¹Makore maviri akati apera, Farao akarota hope; akazviona amire parwizi.

¹And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.

²Akaona mhou nomwe dzichikwira dzichibuda murwizi, dzakanga dzakanaka, dzakakora; dzichifura pakati penhokwe.

²And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, well-favored and fat-fleshed; and they fed in the reed-grass.

³Zvino akaona dzimwe mhou nomwe dzichikwira mashure madzo, dzichibva murwizi, dzakanga dzakaipa, dzakaonda; dzikamira nedzimwe mhou pamahombekombe erwizi.

³And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill-favored and lean-fleshed, and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.

⁴Zvino mhou dzakaipa, dzakaonda, dzikadya mhou dziya nomwe dzakanaka, dzakakora. Farao akapepuka.

⁴And the ill-favored and lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven well-favored and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.

⁵Akavatazve, akarota rwechipiri; akaona hura nomwe dzezviyo dzakanga dzatumbuka padzinde rimwe, dzakanga dzakakora, dzakanaka,

⁵And he slept and dreamed a second time: and, behold, seven ears of grain came up upon one stalk, rank and good.

⁶akaona hura nomwe, dzakanga dzakatetepa, dzakanga dzapiswa nemhepo yokumabvazuva, dzichibuda shure kwadzo.

⁶And, behold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.

⁷Zvino hura dzakatetepa dzikamedza hura nomwe dzakakora, dzakanga dzizere. Farao akapepuka, akaona kuti arota.

⁷And the thin ears swallowed up the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.

⁸Zvino fume mangwana mweya wake ukatambudzika, akatuma vanhu kundodana n'anga dzose dzeEgipita navakachenjera vose voko; Fa­rao akavaudza kurota kwake; asi kwaka­nga kusina munhu waigona kuzvidudzira kuna Farao.

⁸And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.

⁹Ipapo mukuru wavadiri akaudza Farao, akati, Nhasi ndinorangarira kuta­dza kwangu;

⁹Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:

¹⁰Farao akanga akatsa­mwira varanda vake, mukandisunga, ndi­kachengetwa mumba momukuru wavarindi, ini nomukuru wavabiki;

¹⁰Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, me and the chief baker:

¹¹ti­karota hope nousiku humwe, ini naiye; tikarota mumwe nomumwe hope dzine dudziro yadzo.

¹¹and we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.

¹²Zvino ipapo pakanga panesu jaya romuHebheru, muranda wo­mukuru wavarindi; tikamuudza, iye aka­tidudzira kurota kwedu; akadudzira mumwe nomumwe sezvaakarota.

¹²And there was with us there a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.

¹³Zvikazoitika sezvaakatidudzira; ini ndakadzoserwa kubasa rangu, asi iye akasungirirwa.

¹³And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.

¹⁴Ipapo Farao akatuma munhu ku­ndodana Josefa, akakurumidza kumubu­disa mugomba; vakaveura ndebvu dzake nokumufukidza dzimwe nguvo; akapinda kuna Farao.

¹⁴Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.

¹⁵Farao akati kuna Josefa, Ndarota hope, asi hakuna munhu ano­gona kundidudzira idzo; zvino ndanzwa kuti iwe, kana wanzwa kurota, unogona kuzvidudzira.

¹⁵And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that when thou hearest a dream thou canst interpret it.

¹⁶Josefa akapindura Farao, akati, Kwete, handizini; Mwari ndiye angapa Farao dudziro yorugare.

¹⁶And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

¹⁷Farao akarondedzera kuna Josefa akati, Pakurota kwangu ndakazviona ndimire pamahombekombe erwizi;

¹⁷And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the brink of the river:

¹⁸ndikaona murwizi muchibuda mhou nomwe, dzakanga dzakakora, dzaka­naka; dzikafura pakati penhokwe;

¹⁸and, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and well-favored: and they fed in the reed-grass:

¹⁹ndi­kaonazve dzimwe mhou nomwe dzichi­kwira shure kwadzo dzine nzara, dzakaipa kwazvo, dzakaonda, handina kumboona dzakaipa dzakadai panyika yose yeEgipita.

¹⁹and, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill-favored and lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:

²⁰Zvino mhou idzodzo dzakaonda, dzakaipa, dzikadya, mhou dziya dzakakora dzokutanga;

²⁰and the lean and ill-favored kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:

²¹dzakati dzadzidya, hadzina kutongozikamwa kuti dzadzidya; asi dzakanga dzakangoipa sapakutanga. Zvino ndikapepuka.

²¹and when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill-favored, as at the beginning. So I awoke.

²²Ndi­kaonazve pakurota kwangu hura nomwe dzakanga dzatumbuka padzinde rimwe, dzizere, dzakanaka;

²²And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up upon one stalk, full and good:

²³ndikaonazve dzi­mwe hura nomwe, dzakaoma, dzakate­tepa, dzakapiswa nemhepo yokumabva­zuva, dzichibuda shure kwadzo.

²³and, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, [and] blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:

²⁴Hura idzodzo dzakatetepa dzikamedza hura nomwe dzakanaka; ndikaudza n'anga, asi kwakanga kusina munhu akagona kundidudzira izvozvo.

²⁴and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears: and I told it unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.

²⁵Ipapo Josefa akati kuna Farao, Kurota kwaFarao ndokumwe; izvo Mwari zvaanoda kuita, ndizvo zvaakazi­visa Farao.

²⁵And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: what God is about to do he hath declared unto Pharaoh.

²⁶Mhou nomwe dzakanaka makore manomwe, nehura nomwe dza­kanaka makore manomwewo; kurota ndokumwe.

²⁶The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.

²⁷Mhou nomwe dzakaonda, dzakaipa, dzakakwira shure kwaidzodzo, makore manomwe, nehura nomwe dza­kaputa, dzakapiswa nemhepo yokuma­bvazuva, achava makore manomwe enzara.

²⁷And the seven lean and ill-favored kine that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind; they shall be seven years of famine.

²⁸Ndiro shoko randataura kuna Farao; izvo Mwari zvaanoda kuita, ndi­zvo zvaakaratidza Farao.

²⁸That is the thing which I spake unto Pharaoh: what God is about to do he hath showed unto Pharaoh.

²⁹Tarirai, ku­nouya makore manomwe amaguta kwa­zvo panyika yose yeEgipita;

²⁹Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:

³⁰shure kwaiwayo kuchatevera makore mano­mwe enzara; ipapo maguta ose achaka­nganikwa panyika yeEgipita; nzara ichape­dza nyika;

³⁰and there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;

³¹maguta haangazozikamwi munyika nokuda kwenzara iyoyo inozo­tevera, nekuti ichanyanya kwazvo.

³¹and the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine which followeth; for it shall be very grievous.

³²Ku­rota uku kwakapamhidzwa kuna Farao kaviri, nekuti izvozvo zvakatarwa naMwari, uye Mwari achakurumidza ku­zviita.

³²And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh, it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.

³³Naizvozvo Farao ngaatsvake munhu akangwara, akachenjera, amuite mubati wenyika yeEgipita.

³³Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.

³⁴Farao ngaaite izvozvo, ngaaise vatariri panyika yose, atore cheshanu chezviyo zvenyika yeIji­piti pamakore manomwe emaguta.

³⁴Let Pharaoh do [this], and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.

³⁵Ngaaunganidze zvokudya zvose zva­makore iwayo akanaka anouya, avige zviyo nomurayiro waFarao, zvive zvoku­dya mumaguta; vazvichengete.

³⁵And let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.

³⁶Zvoku­dya izvozvo zvichachengeterwa nyika makore manomwe enzara, ichazovapo panyika yeEgipita, kuti nyika irege kupa­radzwa nenzara.

³⁶And the food shall be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.

³⁷Chinhu ichi chaka­nga chakanaka kuna Farao navaranda vake vose.

³⁷And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.

³⁸Farao akati kuvaranda vake, Ko tingawana mumwe munhu akafanana nouyu, anomweya waMwari maari here?

³⁸And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom the spirit of God is?

³⁹Farao akati kuna Josefa, Mwari zvaakakuratidza izvozvo zvose, hapana munhu akangwara, akachenjera sewe;

³⁹And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath showed thee all of this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou:

⁴⁰ndiwe uchava mubati weimba yangu; vanhu vangu vose vacharairwa neshoko rako; asi pachigarao changu choushe ndipo pandichava mukuru kwauri.

⁴⁰thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.

⁴¹Zvino Farao akati kuna Josefa, Tarira, ndakuita mubati panyika yeEgipita yose.

⁴¹And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.

⁴²Farao akabvisa chimhete chake pa­ruoko rwake, akachiisa paruoko rwaJo­sefa, akamufukidza nguvo dzomucheka wakanakisa, akamushongedza chiketani chendarama pamutsipa wake;

⁴²And Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;

⁴³akamufa­mbisa nengoro yechipiri yaakanga anayo; vakadanidzira pamberi pake, vachiti, Pfugamai! Akamuita mubati wenyika yose yeEgipita.

⁴³and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he set him over all the land of Egypt.

⁴⁴Farao akati kuna Josefa, Ndini Farao, asi kunze kwako hapana munhu achasimudza ruoko rwake kana rutsoka rwake panyika yose yeEgipita.

⁴⁴And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.

⁴⁵Farao akatumidza Josefa zita rinonzi Zafanatipanea; akamupa Asenati, muku­nda waPotifari, mupristi weOni, kuti ave mukadzi wake. Josefa akabuda, akafamba nenyika yose yeEgipita.

⁴⁵And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On. And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.

⁴⁶Zvino Josefa akanga ana makore makumi matatu, nguva yaakamira pamberi paFarao, ma­mbo weEgipita.

⁴⁶And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

⁴⁷Nyika ikabereka zvizhinji-zhinji, nama­kore manomwe amaguta.

⁴⁷And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.

⁴⁸Akaungani­dza zvokudya zvose zvamakore mano­mwe, aivapo panyika yeEgipita, akaviga zvokudya mumaguta; zvokudya zveminda yakanga yakapoteredza guta rimwe nerimwe, akazvivigamo.

⁴⁸And he gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.

⁴⁹Josefa akaviga zviyo, zvikaita sejecha regu­ngwa, zvizhinji-zhinji, kusvikira akarega kuzviverenga; nekuti zvakanga zvisinga­goni kuverengwa.

⁴⁹And Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left off numbering; for it was without number.

⁵⁰Zvino gore renzara risati rasvika, Josefa akaberekerwa vanakomana vaviri, vaakaberekerwa naAsenati, mukunda waPotifari, mupristi weOni.

⁵⁰And unto Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bare unto him.

⁵¹Josefa akatu­midza wedangwe zita rinonzi Manase, achiti, nekuti Mwari akandikangamwisa kutambudzika kwangu kose neimba ya­baba vangu yose.

⁵¹And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: For, [said he], God hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.

⁵²Zita rowechipiri akaritumidza Efuremu, achiti, nekuti Mwari akandiberekesa vana panyika yo­kutambudzika kwangu.

⁵²And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.

⁵³Zvino makore manomwe amaguta, akanga avapo panyika yeEgipita, akapera.

⁵³And the seven years of plenty, that was in the land of Egypt, came to an end.

⁵⁴Makore manomwe enzara akatanga ku­svika, sezvakataura Josefa; nzara ikavapo panyika dzose; asi panyika yose yeEgipita pakanga pane zvokudya.

⁵⁴And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said: and there was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

⁵⁵Zvino vanhu vose veEgipita vofa nenzara, vakachemera zvokudya kuna Farao; Farao akati kuna vose veEgipita, Endai kuna Josefa; itai zvaanotaura kwamuri.

⁵⁵And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.

⁵⁶Nzara ikavapo panyika dzose; Josefa akazarura matura ose, akatengesera vaEgipita; nekuti nzara yakanga yakanyanya panyika yeEgipita.

⁵⁶And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the store-houses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine was sore in the land of Egypt.

⁵⁷Vanhu venyika dzose vakaenda Egipita kuna Josefa kuzotenga zviyo; nekuti nzara yakanga yakanyanya panyika dzose.

⁵⁷And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was sore in all the earth.