¹Zvino Jakove wakanzwa mashoko evanakomana vaRabhani vachiti: Jakove atora zvose zvababa vedu; nezvaiva zvababa vedu vachiita mbiri iyi.

¹He heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, “Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s. From that which was our father’s, has he gotten all this wealth.”

²Jakove akaonawo chiso chaRabhani, zvino tarira, chakanga chisakaita kwaari sepakutanga.

²Jacob saw the expression on Laban’s face, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.

³Jehovha ndokuti kuna Jakove: Dzokera kunyika yemadzibaba ako nekuhama dzako; ndigova newe.

³Yahweh said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers, and to your relatives, and I will be with you.”

⁴Zvino Jakove wakatuma ndokudanira Rakeri naRea kusango kuboka rake,

⁴Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock,

⁵ndokuti kwavari: Ndi­noona chiso chababa venyu kuti hachisa­kaita kwandiri sepakutanga; asi Mwari wababa vangu wange aneni.

⁵and said to them, “I see the expression on your father’s face, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me.

⁶Zvino munoziva kuti nesimba rangu rose dakashandira baba venyu.

⁶You know that I have served your father with all of my strength.

⁷Uye baba venyu vakandinyenge­dzera, vakashandura mubayiro wangu kagumi, asi Mwari haana kuvatendera kundiitira zvakaipa.

⁷Your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times, but God didn’t allow him to hurt me.

⁸Kana vakataura sezvizvi: Zvine mavara zvichava mubairo wako, ipapo boka rose rakabereka zvine mavara. Zvino vataura seizvi: Zvine mitsetse zvichava mubayiro wako, ipapo boka rose raka­bereka zvine mitsetse.

⁸If he said this, ‘The speckled will be your wages,’ then all the flock bore speckled. If he said this, ‘The streaked will be your wages,’ then all the flock bore streaked.

⁹Saizvozvo Mwari wakatora zvipfuwo zvababa venyu, akapa kwandiri.

⁹Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock, and given them to me.

¹⁰Zvino zvakaitika panguva iyo boka richitora mazamu, kuti ndakasimudza meso angu ndikaona muchiroto, zvino tarira, nhongo dzino­kwira boka, dzaiva nemitsetse, nemavara, nedzakaita pfumbu.

¹⁰It happened during mating season that I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and behold, the male goats which leaped on the flock were streaked, speckled, and grizzled.

¹¹Zvino mutumwa waMwari wakati kwandiri muchiroto: Jakove! Ndikati: Ndiri pano.

¹¹The angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob,’ and I said, ‘Here I am.’

¹²Ndokuti: Simudza hako meso ako uone, nhongo dzose, dzinokwira boka, dzine mitsetse, dzine mavara, dzakaita pfumbu; nekuti ndaona zvose Rabhani zvaanoita kwauri.

¹²He said, ‘Now lift up your eyes, and behold, all the male goats which leap on the flock are streaked, speckled, and grizzled, for I have seen all that Laban does to you.

¹³Ndini Mwari weBheteri, pawakazodza mbiru, pawakandipikira mhiko. Ikozvino, simuka, ubude munyika ino, udzo­kere kunyika yechizvarigo chako.

¹³I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you vowed a vow to me. Now arise, get out from this land, and return to the land of your birth.’”

¹⁴Rakeri naRea ndokupindura vakati kwaari: Ko tichine mugove ne­nhaka kuimba yababa vedu here?

¹⁴Rachel and Leah answered him, “Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?

¹⁵Ko ha­tiverengwi sevatorwa kwavari here? nekuti vakatitengesa, uye vakapedzawo chose mari yedu.

¹⁵Aren’t we accounted by him as foreigners? For he has sold us, and has also quite devoured our money.

¹⁶Nekuti fuma yose Mwari yaakato­rera baba vedu ndeyedu ne­vana vedu; naizvozvo ikozvino chose Mwari chaareva kwauri, chiite.

¹⁶For all the riches which God has taken away from our father, that is ours and our children’s. Now then, whatever God has said to you, do.”

¹⁷Jakove ndokusimuka, ndokuta­svisa vana vake nevakadzi vake pama­kamera;

¹⁷Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives on the camels,

¹⁸ndokutinha zvipfuwo zvake zvose, nenhumbi dzake dzose dzaakange awana, zvipfuwo zvaakange anazvo, zvaakange awana paPa­dhanaramu, kuti aende kuna Isaka baba vake kunyika yeKanani.

¹⁸and he took away all his livestock, and all his possessions which he had gathered, including the livestock which he had gained in Paddan Aram, to go to Isaac his father, to the land of Canaan.

¹⁹Zvino Rabhani wakange aenda kunoveura makwai ake, Rakeri ndokuba chifana­nidzo baba vake chavaiva nacho.

¹⁹Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the teraphim teraphim were household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property. that were her father’s.

²⁰Jakove akabva achiverevedza kuna Rabhani muSiriya, nekuti haana kumuzivisa kuti unotiza.

²⁰Jacob deceived Laban the Syrian, in that he didn’t tell him that he was running away.

²¹Zvino wakatiza iye nezvose zvaakange anazvo, ndokusimuka, ndokuya­mbuka rwizi, ndokuringisa chiso chake kugomo reGi­riadhi.

²¹So he fled with all that he had. He rose up, passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.

²²Zvino zvakaudzwa Rabhani nezuva retatu kuti Jakove watiza.

²²Laban was told on the third day that Jacob had fled.

²³Iye akatora hama dzake naye akadzingirirana naye rwendo rwemazuva manomwe, vaka­muwana mugomo reGiriadhi.

²³He took his relatives with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey. He overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.

²⁴Mwari ndokuuya kuna Rabhani muSiriya muchiroto usiku, ndokuti kwaari: Zvichenjerere, zvimwe ungataura kuna Jakove chakanaka kana chakaipa.

²⁴God came to Laban, the Syrian, in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Take heed to yourself that you don’t speak to Jacob either good or bad.”

²⁵Rabhani ndokuwana Jakove. Zvino Jakove wakange adzika tende rake mugomo; Ra­bhaniwo nehama dzake vakadzika matende avo mugomo reGiriadhi.

²⁵Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain, and Laban with his relatives encamped in the mountain of Gilead.

²⁶Zvino Rabhani ndokuti kuna Jako­bho: Waitei, kuti waverevedza ndisingazivi, uchitora vakunda vangu nechisimba sevatapwa nemunondo?

²⁶Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done, that you have deceived me, and carried away my daughters like captives of the sword?

²⁷Watizirei pachivande, uchindiverevedza, usingandiudzi, kuti ndingadai ndakuoneka nemufaro nenziyo, nengoma nerudimhwa?

²⁷Why did you flee secretly, and deceive me, and didn’t tell me, that I might have sent you away with mirth and with songs, with tambourine and with harp;

²⁸Uye hauna kundi­tendera kutsvoda vanakomana va­ngu nevakunda vangu. Ikozvino waita sebe­nzi pakuita.

²⁸and didn’t allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now have you done foolishly.

²⁹Zviri pasimba reruoko rwangu kukuitirai zvakaipa; asi Mwari wababa vako wakataura neni usiku hwazuro achiti: Zvichenjerere kuti urege kutaura naJako­bho kana chakanaka kana chakaipa.

²⁹It is in the power of my hand to hurt you, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Take heed to yourself that you don’t speak to Jacob either good or bad.’

³⁰Zvino ikozvino, kuenda waenda, nekuti ­wanga uchishuva zvikuru imba yababa vako; wabirei vamwari vangu?

³⁰Now, you want to be gone, because you greatly longed for your father’s house, but why have you stolen my gods?”

³¹Jakove ndokupindura ndokuti kuna Rabhani: Nekuti ndakanga ndichitya, nekuti ndakati: Zvimwe munganditorera vakunda venyu nechisimba.

³¹Jacob answered Laban, “Because I was afraid, for I said, ‘Lest you should take your daughters from me by force.’

³²Uyo wamunowana kwaari vamwari venyu ngaarege kurarama; zvino pamberi pehama dzedu, zviongororerei zvenyu zviri kwandiri, muzvitorere. Nekuti Jakove waka­nge asingazivi kuti Rakeri wakange aba.

³²Anyone you find your gods with shall not live. Before our relatives, discern what is yours with me, and take it.” For Jacob didn’t know that Rachel had stolen them.

³³Rabhani ndokupinda mutende raJakove, nemutende raRea, nemutende revarandakadzi vaviri, asi haana kuzviwana. Zvino wakabuda mutende raRea, ndokupinda mutende raRakeri.

³³Laban went into Jacob’s tent, into Leah’s tent, and into the tent of the two female servants; but he didn’t find them. He went out of Leah’s tent, and entered into Rachel’s tent.

³⁴Zvino Rakeri wakange atora zvifananidzo, akazviisa muchigaro chekamera, ndokugara pamusoro pazvo. Rabhani ndokubata-bata pose mute­nde, asi haana kuzviwana.

³⁴Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, put them in the camel’s saddle, and sat on them. Laban felt about all the tent, but didn’t find them.

³⁵Iye ndokuti kuna baba vake: Ngazirege kusafadza pameso paishe wangu kuti handigoni kusimuka pamberi penyu; nekuti mutowo wevakadzi uri kwandiri. Iye akatsvakisisa, asi haana kuwana zvifananidzo.

³⁵She said to her father, “Don’t let my lord be angry that I can’t rise up before you; for I’m having my period.” He searched, but didn’t find the teraphim.

³⁶Zvino Jakove wakatsamwa, ndokupikisana naRabhani; Jakove ndokupindura ndokuti kuna Rabhani: Kudarika kwangu chii, chivi changu chii, kuti mundidzingirire neshungu?

³⁶Jacob was angry, and argued with Laban. Jacob answered Laban, “What is my trespass? What is my sin, that you have hotly pursued after me?

³⁷Zvamabata-bata nhumbi dzangu dzose mawanei chenhumbi dzekumba kwenyu? Zviisei pano pamberi pehama dzangu nehama dzenyu kuti vato­nge pakati pedu isu vaviri.

³⁷Now that you have felt around in all my stuff, what have you found of all your household stuff? Set it here before my relatives and your relatives, that they may judge between us two.

³⁸Makore awa makumi maviri ndinemwi; nhu­nzvi dzenyu dzemakwai nenhunzvi dzenyu dzembudzi hazvina kusvodza, nemakondobwe enyu emapoka handina kuadya.

³⁸“These twenty years I have been with you. Your ewes and your female goats have not cast their young, and I haven’t eaten the rams of your flocks.

³⁹Zvakabvamburwa handina kuzviuisa kwamuri; ini ndakazviripa; pamaoko angu makazvireva, zvaka­biwa masikati kana zvakabiwa usiku.

³⁹That which was torn of animals, I didn’t bring to you. I bore its loss. Of my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.

⁴⁰Masikati ndakapedzwa nezuva, neveta usiku; hope dzangu dzikatiza kumeso angu.

⁴⁰This was my situation: in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from my eyes.

⁴¹Makore aya makumi maviri ndakange ndiri mumba menyu, ndakakushandirai makore gumi nemana nekuda kwevakunda venyu vaviri, nemakore matanhatu nekuda kwezvipfuwo zvenyu; mukashandura mubayiro wangu kagumi.

⁴¹These twenty years I have been in your house. I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.

⁴²Kunze kwekuti Mwari wababa vangu, Mwari waAbhurahamu, nekutya kwaIsaka, dai asaiva neni, zvi­rokwazvo ikozvino mungadai maindiendesa ndi­sina chinhu. Dambudziko rangu nebasa remaoko angu Mwari wakaona, akakutsiurai usiku hwazuro.

⁴²Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night.”

⁴³Zvino Rabhani wakapi­ndura akati kuna Jakove: Vakunda vakunda vangu, nevanakomana vanakomana vangu, boka iboka rangu, nezvose zvaunoona ndezvangu; nekuvakunda vangu ndichaitei nhasi, kana kuvana vavo vavakazvara?

⁴³Laban answered Jacob, “The daughters are my daughters, the children are my children, the flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine: and what can I do this day to these my daughters, or to their children whom they have borne?

⁴⁴Zvino ikozvino, ngatiite su­ngano, ini newe; chive uchapupu pakati pangu newe.

⁴⁴Now come, let us make a covenant, you and I; and let it be for a witness between me and you.”

⁴⁵Jakove ndokutora ibwe, akarimisa rikava mbiru.

⁴⁵Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

⁴⁶Jakove ndokuti kuhama dzake: Unganidzai mabwe. Zvino vakatora mabwe, vakaita murwi; vakadya ipapo pamusoro pemurwi.

⁴⁶Jacob said to his relatives, “Gather stones.” They took stones, and made a heap. They ate there by the heap.

⁴⁷Rabhani ndokuutumidza Jegarisahadhuta; asi Jakove akautumi­dza Garidhi.

⁴⁷Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, “Jegar Sahadutha” means “Witness Heap” in Aramaic. but Jacob called it Galeed. “Galeed” means “Witness Heap” in Hebrew.

⁴⁸Rabhani ndokuti: Murwi uyu uchapupu pakati pangu newe nhasi. Naizvozvo zita rawo rakanzi Garidhi,

⁴⁸Laban said, “This heap is witness between me and you this day.” Therefore it was named Galeed

⁴⁹uye Mizipa, nekuti wakati: Jehovha ngaarinde pakati pangu newe, kana tisingaonani umwe neumwe.

⁴⁹and Mizpah, for he said, “Yahweh watch between me and you, when we are absent one from another.

⁵⁰Kana ukatambudza vakunda vangu, uye kana ukawana vamwe vakadzi kunze kwevakunda vangu, hakuna munhu unesu, asi tarira, Mwari chapupu pakati pangu newe.

⁵⁰If you afflict my daughters, or if you take wives besides my daughters, no man is with us; behold, God is witness between me and you.”

⁵¹Zvino Rabhani wakati kuna Jakove: Tarira murwi uyu, tarira mbiru iyi, yandakamisa pakati pangu newe.

⁵¹Laban said to Jacob, “See this heap, and see the pillar, which I have set between me and you.

⁵²Murwi uyu ngauve chapupu, nembiru iyi ngaive chapupu, kuti ini handingapfuuri murwi uyu ndichienda kwauri, newe haungapfuuri murwi uyu nembiru uchiuya kwandiri kuti tiitirane zva­kaipa.

⁵²May this heap be a witness, and the pillar be a witness, that I will not pass over this heap to you, and that you will not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.

⁵³Mwari waAbhurahamu, naMwari waNahori, Mwari wababa vavo, ngaato­nge pakati pedu. Jakove ndokupika neKutya kwababa vake Isaka.

⁵³The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” Then Jacob swore by the fear of his father, Isaac.

⁵⁴Jakove ndokubaya chibayiro mugomo, akadana hama dzake kuti vadye chingwa; vakadya chingwa, vakarara mugomo.

⁵⁴Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his relatives to eat bread. They ate bread, and stayed all night in the mountain.

⁵⁵Rabhani ndokumuka mangwanani-ngwani, ndokutsvoda vanakomana vake neva­kunda vake, ndokuvaropafadza; Rabhani ndokuenda, ndokudzokera kunzvimbo yake.

⁵⁵Early in the morning, Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them. Laban departed and returned to his place.