¹And Jacob dwelt in the land where his father sojourned -- in the land of Canaan.

¹Zvino Jakove akagara munyika youtorwa hwababa vake, munyika yeKanani.

²These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, fed the flock with his brethren; and he was doing service with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought to his father an evil report of them.

²Marudzi aJakove ndiwo: Josefa akanga ana makore ane gumi namano­mwe, akafudza makwai pamwechete navakoma vake; akanga achiri muko­mana pamwechete navanakomana vaBhiriha, navanakomana vaZiripa, vaka­dzi vababa vake; Josefa akasivaudzira kuna baba vavo.

³And Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was son of his old age; and he made him a vest of many colours.

³Zvino Isiraeri akanga achida Josefa kupfuura vana vake vose, nekuti aiva mwanakomana woutana hwake; aka­muitira nguvo yakanga yakareba ina maoko.

⁴And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, and they hated him, and could not greet him with friendliness.

⁴Vakoma vake vakaona kuti baba vavo vanomuda kupfuura vakoma vake vose; vakamuvenga, vakasagona kutaura naye nomufaro.

⁵And Joseph dreamed a dream, and told [it] to his brethren, and they hated him yet the more.

⁵Zvino Josefa akarota hope, akau­dza vakoma vake, ipapo vakanyanya kumuvenga.

⁶And he said to them, Hear, I pray you, this dream, which I have dreamt:

⁶Akati kwavari, Inzwaiwo hope dzangu dzandarota.

⁷Behold, we were binding sheaves in the fields, and lo, my sheaf rose up, and remained standing; and behold, your sheaves came round about and bowed down to my sheaf.

⁷Tarirai, taka­nga tichisunga zvisote mumunda, onei chisote changu chikasimuka, chikara­mba chimire; ndikaona zvisote zvenyu zvichikomba changu, zvikakotama pa­mberi pechisote changu.

⁸And his brethren said to him, Wilt thou indeed be a king over us? wilt thou indeed rule over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams and for his words.

⁸Vakoma vake vakati kwaari, Ko iwe uchabata ushe pamusoro pedu kanhi? Ko iwe uchava nesimba pamusoro pedu kanhi? Vakanyanya kumuvenga nokuda kokurota kwake nokwamashoko ake.

⁹And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamt another dream, and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me.

⁹Akapamha kurotazve, akaudza va­koma vake, akati, Tarirai, ndarotazve dzimwe hope; ndakaona zuva, nomwedzi, nenyeredzi dzine gumi neimwe, dzichi­kotamira pamberi pangu.

¹⁰And he told [it] to his father and to his brethren. And his father rebuked him, and said to him, What is this dream which thou hast dreamt? Shall we indeed come, I and thy mother and thy brethren, to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?

¹⁰Akaudza baba vake navakoma vake izvozvo; baba vake vakamutuka, vakati kwaari, Kurota kwako uku kwa­warota kurota kunyi? Ini namai vako navakoma vako tichauya tikakotama pasi pamberi pako kanhi?

¹¹And his brethren envied him; but his father kept the saying.

¹¹Vakoma vake vakamugodora; asi baba vake vakache­ngeta shoko iro.

¹²And his brethren went to feed their father's flock at Shechem.

¹²Zvino vakoma vake vakandofudza makwai ababa vavo paShekemu.

¹³And Israel said to Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed [the flock] at Shechem? Come, that I may send thee to them. And he said to him, Here am I.

¹³Isiraeri akati kuna Josefa, Vakoma vako havafudzi makwai paShe­kemu here? Uya ndikutumire kwavari. Iye akati, Ndiri pano hangu.

¹⁴And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see after the welfare of thy brethren, and after the welfare of the flock; and bring me word again. And he sent him out of the vale of Hebron; and he came towards Shechem.

¹⁴Akati kwaari, Zvino chienda undo­tarira kana vakoma vako vakafara, nama­kwai kana akafarawo; ugodzoka kuzondiu­dza. Naizvozvo akamutuma, ari pamupata weHebhuroni, akandosvika Shekemu.

¹⁵And a man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the country; and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

¹⁵Zvino mumwe murume akamuwana achidzungaira musango; murume akamu­bvunza, akati, Unotsvakeiko?

¹⁶And he said, I am seeking my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed [their flocks].

¹⁶Iye akati, Ndinotsvaka vakoma vangu; dondiudza hako kwavanofudza makwai.

¹⁷And the man said, They have removed from this; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them at Dothan.

¹⁷Murume akati, Vabva pano, no­kuti ndakavanzwa vachiti, Ngatiende Dhotani. Josefa akatevera vakoma vake, akandovawana paDhotani.

¹⁸And when they saw him from afar, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to put him to death.

¹⁸Ivo vakamuona achiri kure; zvino asati asvika kwavari, vakarangana kuti vamuuraye.

¹⁹And they said one to another, Behold, there comes that dreamer!

¹⁹Vakataurirana, vachiti, Hoyo muroti uya wauya.

²⁰And now come and let us kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, An evil beast has devoured him; and we will see what becomes of his dreams.

²⁰Uyai zvino timuuraye, timukandire mune rimwe ra­makomba aya, tigoti, Wadyiwa nechi­kara; tigoona kuti kurota kwake kucha­zoitwa seiko.

²¹And Reuben heard [it], and delivered him out of their hand, and said, Let us not take his life.

²¹Rubheni akazvinzwa, akamurwira mumaoko avo, akati, Ngatirege kumuu­raya.

²²And Reuben said to them, Shed no blood: cast him into this pit which is in the wilderness; but lay no hand upon him -- in order that he might deliver him out of their hand, to bring him to his father again.

²²Rubheni akati kwavari, Musa­durura ropa; mukandirei mugomba iri riri musango, asi regai kutambanudza maoko enyu kwaari; kuti amurwire pamaoko avo, agomudzosera kuna baba vake.

²³And it came to pass when Joseph came to his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his vest, the vest of many colours, which he had on;

²³Zvino Josefa akati asvika kuvakoma vake, vakabvisira Josefa nguvo yake, nguvo iya yakanga yakareba ina maoko, yaaka­nga akafuka;

²⁴and they took him and cast him into the pit; now the pit was empty -- there was no water in it.

²⁴vakamutora, vakamuka­ndira mugomba; gomba rakanga risina chinhu, makanga musina mvura.

²⁵And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites came from Gilead; and their camels bore tragacanth, and balsam, and ladanum -- going to carry [it] down to Egypt.

²⁵Vakagara pasi, vakadya zvokudya; zvino vakasimudza meso avo, vakatarira, vakaona boka ravaIshimaeri vachifamba, vachibva Giriyadhi, makamera avo akata­kura zvinhu zvinonhuhwira, nebarisami, nemura, vachindozviisa Egipita.

²⁶And Judah said to his brethren, What profit is it that we kill our brother and secrete his blood?

²⁶Zvino Judha akati kuvana vababa vake, Tinga­waneiko kana tikauraya munin'ina wedu tichivanza ropa rake?

²⁷Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites; but let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brethren hearkened [to him].

²⁷Uyai timutengese kuvaIshimaeri; maoko edu arege kuva kwaari; nekuti munun una wedu, nyama imwe nesu. Vana vababa vake vakamuteerera.

²⁸And Midianitish men, merchants, passed by; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silver-pieces; and they brought Joseph to Egypt.

²⁸Zvino vatengesi vavaMidhiani vakapfuurapo, vakakwidza Josefa vachi­mubudisa mugomba, vakatengesa Josefa kuvaIshimaeri namashekeri ana makumi maviri; ivo vakaisa Josefa Egipita.

²⁹And Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph [was] not in the pit; and he rent his garments,

²⁹Zvino Rubheni akadzokera kugo­mba, akawana Josefa asisimo mugomba; akabvarura nguvo dzake.

³⁰and returned to his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, where shall I go?

³⁰Akadzokera kuvanin'ina vake, akati, Mwana haa­chipo; ini zvino ndichaendepiko?

³¹And they took Joseph's vest, and slaughtered a buck of the goats, and dipped the vest in the blood;

³¹Zvino vakatora nguvo yaJosefa, va­kauraya nhongo yembudzi, vakanyika nguvo muropa;

³²and they sent the vest of many colours and had it carried to their father, and said, This have we found: discern now whether it is thy son's vest or not.

³²vakatumira nguvo iyo yakareba ina maoko kuna baba vavo, vakati, Tanonga chinhu ichi; fananidzai zvakanaka kana iri nguvo yomwanako­mana wenyu, kana isati iri iyo.

³³And he discerned it, and said, [It is] my son's vest! an evil beast has devoured him: Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces!

³³Ivo vakafananidza vakati, Inguvo yomwanakomana wangu; wadyiwa ne­chikara; Josefa zvirokwazvo wapara­dzwa.

³⁴And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

³⁴Jakove akabvarura nguvo dzake, akasimira madhumbu pachiuno chake, akachema mwanakomana wake mazuva mazhinji.

³⁵And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted, and said, For I will go down to my son into Sheol mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

³⁵Vanakomana vake vose navakunda vake vose vakasimuka vakamunyaradza; asi akaramba kunyara­dzwa, akati, Ndichaburukira kuguva kumwanakomana wangu, ndichichema. Baba vake vakamuwungudzira.

³⁶And the Midianites sold him into Egypt, to Potiphar, a chamberlain of Pharaoh, the captain of the life-guard.

³⁶Zvino vaMidhiani vakandomute­ngesa Egipita kuna Potifari, muranda waFarao, mukuru wavarindi.