¹Kana ukabuda kundorwa navavengi vako, ukaona mabhiza, nengoro navanhu vakawanda kupfuura iwe, usavatya; nekuti Jehovha Mwari wako unewe, iye wakakubudisa panyika yeEgipita.

¹When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

²Zvino kana moswedera pakurwa, mupristi anofanira kuuya kuzotaura navanhu,

²And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,

³achiti kwavari, Inzwai imwi Isiraeri, nhasi moswedera pakurwa navavengi venyu, moyo yenyu ngairege kupera simba; regai kutya kana kudedera, kana kuvhunduka pamberi pavo;

³And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;

⁴nekuti Jehovha Mwari wenyu ndiye unoenda nemi, kukurwirai pavavengi venyu, kukuponesai.

⁴For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

⁵Navakuru vanofanira kutaura navanhu, vachiti, Pano munhu here wakavaka imba itsva, uchigere kutanga kuigara? Ngaadzokere kumba kwake; kuti arege kufa pakurwa, mumwe akatanga kuigara.

⁵And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.

⁶Uye, pano munhu here wakarima munda wemizambiringa, uchigere kudya michero yawo? Ngaadzokere kumba kwake; kuti arege kufa pakurwa, mumwe akadya michero yawo.

⁶And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.

⁷Uye, pano munhu here wakanyenga musikana, uchigere kumuwana? Ngaadzokere kumba kwake; kuti arege kufa pakurwa, mumwe akamuwana.

⁷And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.

⁸Uye vakuru vanofanira kutaurawo kuvanhu, vachiti, Pano munhu here unotya, unomoyo unovhunduka? Ngaadzokere kumba kwake; kuti moyo yehama dzake irege kunyauka somoyo wake.

⁸And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart.

⁹Zvino kana vakuru vapedza kutaura navanhu, vanofanira kugadza vatariri vehondo vangatungamirira vanhu.

⁹And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.

¹⁰Kana woswedera pedo neguta kuti urwe naro, unofanira kuriparidzira rugare.

¹⁰When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.

¹¹Zvino kana ivo vachikupindura norugare, vakakuzarurira masuwo avo, ipapo vanhu vose vanowanikwa mukati maro vanofanira kukuteerera mutero nokukubatira.

¹¹And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.

¹²Kana vasingadi kuyanana newe, asi kurwa newe, iwe unofanira kurikomba;

¹²And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:

¹³kana Jehovha Mwari wako akariisa mumaoko ako, unofanira kuparadza varume vose varimo nomunondo unopinza;

¹³And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:

¹⁴asi vakadzi, nepwere, nemombe, nezvose zviri muguta, zvose zvingapambwa, unofanira kuzvitapira izvo; iwe uchadya zvakapambwa kuvavengi vako, zvaunopiwa naJehovha Mwari wako.

¹⁴But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

¹⁵Unofanira kuita saizvozvo namaguta ose ari kure kwazvo newe, asati ari maguta endudzi idzi.

¹⁵Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.

¹⁶Asi kana ari maguta avanhu ava, vaunopiwa naJehovha Mwari wako, kuti vave nhaka yako, haufaniri kurega chinhu chimwe chinofema chiri chipenyu;

¹⁶But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:

¹⁷asi unofanira kuvaparadza chose, ivo vaHeti, navaAmori, naKanani, navaPerezi, navaHivhi, navaJebhusi; sezvawakarairwa naJehovha Mwari wako;

¹⁷But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee:

¹⁸kuti varege kukudzidzisai kuita zvose zvavo zvinonyangadza, zvavakaitira vamwari vavo; imwi mukatadzira Jehovha Mwari wenyu.

¹⁸That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God.

¹⁹Kana ukakomba guta nguva refu, uchirwa naro, kuti urikunde, haufaniri kuparadza miti yaro, uchiitema nesanhu; ungaidya, haufaniri kuitema; nekuti muti womusango munhu here, kuti ukombwe newe?

¹⁹When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege:

²⁰Asi miti yaunoziva kuti miti isingadyiwi, unofanira kuiparadza uchiitema; guta rinorwa newe unofanira kurivakira mhanda kusvikira rakundwa.

²⁰Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.