¹Pakutanga Mwari wakasika matenga nenyika.

¹In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

²Zvino nyika yakange isina chimiro, isina chinhu, uye rima raiva pamusoro peudzamu; uye Mweya waMwari waindeya pamusoro mvura.

²And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters

³Zvino Mwari akati: Ngakuve nechie­dza, chiedza ndokuvapo.

³And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

⁴Zvino Mwari wakaona chiedza kuti chaka­naka; Mwari ndokuparadzanisa chiedza nerima.

⁴And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

⁵Zvino Mwari akatumidza chiedza, kuti masikati, nerima akaritumidza kuti Usiku. Madekwani akavapo, nemangwanani akavapo, zuva rekutanga.

⁵And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

⁶Zvino Mwari wakati: Ngakuve nenzvimbo pakati pemvura, uye ngaiparadzanise pakati pemvura nemvura.

⁶And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

⁷Zvino Mwari wakaita nzvimbo, ndokuparadzanisa mvura yaiva pasi penzvimbo, nemvura yaiva pamusoro pemuganhu; zvikaita saizvozvo.

⁷And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

⁸Mwari akatumidza nzvimbo kuti matenga. Ma­dekwani akavapo, nemangwanani akavapo, zuva repiri.

⁸And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

⁹Zvino Mwari wakati: Mvura iri pasi pede­nga ngaiunganidzwe panzvimbo imwe, uye pasi pakaoma ngapaonekwe; ndokuita saizvozvo.

⁹And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

¹⁰Zvino Mwari wkatumidza pasi pakaoma, kuti nyika; nemuunganidzwa wemvura akautumi­dza kuti makungwa. Mwari akaona kuti zvakanaka.

¹⁰And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

¹¹Zvino Mwari wakati: Nyika ngaimerese uswa, miriwo inobereka mbeu, nemiti yemichero inobereka michero inoenderana nemarudzi ayo, mbeu dzayo dziri mukati mayo, panyika; ndokuita saizvozvo.

¹¹And God said, Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, [and] fruit-trees bearing fruit after their kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth: and it was so.

¹²Zvino nyika ika­meresa uswa, nemiriwo inobereka mbeu dzine marudzi adzo, nemuti unobereka michero, mbeu dzawo dziri mukati mawo, une marudzi awo. Mwari akaona kuti zva­kanaka.

¹²And the earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after their kind: and God saw that it was good.

¹³Zvino madekwani akavapo nemangwa­nani akavapo, zuva retatu.

¹³And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

¹⁴Zvino Mwari wakati: Ngakuve nezviedza panzvimbo yedenga, kuti zviparadzanise masikati neusiku; kuti zvive zviratidzo, nenguva yakatarwa, nemazuva, nemakore.

¹⁴And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years:

¹⁵Zvino ngazvive zviedza panzvimbo yedenga, kuti zvipe chiedza panyika; zvikaita saizvo­zvo.

¹⁵and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

¹⁶Zvino Mwari wakaita zviedza zvikuru zviviri: Chiedza chikuru kuti chitonge masikati, nechiedza chiduku, kuti chitonge usiku, nenyeredziwo.

¹⁶And God made the two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: [he made] the stars also.

¹⁷Zvino Mwari aka­zviisa pasi penzvimbo yedenga, kuti zvipe chiedza panyika,

¹⁷And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth,

¹⁸uye zvitonge masikati neusiku, nekuparadzanisa chie­dza kubva parima; zvino Mwari akaona kuti zvaka­naka.

¹⁸and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

¹⁹Zvino madekwani akavapo, nemangwanani akavapo, zuva rechina.

¹⁹And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

²⁰Zvino Mwari wakati: Mvura ngaizare nekupfakanyika kwemweya mipenyu, neshiri dzibhuru­ruke pamusoro penyika munzvimbo ye­denga.

²⁰And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

²¹Zvino Mwari wakasika mabukanana egungwa, nezvipenyu zvose zvinokambaira, izvo mvura yakanga izere na­zvo, zvine marudzi azvo, neshiri dzose dzine mapapiro, dzine marudzi adzo; Mwari akaona kuti zvakanaka.

²¹And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that moveth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind: and God saw that it was good.

²²Zvino Mwari wakazviropafadza, achiti: Berekai, muwa­nde, muzadze mvura iri mumakungwa; neshiri ngadziwande panyika.

²²And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.

²³Zvino ma­dekwani akavapo, nemangwanani akavapo, zuva reshanu.

²³And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

²⁴Zvino Mwari wakati: Nyika ngaibereke zvisikwa zvipenyu zvine marudzi azvo, nezvi­pfuwo, nezvinokambaira, nemhuka dze­nyika, zvina marudzi azvo. Zvikaita sai­zvozvo.

²⁴And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind: and it was so.

²⁵Mwari akaita mhuka dzenyika dzine marudzi adzo, nezvipfuwo zvine marudzi azvo, nezvinhu zvose zvinoka­mbaira panyika zvine marudzi azvo. Mwari akaona kuti zvakanaka.

²⁵And God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creepeth upon the ground after its kind: and God saw that it was good.

²⁶Zvino Mwari wakati: Ngatiite munhu nemufananidzo wedu, akafanana nesu; ngaave nesimba pamusoro pehove dzegu­ngwa, nepamusoro peshiri dzedenga, nepamusoro pezvipfuwo, nepamusoro pe­nyika yose, nepamusoro pezvose zvinokambaira panyika.

²⁶And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

²⁷Zvino Mwari wakasika munhu nemufananidzo waMwari; akavasika murume nemukadzi.

²⁷And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

²⁸Zvino Mwari wakavaropafadza, Mwari ndokuti kwavari: Berekai, muwande, uye muzadze nyika, nekuitonga; muve nesimba pamusoro pehove dzegungwa, nepamu­soro peshiri dzedenga, nepamusoro pe­zvipenyu zvose zvinokambaira pamusor penyika.

²⁸And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

²⁹Zvino Mwari wakati: Tarirai, ndakakupai mi­riwo yose inobereka mbeu, iri pachiso chenyika yose, nemiti yose ine michero yemiti inobereka mbeu, kwamuri ndeyekudya.

²⁹And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food:

³⁰Zvino kumhuka dzose dzenyika, nekushiri dzose dzedenga, nezvose zvino­kambaira panyika, zvine mweya weupe­nyu, ndakazvipa miriwo yose minyoro, kuti zvive zvokudya zvazvo. Zvikaita saizvozvo.

³⁰and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, [I have given] every green herb for food: and it was so.

³¹Zvino Mwari wakaona zvose zvaakaita, onei zvakanaka kwazvo. Zvino madekwani akavapo, namangwanani akavapo, zuva retanhatu.

³¹And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.