¹Zvino zvakaitika kuti Isaka ava mutana, meso ake owonera madzedzerere, asingachaoni, wakadana Esau mwa­nakomana wake mukuru, ndokuti kwaari: Mwana wangu! Iye ndokuti kwaari: Tarirai ndiri pano.

¹It happened, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, “My son?” He said to him, “Here I am.”

²Akabva ati: Tarira zvino ndakwegura; handizivi zuva rekufa kwangu.

²He said, “See now, I am old. I don’t know the day of my death.

³Naizvozvo ikozvino, tora hako zvombo zvako, goba rako, neuta hwako, ugobuda kusango undivhimire nyama yemhuka,

³Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and take me venison.

⁴Ugondigadzirira chikafu chinonaka, sechandinoda, ugondivigira kuti ndi­dye, kuti mweya wangu ukuropafadze ndisati ndafa.

⁴Make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat, and that my soul may bless you before I die.”

⁵Zvino Rabheka wakanzwa Isaka paakataura naEsau mwanakomana wake. Esau ndokuenda kusango kunovhima nyama yemhuka kuti auye nayo.

⁵Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.

⁶Rabheka ndoku­taura naJakove mwanakomana wake achiti: Tarira, ndanzwa baba vako va­chitaura naEsau, mukoma wako, vachiti:

⁶Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, “Behold, I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,

⁷Nditorere nyama yemhuka, ugondigadzirira chikafu chinoanaka kuti ndidye, ndigokuro­pafadza pamberi paJehovha ndisati ndafa.

⁷‘Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless you before Yahweh before my death.’

⁸Naizvozvo ikozvino mwanakomana wangu, teerera inzwi rangu kune zvandinokuraira.

⁸Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command you.

⁹Chidoenda ikozvino kuboka rezvipfuwo, unditorere kubva ipapo mbudzana mbiri dzakanaka dzembudzi, zvino ndichadzigadzira chikafu chinonaka chababa vako, sechavanoda;

⁹Go now to the flock, and get me from there two good young goats. I will make them savory food for your father, such as he loves.

¹⁰ugoenda nacho kuna baba vako vadye, uye kuti vakuropafadze rufu rwavo rasati rwasvika.

¹⁰You shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death.”

¹¹Jakove ndokuti kuna Rabheka mai vake: Tarirai, Esau mukoma wa­ngu, murume une mvere, asi ini ndiri murume wakatsetseka.

¹¹Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.

¹²Zvimwe baba vangu vachandipurudzira, ndokuva pameso avo­seunovadadira, uye ndichazviuyisira rushambwa pachinzvimbo chekuro­pafadzwa.

¹²What if my father touches me? I will seem to him as a deceiver, and I would bring a curse on myself, and not a blessing.”

¹³Mai vake ndokuti kwaari: Rushambwa rwako ngarwuve pamusoro pangu, mwanakomana wangu; teerera chete inzwi rangu, ugoenda unonditorera.

¹³His mother said to him, “Let your curse be on me, my son. Only obey my voice, and go get them for me.”

¹⁴Zvino wakaenda, akadzi­tora, akadziuisa kuna mai vake; mai vake ndokugadzira chikafu chinonaka sechaidika­mwa nababa vake.

¹⁴He went, and got them, and brought them to his mother. His mother made savory food, such as his father loved.

¹⁵Zvino Rabheka wakatora nguvo dzakanaka dzaEsau mwa­nakomana wake mukuru, dzaaiva nadzo mumba, ndokudzifukidza Jakove mwana­komana wake muduku;

¹⁵Rebekah took the good clothes of Esau, her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son.

¹⁶zvino zvikumba zvembudzana wakaisa pamaoko ake, nepakatsetseka pemutsipa wake.

¹⁶She put the skins of the young goats on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck.

¹⁷Zvino wakapa chikafu chinonaka nechingwa zvaakange agadzirira muruoko rwaJakove mwana­komana wake.

¹⁷She gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.

¹⁸Iye ndokuenda kuna baba vake akati: Baba vangu! Ivo ndokuti: Ndiri pano; ndiwe ani mwanakomana wangu?

¹⁸He came to his father, and said, “My father?” He said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?”

¹⁹Jakove ndokuti kuna baba vake: Ndini Esau dangwe renyu; ndaita sezvamandi­udza; mukai henyu mugare, mudye zvenyama yangu yemhuka, kuti mweya wenyu undiropafadze.

¹⁹Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn. I have done what you asked me to do. Please arise, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me.”

²⁰Isaka ndokuti kumwanakomana wake: Sei waiwana nekukurumidza zvakadai mwanakomana wangu? Iye ndokuti: Nekuti Jehovha Mwari wenyu waiuisa pamberi pangu.

²⁰Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?” He said, “Because Yahweh your God gave me success.”

²¹Isaka ndokuti kuna Jakove: Swedera hako kuti ndikupurudzire, mwanakomana wangu, ndizive kuti uri mwanakomana wangu Esau amene, kana kwete.

²¹Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.”

²²Jakove ndokuswedera kuna Isaka baba vake; ivo vakamupurudzira vakati: Inzwi inzwi raJakove, asi maoko maoko aEsau.

²²Jacob went near to Isaac his father. He felt him, and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”

²³Asi haana kumu­ziva nekuti maoko ake akanga ane mvere semaoko emukuru wake Esau; naizvozvo wakamuropafadza.

²³He didn’t recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother, Esau’s hands. So he blessed him.

²⁴Ndokuti: Ndiwe mwa­nakomana wangu Esau chaiye here? Iye ndokuti: Ndini.

²⁴He said, “Are you really my son Esau?” He said, “I am.”

²⁵Zvino akati: Iswededze kwandiri kuti ndidye zvenyama yemhuka yemwana­komana wangu, kuti mweya wangu ukuropa­fadze. Iye ndokuswededza kwaari, zvino akadya; ndokumuvigira waini, ndokumwa.

²⁵He said, “Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless you.” He brought it near to him, and he ate. He brought him wine, and he drank.

²⁶Zvino baba vake Isaka vakati kwaari: Chiswedera, unditsvode, mwanakomana wangu.

²⁶His father Isaac said to him, “Come near now, and kiss me, my son.”

²⁷Zvino wakaswedera, akamutsvoda; ndoku­nzwa munhuwi wenguvo dzake, ndokumuro­pafadzwa, zvino akati: Tarira, munhuwi wemwanakomana wangu, semunhuwi wesango Jehovha raakaropafadza.

²⁷He came near, and kissed him. He smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him, and said, “Behold, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which Yahweh has blessed.

²⁸Naizvozvo Mwari ngaakupe zvedova rekumatenga, nekukora kwenyika, nezviyo zvakawanda newaini itsva.

²⁸God give you of the dew of the sky, of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine.

²⁹Vanhu ngavakushumire, nemarudzi ngaakufugamire. Iva ishe wehama dzako, nevanakomana vamai vako ngavakufugamire. vanokupa rushambwa ngavapiwe rushambwa, uye vanokuropafadza ngavaropafadzwe.

²⁹Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers. Let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you. Blessed be everyone who blesses you.”

³⁰Zvino zvakaitika Isaka paakangopedza kuropa­fadza Jakove, Jakove achangobuda pamberi palsaka baba vake, Esau mu­koma wake wakasvika achibva paku­vhima kwake.

³⁰It happened, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob had just gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

³¹Naiye wakagadzira chikafu chinonaka, akauya nacho kuna baba vake; akati kuna baba vake: Baba vangu ngavamuke, vadye zvenyama yemhuka yemwanakomana wavo, kuti mweya we­nyu undiropafadze.

³¹He also made savory food, and brought it to his father. He said to his father, “Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that your soul may bless me.”

³²Zvino Isaka baba vake vakati: Ndiwe ani? Iye ndokuti: Ndini mwa­nakomana wenyu, dangwe renyu Esau.

³²Isaac his father said to him, “Who are you?” He said, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.”

³³Isaka ndokubvunda nekubvunda kukurusa, akati: Ko ndiani wavhima nyama yemhuka, akauya nayo kwandiri, ndikadya zvayo zvose usati wasvika? Zvino ndamuropa­fadza, hongu ucharo­pafadzwa.

³³Isaac trembled violently, and said, “Who, then, is he who has taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? Yes, he will be blessed.”

³⁴Zvino Esau wakati achinzwa mashoko ababa vake, akachema nekuchema ku­kuru kunorwadza zvikurusa, ndokuti kuna baba vake: Ndiropafadzei, iniwo, baba vangu!

³⁴When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceeding great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, my father.”

³⁵Zvino akati: Munin'ina wako wauya nekunyengedzera, akatora ropafadzo yako.

³⁵He said, “Your brother came with deceit, and has taken away your blessing.”

³⁶Zvino akati: Imhaka yekuti vakatumidza zita rake Jakove here, ­kuti zvino wandinyengedzera kaviri aka; udangwe hwangu wakatora, zvino tarira, ikozvino wanditorera ropafadzo yangu. Ndokuti: Hamuna kundichengeterawo ropafadzo here?

³⁶He said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright. See, now he has taken away my blessing.” He said, “Haven’t you reserved a blessing for me?”

³⁷Isaka ndokupindura ndokuti kuna Esau: Tarira, ndamuita ishe wako, nehama dzake dzose ndapa kwaari vave varanda vake; ndamusimbisa nezviyo newaini; zvino chii chandingakuitira, mwanakomana wangu?

³⁷Isaac answered Esau, “Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers have I given to him for servants. With grain and new wine have I sustained him. What then will I do for you, my son?”

³⁸Esau ndokuti kuna baba vake: Mu­nongova neropafadzo imwe yoga here, baba vangu? Ndiropafadzei i­niwo, baba vangu. Esau ndokusimudza inzwi rake ndokuchema.

³⁸Esau said to his father, “Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, my father.” Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

³⁹Zvino Isaka baba vake ndokupindura akati kwaari: Tarira, ugaro hwako huchava kure nekukora kwenyika,uye kure nedova rekudenga rinobva kumusoro.

³⁹Isaac his father answered him, “Behold, of the fatness of the earth will be your dwelling, and of the dew of the sky from above.

⁴⁰Uye nemunondo wako uchararama, uye uchashumira munin'ina wako. Asi zvichaitika pauchapukunyuka, kuti uchavhuna joko rake ribve pamutsipa wako.

⁴⁰By your sword will you live, and you will serve your brother. It will happen, when you will break loose, that you shall shake his yoke from off your neck.”

⁴¹Zvino Esau wakavenga Jakove nekuda kweropafadzo baba vake yavakamuropafadza nayo. Esau ndokuti mumoyo make: Mazuva ekuchema baba vangu aswedera, zvino ndichauraya munin'ina wangu Jakove.

⁴¹Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

⁴²Zvino mashoko awa aEsau mwanakomana wake mukuru akaudzwa Rabheka, ndokutuma kunodana Jako­bho, mwanakomana wake muduku, ndokuti kwaari: Tarira, Esau mukoma wako unozvivaraidza pamusoro pako kuti akuuraye.

⁴²The words of Esau, her elder son, were told to Rebekah. She sent and called Jacob, her younger son, and said to him, “Behold, your brother Esau comforts himself about you by planning to kill you.

⁴³Naizvozvo ikozvino, mwanakomana wa­ngu, teerera inzwi rangu; simuka utizire kuna Rabhani hanzvadzi yangu kuHarani,

⁴³Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban, my brother, in Haran.

⁴⁴ugare naye mazuva mashoma, kusvikira shungu dzemukoma wako dzaserera,

⁴⁴Stay with him a few days, until your brother’s fury turns away;

⁴⁵kusvikira kutsamwa kwemukoma wako kwaserera kubva kwauri, uye akangamwe zvawamuitira; Ipapo ndichatuma kuzokutora kubva ikoko; nemhaka yei ndicharasikirwa nemwi muri vaviri nemusi mu­mwe?

⁴⁵until your brother’s anger turn away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send, and get you from there. Why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?”

⁴⁶Rabheka ndokuti kuna Isaka: Ndanetswa neupenyu hwangu nekuda kwevakunda vaHeti; kana Jakove akatora mukadzi ku­vakunda vaHeti, sevava, kuvakunda venyika ino, ndichararamirei?

⁴⁶Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good will my life do me?”