Genesisi 12

¹Zvino Jehovha wakati kunaAbhuramu, Ibva panyika yako, nokuhama dzako, nokuimba yababa vako, uende kunyika yandichakuratidza iyo;Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

²ndichakuita rudzi rukuru, ndichakuropafadza, ndichakudza zita rako, iwe uropafadze vamwe.And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

³Ndicharopafadza ivo vanokuropafadza; unokutuka, ndichamutukawo; marudzi ose enyika acharopafadzwa mauri.And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

⁴Naizvozvo Abhuramu wakaenda sezvaakaudzwa naJehovha; naRoti wakaenda naye. Abhuramu wakanga ana makore ana makumi manomwe namashanu pakubva kwake Harani.So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

⁵Abhuramu akatora Sarai, mukadzi wake, naRoti, mwanakomana womunun’una wake, nefuma yavo yose yavakanga vaunganidza, navana vavakanga vabereka paHarani, vakabuda kuenda kunyika yeKenani; vakandosvika kunyika yeKenani.And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

⁶Abhuramu akagura nenyika iyo akasvika panzvimbo inonzi Shekemu, pamuti womuouki weMore; nguva iyo vaKenani vakanga vari munyika iyo.And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

⁷Zvino Jehovha wakazviratidza kuna Abhuramu, akati, Ndichapa vana vako nyika iyi; akavakira Jehovha aritari ipapo, iye wakanga azviratidza kwaari.And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.

⁸Akabva ipapo, akaenda kugomo riri kumabvazuva aBheteri, akadzikapo tende rake; Bheteri rakanga riri kumavirazuva neAi kumabvazuva; akavakirapo Jehovha aritari, akanamata Zita raJehovha ipapo.And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.

⁹Kubva ipapo Abhuramu wakaramba achitamira kumavirazuva.And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

¹⁰Zvino nzara yakanga iripo panyika iyo; Abhuramu ndokuburukira Ijipiti kundogarako; nokuti nzara yakanga iri huru panyika iyo.And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.

¹¹Zvino wakati oda kupinda Ijipiti, akati kuna Sarai, mukadzi wake, Tarira, ndinoziva kuti uri mukadzi wakanaka pachiso chako;And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:

¹²kana vaIjipiti vachikuona, vachati, `Ndiye mukadzi wake', vachandiuraya, asi iwe vachakurega uri mupenyu.Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.

¹³Uti hako uri hanzvadzi yangu, kuti ndiitirwe zvakanaka nokuda kwako, kuti mweya wangu urarame nokuda kwako.Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.

¹⁴Zvino Abhuramu achisvika Ijipiti, valjipiti vakaona mukadzi kuti wakanaka kwazvo.And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.

¹⁵Namachinda aFarao akamuonawo, vakandomurumbidza kuna Farao; mukadzi akatorwa, akaiswa mumba maFarao.The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.

¹⁶Akaitira Abhuramu zvakanaka nokuda kwake; waiva namakwai, nemombe, namakono emadhongi, navaranda, navarandakadzi, namadhongi echikadzi, namakamera.And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.

¹⁷Asi Jehovha wakatambudza Farao neveimba yake namatambudziko makuru nokuda kwaSarai, mukadzi waAbhuramu.And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.

¹⁸Zvino Farao wakadana Abhuramu akati, Chiiko ichi chawakandiitira? Wakaregereiko kundizivisa kuti mukadzi wako.And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?

¹⁹Wakarevereiko uchiti, `Ihanzvadzi yangu?' Naizvozvo ndakamutora kuti ave mukadzi wangu; naizvozvo zvino hoyu mukadzi wako, mutore, uende hako.Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

²⁰Zvino Farao akaraira vamwe varume pamusoro pake, vakamuperekedza iye nomukadzi wake nezvose zvaakanga anazvo.And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.