¹Shure kwaizvozvo mudiri wama­mbo weEgipita nomubiki wake va­katadzira tenzi wavo, mambo weEgipita.

²Farao akatsamwira kwazvo varanda vake vaviri, ivo mukuru wavadiri nomukuru wavabiki.

³Akavasunga kuti vachengetwe mumba momukuru wavarindi, mutirongo, pakanga pakasungwa Josefa.

⁴Mukuru wavarindi akaraira Josefa kuvachengeta; iye akavabatira, vakaita nguva vachiche­ngetwa.

⁵Zvino vose vaviri vakarota hope usiku humwe, mumwe nomumwe ku­rota kwake, kurota kumwe nokumwe kune dudziro yako, ivo mudiri nomu­biki vamambo weEgipita, vakanga vaka­sungwa mutirongo.

⁶Zvino fume ma­ngwana Josefa akapinda kwavari, akavatarira, akaona kuti havafari.

⁷Aka­bvunza varanda vaFarao vakanga va­chengetwa pamwechete naye mumba matenzi wake, akati, Nhasi makasuwa neiko?

⁸Vakati kwaari, Tarota hope, asi hakuna munhu anogona kudzidudzira. Josefa akati kwavari, Kududzira hakuzi kwaMwari here? Dondirondedzerai he­nyu.

⁹Zvino mukuru wavadiri akaronde­dzera kurota kwake kuna Josefa, akati, kwaari, muchiroto kwangu ndakaona muzambiringa pamberi pangu; pamuza­mbiringa pakanga pana matavi matatu;

¹⁰ukaita sokutumbuka, ukabudisa ma­ruva; masumbu awo akabereka maza­mbiringa akaibva;

¹¹mukombe waFarao wakange uri muruoko rwangu; zvino ndikatora mazambiringa, ndikaasvinira mumukombe waFarao, ndikaisa muko­mbe muruoko rwaFarao.

¹²Josefa akati kwaari, Kududzirwa kwadzo ndiko: Matavi matatu mazuva matatu;

¹³mazuva matatu agere kupera Farao achasimudza musoro wako, noku­kudzosera kubasa rako; ipapo uchaisa mukombe waFarao muruoko rwakezve, sezvawaiita kare uchiri mudiri wake.

¹⁴Asi undirangarire hako kana woitirwa zvakanaka; undiitire tsitsi, undireverere kuna Farao, kuti ndibudiswe paimba ino;

¹⁵nekuti zvirokwazvo, ndakabiwa ku­nyika yavaHebheru; napano handina kuita chinhu chakafanira kuti vandiise mugomba iri.

¹⁶Zvino mukuru wavabiki akati aona kuti dudziro yakanaka, akati kuna Josefa, Neniwo ndakanga ndiri pakurota kwa­ngu, ndikaona tswanda nhatu dzechingwa chichena dzakanga dziri pamusoro wa­ngu;

¹⁷mutswanda yapamusoro makanga mune zvokudya zvamarudzi ose zvakabi­kwa zvaFarao; shiri dzikazvidya mutswa­nda yaiva pamusoro wangu.

¹⁸Ipapo Josefa akapindura, akati, Kududzirwa kwadzo ndiko: Tswanda nhatu mazuva matatu;

¹⁹mazuva matatu agere kupera, Farao achasimudza musoro wako akaubvisa pamusoro pako, akusu­ngirire pamuti; shiri dzichadya nyama yako dzichiibvisa kwauri.

²⁰Zvino nomusi wetatu, musi woku­zvarwa kwaFarao, iye akaitira varanda vake vose mutambo. Akasimudza musoro womukuru wavadiri, nomusoro womu­kuru wavabiki pakati pavaranda vake,

²¹akadzosera mukuru wavadiri kubasa rake rokudira kwake, akapa mukombe waFarao muruoko rwaFarao;

²²asi akasu­ngirira mukuru wavabiki sezvavakanga vadudzirwa naJosefa.

²³Asi mukuru wa­vadiri haana kurangarira Josefa, asi aka­mukangamwa.