¹Zvino Isaka wakadana Jakove, ndokumuropafadza, ndokumuraira ndokuti kwaari: Usawana mukadzi kuva­kunda veKanani.

¹Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, “You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

²Simuka uende Padhani-Aramu, kuimba yaBhetueri baba vamai vako, uye uzviwanire ikoko mukadzi kubva kuvaku­nda vaRabhani, hanzvadzi yamai vako.

²Arise, go to Paddan Aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father. Take a wife from there from the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.

³Zvino Mwari Wemasimbaose ngaakuropafa­dze, akuberekese vana, nekukuwanza, kuti uve chaunga chendudzi;

³May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples,

⁴agopa­ropafadzo yaAbhurahamu, kwauri nekumbeu yako pamwe newe; kuti ugare nhaka yenyika maugere uri mutorwa, Mwari yaakapa Abhurahamu.

⁴and give you the blessing of Abraham, to you, and to your seed with you, that you may inherit the land where you travel, which God gave to Abraham.”

⁵Isaka ndokuendesa Jakove, iye ndokuenda Padhani-Aramu kuna Rabhani mwanako­mana waBhetueri, muSiriya, hanzvadzi yaRabheka, mai vaJakove naEsau.

⁵Isaac sent Jacob away. He went to Paddan Aram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, Rebekah’s brother, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.

⁶Zvino Esau wakaona kuti Isaka waropafadza Jakove, akamue­ndesa Padhani-Aramu kunozvitorera ikoko mukadzi, pakumuropafadza kwake wakamuraira achiti: Usatora mukadzi kuvakunda veKanani;

⁶Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan Aram, to take him a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he gave him a command, saying, “You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan,”

⁷uye kuti Jakove wakateerera baba vake namai vake, akaenda Padhani-Aramu.

⁷and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan Aram.

⁸Esau ndokuona kuti vakunda veKanani vaiva vakaipa pameso aIsaka baba vake.

⁸Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan didn’t please Isaac, his father.

⁹Naizvozvo Esau wakaenda kuna Ishimaeri, akazvitorera Maharati muku­nda walshimaeri, mwanakomana waAbhurahamu, hanzvadzi yaNebhayoti ave mukadzi wake pamusoro pevakadzi vaaiva navo.

⁹Esau went to Ishmael, and took, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.

¹⁰Zvino Jakove wakabuda paBheeri­shebha, ndokuenda akananga Harani.

¹⁰Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.

¹¹Zvino wakasvika panzvimbo, akavatapo usiku, nekuti zuva rakange ravira. Ndokutora ibwe pamabwe enzvimbo iyo, akaita mutsamhiro, ndokurara panzvimbo iyo.

¹¹He came to a certain place, and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. He took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.

¹²Zvino wakarota, uye tarira, danhiko rakange rami­swa panyika, musoro waro uchibata matenga, zvino tarira, vatumwa vaMwari va­chikwira nekuburuka pariri.

¹²He dreamed. Behold, a stairway set upon the earth, and its top reached to heaven. Behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

¹³Zvino tarira, Je­hovha amire pamusoro paro, akati: Ndini Jehovha Mwari waAbhurahamu baba vako naMwari waIsaka; nyika yauvete pairi ndichakupa iyo, nembeu yako;

¹³Behold, Yahweh stood above it, and said, “I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and to your seed.

¹⁴uye mbeu yako ichaita seguruva renyika; zvino uchapararira kumavirazuva nekumabvazuva, nokumaodzanyemba nekuchamhembe; uye mauri nemumbeu yako dzimba dzose dzepanyika dzicharopafadzwa.

¹⁴Your seed will be as the dust of the earth, and you will spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. In you and in your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.

¹⁵Zvino tarira, ndi­newe, uye ndichakuchengeta kwese kwaunoenda, nekukudzosera kunyika ino; ne­kuti handingakusii kusvikira ndaita izvo zvandataura kwauri.

¹⁵Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken of to you.”

¹⁶Zvino Jako­bho wakapepuka pahope dzake, ndokuti: Zvirokwazvo Jehovha uri panzvimbo ino, asi ini ndanga ndisingazivi.

¹⁶Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, “Surely Yahweh is in this place, and I didn’t know it.”

¹⁷Zvino wakatya, ndokuti: Nzvimbo ino inotyisa zvakadii! Haisi chimwe chinhu kunze kweimba yaMwari, iri isuwo rekudenga.

¹⁷He was afraid, and said, “How dreadful is this place! This is none other than God’s house, and this is the gate of heaven.”

¹⁸Jakove ndokumuka mangwanani-ngwanani, ndokutora ibwe raakange aita mutsamhiro, akari­misa kuva mbiru, ndokudira mafuta pamusoro pepamusoro paro.

¹⁸Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on its top.

¹⁹Zvino wakatumidza zita renzvimbo iyo Bheteri, asi zita reguta pakutanga rainzi Ruzi.

¹⁹He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.

²⁰Jakove ndokupika mhiko achiti: Kana Mwari akava neni, akandichengeta panzira yandinoenda, uye akandipa chikafu chekudya, nezvipfeko zvekupfeka;

²⁰Jacob vowed a vow, saying, “If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and clothing to put on,

²¹uye ndidzokere nerugare kuimba yababa vangu, ipapo Jehovha uchava Mwari wangu,

²¹so that I come again to my father’s house in peace, and Yahweh will be my God,

²²neiri ibwe randakamisa rikava mbiru richava imba yaMwari; nezvose zvamuchandipa, zvirokwazvo ndicha­pa chegumi chazvo kwamuri.

²²then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, will be God’s house. Of all that you will give me I will surely give the tenth to you.”