¹And these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Jehovah spoke with Moses on mount Sinai.

¹Zvino ndiwo marudzi aAroni naMozisi nomusi wakataura Jehovha nawo naMozisi pagomo reSinai:

²And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

²Ndiwo mazita avanakomana vaAroni: Wedangwe, Nadhabhi, tevere Abhihu naEreazari naltamari.

³These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, who were consecrated to exercise the priesthood.

³Ndiwo mazita avanakomana vaAroni, vapristi vakazodzwa, vaakagadza kuti vashumire pabasa roupristi.

⁴And Nadab and Abihu died before Jehovah when they offered strange fire before Jehovah in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no sons; and Eleazar and Ithamar exercised the priesthood in the presence of Aaron their father.

⁴Asi Nadhabhi naAbhihu vakafa pamberi paJehovha nguva yavakauyisa moto usakafanira pamberi paJehovha murenje reSinai; vakanga vasina vana; asi Ereazari naItamari vakashumira pabasa roupristi pamberi paAroni, baba vavo.

⁵And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

⁵Zvino Jehovha akataura naMozisi akati,

⁶Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him;

⁶Swededza rudzi rwaRevhi, uvaise pamberi paAroni mupristi, kuti vamushumire.

⁷and they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole assembly, before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.

⁷Vanofanira kumubatira iye, nokubatira ungano yose pamberi petende rokusangana, kuti vapedzise mabasa etabhenakeri.

⁸And they shall keep all the utensils of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.

⁸Vanofanira kuchengeta nhumbi dzose dzetende rokusangana, nokubatira vana vaIsiraeri, kuti vapedzise mabasa etabhenakeri.

⁹And thou shalt give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given to him out of the children of Israel.

⁹Vanofanira kupa Aroni navanakomana vake vaRevhi; vakapiwa chose pakati pavana vaIsiraeri.

¹⁰And Aaron and his sons shalt thou appoint that they may attend to their priest's office; and the stranger that cometh near shall be put to death.

¹⁰Asi Aroni navanakomana vake unofanira kuvagadza, kuti vabate basa roupristi hwavo; asina kufanira, usaswederapo, anofanira kuurawa.

¹¹And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

¹¹Jehovha akataura naMozisi,

¹²And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of every firstborn that breaketh open the womb among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine;

¹²Tarira ini ndomene ndakatora vaRevhi pakati pavana vaIsiraeri panzvimbo yamatangwe ose anotanga kuzarura chizvaro pakati pavana vaIsiraeri; vaRevhi ndavangu;

¹³for every firstborn is mine. On the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both of man and beast; mine shall they be: I am Jehovah.

¹³nekuti dangwe rose nderangu; musi wandakauraya dangwe rose panyika yeEgipita, ndakazvitsaurira dangwe rose pavaIsiraeri, pavanhu napazvipfuwo; rinofanira kuva rangu; ndini Jehovha.

¹⁴And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

¹⁴Zvino Jehovha akataura naMozisi murenje reSinai akati,

¹⁵Number the sons of Levi according to their fathers' houses, after their families; every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.

¹⁵Verenga vana vaRevhi nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, nemhuri dzavo; unofanira kuverenga varume vose vomwedzi mumwe navanopfuura.

¹⁶And Moses numbered them, according to the commandment of Jehovah, -- as he had been commanded.

¹⁶Ipapo Mozisi akavaverenga neshoko raJehovha sezvaakarairwa.

¹⁷And these are the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

¹⁷Ndivo vanakomana vaRevhi namazita avo: Geshoni, naKohati, naMerari.

¹⁸And these are the names of the sons of Gershon according to their families: Libni and Shimei.

¹⁸Ndiwo mazita avanakomana vaGeshoni, nemhuri dzavo: Ribhini naShimei.

¹⁹And the sons of Kohath according to their families: Amram and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.

¹⁹Navanakomana vaKohati nemhuri dzavo: Amuramu naIzhari naHebhuroni naUzieri.

²⁰And the sons of Merari according to their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.

²⁰Navanakomana vaMerari nemhuri dzavo: Mari naMushi. Ndidzo mhuri dzavaRevhi, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo.

²¹Of Gershon, the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

²¹Geshoni ndiye teteguru wavaRibhini navaShimei, ndidzo mhuri dzavaGeshoni.

²²Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, those that were numbered of them were seven thousand five hundred.

²²Vakaverengwa kwavari, vari varume vose vakaverengwa vomwedzi mumwe navanopfuura, vakasvika zviuru zvinomwe namazana mashanu.

²³The families of the Gershonites encamped behind the tabernacle westward.

²³Mhuri dzavaGeshoni dzinofanira kudzika matende adzo shure kwetabhenakeri kumavirazuva.

²⁴And the prince of the father's house of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael.

²⁴Eriasafi, mwanakomana waRaeri, ndiye anofanira kuva muchinda weimba yamadzibaba avaGeshoni.

²⁵And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting was: the tabernacle and the tent, its covering, and the curtain of the entrance to the tent of meeting.

²⁵Vanakomana vaGeshoni vanofanira kuchengeta zvinhu izvi mutende rokusangana, tabhenakeri, netende, nechifukidzo chayo, nechidzitiro chomukova wetende rokusangana.

²⁶And the hangings of the court, and the curtain of the entrance to the court, which surrounds the tabernacle and the altar, and the cords thereof for all its service.

²⁶Nezvirembedzwa zvoruvazhe, nechidzitiro chomukova woruvazhe, ruri patabhenakeri nokunhivi dzose dzeatari, namabote ayo, zvokubata mabasa ayo ose.

²⁷And of Kohath, the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.

²⁷Kohati ndiye tateguru wavaAmuramu, navaIzhari, navaHebhuroni, navaUzieri; ndidzo mhuri. dzavaKohati.

²⁸According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred, who kept the charge of the sanctuary.

²⁸Varume vose vomwedzi mumwe navanopfuura vakaverengwa vakasvika zviuru zvisere namazana matanhatu; ndivo vaibata mabasa paimba tsvene.

²⁹The families of the sons of Kohath encamped on the side of the tabernacle southward.

²⁹Mhuri dzavanakomana vaKohati dzinofanira kudzika matende adzo kurutivi rwetebhenakeri nechenyasi

³⁰And the prince of the father's house of the families of the Kohathites was Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.

³⁰Erizafani mwanakomana waUzieri, ndiye anofanira kuva muchinda weimba yamadzibaba emhuri dzavaKohati.

³¹And their charge was the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the utensils of the sanctuary with which they ministered, and the curtain, and all that belongs to its service.

³¹Ivo vanofanira kuchengeta areka, netafura, nechigadziko chemwenje, nearitari, nenhumbi dzeimba tsvene, dzavanobata nadzo, nechidzitiro, namabasa ose ayo.

³²And the prince of princes of the Levites was Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest: he had the oversight of them that kept the charge of the sanctuary.

³²Ereazari, mwanakomana waAroni mupristi, ndiye anofanira kuva muchinda wamachinda avaRevhi, iye anofanira kuva mutariri wavanobata mabasa paimba tsvene.

³³Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.

³³Merari ndiye teteguru wavaMari navaMushi; ndidzo mhuri dzaMerari.

³⁴And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand two hundred.

³⁴Vakaverengwa kwavari, ivo varume vose vomwedzi mumwe navanopfuura, vakasvika zviuru zvitanhatu namazana maviri.

³⁵And the prince of the father's house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They encamped on the side of the tabernacle northward.

³⁵Zurieri, mwanakomana waAbhihairi, ndiye anofanira kuva muchinda weimba yamadzibaba emhuri dzaMerari; ivo vanofanira kudzika matende avo kurutivi rwetabhenakeri nechokumusoro.

³⁶And the charge of the sons of Merari consisted in the oversight of the boards of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its bases, and all its furniture, and all that belongs to its service,

³⁶Basa rakatarirwa vanakomana vaMerari nderokuchengeta matanda etabhenakeri, nembariro dzayo, nembiru dzayo, nezvigadziko zvadzo, nenhumbi dzayo dzose, namabasa ayo ose;

³⁷and the pillars of the court round about, and their bases, and their pegs, and their cords.

³⁷nembiru dzaparuvazhe kunhivi dzose, nezvigadziko zvadzo, nembambo dzadzo, namabote adzo.

³⁸And those who encamped before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrising, were Moses, and Aaron and his sons, who kept the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh near shall be put to death.

³⁸Avo vanodzika matende avo pamberi petabhenakeri kumabvazuva pamberi petende rokusangana, kurutivi runobuda zuva, ndivo Mozisi naAroni navanakomana vake, vanobata basa renzvimbo tsvene, ndiro basa ravana vaIsiraeri; asina kufanira anoswederapo anofanira kuurawa.

³⁹All that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of Jehovah, according to their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand.

³⁹Vose vakaverengwa vavaRevhi, vakaverengwa naMozisi naAroni sezvakarairwa naJehovha, nemhuri dzavo, varume vose vomwedzi mumwe navanopfuura, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi maviri nezviviri.

⁴⁰And Jehovah said to Moses, Number all the first-born males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.

⁴⁰Zvino Jehovha akati kuna Mozisi, Verenga matangwe ose avarume avana vaIsiraeri vomwedzi mumwe navanopfuura, ugonyora kuwanda kwamazita avo.

⁴¹And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am Jehovah) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites, instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.

⁴¹Zvino unofanira kunditorera vaRevhi (ndini Jehovha) panzvimbo yamatangwe ose avana vaIsiraeri, nemombe dzavaRevhi panzvimbo yavana vose vemhongora dzemombe dzavana vaIsiraeri.

⁴²And Moses numbered, as Jehovah had commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.

⁴²Mozisi akaverenga matangwe ose avana vaIsiraeri, sezvaakarairwa naJehovha.

⁴³And all the firstborn males, by the number of the names, from a month old and upward, according to their numbering, were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.

⁴³Namatangwe ose avarume namazita avanomwedzi mumwe navanopfuura vakaverengwa kwavari, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi maviri nezviviri namazana maviri namakumi manomwe namatatu.

⁴⁴And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

⁴⁴Zvino Jehovha akataura naMozisi akati,

⁴⁵Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am Jehovah.

⁴⁵Tora vaRevhi panzvimbo yamatangwe ose avana vaIsiraeri, nemombe dzavaRevhi panzvimbo yemombe dzavo; nekuti vaRevhi ndavangu; ndini Jehovha.

⁴⁶And for those that are to be ransomed, the two hundred and seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are in excess over the Levites,

⁴⁶Zvino kuti udzikunure matangwe ana mazana maviri namakumi manomwe namatatu avana vaIsiraeri, vanopfuura vaRevhi pakuwanda kwavo,

⁴⁷thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll, according to the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them, -- twenty gerahs the shekel;

⁴⁷unofanira kutora mashekeri mashanu kuno mumwe nomumwe; unofanira kuatora uchienzanisa neshekeri rapanzvimbo tsvene (shekeri rina magera makumi maviri).

⁴⁸and thou shalt give the money unto Aaron and unto his sons for those in excess among them who are to be ransomed.

⁴⁸Zvino unofanira kupa Aroni navanakomana vake mari iyo yokudzikunura avo vakapfuura pakaverengwa pakati pavo.

⁴⁹And Moses took the ransom-money from them that were over and above those who were ransomed by the Levites;

⁴⁹Mozisi akatora mari yokudzikunura kuna ivo vakanga vakapfuura vakadzikunurwa navaRevhi;

⁵⁰of the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, a thousand three hundred and sixty-five [shekels], according to the shekel of the sanctuary.

⁵⁰akatora mari iyi kumatangwe avana vaIsiraeri, mashekeri ane chiuru chimwe namazana matatu namakumi matanhatu namashanu, achienzanisa neshekeri rapanzvimbo tsvene.

⁵¹And Moses gave the money of them that were ransomed to Aaron and to his sons, according to the commandment of Jehovah, -- as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

⁵¹Mozisi akapa Aroni navanakomana vake mari iyo yokudzikunura, seshoko raJehovha, sezvakarairwa Mozisi naJehovha.