¹Zvino mumwe murume weimba yavaRevhi akawana mukunda wavaRevhi.

¹And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.

²Mukadzi akava nemimba, akabereka mwanakomana; zvino akati achiona kuti mwana akanaka, akamuvanza mwedzi mitatu.

²And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.

³Akati asisagoni kumuvanza, akamutorera tswanda yenhokwe, akainamira nebhitumini nenamo, akaisa mwana mukati mayo, akaigadzika pakati petsanga pamahombekombe erwizi.

³And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.

⁴Hanzvadzi yake ikandomira kure zvishoma, kuti azive zvichaitwa naye.

⁴And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.

⁵Zvino mukunda waFarao akaburuka kundoshamba murwizi, vasikana vake vakafamba-famba pamahombekombe erwizi; iye akaona tswanda pakati petsanga, ndokutuma musikana wake kundoitora.

⁵And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.

⁶Akaizarura, akona mwana, mwana wechikomana, onei anochema. Akamunzwira tsitsi, akati, Ndomumwe wavana vavaHebheru.

⁶And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.

⁷Ipapo hanzvadzi yake yakati kumukunda waFarao, Ko handingaendi ndikakudanirai mumwisi kuvakadzi vavaHebheru, kuti akumwisirei mwana here?

⁷Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?

⁸Mukunda waFarao akati kwaari, Enda. Musikana akaenda, akandodana mai vomwana.

⁸And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother.

⁹Mukunda waFarao akati kwavari, Tora mwana uyu, undimwisire ndigokupa mubairo wako. Mukadzi akatora mwana, akandomuyamwisa.

⁹And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the women took the child, and nursed it.

¹⁰Mwana akakura, akandomuisa kumukunda waFarao, akava mwanakomana wake, akamutumidza zita rinonzi Mozisi, akati, Nokuti, ndamunyukura mumvura.

¹⁰And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.

¹¹Zvino namazuva iwayo Mozisi akura, akaenda kundoona hama dzake, akandotarira mirimo yavo; akaona muEgipita achirova muHebheru, mumwe wehama dzake.

¹¹And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.

¹²Akaringa-ringa, zvino achiona kuti hapana munhu aripo, akauraya muEgipita, akamuviga mujecha.

¹²And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.

¹³Akabudazve nezuva rechipiri, akaona varume vaviri vaHebheru vachirwa; akati kuna iye waiva nemhosva, Unorovereiko munhu wokwako?

¹³And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?

¹⁴Iye akati, Ndianiko akakuita ishe nomutongi wedu? Unoda kundiuraya ini sezvawakauraya uya muEgipita kanhi? Mozisi akatya, akati, Zvirokwazvo, chinhu ichi chazikamwa.

¹⁴And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.

¹⁵Zvino Farao akati anzwa chinhu icho, akatsvaka kuuraya Mozisi. Asi Mozisi akatiza pamberi paFarao, akandogara kunyika yeMidhiani, akagara pasi patsime.

¹⁵Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.

¹⁶Zvino mupristi weMidhiani akanga ana vakunda vanomwe; ivo vakauya kuzochera mvura, vakazadza zvimwiro, kuti vamwise makwai ababa vavo.

¹⁶Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.

¹⁷Vafudzi vakauya, vakavadzingapo, asi Mozisi akasimuka, akavabatsira, akamwisa makwai avo.

¹⁷And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.

¹⁸Zvino vakati vachisvika kuna Rueri, baba vavo, ivo vakati, Makurumidza kudzoka seiko nhasi?

¹⁸And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?

¹⁹Vakati, MuEgipita akatirwira pamaoko avafudzi, akaticherera mvura, akamwisa makwai.

¹⁹And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock.

²⁰Akati kuvakunda vake, Zvino aripiko? Munhu uyu mamusiirei? Mudanei, adye zvokudya.

²⁰And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.

²¹Mozisi akatenda kugara nomunhu uyo; akapa Mozisi mukunda wake Zipora.

²¹And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

²²Akabereka mwanakomana, akamutumidza zita rinonzi Geshomi, nekuti akati, Ndakanga ndiri mutorwa munyika yavamwe.

²²And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

²³Zvino mazuva mazhinji akati apfuura, mambo weEgipita akafa, vana vaIsiraeri vakagomera nokuda kouranda hwavo, vakadanidzira, kudanidzira kwavo kukasvika kuna Mwari nokuda kouranda.

²³And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.

²⁴Mwari akanzwa kugomba kwavo, Mwari akarangarira sungano yake naAbhurahamu, naIsaka, naJakove.

²⁴And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

²⁵Mwari akaona vana vaIsiraeri, Mwari akavarangarira.

²⁵And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.