¹And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, a chamberlain of Pharaoh, the captain of the life-guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hand of the Ishmaelites who had brought him down thither.

¹Josefa akanga aburutsirwa Egipita; Potifari, gota raFarao, mu­kuru wavarindi, muEgipita, akamutenga pamaoko avaIshimaeri, vakanga vamu­burutsira Egipita.

²And Jehovah was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

²Jehovha zvino akanga ana Josefa, akaramba achikwirira; aka­gara mumba matenzi wake muEgipita.

³And his master saw that Jehovah was with him, and that Jehovah made all that he did to prosper in his hand.

³Tenzi wake akaona kuti Jehovha anaye, uye kuti Jehovha akafambisa zvakanaka zvose zvaaiita namaoko ake.

⁴And Joseph found favour in his eyes, and attended on him; and he set him over his house, and all that he had he gave into his hand.

⁴Josefa akawana nyasha kwaari, akamubatira; iye akamuita mutariri weimba yake; zvose zvaakanga anazvo akazviisa pa­maoko ake.

⁵And it came to pass from the time he had set him over his house and all that he had, that Jehovah blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of Jehovah was on all that he had in the house and in the field.

⁵Zvino kubva pakuitwa kwake mutariri weimba yake nowazvose zvaakanga anazvo, Jehovha akaropafa­dza imba yomuEgipita nokuda kwaJosefa; kuropafadza kwaJehovha kwakanga kuri pamusoro pezvose zvaakanga anazvo mumba nokumunda.

⁶And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand, and took cognizance of nothing with him, save the bread that he ate. And Joseph was of a beautiful form and of a beautiful countenance.

⁶Waisiya zvose zvaakanga anazvo pamaoko aJosefa; iye anaye, haazairangarira chinhu, asi zvo­kudya zvake zvoga zvaaidya.

⁷And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph, and said, Lie with me!

⁷Zvino shure kwaizvozvo mukadzi watenzi wake aka­tarira Josefa, akati, Vata neni.

⁸But he refused, and said to his master's wife, Behold, my master takes cognizance of nothing with me: what is in the house, and all that he has, he has given into my hand.

⁸Asi iye akaramba, akati kumukadzi watenzi wake, Tarirai, nokuda kwangu tenzi wangu haarangariri zviri kwandiri mumba, asi akaisa zvose zvaanazvo pamaoko angu;

⁹There is none greater in this house than I; neither has he withheld anything from me but thee, because thou art his wife; and how should I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

⁹hakuna mukuru kwandiri paimba ino; haana kundidzivisa chinhu, asi imwi moga; nekuti muri mukadzi wake; zvino ndi­ngaita seiko chinhu ichi chakaipa zvikuru nditadzire Mwari?

¹⁰And it came to pass as she spoke to Joseph day by day and he hearkened not to her, to lie with her [and] to be with her,

¹⁰Zvino akati ataura naJosefa mazuva ose, iye asingamuteereri kuti avate naye, kana kuva naye,

¹¹that on a certain day he went into the house to do his business, and there was none of the men of the house there in the house.

¹¹ne­nguva iyoyo akapinda mumba kuti abate basa rake; makanga musina vamwe va­rume veimba imomo.

¹²Then she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me! But he left his garment in her hand, and fled and ran out.

¹²Ipapo akamubata nguvo yake, akati, Vata neni; iye aka­siya nguvo yake muruoko rwake, akabuda panze.

¹³And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled forth,

¹³Zvino akati achiona kuti asiya nguvo yake muruoko rwake, atiza, aenda,

¹⁴that she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, See, he has brought in a Hebrew man to us, to mock us: he came in to me, to lie with me; and I cried with a loud voice;

¹⁴akadana varume veimba yake, akataura navo akati, Tarirai, iye akauyisa muHe­bheru pakati pedu kuti atidadire; akapi­nda kwandiri, kuti avate neni, ndikaridza mhere neinzwi guru.

¹⁵and it came to pass when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled and went out.

¹⁵Zvino akati achi­nzwa kuti ndinodanidzirisa ndichiridza mhere, akasiya nguvo yake neni, akatiza, akabuda panze.

¹⁶And she laid his garment by her until his lord came home.

¹⁶Akachengeta nguvo yake kusvikira tenzi wake achipinda mumba.

¹⁷And she spoke to him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew bondman that thou hast brought to us came in to me to mock me;

¹⁷Akataura kwaari mashoko iwayo akati, Muranda muHebheru wawakaisa pakati pedu, akauya kwandiri kuti andidadire.

¹⁸and it came to pass as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled forth.

¹⁸Ndi­kadanidzirisa, ndikaridza mhere, akasiya nguvo yake neni, akatizira panze.

¹⁹And it came to pass when his lord heard the words of his wife which she spoke to him, saying, After this manner did thy bondman to me, that his wrath was kindled.

¹⁹Tenzi wake akati achinzwa ma­shoko aakaudzwa nomukadzi wake, achiti, Ndizvo zvandaitirwa nomuranda wako, hasha dzake dzikamuka.

²⁰And Joseph's lord took him and put him into the tower-house, [the] place where the king's prisoners were confined; and he was there in the tower-house.

²⁰Tenzi waJosefa akamutora, akamupinza muto­rongo, paisungwa vasungwa vamambo; akava mutirongo.

²¹And Jehovah was with Joseph, and extended mercy to him, and gave him favour in the eyes of the chief of the tower-house.

²¹Asi Jehovha akava naJosefa, akamuitira tsitsi, kuti anzwirwe tsitsi nomutariri wetirongo.

²²And the chief of the tower-house committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the tower-house; and whatever they had to do there he did.

²²Mutariri wetirongo akapa mumaoko aJosefa vasu­ngwa vose vakanga vari mutirongo; iye aiva muiti wezvose zvaiitwamo.

²³The chief of the tower-house looked not to anything under his hand, because Jehovah was with him; and what he did, Jehovah made it prosper.

²³Mutariri wetirongo akanga asina hanya nechinhu chakanga chiri pamaoko ake, nekuti Jehovha akanga anaye; zvose zvaaiita, Jehovha akazviruramisa.