¹Kana panyika yaunopiwa naJehovha Mwari wako, kuti ive yako, pakawanikwa munhu akaurawa akatandavara kusango, kusingazikamwi kuti wamuuraya ndiani,

¹If one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him:

²ipapo vakuru vako navatongi vako vanofanira kundoyera chinhambo kusvika kumaguta akapoteredza munhu wakaurawa;

²Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:

³zvino guta riri pedo nomunhu wakaurawa, vakuru veguta iro vanofanira kutora tsiru remombe, risina kumbobatwa naro, risina kumbokweva pajoko,

³And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;

⁴vakuru veguta iro vagoenda netsiru kumupata uno rukova rune mvura inoyerera, usina kumborimwa kana kudzvarwa, ndokuvhuna mutsipa wetsiru imomo mumupata;

⁴And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley:

⁵vapristi vana vaRevhi vanofanira kuswedera, nekuti ndivo vakatsaurwa naJehovha Mwari wako, kuti vamushumire, nokuropafadza vanhu nezita raJehovha; nekuti chirevo chenharo dzose nokukuvadza kose zvinofanira kutemwa navo;

⁵And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:

⁶zvino vakuru vose veguta iro riri pedo nomunhu wakaurawa vanofanira kushamba maoko avo pamusoro petsiru rakavhuniwa mutsipa waro pamupata,

⁶And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:

⁷vagopindura, vachiti, Maoko edu haana kuteura ropa iro, nameso edu haana kuriona.

⁷And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.

⁸imwi Jehovha kangamwirai henyu vanhu venyu valsiraeri, vamakadzikunura; musatendera kuti ropa risine mhosva rigare pakati pavanhu venyu vaIsiraeri. Ipapo vachakangamwirwa ropa iro.

⁸Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them.

⁹Saizvozvo unofanira kubvisa ropa risine mhosva pakati pako, kana waita zvakarurama pamberi paJehovha.

⁹So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.

¹⁰Kana uchindorwa navavengi vako, Jehovha Mwari wako akavaisa mumaoko ako, ukavatapa,

¹⁰When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive,

¹¹ukaona pakati pavatapwa mukadzi wakanaka, ukamuda, ukada kumuwana ave mukadzi wako,

¹¹And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;

¹²unofanira kuenda naye kumba kwako; zvino iye unofanira kuveura musoro wake, nokugura nzara dzake,

¹²Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house, and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;

¹³nokurasha nguvo dzake dzokutapwa, ndokugara mumba mako achichema baba vake namai vake mwedzi wose; pashure paizvozvo iwe ungapinda kwaari, iwe uve murume wake, iye ave mukadzi wako.

¹³And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.

¹⁴Zvino kana iwe usingafari naye, unofanira kumurega kuti aende hake kwaanoda; asi haufaniri kutongomutengesa nemari; haufaniri kumuitira sezvinoitirwa muranda, nekuti wakatanga wamunyadzisa.

¹⁴And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.

¹⁵Kana murume achinge ana vakadzi vaviri, mumwe unodikamwa, nomumwe unovengwa, vakamuberekera vana, unodikamwa nounovengwa vose vari vaviri; zvino kana mwanakomana wedangwe ari waiye unovengwa,

¹⁵If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated:

¹⁶musi waanogarisa vanakomana vake nhaka yake, haafaniri kupa mwanakomana wounodikamwa udangwe, achidarika mwanakomana wounovengwa, iye ari mwanakomana wedangwe chaiye;

¹⁶Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn:

¹⁷asi anofanira kutenda mwanakomana wounovengwa, kuti ndiye wedangwe, amupe migove miviri yezvose zvaanazvo; nekuti ndiye wokutanga wesimba rake; ndiye anofanirwa noudangwe.

¹⁷But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.

¹⁸Kana munhu anomwanakomana wakasindimara usinganzwi, asingadi kuteerera inzwi rababa vake kana inzwi ramai vake, usinganzwi kana vachimuranga;

¹⁸If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:

¹⁹baba vake namai vake vanofanira kumubata ndokuenda naye kuvakuru veguta rake, nokusuwo renzvimbo yake,

¹⁹Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;

²⁰vagoti kuvakuru veguta rake, Mwanakomana wedu uyu wakasindimara, unotimukira, haadi kuteerera inzwi redu; unopedza fuma, nokumwa doro.

²⁰And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.

²¹Zvino varume vose veguta vanofanira kumutaka namabwe, kuti afe; saizvozvo unofanira kubvisa chakaipa pakati pako; vaIsiraeri vose vazvinzwe, vatye.

²¹And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

²²Kana munhu achinge atadza chivi chinofanirwa norufu, akaurawa, ukamusungirira pamuti;

²²And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:

²³chitunha chake hachifaniri kuvata pamuti usiku hwose, asi unofanira kumuviga nomusi iwoyo, nekuti munhu wakasungirirwa wakatukwa naMwari; kuti urege kusvibisa nyika yako yaunopiwa naJehovha Mwari wako, kuti ive yako.

²³His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.