¹Makore maviri akati apera, Farao akarota hope; akazviona amire parwizi.

¹It happened at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and behold, he stood by the river.

²Akaona mhou nomwe dzichikwira dzichibuda murwizi, dzakanga dzakanaka, dzakakora; dzichifura pakati penhokwe.

²Behold, there came up out of the river seven cattle, sleek and fat, and they fed in the marsh grass.

³Zvino akaona dzimwe mhou nomwe dzichikwira mashure madzo, dzichibva murwizi, dzakanga dzakaipa, dzakaonda; dzikamira nedzimwe mhou pamahombekombe erwizi.

³Behold, seven other cattle came up after them out of the river, ugly and thin, and stood by the other cattle on the brink of the river.

⁴Zvino mhou dzakaipa, dzakaonda, dzikadya mhou dziya nomwe dzakanaka, dzakakora. Farao akapepuka.

⁴The ugly and thin cattle ate up the seven sleek and fat cattle. So Pharaoh awoke.

⁵Akavatazve, akarota rwechipiri; akaona hura nomwe dzezviyo dzakanga dzatumbuka padzinde rimwe, dzakanga dzakakora, dzakanaka,

⁵He slept and dreamed a second time: and behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, healthy and good.

⁶akaona hura nomwe, dzakanga dzakatetepa, dzakanga dzapiswa nemhepo yokumabvazuva, dzichibuda shure kwadzo.

⁶Behold, seven heads of grain, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.

⁷Zvino hura dzakatetepa dzikamedza hura nomwe dzakakora, dzakanga dzizere. Farao akapepuka, akaona kuti arota.

⁷The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven healthy and full ears. Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream.

⁸Zvino fume mangwana mweya wake ukatambudzika, akatuma vanhu kundodana n'anga dzose dzeEgipita navakachenjera vose voko; Fa­rao akavaudza kurota kwake; asi kwaka­nga kusina munhu waigona kuzvidudzira kuna Farao.

⁸It happened in the morning that his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all of Egypt’s magicians and wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh.

⁹Ipapo mukuru wavadiri akaudza Farao, akati, Nhasi ndinorangarira kuta­dza kwangu;

⁹Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, “I remember my faults today.

¹⁰Farao akanga akatsa­mwira varanda vake, mukandisunga, ndi­kachengetwa mumba momukuru wavarindi, ini nomukuru wavabiki;

¹⁰Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put me in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, me and the chief baker.

¹¹ti­karota hope nousiku humwe, ini naiye; tikarota mumwe nomumwe hope dzine dudziro yadzo.

¹¹We dreamed a dream in one night, I and he. We dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.

¹²Zvino ipapo pakanga panesu jaya romuHebheru, muranda wo­mukuru wavarindi; tikamuudza, iye aka­tidudzira kurota kwedu; akadudzira mumwe nomumwe sezvaakarota.

¹²There was with us there a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard, and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams. To each man according to his dream he interpreted.

¹³Zvikazoitika sezvaakatidudzira; ini ndakadzoserwa kubasa rangu, asi iye akasungirirwa.

¹³It happened, as he interpreted to us, so it was: he restored me to my office, and he hanged him.”

¹⁴Ipapo Farao akatuma munhu ku­ndodana Josefa, akakurumidza kumubu­disa mugomba; vakaveura ndebvu dzake nokumufukidza dzimwe nguvo; akapinda kuna Farao.

¹⁴Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon. He shaved himself, changed his clothing, and came in to Pharaoh.

¹⁵Farao akati kuna Josefa, Ndarota hope, asi hakuna munhu ano­gona kundidudzira idzo; zvino ndanzwa kuti iwe, kana wanzwa kurota, unogona kuzvidudzira.

¹⁵Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. I have heard it said of you, that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”

¹⁶Josefa akapindura Farao, akati, Kwete, handizini; Mwari ndiye angapa Farao dudziro yorugare.

¹⁶Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, “It isn’t in me. God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.”

¹⁷Farao akarondedzera kuna Josefa akati, Pakurota kwangu ndakazviona ndimire pamahombekombe erwizi;

¹⁷Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, “In my dream, behold, I stood on the brink of the river:

¹⁸ndikaona murwizi muchibuda mhou nomwe, dzakanga dzakakora, dzaka­naka; dzikafura pakati penhokwe;

¹⁸and behold, there came up out of the river seven cattle, fat and sleek. They fed in the marsh grass,

¹⁹ndi­kaonazve dzimwe mhou nomwe dzichi­kwira shure kwadzo dzine nzara, dzakaipa kwazvo, dzakaonda, handina kumboona dzakaipa dzakadai panyika yose yeEgipita.

¹⁹and behold, seven other cattle came up after them, poor and very ugly and thin, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for ugliness.

²⁰Zvino mhou idzodzo dzakaonda, dzakaipa, dzikadya, mhou dziya dzakakora dzokutanga;

²⁰The thin and ugly cattle ate up the first seven fat cattle,

²¹dzakati dzadzidya, hadzina kutongozikamwa kuti dzadzidya; asi dzakanga dzakangoipa sapakutanga. Zvino ndikapepuka.

²¹and when they had eaten them up, it couldn’t be known that they had eaten them, but they were still ugly, as at the beginning. So I awoke.

²²Ndi­kaonazve pakurota kwangu hura nomwe dzakanga dzatumbuka padzinde rimwe, dzizere, dzakanaka;

²²I saw in my dream, and behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, full and good:

²³ndikaonazve dzi­mwe hura nomwe, dzakaoma, dzakate­tepa, dzakapiswa nemhepo yokumabva­zuva, dzichibuda shure kwadzo.

²³and behold, seven heads of grain, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.

²⁴Hura idzodzo dzakatetepa dzikamedza hura nomwe dzakanaka; ndikaudza n'anga, asi kwakanga kusina munhu akagona kundidudzira izvozvo.

²⁴The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain. I told it to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me.”

²⁵Ipapo Josefa akati kuna Farao, Kurota kwaFarao ndokumwe; izvo Mwari zvaanoda kuita, ndizvo zvaakazi­visa Farao.

²⁵Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dream of Pharaoh is one. What God is about to do he has declared to Pharaoh.

²⁶Mhou nomwe dzakanaka makore manomwe, nehura nomwe dza­kanaka makore manomwewo; kurota ndokumwe.

²⁶The seven good cattle are seven years; and the seven good heads of grain are seven years. The dream is one.

²⁷Mhou nomwe dzakaonda, dzakaipa, dzakakwira shure kwaidzodzo, makore manomwe, nehura nomwe dza­kaputa, dzakapiswa nemhepo yokuma­bvazuva, achava makore manomwe enzara.

²⁷The seven thin and ugly cattle that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty heads of grain blasted with the east wind; they will be seven years of famine.

²⁸Ndiro shoko randataura kuna Farao; izvo Mwari zvaanoda kuita, ndi­zvo zvaakaratidza Farao.

²⁸That is the thing which I spoke to Pharaoh. What God is about to do he has shown to Pharaoh.

²⁹Tarirai, ku­nouya makore manomwe amaguta kwa­zvo panyika yose yeEgipita;

²⁹Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt.

³⁰shure kwaiwayo kuchatevera makore mano­mwe enzara; ipapo maguta ose achaka­nganikwa panyika yeEgipita; nzara ichape­dza nyika;

³⁰There will arise after them seven years of famine, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will consume the land,

³¹maguta haangazozikamwi munyika nokuda kwenzara iyoyo inozo­tevera, nekuti ichanyanya kwazvo.

³¹and the plenty will not be known in the land by reason of that famine which follows; for it will be very grievous.

³²Ku­rota uku kwakapamhidzwa kuna Farao kaviri, nekuti izvozvo zvakatarwa naMwari, uye Mwari achakurumidza ku­zviita.

³²The dream was doubled to Pharaoh, because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.

³³Naizvozvo Farao ngaatsvake munhu akangwara, akachenjera, amuite mubati wenyika yeEgipita.

³³“Now therefore let Pharaoh look for a discreet and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt.

³⁴Farao ngaaite izvozvo, ngaaise vatariri panyika yose, atore cheshanu chezviyo zvenyika yeIji­piti pamakore manomwe emaguta.

³⁴Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt’s produce in the seven plenteous years.

³⁵Ngaaunganidze zvokudya zvose zva­makore iwayo akanaka anouya, avige zviyo nomurayiro waFarao, zvive zvoku­dya mumaguta; vazvichengete.

³⁵Let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.

³⁶Zvoku­dya izvozvo zvichachengeterwa nyika makore manomwe enzara, ichazovapo panyika yeEgipita, kuti nyika irege kupa­radzwa nenzara.

³⁶The food will be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which will be in the land of Egypt; that the land not perish through the famine.”

³⁷Chinhu ichi chaka­nga chakanaka kuna Farao navaranda vake vose.

³⁷The thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.

³⁸Farao akati kuvaranda vake, Ko tingawana mumwe munhu akafanana nouyu, anomweya waMwari maari here?

³⁸Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?”

³⁹Farao akati kuna Josefa, Mwari zvaakakuratidza izvozvo zvose, hapana munhu akangwara, akachenjera sewe;

³⁹Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Because God has shown you all of this, there is none so discreet and wise as you.

⁴⁰ndiwe uchava mubati weimba yangu; vanhu vangu vose vacharairwa neshoko rako; asi pachigarao changu choushe ndipo pandichava mukuru kwauri.

⁴⁰You shall be over my house, and according to your word will all my people be ruled. Only in the throne I will be greater than you.”

⁴¹Zvino Farao akati kuna Josefa, Tarira, ndakuita mubati panyika yeEgipita yose.

⁴¹Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Behold, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.”

⁴²Farao akabvisa chimhete chake pa­ruoko rwake, akachiisa paruoko rwaJo­sefa, akamufukidza nguvo dzomucheka wakanakisa, akamushongedza chiketani chendarama pamutsipa wake;

⁴²Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it on Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in robes of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck,

⁴³akamufa­mbisa nengoro yechipiri yaakanga anayo; vakadanidzira pamberi pake, vachiti, Pfugamai! Akamuita mubati wenyika yose yeEgipita.

⁴³and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had. They cried before him, “Bow the knee!” He set him over all the land of Egypt.

⁴⁴Farao akati kuna Josefa, Ndini Farao, asi kunze kwako hapana munhu achasimudza ruoko rwake kana rutsoka rwake panyika yose yeEgipita.

⁴⁴Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, and without you shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.”

⁴⁵Farao akatumidza Josefa zita rinonzi Zafanatipanea; akamupa Asenati, muku­nda waPotifari, mupristi weOni, kuti ave mukadzi wake. Josefa akabuda, akafamba nenyika yose yeEgipita.

⁴⁵Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphenath-Paneah; and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On as a wife. Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.

⁴⁶Zvino Josefa akanga ana makore makumi matatu, nguva yaakamira pamberi paFarao, ma­mbo weEgipita.

⁴⁶Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

⁴⁷Nyika ikabereka zvizhinji-zhinji, nama­kore manomwe amaguta.

⁴⁷In the seven plenteous years the earth produced abundantly.

⁴⁸Akaungani­dza zvokudya zvose zvamakore mano­mwe, aivapo panyika yeEgipita, akaviga zvokudya mumaguta; zvokudya zveminda yakanga yakapoteredza guta rimwe nerimwe, akazvivigamo.

⁴⁸He gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was around every city, he laid up in the same.

⁴⁹Josefa akaviga zviyo, zvikaita sejecha regu­ngwa, zvizhinji-zhinji, kusvikira akarega kuzviverenga; nekuti zvakanga zvisinga­goni kuverengwa.

⁴⁹Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it was without number.

⁵⁰Zvino gore renzara risati rasvika, Josefa akaberekerwa vanakomana vaviri, vaakaberekerwa naAsenati, mukunda waPotifari, mupristi weOni.

⁵⁰To Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him.

⁵¹Josefa akatu­midza wedangwe zita rinonzi Manase, achiti, nekuti Mwari akandikangamwisa kutambudzika kwangu kose neimba ya­baba vangu yose.

⁵¹Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, “Manasseh” sounds like the Hebrew for “forget.” “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.”

⁵²Zita rowechipiri akaritumidza Efuremu, achiti, nekuti Mwari akandiberekesa vana panyika yo­kutambudzika kwangu.

⁵²The name of the second, he called Ephraim “Ephraim” sounds like the Hebrew for “twice fruitful.” : “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

⁵³Zvino makore manomwe amaguta, akanga avapo panyika yeEgipita, akapera.

⁵³The seven years of plenty, that were in the land of Egypt, came to an end.

⁵⁴Makore manomwe enzara akatanga ku­svika, sezvakataura Josefa; nzara ikavapo panyika dzose; asi panyika yose yeEgipita pakanga pane zvokudya.

⁵⁴The seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

⁵⁵Zvino vanhu vose veEgipita vofa nenzara, vakachemera zvokudya kuna Farao; Farao akati kuna vose veEgipita, Endai kuna Josefa; itai zvaanotaura kwamuri.

⁵⁵When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph. What he says to you, do.”

⁵⁶Nzara ikavapo panyika dzose; Josefa akazarura matura ose, akatengesera vaEgipita; nekuti nzara yakanga yakanyanya panyika yeEgipita.

⁵⁶The famine was over all the surface of the earth. Joseph opened all the store houses, and sold to the Egyptians. The famine was severe in the land of Egypt.

⁵⁷Vanhu venyika dzose vakaenda Egipita kuna Josefa kuzotenga zviyo; nekuti nzara yakanga yakanyanya panyika dzose.

⁵⁷All countries came into Egypt, to Joseph, to buy grain, because the famine was severe in all the earth.