¹Zvino akandidzosa nenzira yesuwo rokunze renzvimbo tsvene, rakanga rakatarira kurutivi rwamabvazuva; asi rakanga rakapfigwa.

¹Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.

²Jehovha akati kwandiri, suwo iri rinofanira kugara rakapfigwa, harifaniri kuzarurwa, uye hakuna munhu anofanira kupinda naro, nekuti Jehovha Mwari waIsiraeri wapinda naro; saka rinofanira kuramba rakapfigwa.

²Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.

³Kana ari muchinda, iye anofanira kugaramo ari muchinda, adye zvokudya pamberi paJehovha; anofanira kupinda nenzira yeberere resuwo, ndokubudazve nenzira iyeyo.

³It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.

⁴Ipapo akaenda neni nenzira yesuwo rokurutivi rwokumusoro pamberi peimba; ndikatarira, ndikaona kubwinya kwaJehovha kuchizadza imba yaJehovha; ndikawira pasi nechiso changu.

⁴Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house: and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD: and I fell upon my face.

⁵Jehovha akati kwandiri, Mwanakomana womunhu, cherechedza zvakanaka, utarire nameso ako, unzwe nenzeve dzako zvose zvandinokuudza pamusoro pemitemo yose yeimba yaJehovha, nemirayiro yayo yose; cherechedza zvakanaka panopindwa napo paimba, napanobudiwa napo pose panzvimbo tsvene.

⁵And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the LORD, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary.

⁶Zvino uti kuna vakandimukira, kuimba yaIsiraeri, zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Nhai, imwi imba yaIsiraeri, chiringaniswai nezvinonyangadza zvenyu,

⁶And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations,

⁷izvo zvokupinza kwenyu vatorwa, vane moyo isina kudzingiswa nenyama isina kudzingiswa, kuti vave munzvimbo yangu, muchimhura iyo imba yangu, kana muchindivigira zvokudya, namafuta neropa; vakaputsa sungano yangu, vachinyanyisa zvinonyangadza zvenyu.

⁷In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations.

⁸Hamuna kuchengeta zvinhu zvangu zvitsvene, asi makagadza vatariri vanokuchengeterai imwi zvinhu zvangu munzvimbo yangu tsvene.

⁸And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

⁹Zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Mutorwa unomoyo usinokudzingiswa nenyama isina kudzingiswa ngaarege kupinda munzvimbo yangu tsvene, Ani naani wavatorwa vari pakati pavana vaIsiraeri.

⁹Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel.

¹⁰Asi vaRevhi, vakaenda kure neni panguva yokutsauka kwaIsiraeri, vakatsauka kwandiri vachitevera zvifananidzo zvavo, ivo vachava nemhosva yezvakaipa zvavo.

¹⁰And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.

¹¹Asi vanofanira kuva vashumiri munzvimbo yangu tsvene, navatariri pamasuwo eimba, navanoshumira mumba; ivo vanofanira kubayira chipiriso chinopiswa, nezvinobayirwa vanhu, nokumira pamberi pavo kuvashumirira.

¹¹Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto them.

¹²Zvavakavashumirira pamberi pezvifananidzo zvavo, vakazova chigumbuso chezvakaipa kuimba yaIsiraeri; naizvozvo ndakavasimudzira ruoko rwangu, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha vachava nemhosva yezvakaipa zvavo.

¹²Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their iniquity.

¹³Havangaswederi kwandiri, kundiitira basa rohupristi, kana kuswedera kuchinhu chipi nechipi chezvinhu zvangu zvitsene, kuzvinhu zvitsvene kwazvo; asi vachava nemhosva yokunyadziswa kwavo, neyezvinonyadzisa zvavo zvavakaita.

¹³And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.

¹⁴Asi ndichavaita vatariri vanochengeta imba, vaite basa rayo rose, nezvose zvinofanira kuitwamo.

¹⁴But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.

¹⁵Asi vapristi vaRevhi, ivo vanakomana vaZadhoki, vaichengeta basa renzvimbo yangu tsvene panguva yokutsauka kwavana vaIsiraeri vachibva kwandiri, ndivo vachaswedera kwandiri kuzondishumira; ivo vachamira pamberi pangu kuzondibayira mafuta neropa, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha;

¹⁵But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord GOD:

¹⁶vachapinda munzvimbo yangu tsvene, vachaswedera kutafura yangu, kuti vandishumire, uye vachachengeta basa rangu.

¹⁶They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.

¹⁷Zvino kana vachipinda pamasuwo oruvanze rwomukati, vachafanira kufuka nguvo dzemicheka; makushe ngaarege kuva pamiviri yavo, kana vachishumira mumasuwo oruvanze rwomukati, nomukati meimba.

¹⁷And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.

¹⁸Vachafanira kufuka ngowani dzemicheka pamisoro yavo, uye vachafanira kuva namabhurukwa emicheka pazviuno zvavo; ngavarege kuzvisunga chiuno nechinhu chinobudisa ziya.

¹⁸They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat.

¹⁹Kana vachibudira kuruvanze rwokunze, iko kuruvazhe rwokunze kuvanhu, vanofanira kubvisa nguvo dzavo dzavanoshumira nadzo, ndokudziisa mumakamuri matsvene; vanofanira kufuka dzimwe nguvo, uye varege kuita vanhu vatsvene nenguvo dzavo.

¹⁹And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments.

²⁰Varege kuveura misoro yavo, kana kurega vhudzi ravo richireba; ngavagunde chete misoro yavo.

²⁰Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.

²¹Mupristi upi noupi ngaarege kumwa waini, kana achipinda muruvanze rwomukati.

²¹Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.

²²Havafaniri kuwana chirikadzi, kana mukadzi akarambwa nomurume; asi vanofanira kuwana mhandara pakati pavana veimba yaIsiraeri, kana chirikadzi, iri chirikadzi yomupristi.

²²Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.

²³Vanofanira kudzidzisa vanhu vangu kusiyana kwezvitsvene nezvisi zvitsvene, nokuvadzidzisa kutsaura pakati pezvisina kunaka nezvakanaka.

²³And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

²⁴Kana panegakava vanofanira kuva vatongi; vanofanira kutonga nemitemo yangu; vachafanira kuchengeta mirayiro yangu nemitemo yangu pamitambo yangu yose yakatarwa; masabata angu ngaave matsvene kwavari.

²⁴And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.

²⁵Ngavarege kupinda kune zvitunha, kuti varege kuzvisvibisa; asi vangazvisvibisa nokuda kwababa, kana mai, kana mwanakomana, kana mwanasikana, kana mukoma nomunin'ina, kana hanzvadzi yakanga ichigere kuwanikwa.

²⁵And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.

²⁶Zvino kana iye apera kunatswa, anofanira kutarirwa mazuva manomwe.

²⁶And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.

²⁷Nezuva raanozopinda munzvimbo tsvene, muruvanze rwomukati, kundoshumira munzvimbo tsvene, achafanira kubayira chipiriso chake chezvivi, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha.

²⁷And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, unto the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, saith the Lord GOD.

²⁸Vachava nenhaka; ini ndini nhaka yavo; hamufaniri kuvapa fuma pakati paIsiraeri, ini ndini fuma yavo.

²⁸And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.

²⁹Vanofanira kudya chipiriso choupfu, nechipiriso chezvivi, nechipiriso chemhosva; chinhu chipi nechipi chakatsaurirwa Jehovha pakati paIsiraeri chichava chavo.

²⁹They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering: and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.

³⁰Chakaisvonaka pamichero yokutanga yezvose, nezvipiriso zvakatsaurwa zvezvose, zvezvipo zvenyu zvose, zvinofanira kuva zvavapristi; munofanira kupawo vapristi zvokutanga zvoupfu bwenyu hwakakuyiwa, kuti mugarise ropafadzo paimba yenyu.

³⁰And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest's: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house.

³¹Vapristi ngavarege kudya chinhu chipi nechipi chakangofa choga, kana chakabvamburanyiwa, kana iri shiri kana chipfuwo.

³¹The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.