¹Zvino matenga nenyika zvikapera saizvo­zvo, nehondo yazvo yose.

¹Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

²Mwari aka­pedza basa rake raakaita nezuva rechinomwe; ndokuzorora nezuva rechinomwe pabasa rake rose raakange aita.

²And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

³Zvino Mwari wakaropafadza zuva rechinomwe, akariita dzvene; nekuti wakazorora naro pabasa rake rose, Mwari raakange asika nekuita.

³And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

⁴Ndiyo nhoroondo yemazera ematenga nenyika, pakusikwa kwazvo; nezuva iro Jeho­vha Mwari raakaita nyika nematenga,

⁴These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

⁵nemakwenzi esango akanga achigere ku­vapo panyika, nemuriwo umwe neumwe wesango waka­nge uchigere kumera; nekuti Jehovha Mwari akange asati anaisa mvura pa­nyika, uye kwakange kusina munhu ku­zorima pasi.

⁵And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

⁶Asi mhute yaisimuka ichi­bva panyika ichinyorovesa chiso chose chenyika.

⁶But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

⁷Zvino Jehovha Mwari wakaumba munhu neguruva revhu, akafemera mumhino dzake mweya weupenyu; munhu ndokuva mweya mupenyu.

⁷And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

⁸Zvino Jehovha Mwari wakasima munda muEdheni, kumabvazuva, ndokuisapo mu­nhu waakange aumba.

⁸And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

⁹Zvino Jehovha Mwari wakameresa pasi miti yose inofadza pakuona, uye yakanaka kudya; uye muti weupenyu pakati pemunda, nemuti wokuziva zva­kanaka nezvakaipa.

⁹And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

¹⁰Zvino rwizi rwakabuda muEdheni kuzodiridza munda, uye kubva ipapo rwakaparadzaniswa rwukava misoro mina.

¹⁰And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.

¹¹Zita rerwekutanga ndiPishoni; ndirwo runopoteredza nyika yose yeHavhira, pane ndarama ipapo;

¹¹The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

¹²uye ndarama yenyika iyoyo yakanaka; pane dheriumu nebwe reonikisi.

¹²And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

¹³Zvino zita rerwizi rwechipiri ndiGihoni; ndirwo runopoteredza nyika yose yeKushi.

¹³And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.

¹⁴Zvino zita rerwizi rwechitatu ndiHedhekeri, ndirwo runoyerera kumabva­zuva kweAsiria. Uye rwizi rwechina ndiYu­furatesi.

¹⁴And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

¹⁵Zvino Jehovha Mwari wakatora munhu, akamuisa mumunda weEdheni, kuti au­rime nekuuchengeta.

¹⁵And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

¹⁶Zvino Jehovha Mwari wakaraira munhu achiti: Pamiti yose yemunda ungadya uchidya,

¹⁶And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

¹⁷asi muti werizivo rwezvakanaka nezvakaipa usadya pauri; nekuti nemusi waunoudya, uchafa zvirokwa­zvo.

¹⁷But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

¹⁸Zvino Jehovha Mwari wakatizve, Ha­zvina kunaka kuti munhu ave oga; ndichamuitira mubatsiri wakafanana naye.

¹⁸And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

¹⁹Zvino Jehovha Mwari wakaumba nevhu mhuka dzose dzesango, neshiri dzose dzedenga, akadziisa kumunhu kuti aone kuti acha­dzitumidza kuti chii, uye chipenyu chose sechazvakatumidzwa nemunhu, ndiro rakava zita racho.

¹⁹And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

²⁰Zvino munhu wakapa mazita kuzvipfuwo zvose nekushiri dzedenga, nemhuka dzose dzesango; asi kumunhu kwakashaikwa mubatsiri wakamukwanira.

²⁰And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.

²¹Zvino Jehovha Mwari wakakonzera hope huru kuwira pamusoro pemunhu, ndokuvata; zvino wakatora rumwe rwemabvu dzake, akadzivira nyama panzvimbo yarwo.

²¹And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

²²Zvino nerumbabvu urwo Jehovha Mwari rwaakatora pamunhu, akaita mukadzi, akamuisa kumu­nhu.

²²And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

²³Munhu akati: Ikozvino uyu ipfupa remafupa angu, nenyama yenyama ya­ngu, uchanzi mukadzi, nekuti wa­kabviswa pamurume.

²³And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

²⁴Naizvozvo munhu uchasiya baba vake namai vake, anamatire mukadzi wake, uye vachava nyama imwe.

²⁴Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

²⁵Zvino vose vari vaviri vakange vasina kupfeka, munhu nemukadzi wake, asi ha­vana kunyara.

²⁵And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.