¹Zvino zvakaitika shure kwezvinhu izvi kuti Mwari wakaedza Abhurahamu akati kwaari: Abhurahamu! Iye ndokuti: Tarirai, ndiri pano.

¹It happened after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.”

²Ndokuti: Zvino tora mwanakomana wako, wako umwe chete, waunoda, Isaka, uende kunyika yeMoria; umupe ave chibayiro chinopiswa pamusoro perimwe gomo randichakuudza.

²He said, “Now take your son, your only son, whom you love, even Isaac, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of.”

³Abhurahamu ndokumuka mangwa­nani-ngwanani, akasungira chigara padhongi rake, akatora vaviri vemajaya ake naye, naIsaka mwanakomana wake. Zvino wakatsemura huni dzechiba­yiro chinopiswa, ndokusimuka, ndokuenda kunzvimbo Mwari yaakamuudza.

³Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. He split the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went to the place of which God had told him.

⁴Zvino nemusi wetatu Abhurahamu waka­simudza meso ake, akaona nzvimbo iri kure.

⁴On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place far off.

⁵Abhurahamu ndokuti kumajaya ake: Imwi chigarai henyu pano nembo­ngoro, ini nemukomana tichienda uko nekunoshumira, tigodzoka kwamuri.

⁵Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go yonder. We will worship, and come back to you.”

⁶Abhurahamu ndokutora huni dzechi­bayiro chinopiswa, akadzitakudza Isaka mwanakomana wake; ndokutora moto neba­nga muruoko rwake, ndokuenda vari va­viri.

⁶Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. He took in his hand the fire and the knife. They both went together.

⁷Isaka ndokutaura naAbhurahamu baba vake akati: Baba vangu! Iye ndokuti: Ndiri pano, mwana wangu. ndokuti: Tarirai, moto nehuni, asi gwayana rechibayiro chinopiswa riripi?

⁷Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, “My father?” He said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “Here is the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”

⁸Abhurahamu ndokuti: Mwari ucha­zvipa gwayana rechibayiro chinopiswa, mwanakomana wangu; saizvozvo vakafamba vari vaviri pamwe.

⁸Abraham said, “God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they both went together.

⁹Zvino vakasvika panzvimbo Mwari yaakange avaudza; Abhurahamu ndokuvakapo aritari; ndokugadzira huni; ndokusunga Isaka mwanakomana wake, ndokumuisa paaritari pamu­soro pehuni.

⁹They came to the place which God had told him of. Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, on the wood.

¹⁰Zvino Abhurahamu wakata­mbanudza ruoko rwake, ndokutora banga kuti abaye mwanakomana wake.

¹⁰Abraham stretched out his hand, and took the knife to kill his son.

¹¹Zvino mutumwa waJehovha wakadanidzira kwaari ari kumatenga akati: Abhurahamu! Abhurahamu! Iye ndokuti: Ndiri pano.

¹¹The angel of Yahweh called to him out of the sky, and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.”

¹²Zvino wakati: Usaisa ruoko rwako pamukomana, kana kumuitira chinhu, nekuti ikozvino ndinoziva kuti unotya Mwari, sezvo usina kundinyima mwanakomana wako, wako umwe chete.

¹²He said, “Don’t lay your hand on the boy, neither do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”

¹³Abhurahamu ndokusimudza meso ake, ndokutarira, ndokuona shure gondohwe rakange rakabatwa mufomwe nenyanga dzaro. Abhurahamu ndokunotora gondohwe riya, akaripisa chikava chiba­yiro panzvimbo yemwanakomana wake.

¹³Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and saw that behind him was a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering instead of his son.

¹⁴Abhurahamu ndokutumidza zita renzvimbo iyo kuti Jehovha-jire; sezvo kuchinzi nanhasi, Pagomo raJehovha zvicharangarirwa.

¹⁴Abraham called the name of that place Yahweh Will Provide or, Yahweh-Jireh, or, Yahweh-Seeing . As it is said to this day, “On Yahweh’s mountain, it will be provided.”

¹⁵Zvino mutumwa waJehovha waka­danidzira kuna Abhurahamu rwechipiri, ari kumate­nga,

¹⁵The angel of Yahweh called to Abraham a second time out of the sky,

¹⁶ndokuti: Ndakapika neni ndomene, ndizvo zvinoreva Jehovha, nekuti waita chinhi ichi, ukasanyima mwanakomana wako, wako umwe chete;

¹⁶and said, “I have sworn by myself, says Yahweh, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son,

¹⁷ndichakuropafa­dza nekuropafadza, uye ndichawanza nekuwanza mbeu yako senyeredzi dzekumatenga, uye se­jecha riri pamahombekombe egungwa; uye mbeu yako ichava varidzi vemasuwo eva­vengi vayo;

¹⁷that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your seed greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your seed will possess the gate of his enemies.

¹⁸nemumbeu yako ndudzi dzose dzenyika dzicharopafadzwa, nekuti wa­kateerera inzwi rangu.

¹⁸In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.”

¹⁹Zvino Abhura­hamu wakadzokera kumajaya ake; ndoku­simuka ndokuenda vose Bheerishebha; Abhurahamu ndokugara paBheerishebha.

¹⁹So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba. Abraham lived at Beersheba.

²⁰Zvino zvakaitika shure kwezvinhu izvi, kuti Abhurahamu wakaudzwa zvichinzi: Tarira, Mirika wakaberekerawo munin'ina wako Nahori vanakomana:

²⁰It happened after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, “Behold, Milcah, she also has borne children to your brother Nahor:

²¹Uzi dangwe rake, naBuzi munin'ina wake, naKemueri baba vaAramu,

²¹Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,

²²naKesedhi, naHazo, naPiradhashi, naJidhirafi, naBhetueri;

²²Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.”

²³Bhetueri ndokubereka Rabheka; ava va­sere Mirika wakavakaberekera Nahori, munununa waAbhurahamu.

²³Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.

²⁴Nemurongo wake, wezita rainzi Ruma, wakaberekawo Tebha, naGahami, naTa­hashi, naMaaka.

²⁴His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.