¹Zvino Dhina mwanasikana waRea, waakaberekera Jakove, aka­buda kunoona vakunda venyika iyoyo.

¹And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

²Uye Shekemu mwanakomana waHa­mori muHivhi, muchinda wenyika, wakamuona; akamutora, akarara naye, akamufumura.

²And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.

³Mweya wake ndokunamatira panaDhina, mukunda waJakove, ndokuda musikana, akataura kumoyo wemusikana.

³And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.

⁴Zvino Shekemu ndokutaura kuna baba vake Hamori achiti: Ndi­torerei musikana uyo ave mukadzi wa­ngu.

⁴And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.

⁵Zvino Jakove wakanzwa kuti akasvibisa Dhina mukunda wake; zvino vanakomana vake vakange vari kuzvipfuwo zvake kusango, Jakove ndokunyarara kusvikira vauya.

⁵And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.

⁶Hamori baba vaShe­kemu vakabuda vakaenda kuna Jakove kunotau­rirana naye.

⁶And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.

⁷Vakati vachinzwa izvozvo vanakomana vaJakove vakauya vachi­bva kusango; zvino varume ava vakazarirwa kwazvo, vakatsamwa zvi­kuru nekuti wakange aita upenzi pakati pevaIsiraeri nekurara nemukunda waJakove; chinhu chisingafaniri kuitwa saizvozvo.

⁷And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter: which thing ought not to be done.

⁸Zvino Ha­mori wakataurirana navo achiti: Shekemu mwanakomana wangu, moyo wake unodokwairira mukunda wenyu; domupai he­nyu iye ave mukadzi wake.

⁸And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.

⁹Uye waniranai nesu, tipei vakunda venyu, mugozvitorera vakunda vedu.

⁹And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.

¹⁰Uye garai henyu nesu, nyika ichava pamberi penyu; garai mutengeserane, mupfuwe mairi.

¹⁰And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.

¹¹Shekemu ndokuti kuna baba vemusikana nekuhanzvadzi dzake, Ngandiwane nyasha pameso enyu; uye chamuchareva kwandiri, ndichakupai.

¹¹And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.

¹²Pamhidzirai zvikuru kwandiri roora nechipo; uye ndichapa sezvamuchareva kwandiri; asi ndipei musikana ave mukadzi wangu.

¹²Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.

¹³Vanakomana vaJakove ndokupi­ndura Shekemu naHamori baba vake, neunyengeri, vakati, nekuti wakasvibisa hanzvadzi yavo Dhina,

¹³And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:

¹⁴ndokuti kwavari: Hatingagoni kuita chinhu ichi, kupa hanzvadzi yedu munhu une ganda repamberi, nekuti chinyadzo kwatiri.

¹⁴And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:

¹⁵Asi nechinhu ichi tingatenderana nemwi, kana mukava sesu, kuti murume umwe neumwe wekwenyu adzingiswe,

¹⁵But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;

¹⁶zvino ticha­kupai vakunda vedu, nesu vakunda venyu tizvitorere; uye tichagara nemwi tive rudzi rumwe.

¹⁶Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.

¹⁷Asi kana musingatitereri mukadzingiswa, tichatora mukunda wedu tiende.

¹⁷But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.

¹⁸Mashoko avo akava akanaka pameso aHamori, nepameso aShekemu, mwanakomana waHamori.

¹⁸And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.

¹⁹Jaya harina kunonoka kuita chinhu ichi, nekuti waifarira muku­nda waJakove; uye waiku­dzwa kupfuura imba yose yababa vake.

¹⁹And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honorable than all the house of his father.

²⁰Zvino Hamori wakasvika, naShekemu mwa­nakomana wake, kusuwo reguta ravo, ndokutaurirana nevanhu veguta ravo vachiti:

²⁰And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,

²¹Varume ava vane rugare nesu; naizvozvo ngavagare munyika, vagotengeseranamo; nekuti nyika, tarirai, yakafara pamberi pavo; vakunda vavo tichavatora vave vakadzi vedu, nevakunda vedu tichavapa ivo.

²¹These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.

²²Asi pachinhu ichi chete varume vachatenderana nesu, kugara nesu, nekuva serudzi ru­mwe, kuti murume wose wedu adzingiswa, sezvavakadzingiswa ivo.

²²Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.

²³Ko mo­mbe dzavo, nenhumbi dzavo, nezvipfuwo zvavo zvose hazvichavi zvedu here? Ngatitenderane navo koga, vagogara nesu.

²³Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.

²⁴Zvino vakateerera Hamori naShe­kemu mwanakomana wake, vose vaibuda pasuwo reguta rake, ndokudzingiswa, murume umwe neumwe, vose vaibuda pasuwo reguta rake.

²⁴And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.

²⁵Zvino zvakaitika nezuva retatu vachiri paku­rwadziwa, vanakomana vaviri vaJako­bho, Simioni naRevhi, hanzvadzi dzaDhina, vakatora umwe neumwe munondo wake, vakanyangira guta, ndokuuraya varume vose.

²⁵And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.

²⁶Ndokuuraya Hamori naShekemu mwanakomana wake, nekwakapinza kwemunondo, vakabudisa Dhina mumba maShekemu, va­kabuda.

²⁶And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.

²⁷Vanakomana vaJakove vakauya pamusoro pevakauraiwa, vakapamba guta, nekuti vakange vasvibisa hanzvadzi yavo.

²⁷The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.

²⁸Vakatora makwai avo nemombe dzavo nemadhongi avo nezvaiva muguta nezvaiva kusango;

²⁸They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,

²⁹nefuma yavo yose, nevana vavo vaduku vose, nevakadzi vavo vakavatapa vakapamba, nezvinhu zvose zvaiva mudzimba.

²⁹And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.

³⁰Jakove ndokuti kuna Simioni naRevhi: Manditambudza, nekundinhuwisa pakati pevagari vemunyika ino, pakati pevaKanani nevaPerezi; ini ndiri mushoma pauwandu, vachandiunganira, vagondirova; ndichaparara ini neimba yangu.

³⁰And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.

³¹Ivo ndokuti: Aite hanzvadzi yedu sechifeve here?

³¹And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?