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1 Josefa wakadzaswa Egipite; Potifa, nduna huru yaFaro, nduna yemajoni, muEgipite, wakamutenga kubva kunyara dzevaIshumaeri, avo vakadzaka nayeyo.,

2 Mambo Mwari waindoiya naJosefa, naye waiya munhu unomuchena; waigara mumhatso

yamambo wake muEgipite.,

3 Mambo wake wakaona kuti Mambo Mwari waiya naye, nokuti Mambo Mwari wakaita kuti

zveshe zvaakaita zvibudirire munyara dzake.,

4 Josefa wakaona nyasha mukuona kwake, akamushandira; wakamuita mukuru padera pemhatso

yake, nepadera peizvo zveshe zvaaiya nazvo, wakazviisa munyara dzake.,

5 Zvino kubvira ngomukuwo waakamuemesa kuita mukuru wemhatso yake, nepadera pazvo

zveshe zvaaiya nazvo, Mambo Mwari wakafumisa mhatso yomuEgipite ngendaa yaJosefa;

nokufumisa kwaMambo Mwari kwaiya padera pazvo zveshe zvaaiya nazvo mumhatso

nomuminda.,

6 Wakaturira zveshe zvaaiya nazvo munyara dzaJosefa; waiya asikachatambudziki ngechiro

nachimwe cheizvo zvaaiya nazvo, asi kwega kudya ukwo kwaakadya. Zvino Josefa waiya

akanaka, ane chiemo chinoringirika.,

7 Zvino ngesure kweizvi mukadzi wamambo wake wakaringira Josefa; akati, “Ata neni.”,

8 Asi iye wakaramba, akati kuno mukadzi wamambo wake, “Ringira, mambo wangu aazii zvineni

mumhatso, wakaisa zveshe zvaanazvo munyara dzangu.

9 Akuna mumhatso muno ari mukuru kupinda inini; nokuti kusara nechiro nachimwe asi iwewe, ngokuti uri mukadzi wake. Ndizvo ndingaita maitirenyi uku kushata kukurutu, ndishaishe

kunaMwari?”,

10 Kunyazwi wakaereketa kunaJosefa zuva ngezuva, aazi kumupurutana, kuti aatane naye nokuti

kugara naye.,

11 Asi zuva rimweni Josefa wakapinda mumhatso ooita mushando wake; mwaiya musina munhu

naumwe mukati mwemhatso.,

12 Wakamubata ngechokusimira chake, echiti, “Atana neni.” Asi wakasiya chokusimira chake

munyara mwake, akatiza, akabuda.,

13 Naapo aona kuti wakasiya chokusimira chake munyara mwake, naye akatiza kubuda

mumhatso,,

14 wakadaidzira kune vamuna vemhatso yake, akaereketa kwavari echiti, “Ringirai, wakatiunzira

muHebheru, kuti atiitire jee! Wakapinda kwendiri kuti aatane neni, ndakadaidzira ngeizwi guru;,

15 naapo azwa kuti ndakaboorera nokuchema, wakasiya chokusimira chake, chiri pasinde pangu, akatiza kubuda mumbhatso.”, 16 Wakaisa chokusimira chake pasinde pake, metsa mambo wake wakauya kanyi.,

17 Wakaereketa kwaari kudai ngaaya mazwi echiti, “Muranda muHebheru uwo wowakaunza kwetiri, wapotera kwendiri kundiitira jee;,

18 asi apo ndaboorera ngeizwi rangu, ndechidaidzira, wasiya chokusimira chake chineni, akatiza

kubuda mumhatso.”,

19 Naapo mambo wake azwa mazwi omukadzi wake, aakaereketa kwaari echiti “Muranda wako

wakaita zvakadai kwendiri,” ushungu hwake hwakabaka.,

20 Mambo waJosefa wakamutora, akamupinza mutirongo, mundau iyo yaipinzwa mabhanditi

amambo, wakagaramwo mutirongo.

21 Asi Mambo Mwari waiya naJosefa, wakamuonisa nyasha, akamupa kudikanwa mukuona

kwomungwariri wetirongo.,

22 Mungwariri wetirongo wakapa munyara dzaJosefa mabhanditi eshe aiya mutirongo; kunyazwi

chiinyi chaiitwamwo, ndiye waichiita.,

23 Mungwariri wetirongo aazi kutambudzika ngechiro nachimwe chaiya pashi penyara dzaJosefa

ngokuti Mambo Mwari waiya naye; kunyazwi ngechiri chaakaita, Mambo Mwari wakaita kuti

chibudirire.