¹Zvino akaraira mutariri weimba yake, achiti, Zadza homwe dzavarume nezvokudya, sezvavanogona ku­takura, uisewo mari yomumwe nomu­mwe pamuromo wehomwe yake.

¹He commanded the steward of his house, saying, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s money in his sack’s mouth.

²No­mukombe wangu, mukombe wesirivha, uuise pamuromo wehomwe yomuduku, pamwechete nemari yezviyo zvake. Iye akaita sezvaakaudzwa naJosefa.

²Put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, with his grain money.” He did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.

³Zvino fume mangwana koedza varume vaka­tenderwa kuenda, ivo nemadhongi avo.

³As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys.

⁴Vakati vabuda muguta, vasati vaenda kure, Josefa akaudza mutariri wake, akati, Simuka, tevera varume; kana wavabata, uti kwavari, Matsindiki­reiko zvamaitirwa zvakanaka?

⁴When they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, “Up, follow after the men. When you overtake them, ask them, ‘Why have you rewarded evil for good?

⁵Ko ha­chizi chinhu chinomwira ishe wangu, chaanoshopera nacho here? Chinhu ichi chamaita chakaipa.

⁵Isn’t this that from which my lord drinks, and by which he indeed divines? You have done evil in so doing.’”

⁶Akandovabata, akataura mashoko iwayo kwavari.

⁶He overtook them, and he spoke these words to them.

⁷Vakati kwaari, Ko ishe wedu anotaurirei mashoko akadai? Ngazvisadaro, varanda venyu havangaiti chinhu chakadai.

⁷They said to him, “Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing!

⁸Tarirai, mari yatakawana pa­miromo yehomwe dzedu takadzoka nayo kwamuri tichibva kunyika yeKe­nani; taigoba seiko sirivha kana ndarama mumba mashe wenyu?

⁸Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks’ mouths, we brought again to you out of the land of Canaan. How then should we steal silver or gold out of your lord’s house?

⁹Ani naani wa­varanda venyu anowanikwa anawo, ngaafe; nesu tichava vasungwa vashe wedu.

⁹With whomever of your servants it is found, let him die, and we also will be my lord’s bondservants.”

¹⁰Iye akati, Ndizvo hazvo, nga­zvive sezvamataura; iye anowanikwa aine mukombe, ndiye achava musungwa wangu; imwi vamwe hamungavi nemho­sva.

¹⁰He said, “Now also let it be according to your words: he with whom it is found will be my bondservant; and you will be blameless.”

¹¹Ipapo vakakurumidza mumwe nomumwe kuburutsira homwe yake pasi, mumwe nomumwe akasunungura homwe yake.

¹¹Then they hurried, and each man took his sack down to the ground, and each man opened his sack.

¹²Iye akatsvaka, akatanga kumu­kuru, akaguma kumuduku; mukombe ukawanikwa muhomwe yaBhenjamini.

¹²He searched, beginning with the eldest, and ending at the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

¹³Ipapo vakabvarura nguvo dzavo, mu­mwe neumwe akatakudza dhongi rake, akadzokera kuguta.

¹³Then they tore their clothes, and each man loaded his donkey, and returned to the city.

¹⁴Judha navana vababa vake vaka­dzokera kuimba yaJosefa, iye achirimo, vakawira pasi pamberi pake.

¹⁴Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, and he was still there. They fell on the ground before him.

¹⁵Zvino Josefa akati kwavari, Chinyiko ichi chamaita? Hamuzivi kuti munhu akaita seni anogona kushopera here?

¹⁵Joseph said to them, “What deed is this that you have done? Don’t you know that such a man as I can indeed divine?”

¹⁶Judha akati, Ko tingadiniko kuna ishe wangu? Tingataureiko? Tingazvipe­mbedza sei? Mwari akawana kutadza kwavaranda venyu; tarirai tiri vasungwa vashe wedu, isu naiye akawanikwa aine mukombe.

¹⁶Judah said, “What will we tell my lord? What will we speak? Or how will we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants. Behold, we are my lord’s bondservants, both we, and he also in whose hand the cup is found.”

¹⁷Iye akati, Ngazvisadaro, handingaiti sai­zvozvo; munhu uyo akawanikwa ano mukombe muruoko, ndiye achava musu­ngwa wangu; kana muri imwi, endai henyu norugare kuna baba venyu.

¹⁷He said, “Far be it from me that I should do so. The man in whose hand the cup is found, he will be my bondservant; but as for you, go up in peace to your father.”

¹⁸Ipapo Judha akaswedera kwaari, akati, Haiwa, ishe wangu, dotenderai henyu muranda wenyu kutaura shoko munzeve dzashe wangu, kutsamwa kwe­nyu kurege kumukira muranda wenyu, nekuti imwi makaenzana naFarao.

¹⁸Then Judah came near to him, and said, “Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord’s ears, and don’t let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Pharaoh.

¹⁹Ishe wangu akabvunza varanda vake, achiti, Muna baba here, kana munin'ina?

¹⁹My lord asked his servants, saying, ‘Have you a father, or a brother?’

²⁰Isu tikati kuna ishe wedu, Tina baba vava­mutana, vanomwana woutana hwavo, achiri muduku hake; mukoma wake akafa, iye akasara ari oga, mwana wamai vake, baba vake vanomuda.

²⁰We said to my lord, ‘We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loves him.’

²¹imwi mu­kati kuvaranda venyu, Burukai naye kwandiri, ndimuone nameso angu.

²¹You said to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.’

²²Isu tikati kuna ishe wedu, Mukomana haa­ngasii baba vake, nekuti kana akasiya baba vake, baba vake vangafa.

²²We said to my lord, ‘The boy can’t leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’

²³Zvino makati kuvaranda venyu, Kana munu­nuna wenyu worugotwe asingaburuki nemi, hamungaonizve chiso changu.

²³You said to your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will see my face no more.’

²⁴Zvino takati takwira kumuranda we­nyu, baba vedu, tikavaudza mashoko ashe wedu.

²⁴It happened when we came up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

²⁵Baba vedu vakati, Endai­zve, mutitengere zvokudya zvishoma­nana.

²⁵Our father said, ‘Go again, buy us a little food.’

²⁶Isu tikati, Hatingaburuki, kana munin'ina wedu asingaburuki nesu; nekuti hatingaoni chiso chomurume uya, kana munin'ina wedu asinesu.

²⁶We said, ‘We can’t go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down: for we may not see the man’s face, unless our youngest brother is with us.’

²⁷Muranda wenyu, baba vedu, vakati kwatiri, Mu­noziva kuti mukadzi wangu akandibere­kera vanakomana vaviri;

²⁷Your servant, my father, said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons:

²⁸mumwe aka­bva kwandiri, ndikati, Zvirokwazvo akabvamburwa; kubva musi iwoyo ha­ndina kuzomuonazve;

²⁸and the one went out from me, and I said, “Surely he is torn in pieces”; and I haven’t seen him since.

²⁹kana mukandi­torera nouyuwo, akawirwa nenjodzi, mu­chaburutsira vhudzi rangu jena kuguva nokuchema.

²⁹If you take this one also from me, and harm happens to him, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. .’

³⁰Naizvozvo, kana zvino ndikandosvika kumuranda wenyu, baba vangu, tisinaiye mukomana, mweya wavo zvawakabatanidzwa nomweya wo­mukomana,

³⁰Now therefore when I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us; since his life is bound up in the boy’s life;

³¹vachati kana vachiona kuti mukomana asinesu, vachafa; naizvozvo varanda venyu vachaburutsira vhudzi jena romuranda wenyu, baba vedu, ku­guva nokuchema.

³¹it will happen, when he sees that the boy is no more, that he will die. Your servants will bring down the gray hairs of your servant, our father, with sorrow to Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. .

³²nekuti muranda wenyu akazviita rubatso rwomukomana kuna baba vangu, ndikati, Kana ndikasauya naye kwamuri,ini ndichava ne­mhosva kuna baba vangu nokusinga­peri.

³²For your servant became collateral for the boy to my father, saying, ‘If I don’t bring him to you, then I will bear the blame to my father forever.’

³³Naizvozvo zvino ndinokumbira kuti muranda wenyu agare hake ari musungwa washe wangu pachigaro chomukomana, asi mukomana akwire hake navana vababa vake.

³³Now therefore, please let your servant stay instead of the boy, a bondservant to my lord; and let the boy go up with his brothers.

³⁴nekuti ndinga­kwira seiko kuna baba vangu, ndisina mukomana? Ndirege hangu kuona njodzi ichawira baba vangu.

³⁴For how will I go up to my father, if the boy isn’t with me?—lest I see the evil that will come on my father.”