¹And the famine was grievous in the land.

¹Zvino nzara yakanga iri huru munyika iyoyo.

²And it came to pass, when they had finished eating the grain which they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to them, Go again, buy us a little food.

²Zvino vakati vapedza zviyo, zvavakanga vabva nazvo Egipita, baba vavo vakati kwavari, Dzo­kai, endaizve mutitengere zvokudya zvi­shoma.

³And Judah spoke to him, saying, The man did positively testify to us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, unless your brother be with you.

³Judha akataura navo, akati, Mu­rume uya akatinyevera kwazvo, akati, Hamungatongooni chiso changu, kana munin'ina wenyu asati anemi.

⁴If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food;

⁴Kana mukatuma munin'ina wedu nesu, tichabu­ruka, kundotenga zvokudya;

⁵but if thou do not send [him], we will not go down, for the man said to us, Ye shall not see my face, unless your brother be with you.

⁵asi kana musingamutumi, hatingaburuki; nekuti murume uya akati kwatiri, Hamungaoni chiso changu, kana munin'ina wenyu asati anemi.

⁶And Israel said, Why did ye deal [so] ill with me [as] to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?

⁶Isiraeri akati, Makandiitireiko zvakaipa zvakadai, zvamakaudza mu­rume uya kuti munomunin'ina?

⁷And they said, The man asked very closely after us, and after our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye a brother? And we told him according to the tenor of these words. Could we at all know that he would say, Bring your brother down?

⁷Ivo vakati, Murume uya akatibvunzisisa pamusoro pedu, napamusoro pehama dzedu, akati, Baba venyu vapenyu here? Mune munin'ina here? Tikamu­pindura namashoko aya; taigoziva here kuti achati, Burukai nomunin'ina we­nyu?

⁸And Judah said to Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go, that we may live, and not die, both we and thou and our little ones.

⁸Zvino Judha akati kuna Isiraeri, baba vake, Tumai henyu mukomana neni, tisimuke, tiende, tirarame, tirege kufa, isu nemi, navana vedu.

⁹I will be surety for him: of my hand shalt thou require him; if I bring him not to thee, and set him before thy face, then shall I be guilty toward thee for ever.

⁹Ini ndi­chava rubatso rwake; mungamureva pa­ruoko rwangu; kana ndikasauya naye, ndikamuisa pamberi penyu, ini ndichava nemhosva kwamuri nokusingaperi.

¹⁰For had we not lingered, we should now certainly have returned already twice.

¹⁰No­kuti dai tisina kunonoka, zvirokwazvo, tingadai tadzoka zvino rwechipiri.

¹¹And their father Israel said to them, If it is then so, do this: take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a gift: a little balsam and a little honey, tragacanth and ladanum, pistacia-nuts and almonds.

¹¹Ipapo Isiraeri, baba vavo, akati kwavari, Kana zvakadaro, itai chinhu ichi; torai michero yakanaka yenyika mu­midziyo yenyu, muburuke nechipo kumu­nhu uyo, chebhasami shomanana, nouchi ushomanana, nezvinonhuhwira, nemura, nemichero yomuti wepisitakio, namaama­nda;

¹²And take other money in your hand, and the money that was returned to you in the mouth of your sacks, carry back in your hand: perhaps it is an oversight.

¹²mutore mari yakapamhidzwa kaviri mumaoko enyu, neiya mari yakanga ya­dzoserwa mumiromo yehomwe dzenyu, muende makaibata mumaoko enyu; zvi­mwe vakakanganisa.

¹³And take your brother, and arise, go again to the man.

¹³Nomunin'ina wenyu mumutorei, musimuke, mudzokere kumu­rume uyo;

¹⁴And the Almighty ùGod give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother and Benjamin! And I, if I be bereaved of children, am bereaved.

¹⁴Mwari waMasimbaose ngaa­kupei nyasha pamberi pomurume uyo, akusunungurirei mumwe munin'ina wenyu naBhenjaminiwo. Kana ndatorerwa vana vangu, ndatorerwa hangu.

¹⁵And the men took that gift, and took double money in their hand, and Benjamin, and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and came before Joseph.

¹⁵Zvino varume vakatora chipo ichocho, vakabata mumaoko avo mari yakapamhidzwa kaviri, naBhenjamini, vakasimuka, vakaburukira Egipita, vaka­ndomira pamberi paJosefa.

¹⁶And Joseph saw Benjamin with them, and said to the [man] who was over his house, Bring the men into the house, and slaughter cattle, and make ready; for the men shall eat with me at noon.

¹⁶Zvino Jo­sefa akati achiona Bhenjamini anavo, akati kumutariri weimba yake, Uya navarume mumba, ubaye, ugadzire; no­kuti varume ava vachadya neni masi­kati.

¹⁷And the man did as Joseph had said; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.

¹⁷Murume uyo akaita sezvaakau­dzwa naJosefa; murume uyo akaisa varume avo mumba maJosefa.

¹⁸And the men were afraid because they were brought into Joseph's house, and said, Because of the money that was returned to us in our sacks at the beginning are we brought in, that he may turn against us, and fall upon us and take us for bondmen, and our asses.

¹⁸Varume vakatya, zvavakaiswa mu­mba maJosefa, vakati, Tinoiswamo no­kuda kwemari yakadzoserwa muhomwe dzedu panguva yokutanga, kuti atsvake mhosva kwatiri, atibate, nokutiita va­randa vake, achitorawo madhongi edu.

¹⁹And they came up to the man that was over Joseph's house, and they spoke to him at the door of the house,

¹⁹Ipapo vakaswedera kumutariri weimba yaJosefa, vakataura naye pamu­suwo weimba;

²⁰and said, Ah! my lord, we came indeed down at the first to buy food.

²⁰vakati, Haiwa, ishe wedu, zvirokwazvo panguva yokutanga takaburuka kuzotenga zvokudya;

²¹And it came to pass when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and behold, [every] man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money according to its weight; and we have brought it again in our hand.

²¹tikati tichisvika patakavata usiku, tikasunu­ngura homwe dzedu, onei mari yomu­mwe nomumwe iri mumuromo weho­mwe yake, mari yedu yose sezvayakayerwa; zvino tadzoka nayo pa­maoko edu.

²²And other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food. We do not know who put our money in our sacks.

²²Zvino taburuka tiine imwe marizve mumaoko edu kuti titenge zvo­kudya nayo; hatizivi kuti mari yedu yakaiswa muhomwe dzedu nani?

²³And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks; your money came to me. And he brought Simeon out to them.

²³Iye akati, Farai henyu, musatya; Mwari wenyu, Mwari wababa venyu, akakupai fuma muhomwe dzenyu; mari yenyu yakasvika kwandiri. Akavabudi­sira Simioni.

²⁴And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses food.

²⁴Murume uyo akaisa varume avo muimba yaJosefa, akavapa mvura, vaka­shambidza tsoka dzavo, akapawo mbo­ngoro dzavo zvokudya.

²⁵And they made ready the gift for Joseph's coming at noon; for they had heard that they should eat bread there.

²⁵Vakagadzira chipo kusvikira kuuya kwaJosefa masi­kati, nekuti vakanga vanzwa kuti vacha­dya zvokudya ipapo.

²⁶When Joseph came home, they brought him the gift that was in their hand, into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.

²⁶Josefa akati asvika kumba, vakapinda mumba ne­chipo chakanga chiri mumaoko avo, vakakotamira pasi pamberi pake.

²⁷And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well -- the old man of whom ye spoke? Is he yet alive?

²⁷Iye akavabvunza mufaro wavo, akati, Baba venyu vakafara here, uya mutana wamai­reva? Vachiri vapenyu here?

²⁸And they said, Thy servant our father is well; he is yet alive. And they bowed, and made obeisance.

²⁸Ivo vakati, Muranda wenyu, baba vedu, vakafara havo, vachiri vapenyu. Vakakotama, vakanamata.

²⁹And he lifted up his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother of whom ye spoke to me? And he said, God be gracious to thee, my son!

²⁹Iye akasimudza meso ake, akaona Bhenjamini, munin'ina wake, mwanako­mana wamai vake, akati, Ndiye here munin'ina wenyu muduku worugotwe, wamakandiudza? Akati, Mwari ngaave nenyasha newe, mwana wangu.

³⁰And Joseph made haste, for his bowels burned for his brother; and he sought [a place] to weep, and he went into the chamber, and wept there.

³⁰Zvino Josefa akakurumidza, nekuti moyo wake wakachema munin'ina wake, akatsvaka paangachema; akapinda muimba yake yomukati, akachemapo.

³¹And he washed his face, and came out, and controlled himself, and said, Set on bread.

³¹Akazoshambidza chiso chake, akabu­dazve, akazvidzora akati, Pakurai zvo­kudya.

³²And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves; because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

³²Vakamupakurira iye oga, naivo voga, navaEgipita havana kutende­rwa kudya navaHebheru, nekuti zvino­nyangadza kuna vaEgipita.

³³And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth; and the men marvelled one at another.

³³Vakagara pamberi pake, wedangwe paudangwe hwake, nomuduku kuna vose pauduku hwake; varume vakatarirana, vakashami­swa.

³⁴And he had portions carried to them from before him. And Benjamin's portion was five times greater than the portions of them all. And they drank, and made merry with him.

³⁴Akavagovera zvokudya zvakanga zviri pamberi pake, asi mugove waBhe­njamini wakaenzana nowavashanu vavo. Vakamwa, vakafara naye.