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

¹These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.

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

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

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

³These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.

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.

⁴And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father.

⁵Zvino Jehovha akataura naMozisi akati,

⁵And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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

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

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

⁷And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.

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

⁸And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.

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

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

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

¹⁰And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

¹¹Jehovha akataura naMozisi,

¹¹And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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

¹²And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;

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

¹³Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the LORD.

¹⁴Zvino Jehovha akataura naMozisi murenje reSinai akati,

¹⁴And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

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

¹⁵Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.

¹⁶Ipapo Mozisi akavaverenga neshoko raJehovha sezvaakarairwa.

¹⁶And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.

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

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

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

¹⁸And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.

¹⁹Navanakomana vaKohati nemhuri dzavo: Amuramu naIzhari naHebhuroni naUzieri.

¹⁹And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

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

²⁰And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.

²¹Geshoni ndiye teteguru wavaRibhini navaShimei, ndidzo mhuri dzavaGeshoni.

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

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

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

²³Mhuri dzavaGeshoni dzinofanira kudzika matende adzo shure kwetabhenakeri kumavirazuva.

²³The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.

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

²⁴And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.

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

²⁵And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,

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

²⁶And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.

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

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

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

²⁸In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.

²⁹Mhuri dzavanakomana vaKohati dzinofanira kudzika matende adzo kurutivi rwetebhenakeri nechenyasi

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

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

³⁰And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.

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

³¹And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.

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

³²And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.

³³Merari ndiye teteguru wavaMari navaMushi; ndidzo mhuri dzaMerari.

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

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

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

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

³⁵And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.

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

³⁶And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,

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

³⁷And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.

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.

³⁸But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

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

³⁹All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.

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

⁴⁰And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.

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

⁴¹And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) 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.

⁴²Mozisi akaverenga matangwe ose avana vaIsiraeri, sezvaakarairwa naJehovha.

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

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

⁴³And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.

⁴⁴Zvino Jehovha akataura naMozisi akati,

⁴⁴And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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

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 the LORD.

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

⁴⁶And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites;

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

⁴⁷Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:)

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

⁴⁸And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons.

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

⁴⁹And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites:

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

⁵⁰Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:

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

⁵¹And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.