¹And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai in the tent of meeting, on the first of the second month, in the second year after their departure from the land of Egypt, saying,

¹Zvino Jehovha akataura naMozisi murenje reSinai, patende rokusangana, nezuva rokutanga romwedzi wechipiri negore rechipiri rokubuda kwavo Egipita, akati,

²Take the sum of the whole assembly of the children of Israel, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, every male, according to their polls;

²Verenga ungano yose yavana vaIsiraeri, mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avarume vose, mumwe nomumwe.

³from twenty years and upward, all that go forth to military service in Israel: ye shall number them according to their hosts, thou and Aaron.

³Iwe naAroni muverenge mapoka avo, vana makore ana makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose pakati pavaIsiraeri vanogona kundorwa.

⁴And with you there shall be a man for every tribe, a man who is the head of his father's house.

⁴Munofanira kuenda nomurume worudzi rumwe norumwe, mukuru weimba yamadzibaba ake.

⁵And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: for Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;

⁵Ndiwo mazita avarume vanofanira kukubatsirai: WokwaRubheni, Erizuri, mwanakomana waShedheuri.

⁶for Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai;

⁶WokwaSimioni, Sherumieri, mwanakomana waZurishadhai.

⁷for Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab;

⁷WokwaJudha, Nashoni, mwanakomana waAminadhabhu.

⁸for Issachar, Nethaneel the son of Zuar;

⁸WokwaIsakari, Netaneri, mwanakomana waZuari.

⁹for Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon;

⁹WokwaZebhuruni, Eriabhu, mwanakomana waHeroni.

¹⁰for the children of Joseph: for Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud; for Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur;

¹⁰Vokuvana vaJosefa: WokwaEfuremu, Erishama, mwanakomana waAmihudhi; wokwaManase, Gamarieri, mwanakomana waPedhazuri.

¹¹for Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni;

¹¹WokwaBhenjamini, Abhidhani, mwanakomana waGidheoni.

¹²for Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai;

¹²WokwaDhani, Ahiezeri, mwanakomana waAmishadhai.

¹³for Asher, Pagiel the son of Ocran;

¹³WokwaAsheri, Pagieri, mwanakomana waOkirani.

¹⁴for Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel;

¹⁴WokwaGadhi, Eriasafi, mwanakomana waDheueri.

¹⁵for Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.

¹⁵WokwaNafutari, Ahira, mwanakomana waEnani.

¹⁶These were those summoned of the assembly, princes of the tribes of their fathers, the heads of the thousands of Israel.

¹⁶Ndivo vakadamwa paungano, ari machinda amarudzi amadzibaba avo, vakuru vedzimba dzavaIsiraeri.

¹⁷And Moses and Aaron took these men who are expressed by their names,

¹⁷Zvino Mozisi naAroni vakatora varume ava varehwa mazita avo,

¹⁸and gathered the whole assembly together on the first of the second month. And they declared their pedigrees after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, according to their polls.

¹⁸vakakoka vaIsiraeri vose nezuva rokutanga romwedzi wechipiri, ivo vakavarondedzera marudzi avo, mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avose vakanga vana makore ana makumi maviri navanopfuura, mumwe nomumwe.

¹⁹As Jehovah had commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.

¹⁹Akavaverenga murenje reSinai, sezvakanga zvarairwa Mozisi naJehovha.

²⁰And the sons of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, their generations, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, according to their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service:

²⁰Vokuvana vaRubheni, mwanakomana wedangwe waIsiraeri navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, mumwe nomumwe, varume vose vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kuenda kuhondo,

²¹those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty-six thousand five hundred.

²¹vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaRubheni vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi mana nezvitanhatu namazana mashanu.

²²Of the sons of Simeon: their generations, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, those that were numbered of them, by the number of the names, according to their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service:

²²Vokuvana vaSimioni, namarudzi avo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, vose vakaverengwa kwavari namazita avo, vose vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,

²³those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

²³vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaSimioni, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi mashanu nezvipfumbamwe namazana matatu.

²⁴Of the sons of Gad: their generations, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service:

²⁴Vokuvana vaGadhi, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vose vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,

²⁵those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Gad, were forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.

²⁵vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaGadhi, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi mana nezvishanu namazana matanhatu namakumi mashanu.

²⁶Of the sons of Judah: their generations, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service:

²⁶Vokuvana vaJudha, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,

²⁷those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Judah, were seventy-four thousand six hundred.

²⁷vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaJudha, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi manomwe nezvina namazana matanhatu.

²⁸Of the sons of Issachar: their generations, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service:

²⁸Vokuvana vaIsakari, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,

²⁹those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty-four thousand four hundred.

²⁹vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaIsakari, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi mashanu namazana mana.

³⁰Of the sons of Zebulun: their generations, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service:

³⁰Vokuvana vaZebhuruni, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,

³¹those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.

³¹vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaZebhuruni, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi mashanu nezvinomwe namazana mashanu.

³²Of the sons of Joseph: of the children of Ephraim: their generations, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service:

³²Vokuvana vaJosefa, ivo vana vaEfuremu, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri, vose vaigona kundorwa,

³³those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand five hundred.

³³vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaEfuremu, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi mana namazana mashanu.

³⁴Of the children of Manasseh: their generations, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service:

³⁴Vokuvana vaManase, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,

³⁵those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty-two thousand two hundred.

³⁵vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaManase, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi matatu nezviviri namazana maviri.

³⁶Of the sons of Benjamin: their generations, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service:

³⁶Vokuvana vaBhenjamini, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,

³⁷those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.

³⁷vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaBhenjamini, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi matatu nezvishanu namazana mana.

³⁸Of the sons of Dan: their generations, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service:

³⁸Vokuvana vaDhani, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,

³⁹those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Dan, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.

³⁹vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaDhani, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi matanhatu namazana manomwe.

⁴⁰Of the sons of Asher: their generations, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service:

⁴⁰Vokuvana vaAsheri, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,

⁴¹those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Asher, were forty-one thousand five hundred.

⁴¹vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaAsheri, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi mana nechiuru chimwe, namazana mashanu.

⁴²Of the sons of Naphtali: their generations, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service:

⁴²Vokuvana vaNafutari, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,

⁴³those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty-three thousand four hundred.

⁴³vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaNafutari, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi mashanu nezvitatu namazana mana.

⁴⁴These are those that were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, the twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers.

⁴⁴Ndivo vakaverengwa, vakaverengwa naMozisi naAroni, namachinda avaIsiraeri, vaiva varume vane gumi navaviri, mumwe nomumwe panzvimbo yeimba yababa vake.

⁴⁵And all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, according to their fathers' houses, from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service in Israel,

⁴⁵Naizvozvo vose vakaverengwa vavana vaIsiraeri nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa pakati pavaIsiraeri,

⁴⁶all they that were numbered were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.

⁴⁶vose vakaverengwa vakasvika zviuru zvina mazana matanhatu nezvitatu namazana mashanu namakumi mashanu.

⁴⁷But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.

⁴⁷Asi vaRevhi, norudzi rwamadzibaba avo, havana kuverengwa pakati pavo.

⁴⁸For Jehovah had spoken to Moses, saying,

⁴⁸nekuti Jehovha akanga ataura naMozisi akati,

⁴⁹Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel.

⁴⁹Asi vorudzi rwaRevhi voga usavaverenga, usavaverengera pakati pavana vaIsiraeri,

⁵⁰But thou, appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all its vessels; and they shall serve it, and round about the tabernacle shall they encamp;

⁵⁰asi vaRevhi uvagadze, vave varitariri vetabhenakeri yechipupuriro, nenhumbi dzayo dzose, nezvose zvayo; ndivo vanofanira kutakura tabhenakeri, nenhumbi dzayo dzose, nekushumirapo, nokukomba tabhenakeri nemisasa yavo.

⁵¹and when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle encampeth, the Levites shall set it up; and the stranger that cometh near shall be put to death.

⁵¹Zvino kana tabhenakeri ichipfuura mberi, vaRevhi ndivo vanofanira kuibvisa; uye kana tabhenakeri ichidzikwazve, vaRevhi ndivo vanofanira kuivaka; munhu asina kufanira anoswederako, anofanira kuurawa.

⁵²And the children of Israel shall encamp every man in his camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their hosts;

⁵²Vana vaIsiraeri vanofanira kudzika matende avo, mumwe nomumwe pamisasa yovokwake, mumwe nomumwe pamureza wovokwake, vachiita mapoka avo.

⁵³but the Levites shall encamp round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there come not wrath upon the assembly of the children of Israel; and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.

⁵³Asi vaRevhi vanofanira kudzika matende avo vachikomba tabhenakeri yechipupuriro, kuti rudzi rwavana vaIsiraeri rurege kutsamwirwa; vaRevhi vanofanira kubata mabasa etabhenakeri yechipupuriro.

⁵⁴And the children of Israel did so; according to all that Jehovah had commanded Moses, so did they.

⁵⁴Vana vaIsiraeri vakaita saizvozvo; Mozisi sezvaakarairwa naJehovha, ndizvo zvavakaita.