¹Zvino Josefa haana kugona ku­zvidzora pamberi pavose vakanga vamire naye, akadana, achiti, Budisai vanhu vose vari pano neni. Zvino kwa­kanga kusina munhu akamira naye Josefa achizvizivisa kuvana vababa vake.

¹Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.

²Aka­chema kwazvo, vaEgipita naveimba yaFa­rao vakazvinzwawo.

²And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.

³Ipapo Josefa akati kuvana vababa vake, Ndini Josefa! Baba vangu vachiri vapenyu Here? Vana va­baba vake vakasagona kumupindura, no­kuti vakanga vachitya pamberi pake.

³And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.

⁴Josefa akati kuvana vababa vake, Do­swederai henyu kwandiri. Zvino vaka­swedera. lye akati, Ndini Josefa, mwana wababa venyu wamakatengesa ndikaiswa Egipita.

⁴And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.

⁵Zvino musazvidya moyo, kana kuzvitsamwira, zvamakanditengesera kuno; nekuti Mwari akandituma pamberi penyu, kuti ndichengete upenyu.

⁵Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

⁶nekuti zvino ava makore maviri enzara panyika ino; mamwe makore mashanu achiko, avasingazorimi nokukohwa nawo.

⁶For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.

⁷Mwari akandituma pamberi penyu kuti ndikuchengetei, muve navamwe vacha­sara panyika, ndikuraramisei kuti musu­nungurwe nokusunungurwa kukuru.

⁷And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

⁸Zvino hamuzimi makandituma pano, asi Mwari; iye akandiita baba kuna Farao nashe weimba yake yose, nomubati we­nyika yose yeEgipita.

⁸So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

⁹Kurumidzai, mu­kwire kuna baba vangu, mundoti kwavari, Zvanzi naJosefa, mwanakomana wenyu, Mwari akandiita ishe weEgipita rose; buru­kirai kwandiri musanonoka;

⁹Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:

¹⁰mugare panyika yeGosheni, mugova pedo neni, imwi, navanakomana venyu, navana vavana venyu, namakwai enyu, nemombe dze­nyu, nezvose zvamunazvo;

¹⁰And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:

¹¹ndichaku­chengetaipo, nekuti mamwe makore ma­shanu enzara achiripo, kuti murege kuzova varombo, imwi, naveimba yenyu, nezvose zvamunazvo.

¹¹And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.

¹²Tarirai meso enyu anoona, nameso omunin'ina wangu Bhenjamini kuti muromo wangu unotaura kwamuri.

¹²And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.

¹³Mundoudza baba vangu ku­kudzwa kwangu kose paEgipita, nezvose zvamaona; mukurumidze kuburutsira baba vangu kuno.

¹³And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.

¹⁴Akawira pamutsipa waBhenja­mini, munin'ina wake, akachema, naiye Bhenjamini akachema pamutsipa wake.

¹⁴And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.

¹⁵Akatsvoda vakoma vake vose, aka­chema pamusoro pavo; shure kwaizvo­zvo vakoma vake vakataura naye.

¹⁵Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.

¹⁶Zvino mukurumbira wazvo waka­nzwika mumba maFarao, zvichinzi, Vana vababa vaJosefa vasvika! Farao navaranda vake vakafara naizvozvo.

¹⁶And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.

¹⁷Farao akati kuna Josefa, Iti kuvana vababa vako, Itai chinhu ichi: Takudzai zvipfuwo zvenyu, mufambe, muende ku­nyika yeKanani;

¹⁷And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;

¹⁸mundotora baba ve­nyu navedzimba dzenyu muuye kwa­ndiri; ndichakupai zvinhu zvakaisvonaka zvenyika yeEgipita, mudye zvakakora zve­nyika.

¹⁸And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.

¹⁹Zvino chiitai sezvamarairwa; torerai vana venyu vaduku navakadzi venyu ngoro panyika yeEgipita, mundotora baba venyu, muuye.

¹⁹Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.

²⁰Musafunga nhu­mbi dzenyu, nekuti zvakaisvonaka zve­nyika yose yeEgipita ndezvenyu.

²⁰Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.

²¹Vanakomana vaIsiraeri vakaita saizvozvo. Josefa akavapa ngoro, sezvaa­karairwa naFarao, akavapa mbuva yoku­famba nayo.

²¹And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.

²²Akapa vose, mumwe no­mumwe nguvo dzakanaka; asi Bhenjamini akamupa mashekeri ana mazana matatu esirivha nenguvo dzakanaka shanu.

²²To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.

²³Nababa vake akavatumira mbo­ngoro dzine gumi, dzakanga dzakatakura zvinhu zvakaisvonaka zveEgipita, namaka­dzi emadhongi gumi akanga akata­kura zviyo, nechingwa, nezvokudya zva­baba vake zvorwendo.

²³And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.

²⁴Zvino akatendera vana vababa vake kuenda, vakabva; akati kwavari, Chenjerai, mu­satukana munzira.

²⁴So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.

²⁵Ipapo vakabva Egipita, vakakwira, vakandosvika kunyika yeKanani kuna Jakove, baba vavo.

²⁵And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,

²⁶Vakavaudza, va­kati, Josefa achiri mupenyu; ndiye mu­bati wenyika yose yeEgipita. Ipapo moyo wavo wakati rukutu, nekuti ha­vana kutenda.

²⁶And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.

²⁷Vakavaudza mashoko ose aJosefa; zvino vakati vaona ngoro dzakanga dza­tumwa naJosefa kuzovatakura, mweya waJakove, baba vavo, ukavandudzwa;

²⁷And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:

²⁸Isiraeri akati, Zvaringana! Josefa, mwanakomana wangu achiri mupenyu; ndichaenda ndimuone ndisati ndafa.

²⁸And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.