Genesisi
37:1 Jakobho akagara munyika yakanga yagara baba vake vari vatorwa
nyika yeKenani.
37:2 Iyi ndiyo nhoroondo yaJakobho. Josefa akanga ava namakore gumi namanomwe okuberekwa.
akanga achifudza makwai pamwe chete navakoma vake; mukomana akanga ana vanakomana
waBhiriha, navanakomana vaZiripa, vakadzi vababa vake; naJosefa
Akandoudza baba vake shoko rakaipa.
37:3 Zvino Isiraeri akanga achida Josefa kupfuura vana vake vose, nokuti akanga ari Jehovha
mwanakomana woutana hwake; akamuitira nguvo yakareba ina maoko.
37:4 Zvino vakoma vake vakaona kuti baba vavo vanomuda kupfuura vake vose
Hama dzangu, dzakanga dzichimuvenga, vakasagona kutaura naye nomufaro.
37:5 Zvino Josefa akarota hope, akaudza vakoma vake, uye vakavenga
iye zvakatonyanya.
37:6 Akati kwavari, Inzwai henyu hope dzangu idzi
hope:
37:7 Nokuti tarira, takanga tichisunga zvisote mumunda, uye tarira, chisote changu.
akasimuka, akamira akati twi; ndikaona zvisote zvenyu zvikamira
ndikakotama pamberi pechisote changu.
Vakoma vake vakati kwaari, Ko iwe uchabata ushe pamusoro pedu kanhi? kana uchadaro
Ko iwe une simba pamusoro pedu here? Naizvozvo vakanyanya kumuvenga
kurota kwake, namashoko ake.
37:9 Akazorota dzimwe hope, uye akaudza vakoma vake, uye akati.
Tarirai, ndarotazve dzimwe hope; uye tarira, zuva nomwedzi
nyeredzi dzinegumi neimwe dzakandipfugamira.
37:10 Akaudza baba vake nevakoma vake uye baba vake
akamutsiura akati kwaari: Kurota kunyiko kwawarota?
hope? Ini namai vako navakoma vako tichauya kuzokotama here?
isu panyika kwamuri?
37:11 Vakoma vake vakamugodora; asi baba vake vakachengeta shoko iro.
37:12 Zvino vakoma vake vakandofudza makwai ababa vavo paShekemu.
Isiraeri akati kuna Josefa, Vakoma vako ngavarege kufudza makwai
Shekemu? uya, ndikutume kwavari. Akati kwaari: Hoyo
ndiri ini.
37:14 Akati kwaari, "Enda hako undoona kana mufaro wako
hama, namakwai zvakanaka; udzoke kwandiri neshoko. Saka akatuma
achibva kumupata weHebhuroni, ndokusvika paShekemu.
37:15 Zvino mumwe murume akamuwana achidzungaira musango.
murume akamubvunza, achiti: Unotsvakeiko?
37:16 Iye ndokuti: Ndinotsvaka vakoma vangu; dondiudza hako kwavanofudzira.
makwai avo.
37:17 Murume akati, Vabva pano; nekuti ndakavanzwa vachiti;
enda kuDhotani. Josefa akatevera vakoma vake, akavawana vari mukati
Dothan.
37:18 Vakati vachimuona achiri kure, asati asvika kwavari, ivo vakamuona
vakarangana kuti vamuuraye.
37:19 Vakataurirana vachiti, "Houno muroti uya.
37:20 Uyai zvino timuuraye, uye timukande mune rimwe gomba, uye
tichati, Wadyiwa nechikara; zvino tichaona kuti chii
zvichava zvezviroto zvake.
37:21 Rubheni akazvinzwa, akamurwira mumaoko avo; ndokuti.
Ngatirege kumuuraya.
37:22 Rubheni akati kwavari, Musadurura ropa, asi mumukandire mugomba iri
uri murenje, asi regai kutambanudza maoko enyu kwaari; kuti abvise
Iye pamaoko avo, kuti amudzosere kuna baba vake.
37:23 Zvino zvakaitika Josefa asvika kuvakoma vake, kuti ivo
bvisa Josefa nguvo yake, nguvo yake yakareba ina maoko, yaakanga akafuka;
37:24 Vakamutora, vakamukandira mugomba, gomba rakanga risina chinhu
makanga musina mvura mariri.
37:25 Vakagara pasi kuti vadye chingwa, uye vakasimudza meso avo, uye
tarira, tarira, boka ravaIshimaeri vabva Giriyadhi pamwechete
ngamera dzavo dzakatakura zvinonhuhwira, nebharisami nemura, dzichienda kundozvitakura
kuIjipiti.
37:26 Judha akati kuvana vababa vake, Tingawaneiko kana tikauraya vanhu vedu?
wovanza ropa rake here?
37:27 Uyai timutengese kuvaIshmaeri;
pamusoro pake; nekuti ihama yedu nenyama yedu. Vanin'ina vake vaivapo
content.
Ipapo vatengesi vavaMidhiani vakapfuurapo; vakakweva vakasimudza
Josefa akabuda mugomba, akatengesa Josefa kuvaIshimaeri namamakumi maviri;
vakaisa Josefa Egipita.
37:29 Rubheni akadzokera kugomba; Josefa akanga asimomo
gomba; akabvarura nguo dzake.
37:30 Akadzokera kuvanin'ina vake, akati, Mwana haachipo; uye ini,
ndoendepiko?
37:31 Vakatora jasi raJosefa, vakauraya mbudzana, vakanyika.
jasi muropa;
37:32 Vakatumira jasi racho rine mavara mazhinji, vakariunza kwavari
baba; vakati, Tawana; ziva zvino kana ari womwanakomana wako
jasi kana kwete.
37:33 Ivo vakaiziva, vakati, Inguvo yomwanakomana wangu; chikara chakaipa chine
zvakamudya; Josefa zvirokwazvo akabvamburwa-bvamburwa;
37:34 Jakove akabvarura nguvo dzake, akasimira masaga pachiuno chake, uye
akachema mwanakomana wake mazuva mazhinji.
Vanakomana vake vose navakunda vake vose vakasimuka vakamunyaradza; asi iye
akaramba kunyaradzwa; akati, Ndichaburukira kugomba
kumwanakomana wangu kuchema. Baba vake vakamuchema saizvozvo.
37:36 Zvino vaMidhiani vakandomutengesa Egipita kuna Potifari, muranda wemauto
yaFarao, nomukuru wavarindi.