¹And Jehovah said to Moses, Speak unto the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none make himself unclean for a dead person among his peoples,

¹Zvino Jehovha akati kuna Mozisi, Taura navapristi, vanakomana vaAroni, uti kwavari, mupristi ngaarege kuzvisvibisa kuna vakafa pakati porudzi rwake;

²except for his immediate relation, who is near unto him -- for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother;

²asi kuhama yake yomumba, kana mai vake, kana baba vake, kana mwanakomana wake, kana mwanasikana wake, kana munin'ina wake;

³and for his sister, a virgin, that is near unto him, who hath had no husband, for her may he make himself unclean.

³kana hanzvadzi yake ichiri mhandara, hama yomumba, usina kumbova nomurume; ungazvisvibisa kwaari.

⁴He shall not make himself unclean [who is] a chief among his peoples, to profane himself.

⁴Ngaarege kuzvisvibisa, zvaari mukuru pakati pehama dzake, kuti azvishatise.

⁵They shall not make any baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corners of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

⁵Havafaniri kuveura misoro yavo, vachiita mhazha, kana kuveura rutivi rumwe rwendebvu dzavo, kana kutema nyora pamiviri yavo.

⁶They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God; for they present Jehovah's offerings by fire, the bread of their God; therefore shall they be holy.

⁶Vanofanira kuva vatsvene kuna Mwari wavo, varege kumhura zita raMwari wavo; nekuti ndivo vanouya nezvipiriso zvaJehovha zvinopiswa, zvokudya zvaMwari wavo; naizvozvo ngavave vatsvene.

⁷They shall not take as wife a whore, or a dishonoured woman; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband; for he is holy unto his God.

⁷Havafaniri kutora mukadzi chifeve, kana wakachinyiwa; ngavarege kutora mukadzi wakarambwa nomurume wake, nekuti mutsvene kuna Mwari wake.

⁸And thou shalt hallow him; for the bread of thy God doth he present: he shall be holy unto thee; for I, Jehovah, who hallow you am holy.

⁸Naizvozvo unofanira iwe kumutsaura, nekuti ndiye unouya nezvokudya zvaMwari wako; anofanira kuva mutsvene kwauri, nekuti ini Jehovha ndinokutsaurai, ndiri mutsvene.

⁹And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burned with fire.

⁹Kana mwanasikana womupristi upi noupi achizvishatisa nokupata, unoshatisa baba vake; anofanira kupiswa nomoto.

¹⁰And the high priest among his brethren, on whose head the anointing oil was poured, and who is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his garments.

¹⁰Munhu, ari mupristi mukuru pakati pehama dzake, wakadirwa mafuta echizoro pamusoro wake, wakatsaurwa kuti afuke nguvo dzomupristi mukuru, ngaarege kusunungura vhudzi romusoro wake, kana kubvarura nguvo dzake.

¹¹Neither shall he come near any person dead, nor make himself unclean for his father and for his mother;

¹¹Ngaarege kusvika pachitunha, kana kuzvisvibisa kuna baba vake kana mai vake;

¹²neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am Jehovah.

¹²ngaarege kubuda panzvimbo tsvene, kana kushatisa nzvimbo tsvene yaMwari wake, nekuti mafuta okugadza aMwari wake ari pamusoro pake; ndini Jehovha.

¹³And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

¹³Ngaazvitorere mukadzi ichiri mhandara.

¹⁴A widow, or a divorced woman, or a dishonoured one, a harlot, these shall he not take; but he shall take as wife a virgin from among his peoples.

¹⁴Ngaarege kutora chirikadzi, kana wakarambwa nomurume wake, kana wakachinyiwa, kana chifeve, asi ngaatore mukadzi ichiri mhandara pakati porudzi rwake.

¹⁵And he shall not profane his seed among his peoples; for I am Jehovah who do hallow him.

¹⁵Ngaarege kushatisa vana vake pakati porudzi rwake; nekuti ndini Jehovha ndinomutsaura.

¹⁶And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

¹⁶zvino Jehovha wakataura naMozisi, akati,

¹⁷Speak unto Aaron, saying, Any of thy seed throughout their generations that hath any defect, shall not approach to present the bread of his God;

¹⁷Taura naAroni, uti, Ani naani wakaremara pakati pavana vako pamarudzi avo ose, ngaarege kuswedera kuuya nezvokudya zvaMwari wake.

¹⁸for whatever man hath a defect, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or one limb longer than the other,

¹⁸Nekuti munhu upi noupi wakaremara ngaarege kuswedera kana riri bofu, kana chirema, kana wakaremara pachiso, kana uno mutezo wakarebesa,

¹⁹or a man that is broken-footed, or broken-handed,

¹⁹kana munhu ano rutsoka rwakavhunika, kana ruoko rwakavhunika,

²⁰or hump-backed, or withered, or that hath a spot in his eye, or hath the itch, or scabs, or his testicles broken.

²⁰kana ano musana wakakombama, kana wakawonda kwazvo, kana uno ruvara paziso rake, kana ane mhizi, kana ane pakafunuka, kana wakaremara pamberi;

²¹No man of the seed of Aaron the priest that hath defect shall come near to present Jehovah's offerings by fire: he hath a defect; he shall not come near to present the bread of his God.

²¹munhu upi noupi worudzi rwomupristi Aroni wakaremara haafaniri kuswedera kuuya nezvipiriso zvinopiswa zvaJehovha; wakaremara, haafaniri kuswedera kuuya nezvokudya zvaMwari wake.

²²The bread of his God, of the most holy and of the holy, shall he eat;

²²Ungadya hake zvokudya zvaMwari wake, zvitsvene zvikuru nezvitsvene zvose.

²³only he shall not come in unto the veil, nor shall he draw near unto the altar; for he hath a defect: that he profane not my sanctuaries; for I am Jehovah who do hallow them.

²³Asi haafaniri kupinda mukati mechidzitiro, kana kuswedera kuaritari nekuti wakaremara; kuti arege kushatisa nzvimbo dzangu tsvene; nekuti ndini Jehovha ndinovatsaura.

²⁴And Moses told it to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel.

²⁴Mozisi akataura saizvozvo naAroni navanakomana vake navana vaIsiraeri vose.