¹Zvino Mozisi akanga achifudza makwai aJeturo, mukarahwa wake, mupristi weMidhiani; akaisa makwai mberi murenje, akasvika kugomo raMwari rinonzi Horebhi.

¹Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to God’s mountain, to Horeb.

²Ipapo mutumwa waJehovha akazviratidza kwaari mumurazvo womoto pakati pegwenzi; akatarira, akaona gwenzi richipfuta nomoto, asi rakanga risingatsvi.

²The angel of Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

³Mozisi akati, Regai, nditsaukire ndione chishamiso icho chikuru, kuti gwenzi haritsvi neiko.

³Moses said, “I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.”

⁴Zvino Jehovha akati achiona kuti wotsaukira kuti aone, Mwari akadana ari mukati megwenzi, akati, Mozisi, Mozisi! Iye akati, Ndiri pano hangu.

⁴When Yahweh saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the midst of the bush, and said, “Moses! Moses!” He said, “Here I am.”

⁵Akati, Usaswedera pano; bvisa shangu dzako patsoka dzako, nekuti paumire patsvene.

⁵He said, “Don’t come close. Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place you are standing on is holy ground.”

⁶Akatiwo, Ndini Mwari wababa vako, naMwari waAbhurahamu, naMwari waIsaka, naMwari waJakove. Mozisi akavanza chiso chake, nekuti akatya kutarira Mwari.

⁶Moreover he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look at God.

⁷Zvino Mwari akati, Zvirokwazvo, ndakaona kunetswa kwavanhu vangu vari muEgipita ndikanzwa kudanidzira kwavo nokuda kwavatariri vavo vamabasa; nekuti ndinoziva kuchema kwavo;

⁷Yahweh said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.

⁸ndaburuka kuti ndivarwire mumaoko avaEgipita nokuvabudisa munyika iyoyo, ndindovaisa kunyika yakanaka huru, kunyika inoyerera mukaka nouchi; uko kunogara vaKanani, navaHeti, navaAmori, navaPerezi, navaHivhi, navaJebhusi.

⁸I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

⁹Zvino tarira, kuchema kwavana vaIsiraeri kwasvika kwandiri, ndaona kutambudzwa kwavanotambudzwa nako navaEgipita.

⁹Now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me. Moreover I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.

¹⁰Naizvozvo zvino uya ndikutume kuna Farao, kuti undobudisa vanhu vangu, vana vaIsiraeri muEgipita.

¹⁰Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.”

¹¹Zvino Mozisi akati kuna Mwari, Ini ndini aniko, kuti ndiende kuna Farao, ndibudise vana vaIsiraeri muEgipita here?

¹¹Moses said to God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?”

¹²Akati, Zvirokwazvo ndichava newe; hechi chiratidzo chokuti ndakutuma: Kana mabudisa vanhu vangu muEgipita, muchanamata Mwari pagomo rino.

¹²He said, “Certainly I will be with you. This will be the token to you, that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.”

¹³Ipapo Mozisi kuna Mwari, Tarirai, kana ndikasvika kuvana vaIsiraeri, ndikati kwavari, Mwari wamadzibaba enyu akandituma kwamuri, ivo vakati kwandiri, Ko zita rake ndiani? Ndichatiyi kwavari?

¹³Moses said to God, “Behold, when I come to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you;’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ What should I tell them?”

¹⁴Mwari akati kuna Mozisi, NDICHAVA IYE WANDICHAVA. Akati, Unoti kuvana vaIsiraeri, NDICHAVA ndiye akandituma kwamuri.

¹⁴God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM,” and he said, “You shall tell the children of Israel this: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”

¹⁵Mwari akatiwo kuna Mozisi, Unoti kuvana vaIsiraeri, Jehovha, Mwari waAbhurahamu, naMwari walsaka, naMwari waJakove, akandituma kwamuri; ndiro zita rangu nokusingaperi, ndiro zita ravachandirangarira naro kusvikira kumarudzi ose.

¹⁵God said moreover to Moses, “You shall tell the children of Israel this, ‘Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations.

¹⁶Enda, undounganidza vakuru vaIsiraeri, uti kwavari, Jehovha, Mwari wamadzibaba enyu, Mwari waAbhurahamu, nowaIsaka, nowaJakove, akazviratidza kwandiri, akati, Ndakakushanyirai zvirokwazvo, ndikaona izvo zvamakaitirwa Egipita;

¹⁶Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and tell them, ‘Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, “I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt;

¹⁷ndikati, Ndichakubudisai pakunetswa kwenyu paEgipita, ndimuise kunyika yavaKanani, neyavaHeti, neyavaAmori, neyavaPerezi, neyavaHivhi, neyavaJebhusi, kunyika inoyerera mukaka nouchi.

¹⁷and I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey.”’

¹⁸Vachateerera inzwi rako; uende, iwe navakuru vaIsiraeri, kuna mambo weEgipita, muti kwaari, Jehovha, Mwari wavaHebheru, akasangana nesu; zvino titendere kuenda rwendo rwamazuva matatu murenje, tindobayira Jehovha, Mwari wedu.

¹⁸They will listen to your voice, and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall tell him, ‘Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh, our God.’

¹⁹Ndinoziva kuti mambo weEgipita haangakutendereyi kuenda, kwete, kunyange noruoko rune simba.

¹⁹I know that the king of Egypt won’t give you permission to go, no, not by a mighty hand.

²⁰Ndichatambanudza ruoko rwangu, ndirove Egipita nezvishamiso zvangu zvose, zvandichaitamo; pashure achakutenderai kuenda.

²⁰I will reach out my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in its midst, and after that he will let you go.

²¹Ndichapa vanhu ava nyasha pamberi pavaEgipita, kuti kana muchizoenda, murege kuenda musina chinhu.

²¹I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and it will happen that when you go, you shall not go empty-handed.

²²Asi mukadzi mumwe nomumwe anofanira kukumbira kune waanogara naye, nokumutorwa anogara mumba make, zvishongo zvesirivha nozvendarama, nenguvo, kuti mufukidze vanakomana venyu navanasikana venyu; munofanira kutorera vaEgipita nhumbi dzavo.

²²But every woman shall ask of her neighbor, and of her who visits her house, jewels of silver, jewels of gold, and clothing; and you shall put them on your sons, and on your daughters. You shall plunder the Egyptians.”