¹Zvino Jeturo, mupristi weMidhiani, mukarahwa waMozisi, akanzwa zvose zvakaitira Jehovha Mozisi navaIsiraeri, vanhu vake, kuti Jehovha akabudisa vaIsiraeri muEgipita.

¹And Jethro priest of Midian, father-in-law of Moses, heareth all that God hath done for Moses, and for Israel his people, that Jehovah hath brought out Israel from Egypt,

²Jeturo, mukarahwa waMozisi, akatora Zipora, mukadzi waMozisi, nekuti akanga amudzosera kuna baba vake,

²and Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, taketh Zipporah, wife of Moses, besides her parents,

³navanakomana vake vaviri zita romumwe rainzi Geshomi, nekuti akati, Ndakanga ndiri mweni panyika yavamwe;

³and her two sons, of whom the name of the one [is] Gershom, for he said, `a sojourner I have been in a strange land:`

⁴nezita romumwe rainzi Ereazari, nekuti akati, Mwari wababa vangu akanga ari mubatsiri wangu, akandirwira pamunondo waFarao.

⁴and the name of the other [is] Eliezer, for, `the God of my father [is] for my help, and doth deliver me from the sword of Pharaoh.`

⁵Jeturo mukarahwa waMozisi akauya navanakomana vaMozisi nomukadzi wake kuna Mozisi murenje, pagomo raMwari, paakanga avaka misasa;

⁵And Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, cometh, and his sons, and his wife, unto Moses, unto the wilderness where he is encamping — the mount of God;

⁶akati kuna Mozisi, Ini mukarahwa wako, Jeturo, ndauya kwauri nomukadzi wako navanakomana vake vaviri vanaye.

⁶and he saith unto Moses, `I, thy father-in-law, Jethro, am coming unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.`

⁷Mozisi akandosangana nomukarahwa wake, akakotamira pasi pamberi pake, akamutsvoda; vakabvunzana mufaro, vakapinda mutende.

⁷And Moses goeth out to meet his father-in-law, and boweth himself, and kisseth him, and they ask one at another of welfare, and come into the tent;

⁸Zvino Mozisi akaudza mukarahwa wake zvose zvakanga zvaitira Jehovha Farao navaEgipita nokuda kwavaIsiraeri, nokutambudzika kose kwakavawira panzira nokurwirwa kwavo naJehovha.

⁸and Moses recounteth to his father-in-law all that Jehovah hath done to Pharaoh, and to the Egyptians, on account of Israel, all the travail which hath found them in the way, and Jehovah doth deliver them.

⁹Jeturo akafara pamusoro pezvose zvakanaka zvakanga zvaitirwa vaIsiraeri naJehovha, kuti akavarwira pamaoko avaEgipita.

⁹And Jethro rejoiceth for all the good which Jehovah hath done to Israel, whom He hath delivered from the hand of the Egyptians;

¹⁰Jeturo akati, Jehovha ngaakudzwe akakurwirai pamaoko avaEgipita, napamaoko aFarao, iye akarwira vanhu pamaoko avaEgipita.

¹⁰and Jethro saith, `Blessed [is] Jehovah, who hath delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians, and from the hand of Pharaoh — who hath delivered this people from under the hand of the Egyptians;

¹¹Zvino ndinoziva kuti Jehovha mukuru kuvamwari vose pachinhu icho chavakazvikudza nacho kwavari.

¹¹now I have known that Jehovah [is] greater than all the gods, for in the thing they have acted proudly — [He is] above them!`

¹²Ipapo Jeturo, mukarahwa waMozisi, akauya kuna Mwari nechipiriso chokupisa nezvimwe zvibayiro; Aroni navakuru vose vaIsiraeri vakauya vakadya zvokudya nomukarahwa waMozisi pamberi paMwari.

¹²And Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, taketh a burnt-offering and sacrifices for God; and Aaron cometh in, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with the father-in-law of Moses, before God.

¹³Zvino fume mangwana Mozisi akagara achitambira vanhu mhaka dzavo, vanhu vakamira pamberi paMozisi kubva mangwanani kusvikira madekwana.

¹³And it cometh to pass on the morrow, that Moses sitteth to judge the people, and the people stand before Moses, from the morning unto the evening;

¹⁴Zvino mukarahwa waMozisi akati achiona zvose zvaakanga achiitira vanhu akati, Unoitireiko vanhu zvinhu izvi? Unogarireiko uri woga, vanhu vachimira pamberi pako kubva mangwanani kusvikira madekwana?

¹⁴and the father-in-law of Moses seeth all that he is doing to the people, and saith, `What [is] this thing which thou art doing to the people? wherefore art thou sitting by thyself, and all the people standing by thee from morning till evening?`

¹⁵Mozisi akati kumukarahwa wake: Nekuti vanhu vanouya kwandiri kuzobvunza Mwari;

¹⁵And Moses saith to his father-in-law, `Because the people come unto me to seek God;

¹⁶kana vane shoko vanosiuya kwandiri; ndinositamba mhaka dziri pakati pomunhu nowokwake, ndichivazivisa zvakatemwa naMwari nemirairo yake.

¹⁶when they have a matter, it hath come unto me, and I have judged between a man and his neighbour, and made known the statutes of God, and His laws.`

¹⁷Zvino mukarahwa waMozisi akati kwaari, Chinhu ichi chaunoita hachina kunaka.

¹⁷And the father-in-law of Moses saith unto him, `The thing which thou art doing [is] not good;

¹⁸Zvirokwazvo uchaneta kwazvo, iwe navanhu vaunavo; nekuti chinhu ichi chinokuremera; haungagoni kuchiita uri woga.

¹⁸thou dost surely wear away, both thou, and this people which [is] with thee, for the thing is too heavy for thee, thou art not able to do it by thyself.

¹⁹Teerera zvino inzwi rangu, ndikurairire, Mwari agova newe. Iwe umirire vanhu pamberi paMwari, uise mashoko avo kuna Mwari;

¹⁹`Now, hearken to my voice, I counsel thee, and God is with thee: be thou for the people over-against God, and thou hast brought in the things unto God;

²⁰uvadzidzise zvakatemwa nemirairo, uvaratidze nzira yavanofanira kufamba nayo, nebasa ravanofanira kuita.

²⁰and thou hast warned them [concerning] the statutes and the laws, and hast made known to them the way in which they go, and the work which they do.

²¹Asi utsvake pakati pavanhu vose varume vechokwadi vanovenga kufufurwa; uvaite vabati vavo vezvuru, navabati vamazana, navabati vamakumi mashanu, navabati vamakumi;

²¹`And thou — thou dost provide out of all the people men of ability, fearing God, men of truth, hating dishonest gain, and hast placed [these] over them, heads of thousands, heads of hundreds, heads of fifties, and heads of tens,

²²ivo ngavatambire vanhu mhaka dzavo nguva dzose; zvino kana pane shoko guru, ngavariise kwauri, asi kana ari mashoko maduku ngavaatambe vamene; naizvozvo iwe ucharerusirwa, naivo vachatakura mutoro pamwechete newe.

²²and they have judged the people at all times; and it hath come to pass, every great matter they bring in unto thee, and every small matter they judge themselves; and lighten it from off thyself, and they have borne with thee.

²³Kana ukaita chinhu ichi, Mwari akakuraira saizvozvo, iwe uchagona kutsunga, navanhu ava vose vachaenda kudzimba dzavo norugare.

²³If thou dost this thing, and God hath commanded thee, then thou hast been able to stand, and all this people also goeth in unto its place in peace.`

²⁴Mozisi akateerera inzwi romukarahwa wake, akaita zvose zvaakanga audzwa naye.

²⁴And Moses hearkeneth to the voice of his father-in-law, and doth all that he said,

²⁵Mozisi akatsaura varume vakachenjera pakati pavaIsiraeri vose, akavaita vakuru vavanhu, vabati vezviuru, navabati vamazana, navabati vamakumi mashanu, navabati vamakumi.

²⁵and Moses chooseth men of ability out of all Israel, and maketh them chiefs over the people, heads of thousands, heads of hundreds, heads of fifties, and heads of tens,

²⁶Ivo vakatamba mhaka dzavanhu nguva dzose; mashoko makuru vaisiuya nawo kuna Mozisi, asi mashoko ose maduku vaiatamba vamene.

²⁶and they have judged the people at all times; the hard matter they bring in unto Moses, and every small matter they judge themselves.

²⁷Zvino Mozisi akatendera mukarahwa wake kuenda hake; iye akaenda kunyika yake.

²⁷And Moses sendeth his father-in-law away, and he goeth away unto his own land.