¹And Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

¹Zvino Jakove akaona kuti zviyo zvaiveko kuEgipita, Jakove akati kuvanakomana vake, Munotari­rana neiko?

²And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down thither and buy [grain] for us from thence, in order that we may live, and not die.

²Akati, Ndanzwa kuti zviyo zviriko kuEgipita; burukiraiko, mu­ndotitengerako, tipone, tirege kufa.

³And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy [grain] out of Egypt.

³Ipapo vakoma vaJosefa vane gumi va­kaburuka kundotenga zviyo Egipita.

⁴But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest mischief may befall him.

⁴Asi Bhenjamini, munin'ina waJosefa, Jakove haana kumutuma navakoma vake; nekuti akati, Zvimwe angawirwa nenjodzi.

⁵So the sons of Israel came to buy [grain] among those that came; for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

⁵Zvino vanakomana vaIsiraeri vakauya kuzotenga pakati pavamwe vaiuya, no­kuti nzara yakanga iripo panyika yeKe­nani.

⁶And Joseph, he was the governor over the land -- he it was that sold [the corn] to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brethren came and bowed down to him, the face to the earth.

⁶Zvino Josefa aiva mubati wenyika; ndiye aitengesera vanhu vose venyika; vakoma vaJosefa vakauya, va­kamupfugamira, zviso zvavo zvakatarira pasi.

⁷And Joseph saw his brethren, and knew them; but he made himself strange to them, and spoke roughly to them, and said to them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to buy food.

⁷Josefa akaona vakoma vake, aka­vaziva, asi akaita saasingavazivi, aka­taura nehasha navo, akati kwavari, Ma­bvepiko? Ivo vakati, Tabva kunyika yeKanani kuzotenga zvokudya.

⁸And Joseph knew his brethren, but they did not know him.

⁸Josefa akaziva vakoma vake, asi ivo havana kumuziva.

⁹And Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamt of them; and he said to them, Ye are spies: to see the exposed places of the land ye are come.

⁹Ipapo Josefa akara­ngarira kurota kwake kwaakadeya kurota pamusoro pavo, akati kwavari, Muri vashori, mauya kuzoona kuti nyika yaka­shama papi.

¹⁰And they said to him, No, my lord; but to buy food are thy servants come.

¹⁰Ivo vakati kwaari, Kwete, ishe wedu, asi varanda venyu vauya kuzote­nga zvokudya.

¹¹We are all one man's sons; we are honest: thy servants are not spies.

¹¹Tiri vanakomana vomu­nhu mumwe chete tose; tiri vanhu vaka­tendeka, varanda venyu havazi vashori;

¹²And he said to them, No; but to see the exposed places of the land are ye come.

¹²iye akati kwavari, Kwete, mauya ku­zoona nyika kuti yakashama papi.

¹³And they said, Thy servants were twelve brethren, sons of one man, in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

¹³Ivo vakati, Isu varanda venyu, tiri vanakomana vane gumi navaviri vomu­nhu mumwe chete panyika yeKanani; zvino worugotwe ari kuna baba vedu nhasi; mumwe haachisipo.

¹⁴And Joseph said to them, That is it that I have spoken to you, saying, Ye are spies.

¹⁴Josefa akati kwavari, Ndizvo zva­ndanga ndichitaura kwamuri, ndichiti muri vashori;

¹⁵By this ye shall be put to the proof: as Pharaoh lives, ye shall not go forth hence, unless your youngest brother come hither!

¹⁵hechi chinhu chamuchae­dzwa nacho. Noupenyu hwaFarao, hamu­ngabudi pano kana munin'ina wenyu wo­rugotwe asina kuuya pano.

¹⁶Send one of you, that he may fetch your brother, but ye shall be imprisoned, and your words shall be put to the proof, whether the truth is in you; and if not, as Pharaoh lives, ye are spies.

¹⁶Tumai mumwe wenyu kuti andotora munin'ina wenyu, asi imwi muchafanira kugara ma­kasungwa, kuti mashoko enyu aedzwe, kana makatendeka; kana zvisina kudaro, zvirokwazvo, noupenyu hwaFarao muri vashori.

¹⁷And he put them in custody three days.

¹⁷Ipapo akavaisa pamwechete vose mutirongo, kuti vachengetwe ma­zuva matatu.

¹⁸And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, that ye may live: I fear God.

¹⁸Josefa akati kwavari nezuva retatu, Itai chinhu ichi, mupone; ini ndinotya Mwari;

¹⁹If ye are honest, let one of your brethren remain bound in the house of your prison, but go ye, carry grain for the hunger of your households;

¹⁹kana muri vanhu vakatendeka, mumwe wavanin'ina venyu ngaagare akasungwa mutirongo yenyu; asi imwi endai makatakura zviyo kundopa mhuri dzenyu dzine nzara.

²⁰and bring your youngest brother to me, in order that your words be verified, and that ye may not die. And they did so.

²⁰Mugouya nomunu­nuna wenyu worugotwe kwandiri; nai­zvozvo mashoko enyu achasimbiswa, murege kufa. Vakaita saizvozvo.

²¹Then they said one to another, We are indeed guilty concerning our brother, whose anguish of soul we saw when he besought us, and we did not hearken; therefore this distress is come upon us.

²¹Va­kataurirana vachiti, Zvirokwazvo tine mhosva nokuda komunin'ina wedu, no­kuti takaona kutambudzika komweya wake musi uya waakatinyengetera, tika­ramba kumuteerera; naizvozvo tawirwa nokutainbudzika.

²²And Reuben answered them, saying, Did I not speak to you, saying, Do not sin against the lad? But ye did not hearken; and now behold, his blood also is required.

²²Ipapo Rubheni akapindura, akati, Handina kukuudzai here, ndichiti, Re­gai kutadzira mwana, mukaramba kundi­teerera? Naizvozvo tarirai, ropa rake rotsvakwa.

²³And they did not know that Joseph understood, for the interpreter was between them.

²³Zvino vakanga vasingazivi kuti Josefa anonzwisisa, nekuti kwanga kuine mupinduri pakati pavo.

²⁴And he turned away from them, and wept. And he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.

²⁴Ipapo Josefa akabva kwavari, akachema; aka­dzokerazve kwavari, akataura navo, aka­tora Simioni pakati pavo, akamusunga vachizviona.

²⁵And Joseph gave orders to fill their vessels with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way. And thus did they to them.

²⁵Josefa akaraira kuti mi­dziyo yavo izadzwe nezviyo, uye kuti mumwe nomumwe adzoserwe mari yake muhomwe yake, uye kuti vapiwewo mbuva yokufamba nayo; vakaitirwa sai­zvozvo.

²⁶And they loaded their asses with their grain, and departed thence.

²⁶Ipapo vakatakudza madhongi avo zviyo zvavo, vakaenda.

²⁷And one of them opened his sack to give his ass food in the inn, and saw his money, and behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.

²⁷Zvino mumwe wavo akati achisunungura ho­mwe yake, kuti ape dhongi rake zvokudya pavakavata usiku, akawana mari yake; heyo yakanga iri mumuromo wehomwe yake.

²⁸And he said to his brethren, My money is returned [to me], and behold, it is even in my sack. And their heart failed [them], and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this [that] God has done to us?

²⁸Akati kuhama dzake, Mari yangu yadzoswa; heyi iri muho­mwe yangu; ipapo vakaora moyo, va­katarirana, vachibvunda, vakati, Chi­nyiko ichi chataitirwa naMwari?

²⁹And they came into the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father, and told him all that had befallen them, saying,

²⁹Vakasvika kuna baba vavo pa­nyika yeKanani, vakavaudza zvose zva­kanga zvavawira;

³⁰The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and treated us as spies of the land.

³⁰vakati, Murume uya, ishe wenyika iyoyo, akataura nesu nehasha, akati, tiri vashori venyika.

³¹And we said to him, We are honest; we are not spies:

³¹Tikati kwaari, Tiri vanhu vakate­ndeka, hatizi vashori;

³²we are twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

³²tiri vanakomana vane gumi navaviri vomunhu mumwe chete, vanakomana vababa vedu; mu­mwe haachipo, worugotwe ari kuna baba vedu nhasi panyika yeKanani.

³³And the man, the lord of the land, said to us, Hereby shall I know that ye are honest: leave one of your brethren with me, and take [for] the hunger of your households, and go,

³³Zvino murume uya, ishe wenyika, akati kwatiri, Hechi chinhu chandicha­ziva nacho kuti muri vakatendeka, Si­yai mumwe wenyu kwandiri, mutore zviyo, mundopa mhuri dzenyu dzine nzara, muende.

³⁴and bring your youngest brother to me, and I shall know that ye are not spies, but are honest. Your brother will I give up to you; and ye may trade in the land.

³⁴Mugouyazve kwa­ndiri nomunin'ina wenyu worugotwe; ipapo ndichaziva kuti hamuzi vashori, asi kuti muri vanhu vakatendeka; ipapo ndichakupai munin'ina wenyu, mugote­nga panyika ino.

³⁵And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that behold, every man had his bundle of money in his sack; and they saw their bundles of money, they and their father, and were afraid.

³⁵Zvino vakati vachidurura homwe dzavo, tarira chiputu chemari yomumwe nomumwe chakanga chiri muhomwe yake; vakati vachiona zviputu zvemari yavo, vakatya ivo nababa vavo.

³⁶And Jacob their father said to them, Ye have bereaved me of children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin! All these things are against me.

³⁶Zvino Jakove akati kwavari, Manditorera vana; Josefa haachipo, naSimioni haa­chipo, zvino moda kutora naBhenjami­niwo; zvinhu zvose izvi zvandiwira.

³⁷And Reuben spoke to his father, saying, Slay my two sons if I bring him not back to thee: give him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.

³⁷Ipapo Rubheni akataura nababa vake, akati, Mungauraya henyu vanako­mana vangu vaviri, kana ndisingadzoki naye kwamuri; chimuisai henyu mu­maoko angu, ini ndichauya nayezve kwa­muri.

³⁸But he said, My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left; and if mischief should befall him by the way in which ye go, then would ye bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to Sheol.

³⁸Vakati, Mwanakomana wangu haangaburuki nemi, nekuti mukoma wake wakafa, iye asiiwa ari oga; kana akawirwa nenjodzi parwendo rwamuno­famba, muchaburutsira vhudzi rangu jena kuguva nokuchema.