¹Zvino Jeturo, mupristi weMidhiani, mukarahwa waMozisi, akanzwa zvose zvakaitira Jehovha Mozisi navaIsiraeri, vanhu vake, kuti Jehovha akabudisa vaIsiraeri muEgipita.

¹When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt;

²Jeturo, mukarahwa waMozisi, akatora Zipora, mukadzi waMozisi, nekuti akanga amudzosera kuna baba vake,

²Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,

³navanakomana vake vaviri zita romumwe rainzi Geshomi, nekuti akati, Ndakanga ndiri mweni panyika yavamwe;

³And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:

⁴nezita romumwe rainzi Ereazari, nekuti akati, Mwari wababa vangu akanga ari mubatsiri wangu, akandirwira pamunondo waFarao.

⁴And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:

⁵Jeturo mukarahwa waMozisi akauya navanakomana vaMozisi nomukadzi wake kuna Mozisi murenje, pagomo raMwari, paakanga avaka misasa;

⁵And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:

⁶akati kuna Mozisi, Ini mukarahwa wako, Jeturo, ndauya kwauri nomukadzi wako navanakomana vake vaviri vanaye.

⁶And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.

⁷Mozisi akandosangana nomukarahwa wake, akakotamira pasi pamberi pake, akamutsvoda; vakabvunzana mufaro, vakapinda mutende.

⁷And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.

⁸Zvino Mozisi akaudza mukarahwa wake zvose zvakanga zvaitira Jehovha Farao navaEgipita nokuda kwavaIsiraeri, nokutambudzika kose kwakavawira panzira nokurwirwa kwavo naJehovha.

⁸And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them.

⁹Jeturo akafara pamusoro pezvose zvakanaka zvakanga zvaitirwa vaIsiraeri naJehovha, kuti akavarwira pamaoko avaEgipita.

⁹And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.

¹⁰Jeturo akati, Jehovha ngaakudzwe akakurwirai pamaoko avaEgipita, napamaoko aFarao, iye akarwira vanhu pamaoko avaEgipita.

¹⁰And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.

¹¹Zvino ndinoziva kuti Jehovha mukuru kuvamwari vose pachinhu icho chavakazvikudza nacho kwavari.

¹¹Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.

¹²Ipapo Jeturo, mukarahwa waMozisi, akauya kuna Mwari nechipiriso chokupisa nezvimwe zvibayiro; Aroni navakuru vose vaIsiraeri vakauya vakadya zvokudya nomukarahwa waMozisi pamberi paMwari.

¹²And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in law before God.

¹³Zvino fume mangwana Mozisi akagara achitambira vanhu mhaka dzavo, vanhu vakamira pamberi paMozisi kubva mangwanani kusvikira madekwana.

¹³And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.

¹⁴Zvino mukarahwa waMozisi akati achiona zvose zvaakanga achiitira vanhu akati, Unoitireiko vanhu zvinhu izvi? Unogarireiko uri woga, vanhu vachimira pamberi pako kubva mangwanani kusvikira madekwana?

¹⁴And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?

¹⁵Mozisi akati kumukarahwa wake: Nekuti vanhu vanouya kwandiri kuzobvunza Mwari;

¹⁵And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to inquire of God:

¹⁶kana vane shoko vanosiuya kwandiri; ndinositamba mhaka dziri pakati pomunhu nowokwake, ndichivazivisa zvakatemwa naMwari nemirairo yake.

¹⁶When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.

¹⁷Zvino mukarahwa waMozisi akati kwaari, Chinhu ichi chaunoita hachina kunaka.

¹⁷And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.

¹⁸Zvirokwazvo uchaneta kwazvo, iwe navanhu vaunavo; nekuti chinhu ichi chinokuremera; haungagoni kuchiita uri woga.

¹⁸Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.

¹⁹Teerera zvino inzwi rangu, ndikurairire, Mwari agova newe. Iwe umirire vanhu pamberi paMwari, uise mashoko avo kuna Mwari;

¹⁹Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:

²⁰uvadzidzise zvakatemwa nemirairo, uvaratidze nzira yavanofanira kufamba nayo, nebasa ravanofanira kuita.

²⁰And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt show them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.

²¹Asi utsvake pakati pavanhu vose varume vechokwadi vanovenga kufufurwa; uvaite vabati vavo vezvuru, navabati vamazana, navabati vamakumi mashanu, navabati vamakumi;

²¹Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

²²ivo ngavatambire vanhu mhaka dzavo nguva dzose; zvino kana pane shoko guru, ngavariise kwauri, asi kana ari mashoko maduku ngavaatambe vamene; naizvozvo iwe ucharerusirwa, naivo vachatakura mutoro pamwechete newe.

²²And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.

²³Kana ukaita chinhu ichi, Mwari akakuraira saizvozvo, iwe uchagona kutsunga, navanhu ava vose vachaenda kudzimba dzavo norugare.

²³If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.

²⁴Mozisi akateerera inzwi romukarahwa wake, akaita zvose zvaakanga audzwa naye.

²⁴So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.

²⁵Mozisi akatsaura varume vakachenjera pakati pavaIsiraeri vose, akavaita vakuru vavanhu, vabati vezviuru, navabati vamazana, navabati vamakumi mashanu, navabati vamakumi.

²⁵And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

²⁶Ivo vakatamba mhaka dzavanhu nguva dzose; mashoko makuru vaisiuya nawo kuna Mozisi, asi mashoko ose maduku vaiatamba vamene.

²⁶And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

²⁷Zvino Mozisi akatendera mukarahwa wake kuenda hake; iye akaenda kunyika yake.

²⁷And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.