2 Wakatora vanhu vashanu kubva pakati pevana vababa ake, akavaisa pamberi paFaro. 3 Faro wakati kuvakoma vaJosefa, “Mushando wenyu ngowenyi?” Vakati kunaFaro, “Varanda venyu vaushi, teshe isusu nemadzibaba edu''.
4 Vakati kunaFaro, “Tauya kuita zvigarandimo munyika; ngokuti akuna mafuro ezvifuyo zvevaranda vako, ngokuti nzara yashata munyika yeKhenani. Ndizvo zvino, tapota, tendera kuti varanda vako vagare munyika yeGosheni'', 5 Zvino Faro wakaereketa kunaJosefa echiti, “Baba ako nevana vababa ako vauya kwouri.
6 Nyika yeEgipite iri pamberi pako; ita kuti baba ako nevana vababa vako vagare munyika yakapindisisa kunaka; ngavagare munyika yeGosheni. Kudai mwechizia vamweni vavo vanokona, vaemese kuita vangwariri vezvifuyo zvangu''. 7 Josefa wakapotera nababa ake Jakobe, akavaemesa pamberi paFaro naJakobe wakakomborera Faro.
8 Faro wakati kunaJakobe, “Mazuva emakore okupona kwako aamangani?”.
9 Jakobe wakati kunaFaro, “Mazuva emakore okuhamba kwangu makore zana nemakumi matatu ; mashomani neakashata mazuva emakore okupona kwangu, aazi kuwanda kudai ngemazuva emakore okupona kwemadzibaba angu mumazuva okuhamba kwavo''.
10 Jakobe wakakomborera Faro, akabuda kubva pamberi pake. 11 Josefa wakapa baba ake nevana vababa ake ugaro, wakavapa nharaunda dzavo munyika yeEgipite, munyika yakapindisisa kunaka, munyika yeRamesesi, kudai ngezvaakapanga Faro.
12 Josefa wakapa baba ake nevana vababa ake navo veshe vemhatso yababa ake kudya kudai ngouwandu hwemhuri dzavo. 13 Zvino kwaiya kusina chokudya munyika yeshe; ngokuti nzara yaiya yashata kakurutu. Nyika yeEgipite nenyika yeKhenani dzakademera ngendaa yenzara.
14 Josefa wakaunganidza mare yeshe yaiyamwo munyika yeEgipite nomunyika yeKhenani, ngezviyo zvevakatenga; Josefa wakaunza mare iyo mumhatso yaFaro. 15 Naapo mare yeshe yapera munyika yeEgipite nomunyika yeKhenani, veshe vaEgipite vakauya kunaJosefa, vakati, “Tipei kurya; tingafa ngenyi mukuona kwako? Ngokuti mare yedu yapera''.
16 Josefa wakati, “Ipai mwoombe dzenyu; neni ndinozotenganisa ngezvifuyo zvenyu, kuti mare yapera''.
17 Vakaunza zvifuyo zvavo kunaJosefa, naJosefa wakavapa zviyo kutenganisana nemahachi, makwai, mbudzi, n'ombe nembongoro. Wakavapa kudya kutenganisana nezvifuyo zvavo zveshe ngeiro gore. 18 Naapo gore iro rapera, vakauya kwaari ngegore rechipiri, vakati kwaari, “Atizomufishiri mambo wangu, kuti mare yedu yapera; nemihlambi yezvifuyo zvedu zvaazvamambo wangu; akuna chasara mukuona kwamambo wangu, yega miiri yedu nenyika dzedu. 19 Tingafa ngenyi pamberi pemadziso enyu, teshe isusu nenyika yedu? Titenge isusu nenyika yedu ngezviyo. Isusu nenyika yedu tinozoita hloko kunaFaro; tipei mbeu kuti tipone, tisafa, kuti nyika isazoita matongo''. 20 Ndizvo Josefa wakatengera Faro nyika yeshe yeEgipite; ngokuti vaEgipite veshe vakatengesa munhu weshe munda wake, ngokuti nzara yaiya yashata kwavari nenyika yakaita yaFaro.
21 Nevanhu vakaita varanda, wakavathuthisa kuti vagare mumadhorobha, kubvira kumugano umwe weEgipite metsa kuguma kumugano umweni wayo.
22 Yega nyika yevapristi aazi kuitenga ngokuti vapristi vaiya nechikoaniswa chaibva kunaFaro, vakarya chikoaniswa chavo chevaipuwa ndiFaro; ndizvo avazi kutengesa nyika dzavo. 23 Naapo Josefa wakati kuvanhu, “Ringirai, ndamutenga nyamashi, imwimwi nenyika yenyu kuita vaFaro. Wonai mbeu dzenyu dziri pano, nemwi munozodzikusha munyika.
24 Kunozoitika apo mwookukura, kuti munozopa kunaFaro chimwe chechishanu, marupande marongomuna anozoita enyu, kuita mbeu yeminda, nokuita kudya kwenyu nokwavari vemhatso dzenyu, nokuita kudya kwevadoko venyu''. 25 Vakati, “Waponesa ndaramo dzedu; ngazvidakadze mambo wangu, isusu tinozoita hloko dzaFaro''.
26 Josefa wakaita mutemo munyika yeEgipite metsa nanyamashi, kuti Faro unozopuwa chimwe chechishanu; yega nyika yevapristi isikazi kuita yaFaro. 27 VaIsuraeri vakagara munyika yeEgipite, munyika yeGosheni: vakakomborerwamwo, vakabarana, vakawanda kakurutu.
28 Jakobe wakagara munyika yeEgipite makore gumi nemanomwe; ndizvo mazuva emakore aJakobe okupona kwake aiya zana nemakumi marongomuna namanomwe. 29 Naapo mukuwo wakwedzera wokuti Isuraeri afe, wakadaidza mwana wake Josefa, akati kwaari, “Kudai zvino ndaona nyasha mukuona kwako, ndapota, isa nyara yako pashi pechizva changu, ugondise kundibata ngenyasha negwinyiso. Usandiika muEgipite.
30 Asi ndiradzike nemadzibaba angu; nditware kubva muEgipite, undiike kundau yavo yokuika.” Naye wakati, “Ndinozoita kudai ngokuronza kwenyu''.
31 Wakati, “Pika kwendiri,” naye wakapika kwaari. Zvino Isuraeri wakakotamira kusoro romubhedhi.