Genesisi 27

¹Zvino Isaka wakati ava mutana, meso ake owonera madzedzerere, asisaoni zvakanaka, akadana Esau, mwanakomana wake mukuru, akati kwaari, Mwana wangu; iye akati kwaari, Ndiri pano hangu.And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.

²Akati, Tarira zvino ndakwegura; handizivi zuva rokufa kwangu.And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:

³Zvino tora hako nhumbi dzako dzokuvhima nadzo, dzinoti goba rako, nouta hwako, uende kusango undivhimire mhuka;Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;

⁴undigadzirire nyama yakanaka, sezvandinoda, uuye nayo kwandiri, ndidye, mweya wangu ukuropafadze, ndisati ndafa.And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.

⁵Zvino Rabheka akanzwa Isaka achitaura naEsau, mwanakomana wake. Esau akaenda kusango kundovhima mhuka, kuti auye nayo.And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.

⁶Rabheka akataura naJakobho, mwanakomana wake, akati, Tarira, ndanzwa baba vako vachitaura naEsau, mukoma wako, vachiti,And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,

⁷`Nditorere mhuka, undigadzirire nyama yakanaka, kuti ndiidye, ndikuropafadze pamberi paJehovha ndisati ndafa.'Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death.

⁸Zvino mwana wangu, teerera inzwi rangu sezvandinokuraira.Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.

⁹Enda zvino kuzvipfuwo, unditorerepo mbudzana mbiri dzakanaka, ndigadzirire baba vako nadzo nyama yakanaka, sezvavanoda;Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:

¹⁰ugoenda nayo kuna baba vako, vadye, kuti vakuropafadze vasati vafa.And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.

¹¹Jakobho akati kuna Rabheka mai vake, Tarirai, Esau, mukoma wangu, munhu ane mvere, asi ini ndiri munhu asina mvere.And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:

¹²Zvimwe baba vangu vachandibata-bata, ndikava somunyengedzeri pamberi pavo, ndikazviuyisira kutukwa pachigaro chokuropafadzwa.My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.

¹³Mai vake vakati kwaari, Kutukwa kwako ngakuve pamusoro pangu, mwana wangu; teerera hako inzwi rangu, uende unditorere idzo.And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.

¹⁴Iye akaenda, akadzitora, akadziisa kuna mai vake; mai vake vakagadzira nyama yakanaka, yaidikanwa nababa vake.And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.

¹⁵Zvino Rabheka akatora nguvo dzakaisvonaka dzaEsau, mwanakomana wake mukuru, dzaaiva nadzo mumba, akadzifukidza Jakobho, mwanakomana wake muduku;And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:

¹⁶akaisa nguvo dzembudzana pamaoko ake, napamutsipa wake pakanga pasina mvere;And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:

¹⁷akaisa nyama yakanaka nechingwa, zvaakanga agadzira, muruoko rwaJakobho, mwanakomana wake.And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.

¹⁸Iye akaenda kuna baba vake, akati, Baba vangu; ivo vakati, Ndiri pano hangu; ndiwe aniko mwana wangu?And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?

¹⁹Jakobho akati kuna baba vake, Ndini Esau, dangwe renyu; ndaita sezvamandiraira; simukai henyu, mugare, mudye nyama yangu yemhuka, mweya wenyu undiropafadze.And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.

²⁰Isaka akati kumwanakomana wake, Wakurumidza seiko kuiwana, mwana wangu? Iye akati, Nokuti Jehovha, Mwari wenyu, waituma pamberi pangu.And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to me.

²¹Isaka akati kuna Jakobho, Chimboswedera hako, ndikubate-bate, mwana wangu, kuti ndizive kuti uri mwanakomana wangu Esau chaiye, kana kuti hausi iwe.And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.

²²Jakobho akaswedera kuna Isaka, baba vake; ivo vakamubatabata, vakati, Inzwi, inzwi raJakobho, asi maoko maoko aEsau.And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.

²³Asi haana kumuziva, nokuti maoko ake akanga aine mvere, samaoko omukuru wake Esau; akamuropafadza.And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.

²⁴Akati, Ndiwe mwanakomana wangu Esau chaiye here? Iye akati, Ndini iye.And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.

²⁵Akati, Uiswededze pedo neni, kuti ndidye nyama yemhuka yomwanakomana wangu, mweya wangu ukuropafadze. Iye akaiswededza pedo naye, akadya; akamupawo waini, akanwa.And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.

²⁶Ipapo baba vake Isaka vakati kwaari, Swedera zvino unditsvode, mwana wangu.And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.

²⁷Akaswedera, akamutsvoda; akanzwa munhuwi wenguvo dzake, akamuropafadzwa, akati, Tarira munhuwi womwanakomana wangu wakaita somunhuwi wesango rakaropafadzwa naJehovha;And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:

²⁸Mwari ngaakupe dova rokudenga, mafuta enyika, nezviyo newaini zvakawanda.Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:

²⁹Vanhu ngavakushumire, marudzi ose ngaakupfugamire; uve ishe wehama dzako, vanakomana vamai vako ngavakupfugamire; vose vanokutuka ngavatukwe, vose vanokuropafadza ngavaropafadzwe.Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.

³⁰Zvino Isaka wakati apedza kuropafadza Jakobho, Jakobho achangobuda pamberi palsaka baba vake, Esau mukoma wake, akapinda, achibva pakuvhima kwake.And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

³¹Naiye akagadzira nyama yakanaka, akaenda nayo kuna baba vake; akati kuna baba vake, Baba vangu ngavasimuke, ngavadye nyama yemhuka yomwanakomana wavo, kuti mweya wenyu undiropafadze.And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that thy soul may bless me.

³²Ipapo Isaka baba vake vakati, Ndiwe aniko? Iye akati, Ndini mwanakomana wenyu, dangwe renyu Esau.And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.

³³Isaka akabvunda kwazvo-kwazvo, akati, Ndianiko wakanga avhima mhuka, akauya nayo kwandiri ndikadya zvose, iwe usati wasvika, ndikamuropafadza? Hongu, zvirokwazvo iye acharopafadzwa hake.And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.

³⁴Esau akati achinzwa mashoko ababa vake, akachema nokuchema kukuru kunorwadza moyo, akati kuna baba vake, Ndiropafadzei neniwo, baba vangu!And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.

³⁵Akati, Munun’una wako wakauya nokunyengedzera, akatora kuropafadzwa kwako.And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.

³⁶Iye akati, Haana kutumidzwa zita rakamufanira here, rokuti Jakobho? Nokuti zvino wandinyengedzera kaviri; wambonditorera udangwe hwangu, zvino tarira, wanditorera kuropafadzwa kwangu. Akati, Hamuna kundichengeterawo kuropafadzwa here?And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?

³⁷Isaka akapindura, akati kuna Esau, Tarira, ndamuita ishe wako, nehama dzake dzose ndakamupa iye, kuti vave varanda vake; ndamusimbisa nezviyo newaini; zvino chinyiko chandingakuitira iwe, mwana wangu?And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?

³⁸Esau akati kuna baba vake, Munongova nokuropafadza kumwe kwoga here, baba vangu? Ndiropafadzei, neniwo, baba vangu! Esau akachema nokuchema. kukuru.And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

³⁹Ipapo Isaka baba vake, akapindura akati kwaari, Tarira, ugaro hwako uchava kure namafuta enyika, kure nedova rokudenga rinobva kumusoro;And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;

⁴⁰uchararama nomunondo wako, uchashumira munun’una wako; uchati kana wozvimutsa iwe, uchavhuna joko rake ribve pamutsipa wako.And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.

⁴¹Esau akavenga Jakobho nokuda kwokuropafadzwa kwaakaropafadzwa nako nababa vake; Esau akati mumoyo make, Mazuva okuchema baba vangu ava kuda kusvika; ipapo ndichauraya munun’una wangu Jakobho.And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.

⁴²Zvino Rabheka akaudzwa mashoko aEsau, mwanakomana wake mukuru; akatuma munhu kundodana Jakobho, mwanakomana wake muduku, akati kwaari, Tarira, mukoma wako Esau anozvivaraidza pamusoro pako, achiti achakuuraya.And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.

⁴³Saka zvino, mwana wangu, teerera inzwi rangu; simuka utizire Harani kuna Rabhani hanzvadzi yangu;Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;

⁴⁴undogara kwaari mazuva mashomanana, kusvikira shungu dzomukoma wako dzanyarara;And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother’s fury turn away;

⁴⁵kusvikira kutsamwa kwomukoma wako kwanyarara kwauri, kana akanganwa izvo zvawamuitira. Ipapo ndichatuma munhu kuzokutora ikoko; ndichatorerwa seiko nomusi mumwe imwi mose muri vaviri?Until thy brother’s anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?

⁴⁶Rabheka akati kuna Isaka, Ndanetswa noupenyu hwangu nokuda kwavakunda vaHeti; kana Jakobho akawanawo mukadzi kuvakunda vaHeti, wakaita saivava, kuvakunda venyika ino, upenyu hwangu ungandibatsirei?And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?