¹Zvino Josefa akaenda, akandoudza Farao, akati, Baba vangu navana vababa vangu vasvika, vachibva kunyika yeKanani, vane makwai avo, nemombe dzavo, nezvose zvavanazvo; zvino, tarirai vari munyika yeGosheni.

¹Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.

²Akatora varume vashanu kuvana vababa vake, akavaisa pamberi paFarao.

²And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.

³Farao akati kuvakoma vake, Basa renyu nde­reiko?

³And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.

⁴Vakati kuna Farao, Tauya kuzogara tiri vatorwa munyika ino; nekuti hakuna mafuro amakwai avaranda venyu, nekuti kune nzara kunyika yeKanani; zvino tinokumbira kuti varanda venyu vagare munyika yeGosheni.

⁴They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

⁵Ipapo Farao aka­taura naJosefa, akati, Baba vako navana vababa vako vauya kwauri;

⁵And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:

⁶nyika yeIji­piti iri pamberi pako; baba vako navana vababa vako ngavagare panzvimbo ya­kaisvonaka panyika ino, ngavagare pa­nyika yeGosheni; kana uchiziva kuti pakati pavo pana varume vakangwara, uvaite vatariri vemombe dzangu.

⁶The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.

⁷Josefa akapinda naJakove, baba vake, akavaisa pamberi paFarao; Jakove akaropafadza Farao.

⁷And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

⁸Farao akati kuna Jakove, Manganiko mazuva amakore oupenyu hwenyu?

⁸And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?

⁹Jakove akati kuna Farao, Mazuva amakore outorwa hwangu makore ane zana namakumi matatu; mazuva amakore oupenyu hwangu aiva mashoma hawo, akaipa, haana kusvikira pamazuva amakore oupenyu hwamadzibaba angu pamazuva outorwa hwavo.

⁹And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

¹⁰Jakove akaropafadza Farao, akabuda pamberi paFarao.

¹⁰And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.

¹¹Zvino Josefa akapa baba vake navana vababa vake pokugara, akavapa nzvimbo panyika yeEgipita, kuti ive yavo, pakaisvonaka panyika iyo, panyika yeRa­mesesi, sezvaakarairwa naFarao.

¹¹And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

¹²Josefa akachengeta baba vake, navana vababa vake, navose veimba yababa vake, aka­vapa zvokudya achiverenga navana va­vowo.

¹²And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.

¹³Zvino pakanga pasina zvokudya panyika yose, nekuti nzara yakanga iri huru, nyika yeEgipita nenyika yeKanani dzikaziya nenzara.

¹³And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.

¹⁴Josefa akaunganidza mari yose yakanga iri panyika yeEgipita, napanyika yeKanani, yavakatenga zviyo nayo, Josefa akaisa mari iyo mumba maFarao.

¹⁴And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.

¹⁵Mari yose yakati yapera mu­nyika yeEgipita, napanyika yeKanani, vaEgipita vose vakauya kuna Josefa, vakati, Tipei zvokudya, nekuti tingafa seiko pamberi penyu? nekuti mari yapera.

¹⁵And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.

¹⁶Josefa akati, Uyai nemombe dze­nyu, ndikupei zvokudya pamusoro pezvi­pfuwo zvenyu, kana mari yapera.

¹⁶And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.

¹⁷Zvino vakauya kuna Josefa nezvipfuwo zvavo; Josefa akavapa zvokudya, vachi­tsinhanha namabhiza, namakwai, nemo­mbe, nemadhongi; akavararamisa nezvo­kudya, vachitsinhanha nezvipfuwo zvavo zvose gore iroro.

¹⁷And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year.

¹⁸Gore iroro rakati rapera, vakauya kwaari negore rechipiri, vakati kwaari, Hatingavanziri ishe wedu kuti mari yedu yose yapera, mapoka ezvipfuwo ava ashe wedu; hakuchina chakasara pamberi pashe wedu, asi miviri yedu neminda yedu;

¹⁸When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:

¹⁹zvino tingafa seiko pamberi pe­nyu, isu nenyika yedu? Titengei henyu, isu nenyika yedu, tive varanda vaFarao; tipeiwo mbeu tirarame tirege kufa, nenyika irege kushanduka iite sango.

¹⁹Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.

²⁰Zvino Josefa akatengera Farao nyika yose yeEgipita, nekuti vaEgipita vaka­tengesa mumwe nomumwe munda wake, nekuti nzara yakanga iri huru pamusoro pavo, nyika ikava yaFarao.

²⁰And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's.

²¹Kana vari vanhu akavatamisa kumaguta, kubva ku­muganhu mumwe weEgipita kusvikira kuno mumwe muganhu wayo.

²¹And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.

²²Asi nyika yavapristi yoga haana kuitenga, nekuti vapristi vakanga vaganhurirwa mugove wavo naFarao; vaidya mugove wavo wavaipiwa naFarao. Naizvozvo havana kutengesa nyika yavo:

²²Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.

²³Zvino Josefa akati kuvanhu, Tarirai, ndakate­ngera Farao imwi nenyika yenyu nhasi, hedzi mbeu, mudzvare panyika.

²³Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.

²⁴Ne­nguva yokukohwa munofanira kupa Fa­rao cheshanu, zvina zvichava zvenyu, zvive mbeu dzeminda, nezvokudya zve­nyu, nezvavari mudzimba dzenyu, nezvo­kudya zvepwere dzenyu.

²⁴And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.

²⁵Ivo vakati, Ndimwi makatiche­ngeta; ngatiwane hedu nyasha panashe wedu, tive varanda vaFarao.

²⁵And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.

²⁶Josefa akatema mutemo panyika yeEgipita, uripo nanhasi, kuti Farao apiwe cheshanu; asi nyika yavapristi yoga haina kuva yaFa­rao.

²⁶And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part, except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's.

²⁷Zvino vaIsiraeri vakagara panyika yeEgipita, panyika yeGosheni, vakazviwa­nira fuma imomo, vakabereka vana, vakawanda kwazvo.

²⁷And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.

²⁸Jakove akagara panyika yeEgipita makore ane gumi namanomwe; naizvo­zvo mazuva aJakove makore oupenyu hwake, aiva makore ane zana namakumi mana namanomwe.

²⁸And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.

²⁹Zvino nguva yokufa kwaIsiraeri yakanga ya­swedera, iye akadana mwanakomana wake Josefa, akati kwaari, Kana nda­wana nyasha kwauri, chiisa hako ruoko rwako pasi pechidya changu, undiitire tsitsi nechokwadi; rega hako kundiviga paEgipita;

²⁹And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:

³⁰asi kana ndavata namadzibaba angu, undibvise paEgipita, unondiviga mu­guva ravo. Iye akati, Ndichaita sezvamataura.

³⁰But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.

³¹Vakati, Ndipikire; iye akavapi­kira. Ipapo Isiraeri akakotamira pamu­soro wouvato hwake.

³¹And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head.