¹Zvino Josefa akawira pamusoro pechiso chababa vake, akachema pamusoro pake, akamutsvoda.

¹Joseph fell on his father’s face, wept on him, and kissed him.

²Josefa akaraira varanda vake dzakanga dziri n'anga, kuti vasasike baba vake, n'anga dzikasasika Isiraeri.

²Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.

³Vakapedza mazuva makumi mana naye, nekuti ndiwo aiva mazuva okusasika; navaEgipita vakamu­chema mazuva makumi manomwe.

³Forty days were fulfilled for him, for that is how many the days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for him for seventy days.

⁴Zvino mazuva okuchema akati apera, Josefa akataura naveimba yaFarao, akati, Zvino kana ndawana nyasha kwa­muri, dorevai munzeve dzaFarao, muti,

⁴When the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to the house of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

⁵Baba vangu vakandipikisa, vachiti tari­rai, ndofa, muguva randakazvicherera munyika yeKanani, ndimo maunofanira kundivigamo. Naizvozvo zvino dondite­nderai henyu kuti ndikwire, ndindoviga baba vangu, ndogodzoka.

⁵‘My father made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am dying. Bury me in my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of Canaan.” Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father, and I will come again.’”

⁶Farao akati, Kwira, undoviga baba vako, sezvavakakupikisa.

⁶Pharaoh said, “Go up, and bury your father, just like he made you swear.”

⁷Ipapo Josefa akakwira kundoviga baba vake, navaranda vose vaFarao va­kakwira naye, vakuru veimba yake, na­vakuru venyika yeEgipita,

⁷Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, all the elders of the land of Egypt,

⁸naveimba yose yaJosefa, navana vababa vake, naveimba yababa vake; asi pwere dzavo dzoga, namakwai avo, nemombe dzavo, vaka­zvisiya panyika yeGosheni,

⁸all the house of Joseph, his brothers, and his father’s house. Only their little ones, their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.

⁹ngoro nava­tasvi vamabhiza vakakwirawo naye, ri­kava boka guru-guru.

⁹There went up with him both chariots and horsemen. It was a very great company.

¹⁰Vakasvika paburiro raAtadhi, riri mhiri kwaJoridhani, vakamuchemapo nokuchema kukuru kwazvo; akachema baba vake mazuva manomwe.

¹⁰They came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they lamented with a very great and severe lamentation. He mourned for his father seven days.

¹¹Zvino vanhu vaigara panyika yeKanani vakati vachiona kuchema ikoko paburiro raAtadhi, vakati, Kuchema uku kukuru ndokwavaEgipita; naizvozvo nzvimbo iyoyo ikatumidzwa Abherimiziraimu, iri mhiri kwaJoridhani.

¹¹When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, “This is a grievous mourning by the Egyptians.” Therefore its name was called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.

¹²Vanakomana vake vakamuitira sezvaakanga avaraira;

¹²His sons did to him just as he commanded them,

¹³nekuti vanakomana vake vakando­muisa kunyika yeKanani, vakamuviga mubako romunda weMakapera, riya ra­katengwa naAbhurahamu, pamwechete nomunda kuna Efuroni muHeti, pakata­risana neMamure, kuti zvive zvake, ive nzvimbo yake yokuviga.

¹³for his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field, for a possession of a burial site, from Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

¹⁴Zvino Josefa akati aviga baba vake, akadzokera Egipita, iye navakoma vake, navose vakanga vakwira naye ku­ndoviga baba vake.

¹⁴Joseph returned into Egypt—he, and his brothers, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.

¹⁵Zvino vakoma vaJosefa vakati vachiona kuti baba vavo vafa, vakati, Zvimwe Josefa achative­nga, nokutitsiva kwazvo zvakaipa zvose zvatakamuitira.

¹⁵When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully pay us back for all of the evil which we did to him.”

¹⁶Naizvozvo vakatuma shoko kuna Josefa, vachiti, Baba venyu vakaraira, vasati vafa, vachiti,

¹⁶They sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father commanded before he died, saying,

¹⁷Taurai naJosefa, muti, Zvino dokangamwirai henyu kutadza kwavakoma venyu; ne­zvivi zvavo, nekuti vakakuitirai zva­kaipa; zvino dokangamwirai kutadza kwa­varanda vaMwari wababa venyu. Josefa akachema pakutaura kwavo naye.

¹⁷‘You shall tell Joseph, “Now please forgive the disobedience of your brothers, and their sin, because they did evil to you.”’ Now, please forgive the disobedience of the servants of the God of your father.” Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

¹⁸Vakuru vake vakaendawo, vaka­wira pasi pamberi pake, vakati, Tarirai, tiri varanda venyu.

¹⁸His brothers also went and fell down before his face; and they said, “Behold, we are your servants.”

¹⁹Josefa akati kwavari, Musatya, nekuti ini ndiri pachigaro chaMwari here?

¹⁹Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for am I in the place of God?

²⁰Kana murimwi, makandifungira zvakaipa, asi Mwari akafunga kuti zvive zvakanaka, kuti zviitwe sezvinoitwa nhasi, kuti vanhu vazhinji vararamiswe.

²⁰As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.

²¹Naizvozvo zvino musatya, ndichaku­chengetai, nepwere dzenyu. Akavanya­radza, akataura navo nomoyo waka­naka.

²¹Now therefore don’t be afraid. I will nourish you and your little ones.” He comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.

²²Josefa akagara Egipita, iye navei­mba yababa vake; Josefa akagara makore ane zana negumi.

²²Joseph lived in Egypt, he, and his father’s house. Joseph lived one hundred ten years.

²³Josefa akaona vana vaEfuremu vorudzi rwechitatu, navana vaMakiri, mwanakomana waManase, va­kaberekerwa pamabvi aJosefa.

²³Joseph saw Ephraim’s children to the third generation. The children also of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on Joseph’s knees.

²⁴Josefa akati kuhama dzake, Ndofa, asi Mwari achakumutsai zvirokwazvo, nokukubudi­sai panyika ino, muende kunyika yaaka­pikira Abhurahamu naIsaka, naJakove.

²⁴Joseph said to his brothers, “I am dying, but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”

²⁵Josefa akapikisa vana vaIsiraeri, akati, Mwari achakumutsai zvirokwazvo, nemwi mutakure mafupa angu abve pano.

²⁵Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.”

²⁶Ipapo Josefa akafa, ava namakore ane zana negumi; vakamusasika, akaiswa mubhokisi paEgipita.

²⁶So Joseph died, being one hundred ten years old, and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.