¹Zvino matenga nenyika zvikapera saizvo­zvo, nehondo yazvo yose.

¹And the heavens and the earth and all their host were finished.

²Mwari aka­pedza basa rake raakaita nezuva rechinomwe; ndokuzorora nezuva rechinomwe pabasa rake rose raakange aita.

²And God had finished on the seventh day his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

³Zvino Mwari wakaropafadza zuva rechinomwe, akariita dzvene; nekuti wakazorora naro pabasa rake rose, Mwari raakange asika nekuita.

³And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it, because that on it he rested from all his work which God had created in making it.

⁴Ndiyo nhoroondo yemazera ematenga nenyika, pakusikwa kwazvo; nezuva iro Jeho­vha Mwari raakaita nyika nematenga,

⁴These are the histories of the heavens and the earth, when they were created, in the day that Jehovah Elohim made earth and heavens,

⁵nemakwenzi esango akanga achigere ku­vapo panyika, nemuriwo umwe neumwe wesango waka­nge uchigere kumera; nekuti Jehovha Mwari akange asati anaisa mvura pa­nyika, uye kwakange kusina munhu ku­zorima pasi.

⁵and every shrub of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew; for Jehovah Elohim had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to till the ground.

⁶Asi mhute yaisimuka ichi­bva panyika ichinyorovesa chiso chose chenyika.

⁶But a mist went up from the earth, and moistened the whole surface of the ground.

⁷Zvino Jehovha Mwari wakaumba munhu neguruva revhu, akafemera mumhino dzake mweya weupenyu; munhu ndokuva mweya mupenyu.

⁷And Jehovah Elohim formed Man, dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and Man became a living soul.

⁸Zvino Jehovha Mwari wakasima munda muEdheni, kumabvazuva, ndokuisapo mu­nhu waakange aumba.

⁸And Jehovah Elohim planted a garden in Eden eastward, and there put Man whom he had formed.

⁹Zvino Jehovha Mwari wakameresa pasi miti yose inofadza pakuona, uye yakanaka kudya; uye muti weupenyu pakati pemunda, nemuti wokuziva zva­kanaka nezvakaipa.

⁹And out of the ground Jehovah Elohim made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; and the tree of life, in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

¹⁰Zvino rwizi rwakabuda muEdheni kuzodiridza munda, uye kubva ipapo rwakaparadzaniswa rwukava misoro mina.

¹⁰And a river went out of Eden, to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four main streams.

¹¹Zita rerwekutanga ndiPishoni; ndirwo runopoteredza nyika yose yeHavhira, pane ndarama ipapo;

¹¹The name of the one is Pison: that is it which surrounds the whole land of Havilah, where the gold is.

¹²uye ndarama yenyika iyoyo yakanaka; pane dheriumu nebwe reonikisi.

¹²And the gold of that land is good; bdellium and the onyx stone are there.

¹³Zvino zita rerwizi rwechipiri ndiGihoni; ndirwo runopoteredza nyika yose yeKushi.

¹³And the name of the second river is Gihon: that is it which surrounds the whole land of Cush.

¹⁴Zvino zita rerwizi rwechitatu ndiHedhekeri, ndirwo runoyerera kumabva­zuva kweAsiria. Uye rwizi rwechina ndiYu­furatesi.

¹⁴And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which flows forward toward Asshur. And the fourth river, that is Euphrates.

¹⁵Zvino Jehovha Mwari wakatora munhu, akamuisa mumunda weEdheni, kuti au­rime nekuuchengeta.

¹⁵And Jehovah Elohim took Man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to till it and to guard it.

¹⁶Zvino Jehovha Mwari wakaraira munhu achiti: Pamiti yose yemunda ungadya uchidya,

¹⁶And Jehovah Elohim commanded Man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou shalt freely eat;

¹⁷asi muti werizivo rwezvakanaka nezvakaipa usadya pauri; nekuti nemusi waunoudya, uchafa zvirokwa­zvo.

¹⁷but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest of it thou shalt certainly die.

¹⁸Zvino Jehovha Mwari wakatizve, Ha­zvina kunaka kuti munhu ave oga; ndichamuitira mubatsiri wakafanana naye.

¹⁸And Jehovah Elohim said, It is not good that Man should be alone; I will make him a helpmate, his like.

¹⁹Zvino Jehovha Mwari wakaumba nevhu mhuka dzose dzesango, neshiri dzose dzedenga, akadziisa kumunhu kuti aone kuti acha­dzitumidza kuti chii, uye chipenyu chose sechazvakatumidzwa nemunhu, ndiro rakava zita racho.

¹⁹And out of the ground Jehovah Elohim had formed every animal of the field and all fowl of the heavens, and brought [them] to Man, to see what he would call them; and whatever Man called each living soul, that was its name.

²⁰Zvino munhu wakapa mazita kuzvipfuwo zvose nekushiri dzedenga, nemhuka dzose dzesango; asi kumunhu kwakashaikwa mubatsiri wakamukwanira.

²⁰And Man gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; but as for Adam, he found no helpmate, his like.

²¹Zvino Jehovha Mwari wakakonzera hope huru kuwira pamusoro pemunhu, ndokuvata; zvino wakatora rumwe rwemabvu dzake, akadzivira nyama panzvimbo yarwo.

²¹And Jehovah Elohim caused a deep sleep to fall upon Man; and he slept. And he took one of his ribs and closed up flesh in its stead.

²²Zvino nerumbabvu urwo Jehovha Mwari rwaakatora pamunhu, akaita mukadzi, akamuisa kumu­nhu.

²²And Jehovah Elohim built the rib that he had taken from Man into a woman; and brought her to Man.

²³Munhu akati: Ikozvino uyu ipfupa remafupa angu, nenyama yenyama ya­ngu, uchanzi mukadzi, nekuti wa­kabviswa pamurume.

²³And Man said, This time it is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh: this shall be called Woman, because this was taken out of a man.

²⁴Naizvozvo munhu uchasiya baba vake namai vake, anamatire mukadzi wake, uye vachava nyama imwe.

²⁴Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and cleave to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.

²⁵Zvino vose vari vaviri vakange vasina kupfeka, munhu nemukadzi wake, asi ha­vana kunyara.

²⁵And they were both naked, Man and his wife, and were not ashamed.