¹And he brought me back toward the outer gate of the sanctuary which looked toward the east; and it was shut.

¹Zvino akandidzosa nenzira yesuwo rokunze renzvimbo tsvene, rakanga rakatarira kurutivi rwamabvazuva; asi rakanga rakapfigwa.

²And Jehovah said unto me, This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, and no one shall enter in by it: for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it; and it shall be shut.

²Jehovha akati kwandiri, suwo iri rinofanira kugara rakapfigwa, harifaniri kuzarurwa, uye hakuna munhu anofanira kupinda naro, nekuti Jehovha Mwari waIsiraeri wapinda naro; saka rinofanira kuramba rakapfigwa.

³As for the prince, he, the prince, shall sit in it to eat bread before Jehovah: he shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.

³Kana ari muchinda, iye anofanira kugaramo ari muchinda, adye zvokudya pamberi paJehovha; anofanira kupinda nenzira yeberere resuwo, ndokubudazve nenzira iyeyo.

⁴And he brought me the way of the north gate before the house; and I beheld, and lo, the glory of Jehovah filled the house of Jehovah: and I fell upon my face.

⁴Ipapo akaenda neni nenzira yesuwo rokurutivi rwokumusoro pamberi peimba; ndikatarira, ndikaona kubwinya kwaJehovha kuchizadza imba yaJehovha; ndikawira pasi nechiso changu.

⁵And Jehovah said unto me, Son of man, apply thy heart, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the statutes of the house of Jehovah, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary;

⁵Jehovha akati kwandiri, Mwanakomana womunhu, cherechedza zvakanaka, utarire nameso ako, unzwe nenzeve dzako zvose zvandinokuudza pamusoro pemitemo yose yeimba yaJehovha, nemirayiro yayo yose; cherechedza zvakanaka panopindwa napo paimba, napanobudiwa napo pose panzvimbo tsvene.

⁶and say to the rebellious, to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Let it suffice you of all your abominations, O house of Israel,

⁶Zvino uti kuna vakandimukira, kuimba yaIsiraeri, zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Nhai, imwi imba yaIsiraeri, chiringaniswai nezvinonyangadza zvenyu,

⁷in that ye have brought strangers, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to profane it, [even] my house, when ye offered my bread, the fat and the blood; and they have broken my covenant besides all your abominations.

⁷izvo zvokupinza kwenyu vatorwa, vane moyo isina kudzingiswa nenyama isina kudzingiswa, kuti vave munzvimbo yangu, muchimhura iyo imba yangu, kana muchindivigira zvokudya, namafuta neropa; vakaputsa sungano yangu, vachinyanyisa zvinonyangadza zvenyu.

⁸And ye have not kept the charge of my holy things, but have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

⁸Hamuna kuchengeta zvinhu zvangu zvitsvene, asi makagadza vatariri vanokuchengeterai imwi zvinhu zvangu munzvimbo yangu tsvene.

⁹Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: No stranger, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel.

⁹Zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Mutorwa unomoyo usinokudzingiswa nenyama isina kudzingiswa ngaarege kupinda munzvimbo yangu tsvene, Ani naani wavatorwa vari pakati pavana vaIsiraeri.

¹⁰But the Levites who went away far from me, when Israel went astray, going astray from me after their idols, they shall even bear their iniquity;

¹⁰Asi vaRevhi, vakaenda kure neni panguva yokutsauka kwaIsiraeri, vakatsauka kwandiri vachitevera zvifananidzo zvavo, ivo vachava nemhosva yezvakaipa zvavo.

¹¹but they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the house, and doing the service of the house: they shall slaughter the burnt-offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto them.

¹¹Asi vanofanira kuva vashumiri munzvimbo yangu tsvene, navatariri pamasuwo eimba, navanoshumira mumba; ivo vanofanira kubayira chipiriso chinopiswa, nezvinobayirwa vanhu, nokumira pamberi pavo kuvashumirira.

¹²Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and were unto the house of Israel a stumbling-block of iniquity; therefore have I lifted up my hand against them, saith the Lord Jehovah, that they shall bear their iniquity.

¹²Zvavakavashumirira pamberi pezvifananidzo zvavo, vakazova chigumbuso chezvakaipa kuimba yaIsiraeri; naizvozvo ndakavasimudzira ruoko rwangu, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha vachava nemhosva yezvakaipa zvavo.

¹³And they shall not draw near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to draw near to any of my holy things, [even] to the most holy; but they shall bear their confusion, and their abominations which they have committed.

¹³Havangaswederi kwandiri, kundiitira basa rohupristi, kana kuswedera kuchinhu chipi nechipi chezvinhu zvangu zvitsene, kuzvinhu zvitsvene kwazvo; asi vachava nemhosva yokunyadziswa kwavo, neyezvinonyadzisa zvavo zvavakaita.

¹⁴And I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.

¹⁴Asi ndichavaita vatariri vanochengeta imba, vaite basa rayo rose, nezvose zvinofanira kuitwamo.

¹⁵But the priests, the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall approach unto me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to present unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord Jehovah.

¹⁵Asi vapristi vaRevhi, ivo vanakomana vaZadhoki, vaichengeta basa renzvimbo yangu tsvene panguva yokutsauka kwavana vaIsiraeri vachibva kwandiri, ndivo vachaswedera kwandiri kuzondishumira; ivo vachamira pamberi pangu kuzondibayira mafuta neropa, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha;

¹⁶They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall approach unto my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.

¹⁶vachapinda munzvimbo yangu tsvene, vachaswedera kutafura yangu, kuti vandishumire, uye vachachengeta basa rangu.

¹⁷And it shall come to pass when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, when they minister in the gates of the inner court, and towards the house.

¹⁷Zvino kana vachipinda pamasuwo oruvanze rwomukati, vachafanira kufuka nguvo dzemicheka; makushe ngaarege kuva pamiviri yavo, kana vachishumira mumasuwo oruvanze rwomukati, nomukati meimba.

¹⁸They shall have linen tires upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird on anything that causeth sweat.

¹⁸Vachafanira kufuka ngowani dzemicheka pamisoro yavo, uye vachafanira kuva namabhurukwa emicheka pazviuno zvavo; ngavarege kuzvisunga chiuno nechinhu chinobudisa ziya.

¹⁹And when they go forth into the outer court, into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy cells; and they shall put on other garments, that they may not hallow the people with their garments.

¹⁹Kana vachibudira kuruvanze rwokunze, iko kuruvazhe rwokunze kuvanhu, vanofanira kubvisa nguvo dzavo dzavanoshumira nadzo, ndokudziisa mumakamuri matsvene; vanofanira kufuka dzimwe nguvo, uye varege kuita vanhu vatsvene nenguvo dzavo.

²⁰Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long: they shall duly poll their heads.

²⁰Varege kuveura misoro yavo, kana kurega vhudzi ravo richireba; ngavagunde chete misoro yavo.

²¹Neither shall any priest drink wine when they enter into the inner court.

²¹Mupristi upi noupi ngaarege kumwa waini, kana achipinda muruvanze rwomukati.

²²And they shall not take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away; but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that is the widow of a priest.

²²Havafaniri kuwana chirikadzi, kana mukadzi akarambwa nomurume; asi vanofanira kuwana mhandara pakati pavana veimba yaIsiraeri, kana chirikadzi, iri chirikadzi yomupristi.

²³And they shall teach my people [the difference] between holy and profane, and cause them to discern between unclean and clean.

²³Vanofanira kudzidzisa vanhu vangu kusiyana kwezvitsvene nezvisi zvitsvene, nokuvadzidzisa kutsaura pakati pezvisina kunaka nezvakanaka.

²⁴And in controversy they shall stand to judge: they shall judge it according to my judgments; and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my solemnities; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.

²⁴Kana panegakava vanofanira kuva vatongi; vanofanira kutonga nemitemo yangu; vachafanira kuchengeta mirayiro yangu nemitemo yangu pamitambo yangu yose yakatarwa; masabata angu ngaave matsvene kwavari.

²⁵And they shall come at no dead person to become unclean; but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may become unclean.

²⁵Ngavarege kupinda kune zvitunha, kuti varege kuzvisvibisa; asi vangazvisvibisa nokuda kwababa, kana mai, kana mwanakomana, kana mwanasikana, kana mukoma nomunin'ina, kana hanzvadzi yakanga ichigere kuwanikwa.

²⁶And after he is cleansed, they shall count unto him seven days.

²⁶Zvino kana iye apera kunatswa, anofanira kutarirwa mazuva manomwe.

²⁷And on the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, unto the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall present his sin-offering, saith the Lord Jehovah.

²⁷Nezuva raanozopinda munzvimbo tsvene, muruvanze rwomukati, kundoshumira munzvimbo tsvene, achafanira kubayira chipiriso chake chezvivi, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha.

²⁸And it shall be unto them for an inheritance; I am their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession.

²⁸Vachava nenhaka; ini ndini nhaka yavo; hamufaniri kuvapa fuma pakati paIsiraeri, ini ndini fuma yavo.

²⁹They shall eat the oblation and the sin-offering and the trespass-offering; and every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs.

²⁹Vanofanira kudya chipiriso choupfu, nechipiriso chezvivi, nechipiriso chemhosva; chinhu chipi nechipi chakatsaurirwa Jehovha pakati paIsiraeri chichava chavo.

³⁰And the first of all the first-fruits of every [kind], and every heave-offering of every [kind], of all your heave-offerings, shall be for the priests; ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest on thy house.

³⁰Chakaisvonaka pamichero yokutanga yezvose, nezvipiriso zvakatsaurwa zvezvose, zvezvipo zvenyu zvose, zvinofanira kuva zvavapristi; munofanira kupawo vapristi zvokutanga zvoupfu bwenyu hwakakuyiwa, kuti mugarise ropafadzo paimba yenyu.

³¹The priests shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself, or of that which is torn, whether of fowl or of beast.

³¹Vapristi ngavarege kudya chinhu chipi nechipi chakangofa choga, kana chakabvamburanyiwa, kana iri shiri kana chipfuwo.