¹Zvino Rakeri akati achiona kuti wakange asingaberekeri Jakove, Rakeri wakagodora mukoma wake, ndokuti kuna Jakove: Ndipe vana; kana zvikasadaro ndife.

¹And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

²Naizvozvo kutsamwa kwaJakove kwakapfutira Rakeri akati: Ndiri pachinzvimbo chaMwari here, wakabata chibereko chechizvaro?

²And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

³Iye ndokuti: Tarira, murandakadzi wangu Bhiriha, pinda kwaari, kuti abereke pamabvi angu, neni ndivakwe kwaari.

³And she said, Behold, my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; that she may bear upon my knees, and I also may obtain children by her.

⁴Zvino wakamupa Bhiriha, murandakadzi wake kuva mukadzi; Jakove ndokupinda kwaari.

⁴And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.

⁵Zvino Bhiriha wakabata mimba, akaberekera Jakove mwanakomana.

⁵And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.

⁶Rakeri ndokuti: Mwari wanditongera, uye wanzwa inzwi rangu, ndokundipa mwanakomana. Naizvozvo wakatumidza zita rake kuti Dhani.

⁶And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.

⁷Bhiriha murandakadzi waRakeri ndokubata mimbazve, ndokuberekera Jakove mwanakomana wechipiri.

⁷And Bilhah Rachel's handmaid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.

⁸Zvino Rakeri wakati: Nemutsimba mukuru, ndakaita mutsimba nemukoma wangu, ndikakunda; akatumidza zita rake kuti Nafutari.

⁸And Rachel said, With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

⁹Zvino Rea wakati achiona kuti wamira kubereka, wakatora Ziripa murandakadzi wake, akamupa kuna Jakove kuva mukadzi.

⁹When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife.

¹⁰Ziripa murandaka­dzi waRea ndokuberekera Jakove mwanakomana.

¹⁰And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bare Jacob a son.

¹¹Rea ndokuti: Ndaita rombo rakanaka. Ndokutumidza zita rake kuti Gadhi.

¹¹And Leah said, Fortunate! and she called his name Gad.

¹²Zi­ripa, murandakadzi waRea, ndokuberekera Jakove mwanakomana wechipiri.

¹²And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bare Jacob a second son.

¹³Rea ndokuti: Ndezvemufaro wangu, nekuti vakunda vachanditi ndine mufaro. Ndokutumidza zita rake Asheri.

¹³And Leah said, Happy am I! for the daughters will call me happy: and she called his name Asher.

¹⁴Zvino Rubheni akaenda pamazuva okukohwa gorosi, akandowana mamandirakisi* mumunda, akaauisa kuna mai vake Rea. Rakeri ndokuti kuna Rea: Dondipawo mamandirakisi emwanakomana wako.

¹⁴And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.

¹⁵Iye ndokuti kwaari: Chinhu chiduku here kuti wakatora murume wangu? Zvino woda kutorazve mamandirakisi emwanakomana wangu here? Rakeri ndokuti: Naizvozvo ucharara newe usiku huno nekuda kwemamandirakisi emwanakomana wako.

¹⁵And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken away my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes.

¹⁶Zvino Jakove wakati achidzoka kubva kumunda manheru, Rea ndokubuda kunomuchingamidza, akati: Unofanira kupinda kwa­ndiri, nekuti kukuhaya* ndakuhaya nemamandirakisi emwanakomana wangu. Ndokurara naye usiku ihwohwo.

¹⁶And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for I have surely hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

¹⁷Zvino Mwari wakanzwa Rea, akabata mimba, akaberekera Jakove mwanakomana wechishanu.

¹⁷And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob a fifth son.

¹⁸Rea ndokuti: Mwari wandipa mubayiro wangu, nekuti ndakapa murandakadzi wangu murume wangu; ndokutumidza zita rake kuti Isakari.

¹⁸And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

¹⁹Rea ndokubata mimbazve, ndokuberekera Jakove mwanakomana wechitanhatu.

¹⁹And Leah conceived again, and bare a sixth son to Jacob.

²⁰Rea ndokuti: Mwari wandipa chipo chakanaka; ikozvino murume wangu uchagara neni, nekuti ndamuberekera vanakomana vatanhatu; ndokutumidza zita rake kuti Zebhuroni.

²⁰And Leah said, God hath endowed me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.

²¹pashure akazobereka mukunda, akamutumidza zita rake kuti Dhina.

²¹And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.

²²Zvino Mwari wakarangarirawo Rakeri, Mwari akamunzwa, akazarura chibereko chake.

²²And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

²³Akabata mimba, ndokubereka mwanakomana, ndokuti: Mwari wabvisa kunyadziswa kwangu.

²³And she conceived, and bare a son: and said, God hath taken away my reproach:

²⁴Ndokutumidza zita rake kuti Josefa, achiti: Jehovha ngaawedzere kwandiri umwe mwanakomana.

²⁴and she called his name Joseph, saying, Jehovah add to me another son.

²⁵Zvino zvakaitia Rakeri abereka Josefa, kuti Jakove wakati kuna Rabhani: Ndiregei ndifambe kuti ndiende kunzvimbo yekwedu nekunyika yekwedu.

²⁵And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.

²⁶Ipai kwandiri vakadzi vangu nevana vangu, vandakashandira kwamuri kuti ndiende, nekuti imwi munoziva basa rangu randakakubatirai.

²⁶Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service wherewith I have served thee.

²⁷Rabhani ndokuti kwaari: Kana hangu ndawana nyasha pameso ako; ndaona nekutarisisa kuti Jehovha wakandiropafadza nekuda kwako.

²⁷And Laban said unto him, If now I have found favor in thine eyes, [tarry]: [for] I have divined that Jehovah hath blessed me for thy sake.

²⁸Ndokutiwo: Nditemere mubayiro wako, ndigokupa.

²⁸And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.

²⁹Iye ndokuti kwaari: Imwi munoziva kuti ndakakushandirai sei, uye kuti zvipfuwo zvenyu zvaiva zvakadii neni.

²⁹And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle have fared with me.

³⁰Nekuti zvishoma zvamaiva nazvo ndisati ndasvika, zvakawanda zvikava zvizhinjizhinji; Jehovha ndokukuropafadzai pakusvika kwangu; zvino ini ndichabatira imba yangu rinhi?

³⁰For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it hath increased unto a multitude; and Jehovah hath blessed thee whithersoever I turned: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?

³¹Iye ndokuti: Ndichakupei? Jakove ndokuti: Hamungandipi chinhu; kana mukandiitira chinhu ichi, ndichafudzazve nekuchengeta zvipfuwo zvenyu.

³¹And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me aught: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed thy flock and keep it.

³²Ndichagura nepakati peboka renyu rose nhasi, ndichibvisapo gwai rose rine mavara nerine makwapa, negwai rose resvundu pakati pemakwai, nedzine mavara nedzine makwapa pakati pembudzi; zvigova mubayiro wangu.

³²I will pass through all thy flock to-day, removing from thence every speckled and spotted one, and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and [of such] shall be my hire.

³³Zvino kururama kwangu kuchandipupurira pazuva rinouya, kana muchiuira mubayiro wangu pamberi pechiso chenyu; zvose zvisina mavara nezvisina makwapa pakati pembudzi, nezvisvundu pamakwai, zvinenge zvabiwa kana zviri kwandiri.

³³So shall my righteousness answer for me hereafter, when thou shalt come concerning my hire that is before thee: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that [if found] with me, shall be counted stolen.

³⁴Rabhani ndokuti: Tarira, haiwa, ngazvive maererano neshoko rako.

³⁴And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.

³⁵Zvino nemusi iwoyo wakatsaura nhongo dzembudzi dzakange dzine mitsetse nedzine makwapa, nenhunzvi dzose dzembudzi dzakange dzine mavara nedzine makwapa, chose chakange chine ruvana ruchena, nechisvundu pamakwai, akapa paruoko rwevana vake.

³⁵And he removed that day the he-goats that were ringstreaked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons;

³⁶Akaisa chinhambwe chemazuva matatu pakati pake naJakove. Jakove akafudza boka raRabhani rakange rasara.

³⁶and he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.

³⁷Zvino Jakove wakatora matanda manyoro emupopura* neemuarimondi neasina makwande, akasvuura mitaro michena paari, akaonesa kuchena kwakange kuri maari.

³⁷And Jacob took him rods of fresh poplar, and of the almond and of the plane-tree. And peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

³⁸Ndokuisa matanda aakanga asvuura pamigero nezvimwiro pakanangana nemapoka, paiuya mapoka kuzomwa; kuti abate mazamu pakuuya kwawo kuzomwa.

³⁸And he set the rods which he had peeled over against the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink; and they conceived when they came to drink.

³⁹Zvino mapoka akatora zamu pamberi pematanda, mapoka ndokubereka zvine mitsetse nezvine mavara nezvine makwapa.

³⁹And the flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought forth ringstreaked, speckled, and spotted.

⁴⁰Zvino Jakove akaparadzanisa makwayana, akataridza zviso zvemapoka kune zvaiva nemitsetse nezvose zvisvundu pamapoka aRabhani; akaisa mapoka ake ari oga; akasaaisa kuzvipfuwo zvaRabhani.

⁴⁰And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstreaked and all the black in the flock of Laban: and he put his own droves apart, and put them not unto Laban's flock.

⁴¹Zvino zvakaitika pose akasimba eboka paaibata zamu, kuti Jakove wakaisa matanda pamberi pemeso emapoka pamigero, kuti zviteverwe pakati pematanda.

⁴¹And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger of the flock did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods;

⁴²Asi kana boka risina simba haana kuaisa; naizvozvo zvakange zvisina simba zvakange zviri zvaRabhani, uye zvakasimba zvaJakove.

⁴²but when the flock were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.

⁴³Zvino murume akava mukuru kwazvo, akava nemapoka mazhinji nevaranda nevarandakadzi nemakamera nemadhongi.

⁴³And the man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, and maid-servants and men-servants, and camels and asses.