1God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.”
1Zvino Mwari wakati kuna Jakove: Simuka, ukwire kuBheteri, ugonogara ikoko; ugoitira ipapo aritari Mwari wakaonekera kwauri pawaitiza pachiso chaEsau mukoma wako.
2Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, change your garments.
2Jakove ndokuti kuimba yake nevose vaiva naye: Bvisai vamwari vendudzi vari pakati penyu, muzvinatse, mufuke dzimwe nguvo.
3Let us arise, and go up to Bethel. I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.”
3Ngatisimuke, tikwire kuBheteri; ndichaitira ipapo Mwari aritari, iye wakandipindura pazuva rekutambudzika kwangu, uye wakava neni panzira yandaifamba nayo.
4They gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
4Zvino vakapa Jakove vamwari vose vendudzi vaiva pamaoko avo, nemhete dzaiva panzeve dzavo; Jakove akazviviga pasi pemuouki* waiva paShekemu.
5They traveled, and a terror of God was on the cities that were around them, and they didn’t pursue the sons of Jacob.
5Zvino vakafamba; uye kutya Mwari kwaiva pamusoro pemaguta akavapoteredza, uye havana kudzingirira vanakomana vaJakove.
6So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.
6Jakove ndokusvika paRuzi, riri panyika yeKanani, ndiro Bheteri, iye nevanhu vose vaiva naye.
7He built an altar there, and called the place El Beth El; because there God was revealed to him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
7Zvino wakavakapo aritari, akatumidza nzvimbo kuti Eri-Bheteri, nekuti ipapo Mwari wakaonekera kwaari pakutiza kwake pachiso chemukoma wake.
8Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; and its name was called Allon Bacuth.
8Zvino Debhora mureri waRabheka wakafa, akavigwa zasi kweBheteri munyasi memuouki; naizvozvo wakatumidza zita rapo Aronibhakuti.
9God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan Aram, and blessed him.
9Zvino Mwari wakazviratidzazve kuna Jakove pakubva kwake Padhani-Aramu, akamuropafadza.
10God said to him, “Your name is Jacob. Your name shall not be Jacob any more, but your name will be Israel.” He named him Israel.
10Mwari ndokuti kwaari: Zita rako ndiJakove; zita rako harichazonzi Jakove, asi Isiraeri richava zita rako; akatumidza zita rake kuti Isiraeri.
11God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will be from you, and kings will come out of your body.
11Zvino Mwari akati kwaari: Ndini Mwari Wemasimbaose; bereka uwande; rudzi, hongu, boka rendudzi zvichabva kwauri, nemadzishe achabuda pachiuno chako.
12The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you, and to your seed after you will I give the land.”
12Uye nyika yandakapa Abhurahamu naIsaka ndichapa kwauri, nekumbeu yako shure kwako ndichaipa nyika.
13God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him.
13Mwari ndokukwira achibva kwaari panzvimbo paakataura naye.
14Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spoke with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it, and poured oil on it.
14Jakove ndokumisa mbiru panzvimbo paakataura naye, mbiru yebwe; akadurura pamusoro payo chipiriso chechinwiwa, akadira pamusoro payo mafuta.
15Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him “Bethel.”
15Jakove ndokutumidza zita renzvimbo Mwari paakataura naye, Bheteri.
16They traveled from Bethel. There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed. She had hard labor.
16Zvino vakafamba vachibva Bheteri; chichiri chinhambo kusvika Efurata; Rakeri akapona, akarwadziwa pakupona.
17When she was in hard labor, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for now you will have another son.”
17Zvino zvikaitika pakurwadziwa achipona, kuti nyamukuta wakati kwaari: Usatya, nekuti uchava nemwanakomanazve.
18It happened, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Benoni, “Benoni” means “son of my trouble.” but his father named him Benjamin. “Benjamin” means “son of my right hand.”
18Zvino zvakaitika mweya wake wobuda, nekuti wakafa, kuti wakatumidza zita rake Bhenoni; asi baba vake vakamutumidza Bhenjamini.
19Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Bethlehem).
19Rakeri ndokufa, akavigwa panzira inoenda Efurata, ndiro Bheterehemu.
20Jacob set up a pillar on her grave. The same is the Pillar of Rachel’s grave to this day.
20Jakove ndokumisa mbiru pamusoro peguva rake; ndiyo mbiru yeguva raRakeri kusvikira zuva ranhasi.
21Israel traveled, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder.
21Isiraeri ndokufamba, akadzika tende rake mhiri kweshongwe yeEdheri.
22It happened, while Israel lived in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
22Zvino zvakaitika Isiraeri agere munyika, kuti Rubheni wakaenda akanorara naBhiriha, murongo wababa vake, Isiraeri ndokuzvinzwa.
23The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
23vanakomana vaRea: Rubheni, dangwe raJakove, naSimioni, naRevhi, naJudha, nalsakari, naZebhuroni;
24The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
24vanakomana vaRakeri: Josefa naBhenjamini;
25The sons of Bilhah (Rachel’s handmaid): Dan and Naphtali.
25uye vanakomana vaBhiriha, murandakadzi waRakeri: Dhani naNafutari;
26The sons of Zilpah (Leah’s handmaid): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
26uye vanakomana vaZiripa, murandakadzi waRea: Gadhi naAsheri. Ndivo vanakomana vaJakove, vaakaberekerwa paPadhani-Aramu.
27Jacob came to Isaac his father, to Mamre, to Kiriath Arba (which is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac lived as foreigners.
27Jakove ndokusvika kuna Isaka baba vake paMamure, paKiriyati-Abha ndiro Hebhuroni, Abhurahamu paaigara naIsaka vari vatorwa.
28The days of Isaac were one hundred eighty years.
28Zvino mazuva aIsaka aiva makore zana nemakumi masere.
29Isaac gave up the spirit, and died, and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. Esau and Jacob, his sons, buried him.
29Isaka ndokupera, akafa, akaunganidzwa pamarudzi ekwake, akwegura, azara nemazuva; vanakomana vake Esau naJakove vakamuviga.