zvino Hamori wakasvika, naShekemu mwa­nakomana wake, kusuwo reguta ravo, ndokutaurirana nevanhu veguta ravo vachiti:

²¹These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade in it. And the land -- behold, it is of wide extent before them. We will take their daughters as wives, and give them our daughters.

²¹Varume ava vane rugare nesu; naizvozvo ngavagare munyika, vagotengeseranamo; nekuti nyika, tarirai, yakafara pamberi pavo; vakunda vavo tichavatora vave vakadzi vedu, nevakunda vedu tichavapa ivo.

²²But only in this will the men consent to us to dwell with us, to be one people -- if every male among us be circumcised, just as they are circumcised.

²²Asi pachinhu ichi chete varume vachatenderana nesu, kugara nesu, nekuva serudzi ru­mwe, kuti murume wose wedu adzingiswa, sezvavakadzingiswa ivo.

²³Their cattle, and their possessions, and every beast of theirs, shall they not be ours? only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.

²³Ko mo­mbe dzavo, nenhumbi dzavo, nezvipfuwo zvavo zvose hazvichavi zvedu here? Ngatitenderane navo koga, vagogara nesu.

²⁴And all that went out at the gate of his city hearkened to Hamor and to Shechem his son; and every male was circumcised -- all that went out at the gate of his city.

²⁴Zvino vakateerera Hamori naShe­kemu mwanakomana wake, vose vaibuda pasuwo reguta rake, ndokudzingiswa, murume umwe neumwe, vose vaibuda pasuwo reguta rake.

²⁵And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.

²⁵Zvino zvakaitika nezuva retatu vachiri paku­rwadziwa, vanakomana vaviri vaJako­bho, Simioni naRevhi, hanzvadzi dzaDhina, vakatora umwe neumwe munondo wake, vakanyangira guta, ndokuuraya varume vose.

²⁶And Hamor and Shechem his son they slew with the edge of the sword; and took Dinah out of Shechem's house; and went out.

²⁶Ndokuuraya Hamori naShekemu mwanakomana wake, nekwakapinza kwemunondo, vakabudisa Dhina mumba maShekemu, va­kabuda.

²⁷The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.

²⁷Vanakomana vaJakove vakauya pamusoro pevakauraiwa, vakapamba guta, nekuti vakange vasvibisa hanzvadzi yavo.

²⁸Their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and what [was] in the city, and what [was] in the field they took;

²⁸Vakatora makwai avo nemombe dzavo nemadhongi avo nezvaiva muguta nezvaiva kusango;

²⁹and all their goods, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and plundered them, and all that was in the houses.

²⁹nefuma yavo yose, nevana vavo vaduku vose, nevakadzi vavo vakavatapa vakapamba, nezvinhu zvose zvaiva mudzimba.

³⁰And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, in that ye make me odious among the inhabitants of the land -- among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and I am few men in number, and they will gather themselves against me and smite me, and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.

³⁰Jakove ndokuti kuna Simioni naRevhi: Manditambudza, nekundinhuwisa pakati pevagari vemunyika ino, pakati pevaKanani nevaPerezi; ini ndiri mushoma pauwandu, vachandiunganira, vagondirova; ndichaparara ini neimba yangu.

³¹And they said, Should people deal with our sister as with a harlot?

³¹Ivo ndokuti: Aite hanzvadzi yedu sechifeve here?