¹Zvino Jakove akaona kuti zviyo zvaiveko kuEgipita, Jakove akati kuvanakomana vake, Munotari­rana neiko?

¹Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”

²Akati, Ndanzwa kuti zviyo zviriko kuEgipita; burukiraiko, mu­ndotitengerako, tipone, tirege kufa.

²He said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy for us from there, so that we may live, and not die.”

³Ipapo vakoma vaJosefa vane gumi va­kaburuka kundotenga zviyo Egipita.

³Joseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

⁴Asi Bhenjamini, munin'ina waJosefa, Jakove haana kumutuma navakoma vake; nekuti akati, Zvimwe angawirwa nenjodzi.

⁴But Jacob didn’t send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers; for he said, “Lest perhaps harm happen to him.”

⁵Zvino vanakomana vaIsiraeri vakauya kuzotenga pakati pavamwe vaiuya, no­kuti nzara yakanga iripo panyika yeKe­nani.

⁵The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

⁶Zvino Josefa aiva mubati wenyika; ndiye aitengesera vanhu vose venyika; vakoma vaJosefa vakauya, va­kamupfugamira, zviso zvavo zvakatarira pasi.

⁶Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph’s brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.

⁷Josefa akaona vakoma vake, aka­vaziva, asi akaita saasingavazivi, aka­taura nehasha navo, akati kwavari, Ma­bvepiko? Ivo vakati, Tabva kunyika yeKanani kuzotenga zvokudya.

⁷Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, “Where did you come from?” They said, “From the land of Canaan to buy food.”

⁸Josefa akaziva vakoma vake, asi ivo havana kumuziva.

⁸Joseph recognized his brothers, but they didn’t recognize him.

⁹Ipapo Josefa akara­ngarira kurota kwake kwaakadeya kurota pamusoro pavo, akati kwavari, Muri vashori, mauya kuzoona kuti nyika yaka­shama papi.

⁹Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them, and said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land.”

¹⁰Ivo vakati kwaari, Kwete, ishe wedu, asi varanda venyu vauya kuzote­nga zvokudya.

¹⁰They said to him, “No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.

¹¹Tiri vanakomana vomu­nhu mumwe chete tose; tiri vanhu vaka­tendeka, varanda venyu havazi vashori;

¹¹We are all one man’s sons; we are honest men. Your servants are not spies.”

¹²iye akati kwavari, Kwete, mauya ku­zoona nyika kuti yakashama papi.

¹²He said to them, “No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land!”

¹³Ivo vakati, Isu varanda venyu, tiri vanakomana vane gumi navaviri vomu­nhu mumwe chete panyika yeKanani; zvino worugotwe ari kuna baba vedu nhasi; mumwe haachisipo.

¹³They said, “We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more.”

¹⁴Josefa akati kwavari, Ndizvo zva­ndanga ndichitaura kwamuri, ndichiti muri vashori;

¹⁴Joseph said to them, “It is like I told you, saying, ‘You are spies!’

¹⁵hechi chinhu chamuchae­dzwa nacho. Noupenyu hwaFarao, hamu­ngabudi pano kana munin'ina wenyu wo­rugotwe asina kuuya pano.

¹⁵By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go out from here, unless your youngest brother comes here.

¹⁶Tumai mumwe wenyu kuti andotora munin'ina wenyu, asi imwi muchafanira kugara ma­kasungwa, kuti mashoko enyu aedzwe, kana makatendeka; kana zvisina kudaro, zvirokwazvo, noupenyu hwaFarao muri vashori.

¹⁶Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be bound, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you, or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies.”

¹⁷Ipapo akavaisa pamwechete vose mutirongo, kuti vachengetwe ma­zuva matatu.

¹⁷He put them all together into custody for three days.

¹⁸Josefa akati kwavari nezuva retatu, Itai chinhu ichi, mupone; ini ndinotya Mwari;

¹⁸Joseph said to them the third day, “Do this, and live, for I fear God.

¹⁹kana muri vanhu vakatendeka, mumwe wavanin'ina venyu ngaagare akasungwa mutirongo yenyu; asi imwi endai makatakura zviyo kundopa mhuri dzenyu dzine nzara.

¹⁹If you are honest men, then let one of your brothers be bound in your prison; but you go, carry grain for the famine of your houses.

²⁰Mugouya nomunu­nuna wenyu worugotwe kwandiri; nai­zvozvo mashoko enyu achasimbiswa, murege kufa. Vakaita saizvozvo.

²⁰Bring your youngest brother to me; so will your words be verified, and you won’t die.” They did so.

²¹Va­kataurirana vachiti, Zvirokwazvo tine mhosva nokuda komunin'ina wedu, no­kuti takaona kutambudzika komweya wake musi uya waakatinyengetera, tika­ramba kumuteerera; naizvozvo tawirwa nokutainbudzika.

²¹They said one to another, “We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn’t listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us.”

²²Ipapo Rubheni akapindura, akati, Handina kukuudzai here, ndichiti, Re­gai kutadzira mwana, mukaramba kundi­teerera? Naizvozvo tarirai, ropa rake rotsvakwa.

²²Reuben answered them, saying, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘Don’t sin against the child,’ and you wouldn’t listen? Therefore also, behold, his blood is required.”

²³Zvino vakanga vasingazivi kuti Josefa anonzwisisa, nekuti kwanga kuine mupinduri pakati pavo.

²³They didn’t know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

²⁴Ipapo Josefa akabva kwavari, akachema; aka­dzokerazve kwavari, akataura navo, aka­tora Simioni pakati pavo, akamusunga vachizviona.

²⁴He turned himself away from them, and wept. Then he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.

²⁵Josefa akaraira kuti mi­dziyo yavo izadzwe nezviyo, uye kuti mumwe nomumwe adzoserwe mari yake muhomwe yake, uye kuti vapiwewo mbuva yokufamba nayo; vakaitirwa sai­zvozvo.

²⁵Then Joseph gave a command to fill their bags with grain, and to restore each man’s money into his sack, and to give them food for the way. So it was done to them.

²⁶Ipapo vakatakudza madhongi avo zviyo zvavo, vakaenda.

²⁶They loaded their donkeys with their grain, and departed from there.

²⁷Zvino mumwe wavo akati achisunungura ho­mwe yake, kuti ape dhongi rake zvokudya pavakavata usiku, akawana mari yake; heyo yakanga iri mumuromo wehomwe yake.

²⁷As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey food in the lodging place, he saw his money. Behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.

²⁸Akati kuhama dzake, Mari yangu yadzoswa; heyi iri muho­mwe yangu; ipapo vakaora moyo, va­katarirana, vachibvunda, vakati, Chi­nyiko ichi chataitirwa naMwari?

²⁸He said to his brothers, “My money is restored! Behold, it is in my sack!” Their hearts failed them, and they turned trembling one to another, saying, “What is this that God has done to us?”

²⁹Vakasvika kuna baba vavo pa­nyika yeKanani, vakavaudza zvose zva­kanga zvavawira;

²⁹They came to Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and told him all that had happened to them, saying,

³⁰vakati, Murume uya, ishe wenyika iyoyo, akataura nesu nehasha, akati, tiri vashori venyika.

³⁰“The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.

³¹Tikati kwaari, Tiri vanhu vakate­ndeka, hatizi vashori;

³¹We said to him, ‘We are honest men. We are no spies.

³²tiri vanakomana vane gumi navaviri vomunhu mumwe chete, vanakomana vababa vedu; mu­mwe haachipo, worugotwe ari kuna baba vedu nhasi panyika yeKanani.

³²We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.’

³³Zvino murume uya, ishe wenyika, akati kwatiri, Hechi chinhu chandicha­ziva nacho kuti muri vakatendeka, Si­yai mumwe wenyu kwandiri, mutore zviyo, mundopa mhuri dzenyu dzine nzara, muende.

³³The man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your houses, and go your way.

³⁴Mugouyazve kwa­ndiri nomunin'ina wenyu worugotwe; ipapo ndichaziva kuti hamuzi vashori, asi kuti muri vanhu vakatendeka; ipapo ndichakupai munin'ina wenyu, mugote­nga panyika ino.

³⁴Bring your youngest brother to me. Then I will know that you are not spies, but that you are honest men. So I will deliver your brother to you, and you shall trade in the land.’”

³⁵Zvino vakati vachidurura homwe dzavo, tarira chiputu chemari yomumwe nomumwe chakanga chiri muhomwe yake; vakati vachiona zviputu zvemari yavo, vakatya ivo nababa vavo.

³⁵It happened as they emptied their sacks, that behold, each man’s bundle of money was in his sack. When they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.

³⁶Zvino Jakove akati kwavari, Manditorera vana; Josefa haachipo, naSimioni haa­chipo, zvino moda kutora naBhenjami­niwo; zvinhu zvose izvi zvandiwira.

³⁶Jacob, their father, said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin away. All these things are against me.”

³⁷Ipapo Rubheni akataura nababa vake, akati, Mungauraya henyu vanako­mana vangu vaviri, kana ndisingadzoki naye kwamuri; chimuisai henyu mu­maoko angu, ini ndichauya nayezve kwa­muri.

³⁷Reuben spoke to his father, saying, “Kill my two sons, if I don’t bring him to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will bring him to you again.”

³⁸Vakati, Mwanakomana wangu haangaburuki nemi, nekuti mukoma wake wakafa, iye asiiwa ari oga; kana akawirwa nenjodzi parwendo rwamuno­famba, muchaburutsira vhudzi rangu jena kuguva nokuchema.

³⁸He said, “My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm happens to him along the way in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. .”