¹And thou shalt take thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may serve me as priest -- Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.

¹Zvino uswededze kwauri Aroni, mukuru wako, navanakomana vake pamwechete naye, vabude pakati pavana vaIsiraeri, kuti andishumire pabasa roupristi, vanoti; Aroni, naNadhabhi, naAbhihu, naEreazari, naItamari, ivo vanakomana vaAroni.

²And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, for glory and for ornament.

²Uitire Aroni, mukuru wako, nguvo tsvene, akudzwe nadzo, uye huve ukomba.

³And thou shalt speak with all [that are] wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to hallow him, that he may serve me as priest.

³Utaure navose vane moyo yakachenjera, vandakazadza nomweya wouchenjeri, kuti vaitire Aroni nguvo dzokumuita mutsvene nadzo, kuti andishumire pabasa roupristi.

⁴And these are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and a cloak, and a checkered vest, a turban, and a girdle; and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may serve me as priest.

⁴nguvo dzaunofanira kuita ndidzo: Hombodo yechipfuva, neefodhi, nejasi, nenguvo yakarukwa, nenguwani, nebhanhire, ngavaitire Aroni, mukoma wako, navanakomana vake nguvo tsvene, kuti andishumire pabasa roupristi.

⁵And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus,

⁵Ngavatore ndarama, nezvakarukwa zvitema, nezvishava, nezvitsvuku, nomucheka wakaisvonaka.

⁶and shall make the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, scarlet and twined byssus, of artistic work.

⁶Efodhi ngavaiite nendarama, nezvakarukwa zvitema, nezvishava, nezvitsvuku, nomucheka wakaisvonaka wakarukwa, rive basa romubati wakachenjera.

⁷It shall have two shoulder-pieces joined at the two ends thereof, where it is joined together.

⁷Ngaive namabandi maviri pamafudzi akabatanidzwa pamiromo yayo miviri; kuti ibatanidzwe saizvozvo.

⁸And the girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to its work of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet and twined byssus.

⁸Nebhanhire rakarukwa nomubati wakachenjera, riri pamusoro payo, rokuisunga naro, ngariitwe saiyo, uye chive chinhu chimwe chete nayo, iitwe nendarama, nezvakarukwa zvitema, nezvishava, nezvitsvuku, nomucheka wakaisvonaka wakarukwa.

⁹And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel:

⁹Utorewo mabwe maviri eonikisi, ugonyora pamusoro pawo mazita avana vaIsiraeri,

¹⁰six of their names on the one stone, and the six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.

¹⁰mazita matanhatu pabwe rimwe, namazita matanhatu akasara pane rimwe ibwezve, pakuzvarwa kwavo.

¹¹According to the work of an engraver in stone, as the engravings of a seal, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel; surrounded by enclosures of gold shalt thou make them.

¹¹Unyore pamabwe iwayo maviri, sebasa romuvezi wamabwe, sezvinonyorwa ibwe rokusimbisa, mazita avana vaIsiraeri; uanyudze muzviruva zvendarama.

¹²And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulder-pieces of the ephod [as] stones of memorial for the children of Israel; and Aaron shall bear their names before Jehovah upon his two shoulders for a memorial.

¹²Zvino uise mabwe iwayo maviri pamabandi apamafudzi eefodhi, kuti ave mabwe okurangaridza vana vaIsiraeri; Aroni ngaatakure mazita awo pamberi paJehovha pamafudzi ake maviri, chive chokurangaridza.

¹³And thou shalt make enclosures of gold;

¹³Unofanira kuitawo zviruva zvendarama,

¹⁴and two chains of pure gold; of laced work shalt thou make them, of wreathen work, and fasten the wreathen chains to the enclosures.

¹⁴nezviketani zviviri zvendarama yakaisvonaka; uzviite sorwonzi rwakakoshwa, ugoisa zviketani izvo zvakamoniwa pazviruva izvozvo.

¹⁵And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment of artistic work, like the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus shalt thou make it.

¹⁵Unofanira kuitawo hombodo yechipfuva yokutonga, rive basa romubati wakachenjera; uiite ifanane neefodhi, uiite nendarama, nezvakarukwa, zvitema, nezvishava, nezvitsvuku, nomucheka wakaisvonaka wakarukwa.

¹⁶Square shall it be, doubled; a span the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof.

¹⁶Ngaive nenhivi ina dzakaenzana, dzakaita mheto mbiri; kureba kwayo kuite sapanosvika mimwe, noupamhi hwayo sapanosvika mimwewo.

¹⁷And thou shalt set in it settings of stones -- four rows of stones: [one] row, a sardoin, a topaz, and an emerald -- the first row;

¹⁷Uise mukati mayo zviruva zvinamabwe, misara mina yamabwe; mumwe musara uve nesadhio, netopasi, nekabhunakeri. Ndiwo musara wokutanga.

¹⁸and the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a diamond;

¹⁸Pamusara wechipiri samaragidhino, nesafiri, nedhaimani,

¹⁹and the third row, an opal, an agate, and an amethyst;

¹⁹pamusara wechitatu hiakindi, neagati, neametisi;

²⁰and the fourth row, a chrysolite, and an onyx, and a jasper; enclosed in gold shall they be in their settings.

²⁰pamusara wechina beriri neonikisi, nejasipiri; ngaapotedzwe nendarama muzviruva zvawo.

²¹And the stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, engraved as a seal: every one according to his name shall they be for the twelve tribes.

²¹Mabwe iwayo ngaave namazita avana vaIsiraeri ane gumi namaviri, sezvinoita mazita avo; ngaave namarudzi ane gumi namaviri, rimwe nerimwe rive nezita raro, sezvinonyorwa ibwe rokusimbisa.

²²And thou shalt make on the breastplate chains of laced work, of wreathen work, of pure gold.

²²Napahombodo yechipfuva unofanira kuita zviketani zvakafanana norwonzi, zvendarama yakamoniwa yakaisvonaka.

²³And thou shalt make on the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

²³Uitewo pahombodo yechipfuva zvindori zviviri zvendarama, ugoisa zvindori izvo zviviri pamicheto miviri yehombodo yechipfuva.

²⁴And thou shalt put the two wreathen [cords] of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate;

²⁴Zvino uise zviketani zviviri zvendarama yakamoniwa pazvindori zviviri zviri pamicheto yehombodo yechipfuva.

²⁵and the two ends of the two wreathen [cords] thou shalt fasten to the two enclosures, and shalt put [them] on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, on the front thereof.

²⁵Nemimwe miromo miviri yezviketani zviviri zvakamoniwa uzviise pazviruva zviviri, uzviise pamabandi apamafudzi eefodhi nechemberi kwayo.

²⁶And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and shalt put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the border thereof, which faceth the ephod inwards.

²⁶Uitewo zvindori zviviri zvendarama, ugozviisa pamicheto miviri yehombodo yechipfuva pamupendero wayo uri kurutivi rweefodhi nechomukati.

²⁷And two rings of gold shalt thou make, and shalt put them upon the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, to the front thereof just by the coupling thereof, above the girdle of the ephod.

²⁷Unofanira kuitawo zvindori zviviri zvendarama, ugozviisa pamabandi maviri apamafudzi eefodhi zasi nechemberi kwayo, pedo payakabatanidzwa napo, pamusoro pebhanhire reefodhi rakarukwa nouchenjeri.

²⁸And they shall bind the breastplate with its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.

²⁸Zvino ngavasunganidze hombodo yechipfuva nezvindori zvayo pazvindori zveefodhi norwonzi rutema, kuti ruve pamusoro pebhanhire reefodhi rakarukwa nouchenjeri, kuti hombodo yechipfuva irege kusununguka paefodhi.

²⁹And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment on his heart, when he goes in to the sanctuary, for a memorial before Jehovah continually.

²⁹Naizvozvo Aroni anofanira kutakura mazita avana vaIsiraeri pahombodo yechipfuva yokutonga pamoyo wake, kana achipinda panzvimbo tsvene, kuti chive chirangaridzo pamberi paJehovha nguva dzose.

³⁰And thou shalt put into the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim, that they may be upon Aaron's heart when he goeth in before Jehovah; and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before Jehovah continually.

³⁰Unofanira kuisawo muhombodo yechipfuva yokutonga Urimi neTumimi, kuti zvive pamoyo waAroni kana achipinda pamberi paJehovha; Aroni agotakura kutongwa kwavana vaIsiraeri pamoyo wake pamberi paJehovha nguva dzose.

³¹And thou shalt make the cloak of the ephod all of blue.

³¹Unofanira kuita jasi reefodhi rose romucheka mutema.

³²And its opening for the head shall be in the midst thereof; there shall be a binding of woven work at its opening round about; as the opening of a coat of mail, it shall be in it -- it shall not rend.

³²Ngarive neburi rokupinza musoro pakati paro, rive nomupendero wakarukwa unopoteredza buri raro, sapaburi renguvo yokurwa, kuti irege kubvaruka.

³³And on the skirts thereof thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, round about the skirts thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:

³³Pamipendero yaro unofanira kuita matamba ezvakarukwa zvitema, nezvishava, nezvitsvuku, anopoteredza mupendero, nezvitare zvinorira zvendarama pakati pawo kunhivi dzose.

³⁴a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, in the skirts of the cloak round about.

³⁴Ngapave nechitare chimwe nedamba rimwe, chitare chimwe nedamba rimwe pamipendero yejasi kunhivi dzose.

³⁵And it shall be on Aaron for service; that his sound may be heard when he goeth into the sanctuary before Jehovah, and when he cometh out, that he may not die.

³⁵Aroni ngaarifuke kana achishumira, kuti kurira kwazvo kunzwike, kana achipinda panzvimbo tsvene pamberi paJehovha, uye kana achibuda, kuti arege kufa.

³⁶And thou shalt make a thin plate of pure gold, and engrave on it, as the engravings of a seal, Holiness to Jehovah!

³⁶Unofanira kuitawo bwendefa rendarama yakaisvonaka, ugonyora pamusoro paro sezvinonyorwa ibwe rokusimbisa, uchiti: MUTSVENE KUNA JEHOVHA.

³⁷And thou shalt put it on a lace of blue, and it shall be upon the turban -- upon the front of the turban shall it be.

³⁷Uriise parwonzi rutema, rigoiswa panguwani, rive nechemberi kwenguwani.

³⁸And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, and Aaron shall bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all gifts of their holy things; and it shall be continually on his forehead, that they may be accepted before Jehovah.

³⁸Ngarive pahuma yaAroni, Aroni atakure zvakaipa zvingavapo pazvinhu zvitsvene, zvichaitwa zvitsvene navana vaIsiraeri pazvipo zvavo zvitsvene zvose; rinofanira kugara pahuma yake nguva dzose, kuti ivo vagamuchirwe pamberi paJehovha.

³⁹And thou shalt weave the vest of byssus; and thou shalt make a turban of byssus; and thou shalt make a girdle of embroidery.

³⁹Unofanira kuitawo nguvo yakarukwa yomucheka wakaisvonaka, uye uite nguwani yomucheka wakaisvonaka, uye uitewo bhanhire, rive basa romusoni anogona.

⁴⁰And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make vests; and thou shalt make for them girdles; and high caps shalt thou make for them, for glory and for ornament.

⁴⁰Navanakomana vaAroni unofanira kuvaitira nguvo, uvaitirewo mabhanhire, uvaitirewo nguwani dzomusoro, vakudzwe nadzo, uye huve ukomba.

⁴¹And thou shalt clothe with them Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and hallow them, that they may serve me as priests.

⁴¹Udzifukidze Aroni, mukoma wako, pamwechete navanakomana vake; uye uvazodze, nokuvagadza, nokuvatsaura, kuti vandishumire pabasa roupristi.

⁴²And thou shalt make them linen trousers to cover the flesh of nakedness; from the loins even to the hips shall they reach.

⁴²Unofanira kuvaitira mabhuruku omucheka kuti vafukidze nyama yavo yakashama; ngaatange pazviuno, asvikire pachidya;

⁴³And they shall be upon Aaron and his sons when they enter into the tent of meeting, or when they come near to the altar to serve in the sanctuary; that they may not bear iniquity and die -- an everlasting statute for him and his seed after him.

⁴³ngaafukwe naAroni navanakomana vake kana vachipinda mutende rokusangana, uye kana vachiswedera paaritari kushumira panzvimbo tsvene; kuti varege kuzvitorera mhosva, vakafa; ngauve mutemo usingaperi kwaari nokuvana vake vanomutevera.