¹And Jehovah said to Moses, Depart, go up hence, thou and the people that thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, into the land that I swore unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it,

¹Zvino Jehovha wakataura naMozisi akati, Ibva pano, kwira, iwe navanhu vawakabudisa munyika yeEgipita, muende kunyika yandakapikira Abhurahamu, naIsaka, naJakove, ndichiti, ndichaipa vana vako;

²(and I will send an angel before thee, and dispossess the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite,)

²ndichatuma mutumwa pamberi penyu, kuti ndidzinge vaKanani, navaAmori, navaHeti, navaPerezi, navaHivhi, naJebhusi,

³into a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in the midst of thee, for thou art a stiff-necked people, -- lest I consume thee on the way.

³muende kunyika inoyerera mukaka nouchi, nekuti ini handingakwiri pakati penyu, nekuti muri vanhu vane mitsipa mikukutu, kuti ndirege kukuparadzai panzira.

⁴And when the people heard this evil word, they mourned; and no man put on his ornaments.

⁴Zvino vanhu vakati vachinzwa mashoko iwayo akaipa, vakachema; kwakanga kusina munhu wakashonga zvishongo zvake.

⁵Now Jehovah had said to Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiff-necked people: in one moment I will come up into the midst of thee and will consume thee. And now put off thine ornaments from thee, and I will know what I will do unto thee.

⁵lpapo Jehovha akati kuna Mozisi, Uti kuvana valsiraeri, Muri vanhu vane mitsipa mikukutu; kana ndikapinda pakati penyu chinguva chimwe chiduku-duku, ndingakuparadzai; naizvozvo bvisai zvishongo zvenyu zvino, ndizive chandingakuitirai.

⁶And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments at mount Horeb.

⁶Ipapo vana valsiraeri vakabvisa zvishongo zvavo kubva pagomo reHorebhu.

⁷And Moses took the tent, and pitched it outside the camp, far from the camp, and called it the Tent of meeting. And it came to pass [that] every one who sought Jehovah went out to the tent of meeting which was outside the camp.

⁷Zvino Mozisi waisitora tende, achindoridzika kunze kwemisasa, kure nemisasa, akaritumidza zita rinonzi, Tende rokusangana. Zvino mumwe nomumwe waitsvaka Jehovha, waibudira kutende rokusangana, rakanga riri kunze kwemisasa.

⁸And it came to pass, when Moses went out to the tent, all the people rose up, and stood every man at the entrance of his tent, and they looked after Moses until he entered into the tent.

⁸Zvino kwaiti kana Mozisi obudira kutende, vanhu vose vaisimuka, vakamira mumwe nomumwe pamukova wetende rake, vakaramba vakatarira Mozisi kusvikira apinda mutende.

⁹And it came to pass when Moses entered into the tent, the pillar of cloud descended, and stood at the entrance of the tent, and [Jehovah] talked with Moses.

⁹Zvino kana Mozisi apinda mutende, shongwe yegore yaJehovha yaiburuka ikamira pamukova wetende, Jehovha akataura naMozisi.

¹⁰And all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent; and all the people rose and worshipped, every man at the entrance of his tent.

¹⁰Vanhu vose vakaona shongwe yegore imire pamukova wetende, vanhu vose vakasimuka, vakanamata pasi mumwe nomumwe pamukova wetende rake.

¹¹And Jehovah spoke with Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend. And he returned to the camp; but his attendant, Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, departed not from within the tent.

¹¹Ipapo Jehovha waitaura naMozisi zviso zvakatarisana, somunhu anotaurirana neshamwari yake. Zvino wodzokerazve kumisasa; asi muranda wake Joshua, mwanakomana waNuni, mujaya, haazaibva patende.

¹²And Moses said to Jehovah, Behold, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people; but thou dost not let me know whom thou wilt send with me; and thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in mine eyes.

¹²Zvino Mozisi akati kuna Jehovha, Tarirai, makati kwandiri, Kwira navanhu ava, asi hamuna kundizivisa kuti muchatuma ani neni, kunyange makati, Ndinokuziva nezita rako, wakawana nyasha pamberi pangu.

¹³And now, if indeed I have found grace in thine eyes, make me now to know thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thine eyes; and consider that this nation is thy people!

¹³Zvino kana ndakawana nyasha pamberi penyu, chindiratidzai nzira dzenyu, kuti ndikuzivei, ndiwane nyasha pamberi penyu; rangariraiwo kuti rudzi urwu ndivanhu venyu.

¹⁴And he said, My presence shall go, and I will give thee rest.

¹⁴Jehovha akati, Ini ndimene ndichaenda newe, ndikupe zororo.

¹⁵And he said to him, If thy presence do not go, bring us not up hence.

¹⁵Akati kwaari, Kana imwi mumene musingaendi neni, regai henyu kutibvisa pano.

¹⁶And how shall it be known then that I have found grace in thine eyes -- I and thy people? [Is it] not by thy going with us? so shall we be distinguished, I and thy people, from every people that is on the face of the earth.

¹⁶Nekuti zvichazikamwa seiko kuti ndakawana nyasha pamberi penyu, ini navanhu venyu? Hakuzi kuti muende nesu, tigova vakatsaurwa, ini navanhu venyu pakati pavamwe vanhu vose vapanyika dzose here?

¹⁷And Jehovah said to Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast said; for thou hast found grace in mine eyes, and I know thee by name.

¹⁷Ipapo Jehovha akati kuna Mozisi, Ndichaitawo chinhu ichi chawareva, nekuti wawana nyasha pamberi pangu, ndinokuziva nezita rako.

¹⁸And he said, Let me, I pray thee, see thy glory.

¹⁸Iye akati, Dondiratidzai henyu kubwinya kwenyu.

¹⁹And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thy face, and I will proclaim the name of Jehovah before thee; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.

¹⁹Jehovha akati, Ndichapfuudza kunaka kwangu kose pamberi pako, nokudana zita raJehovha pamberi pako, asi ndichanzwira nyasha wandinoda kunzwira nyasha, ndichanzwira tsitsi wandinoda kunzwira tsitsi.

²⁰And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for Man shall not see me, and live.

²⁰Akatiwo, Haungaoni chiso changu, nekuti hakuna munhu angandiona, akazorarama.

²¹And Jehovah said, Behold, [there is] a place by me: there shalt thou stand on the rock.

²¹Jehovha akatiwo, Tarira pane nzvimbo kuno kwandiri, ungamira pabwe.

²²And it shall come to pass, when my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand, until I have passed by.

²²Zvino kana kubwinya kwangu kopfuura, ndichakupinza mumukana webwe, ndigokufukidza noruoko rwangu kusvikira ndapfuura;

²³And I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see me from behind; but my face shall not be seen.

²³ipapo ndichabvisa ruoko rwangu, ugondiona necheshure; asi chiso changu hachionekwi.