1Zvino Josefa akaenda, akandoudza Farao, akati, Baba vangu navana vababa vangu vasvika, vachibva kunyika yeKanani, vane makwai avo, nemombe dzavo, nezvose zvavanazvo; zvino, tarirai vari munyika yeGosheni.
1Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, “My father and my brothers, with their flocks, their herds, and all that they own, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of Goshen.”
2Akatora varume vashanu kuvana vababa vake, akavaisa pamberi paFarao.
2From among his brothers he took five men, and presented them to Pharaoh.
3Farao akati kuvakoma vake, Basa renyu ndereiko?
3Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?” They said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.”
4Vakati kuna Farao, Tauya kuzogara tiri vatorwa munyika ino; nekuti hakuna mafuro amakwai avaranda venyu, nekuti kune nzara kunyika yeKanani; zvino tinokumbira kuti varanda venyu vagare munyika yeGosheni.
4They said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live as foreigners in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks. For the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.”
5Ipapo Farao akataura naJosefa, akati, Baba vako navana vababa vako vauya kwauri;
5Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.
6nyika yeIjipiti iri pamberi pako; baba vako navana vababa vako ngavagare panzvimbo yakaisvonaka panyika ino, ngavagare panyika yeGosheni; kana uchiziva kuti pakati pavo pana varume vakangwara, uvaite vatariri vemombe dzangu.
6The land of Egypt is before you. Make your father and your brothers dwell in the best of the land. Let them dwell in the land of Goshen. If you know any able men among them, then put them in charge of my livestock.”
7Josefa akapinda naJakove, baba vake, akavaisa pamberi paFarao; Jakove akaropafadza Farao.
7Joseph brought in Jacob, his father, and set him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
8Farao akati kuna Jakove, Manganiko mazuva amakore oupenyu hwenyu?
8Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How many are the days of the years of your life?”
9Jakove akati kuna Farao, Mazuva amakore outorwa hwangu makore ane zana namakumi matatu; mazuva amakore oupenyu hwangu aiva mashoma hawo, akaipa, haana kusvikira pamazuva amakore oupenyu hwamadzibaba angu pamazuva outorwa hwavo.
9Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.”
10Jakove akaropafadza Farao, akabuda pamberi paFarao.
10Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh.
11Zvino Josefa akapa baba vake navana vababa vake pokugara, akavapa nzvimbo panyika yeEgipita, kuti ive yavo, pakaisvonaka panyika iyo, panyika yeRamesesi, sezvaakarairwa naFarao.
11Joseph placed his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
12Josefa akachengeta baba vake, navana vababa vake, navose veimba yababa vake, akavapa zvokudya achiverenga navana vavowo.
12Joseph nourished his father, his brothers, and all of his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.
13Zvino pakanga pasina zvokudya panyika yose, nekuti nzara yakanga iri huru, nyika yeEgipita nenyika yeKanani dzikaziya nenzara.
13There was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
14Josefa akaunganidza mari yose yakanga iri panyika yeEgipita, napanyika yeKanani, yavakatenga zviyo nayo, Josefa akaisa mari iyo mumba maFarao.
14Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.
15Mari yose yakati yapera munyika yeEgipita, napanyika yeKanani, vaEgipita vose vakauya kuna Josefa, vakati, Tipei zvokudya, nekuti tingafa seiko pamberi penyu? nekuti mari yapera.
15When the money was all spent in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, “Give us bread, for why should we die in your presence? For our money fails.”
16Josefa akati, Uyai nemombe dzenyu, ndikupei zvokudya pamusoro pezvipfuwo zvenyu, kana mari yapera.
16Joseph said, “Give me your livestock; and I will give you food for your livestock, if your money is gone.”
17Zvino vakauya kuna Josefa nezvipfuwo zvavo; Josefa akavapa zvokudya, vachitsinhanha namabhiza, namakwai, nemombe, nemadhongi; akavararamisa nezvokudya, vachitsinhanha nezvipfuwo zvavo zvose gore iroro.
17They brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and for the herds, and for the donkeys: and he fed them with bread in exchange for all their livestock for that year.
18Gore iroro rakati rapera, vakauya kwaari negore rechipiri, vakati kwaari, Hatingavanziri ishe wedu kuti mari yedu yose yapera, mapoka ezvipfuwo ava ashe wedu; hakuchina chakasara pamberi pashe wedu, asi miviri yedu neminda yedu;
18When that year was ended, they came to him the second year, and said to him, “We will not hide from my lord how our money is all spent, and the herds of livestock are my lord’s. There is nothing left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands.
19zvino tingafa seiko pamberi penyu, isu nenyika yedu? Titengei henyu, isu nenyika yedu, tive varanda vaFarao; tipeiwo mbeu tirarame tirege kufa, nenyika irege kushanduka iite sango.
19Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh. Give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land won’t be desolate.”
20Zvino Josefa akatengera Farao nyika yose yeEgipita, nekuti vaEgipita vakatengesa mumwe nomumwe munda wake, nekuti nzara yakanga iri huru pamusoro pavo, nyika ikava yaFarao.
20So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for every man of the Egyptians sold his field, because the famine was severe on them, and the land became Pharaoh’s.
21Kana vari vanhu akavatamisa kumaguta, kubva kumuganhu mumwe weEgipita kusvikira kuno mumwe muganhu wayo.
21As for the people, he moved them to the cities from one end of the border of Egypt even to the other end of it.
22Asi nyika yavapristi yoga haana kuitenga, nekuti vapristi vakanga vaganhurirwa mugove wavo naFarao; vaidya mugove wavo wavaipiwa naFarao. Naizvozvo havana kutengesa nyika yavo:
22Only he didn’t buy the land of the priests, for the priests had a portion from Pharaoh, and ate their portion which Pharaoh gave them. That is why they didn’t sell their land.
23Zvino Josefa akati kuvanhu, Tarirai, ndakatengera Farao imwi nenyika yenyu nhasi, hedzi mbeu, mudzvare panyika.
23Then Joseph said to the people, “Behold, I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh. Behold, here is seed for you, and you shall sow the land.
24Nenguva yokukohwa munofanira kupa Farao cheshanu, zvina zvichava zvenyu, zvive mbeu dzeminda, nezvokudya zvenyu, nezvavari mudzimba dzenyu, nezvokudya zvepwere dzenyu.
24It will happen at the harvests, that you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four parts will be your own, for seed of the field, for your food, for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.”
25Ivo vakati, Ndimwi makatichengeta; ngatiwane hedu nyasha panashe wedu, tive varanda vaFarao.
25They said, “You have saved our lives! Let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.”
26Josefa akatema mutemo panyika yeEgipita, uripo nanhasi, kuti Farao apiwe cheshanu; asi nyika yavapristi yoga haina kuva yaFarao.
26Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth. Only the land of the priests alone didn’t become Pharaoh’s.
27Zvino vaIsiraeri vakagara panyika yeEgipita, panyika yeGosheni, vakazviwanira fuma imomo, vakabereka vana, vakawanda kwazvo.
27Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they got themselves possessions therein, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly.
28Jakove akagara panyika yeEgipita makore ane gumi namanomwe; naizvozvo mazuva aJakove makore oupenyu hwake, aiva makore ane zana namakumi mana namanomwe.
28Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were one hundred forty-seven years.
29Zvino nguva yokufa kwaIsiraeri yakanga yaswedera, iye akadana mwanakomana wake Josefa, akati kwaari, Kana ndawana nyasha kwauri, chiisa hako ruoko rwako pasi pechidya changu, undiitire tsitsi nechokwadi; rega hako kundiviga paEgipita;
29The time drew near that Israel must die, and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, “If now I have found favor in your sight, please put your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me. Please don’t bury me in Egypt,
30asi kana ndavata namadzibaba angu, undibvise paEgipita, unondiviga muguva ravo. Iye akati, Ndichaita sezvamataura.
30but when I sleep with my fathers, you shall carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying place.” He said, “I will do as you have said.”
31Vakati, Ndipikire; iye akavapikira. Ipapo Isiraeri akakotamira pamusoro wouvato hwake.
31He said, “Swear to me,” and he swore to him. Israel bowed himself on the bed’s head.