¹Zvino zvakaitika shure kwezvinhu izvi kuti Mwari wakaedza Abhurahamu akati kwaari: Abhurahamu! Iye ndokuti: Tarirai, ndiri pano.

¹And it came to pass after these things, that God did prove Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham. And he said, Here am I.

²Ndokuti: Zvino tora mwanakomana wako, wako umwe chete, waunoda, Isaka, uende kunyika yeMoria; umupe ave chibayiro chinopiswa pamusoro perimwe gomo randichakuudza.

²And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou lovest, even Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah. And offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

³Abhurahamu ndokumuka mangwa­nani-ngwanani, akasungira chigara padhongi rake, akatora vaviri vemajaya ake naye, naIsaka mwanakomana wake. Zvino wakatsemura huni dzechiba­yiro chinopiswa, ndokusimuka, ndokuenda kunzvimbo Mwari yaakamuudza.

³And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. And he clave the wood for the burnt-offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.

⁴Zvino nemusi wetatu Abhurahamu waka­simudza meso ake, akaona nzvimbo iri kure.

⁴On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

⁵Abhurahamu ndokuti kumajaya ake: Imwi chigarai henyu pano nembo­ngoro, ini nemukomana tichienda uko nekunoshumira, tigodzoka kwamuri.

⁵And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass, and I and the lad will go yonder; and we will worship, and come again to you.

⁶Abhurahamu ndokutora huni dzechi­bayiro chinopiswa, akadzitakudza Isaka mwanakomana wake; ndokutora moto neba­nga muruoko rwake, ndokuenda vari va­viri.

⁶And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son. And he took in his hand the fire and the knife. And they went both of them together.

⁷Isaka ndokutaura naAbhurahamu baba vake akati: Baba vangu! Iye ndokuti: Ndiri pano, mwana wangu. ndokuti: Tarirai, moto nehuni, asi gwayana rechibayiro chinopiswa riripi?

⁷And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father. And he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold, the fire and the wood. But where is the lamb for a burnt-offering?

⁸Abhurahamu ndokuti: Mwari ucha­zvipa gwayana rechibayiro chinopiswa, mwanakomana wangu; saizvozvo vakafamba vari vaviri pamwe.

⁸And Abraham said, God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son. So they went both of them together.

⁹Zvino vakasvika panzvimbo Mwari yaakange avaudza; Abhurahamu ndokuvakapo aritari; ndokugadzira huni; ndokusunga Isaka mwanakomana wake, ndokumuisa paaritari pamu­soro pehuni.

⁹And they came to the place which God had told him of. And Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, upon the wood.

¹⁰Zvino Abhurahamu wakata­mbanudza ruoko rwake, ndokutora banga kuti abaye mwanakomana wake.

¹⁰And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

¹¹Zvino mutumwa waJehovha wakadanidzira kwaari ari kumatenga akati: Abhurahamu! Abhurahamu! Iye ndokuti: Ndiri pano.

¹¹And the angel of Jehovah called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham. And he said, Here I am.

¹²Zvino wakati: Usaisa ruoko rwako pamukomana, kana kumuitira chinhu, nekuti ikozvino ndinoziva kuti unotya Mwari, sezvo usina kundinyima mwanakomana wako, wako umwe chete.

¹²And he said, Lay not thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything unto him. For now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me.

¹³Abhurahamu ndokusimudza meso ake, ndokutarira, ndokuona shure gondohwe rakange rakabatwa mufomwe nenyanga dzaro. Abhurahamu ndokunotora gondohwe riya, akaripisa chikava chiba­yiro panzvimbo yemwanakomana wake.

¹³And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, behind [him] a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt-offering in the stead of his son.

¹⁴Abhurahamu ndokutumidza zita renzvimbo iyo kuti Jehovha-jire; sezvo kuchinzi nanhasi, Pagomo raJehovha zvicharangarirwa.

¹⁴And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh. As it is said to this day, In the mount of Jehovah it shall be provided.

¹⁵Zvino mutumwa waJehovha waka­danidzira kuna Abhurahamu rwechipiri, ari kumate­nga,

¹⁵And the angel of Jehovah called unto Abraham a second time out of heaven,

¹⁶ndokuti: Ndakapika neni ndomene, ndizvo zvinoreva Jehovha, nekuti waita chinhi ichi, ukasanyima mwanakomana wako, wako umwe chete;

¹⁶and said, By myself have I sworn, saith Jehovah, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son,

¹⁷ndichakuropafa­dza nekuropafadza, uye ndichawanza nekuwanza mbeu yako senyeredzi dzekumatenga, uye se­jecha riri pamahombekombe egungwa; uye mbeu yako ichava varidzi vemasuwo eva­vengi vayo;

¹⁷that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore. And thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies.

¹⁸nemumbeu yako ndudzi dzose dzenyika dzicharopafadzwa, nekuti wa­kateerera inzwi rangu.

¹⁸And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed. Because thou hast obeyed my voice.

¹⁹Zvino Abhura­hamu wakadzokera kumajaya ake; ndoku­simuka ndokuenda vose Bheerishebha; Abhurahamu ndokugara paBheerishebha.

¹⁹So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba. And Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.

²⁰Zvino zvakaitika shure kwezvinhu izvi, kuti Abhurahamu wakaudzwa zvichinzi: Tarira, Mirika wakaberekerawo munin'ina wako Nahori vanakomana:

²⁰And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she also hath borne children unto they brother Nahor.

²¹Uzi dangwe rake, naBuzi munin'ina wake, naKemueri baba vaAramu,

²¹Uz his first-born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram.

²²naKesedhi, naHazo, naPiradhashi, naJidhirafi, naBhetueri;

²²And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.

²³Bhetueri ndokubereka Rabheka; ava va­sere Mirika wakavakaberekera Nahori, munununa waAbhurahamu.

²³And Bethuel begat Rebekah. These eight did Milcah bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

²⁴Nemurongo wake, wezita rainzi Ruma, wakaberekawo Tebha, naGahami, naTa­hashi, naMaaka.

²⁴And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also bare Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah.