¹Zvino Jehovha akataura naMozisi, akati,

¹And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

²Tsiva vana vaIsiraeri kuvaMidhiani; shure kwaizvozvo iwe uchasanganiswa navanhu vako.

²Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.

³Mozisi akataura navanhu, akati, Varume pakati penyu ngavazvigadzirire kurwa, kuti vandorwa navaMidhiani, vatsivire Jehovha kuvaMidhiani.

³And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian.

⁴Munofanira kutumira kuhondo vane chiuru chimwe kurudzi rumwe norumwe rwamarudzi avaIsiraeri.

⁴Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.

⁵Naizvozvo vakaverenga kuzviuru zvavaIsiraeri chiuru chimwe kurudzi rumwe norumwe, vakasvika zviuru gumi nezviviri vakazvigadzirira kundorwa.

⁵So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

⁶Mozisi akavatuma kundorwa, chiuru chimwe kurudzi rumwe norumwe, ivo naPinehasi, mwanakomana waEreazari mupristi, kundorwa, iye akabata nhumbi dzeimba tsvene nehwamanda dzokuridzisa nadzo.

⁶And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.

⁷Vakarwa navaMidhiani, sezvakarairwa Mozisi naJehovha, vakauraya varume vose.

⁷And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.

⁸Vakaurayawo madzimambo avaMidhiani, pamwechete navamwe vakaurawa, vaiti: Evhi, naRekemu, naZuri, naHuri, naRebha, madzimambo mashanu avaMidhiani; naBharamu, mwanakomana waBheori, vakamuurayawo nomunondo.

⁸And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.

⁹Vana vaIsiraeri vakatapa vakadzi vavaMidhiani navana vavo; nemombe dzavo dzose namakwai avo ose, nefuma yavo yose , vakazvitapa.

⁹And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.

¹⁰Namaguta avo ose mavakanga vagere, nemisasa yavo yose, vakazvipisa nomoto.

¹⁰And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.

¹¹Vakatora zvavakapamba zvose, nenhapwa dzose dzavanhu nedzezvipfuwo.

¹¹And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.

¹²Vakauya navatapwa, nezvavakatapa, nezvavakapamba kuna Mozisi, nokuna Ereazari mupristi, nokuungano yose yavana vaIsiraeri, kumisasa pamapani aMoabhu, ari paJoridhani paJeriko.

¹²And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.

¹³Zvino Mozisi naEreazari mupristi, namachinda ose eungano, vakaenda kundosangana navo kunze kwemisasa.

¹³And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.

¹⁴Mozisi akatsamwira vatariri vehondo, navakuru vezviuru navakuru vamazana, vakanga vachidzoka pakundorwa;

¹⁴And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.

¹⁵Mozisi akati kwavari, Makachengeta vakadzi vose vari vapenyu here?

¹⁵And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?

¹⁶Tarirai, ndivo vakatadzisa vana vaIsiraeri pamberi paJehovha pazvakaitwa paPeori, vapiwa mano naBharamu, denda rikavapo pakati peungano yaJehovha.

¹⁶Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.

¹⁷Naizvozvo zvino urayai vakomana vose vari pakati pavana, muurayewo mukadzi mumwe nomumwe akavata nomurume;

¹⁷Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.

¹⁸asi muzvichengetere vanasikana vose, vasina kumbovata nomurume.

¹⁸But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

¹⁹Asi imwi, endai mundogara mazuva manomwe kunze kwemisasa; ani naani akauraya munhu, ani naani akabata munhu akaurawa, muzvinatse pazuva retatu nerechinomwe, imwi navatapwa venyu.

¹⁹And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.

²⁰Munofanirawo kusuka nguvo dzenyu dzose, nezvose zvakaitwa namatebwe, nezvose zvakarukwa nemvere dzembudzi, nezvinhu zvose zvakaitwa namatanda.

²⁰And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.

²¹Ereazari mupristi akati kuvarwi vose vakanga vandorwa, Uyu ndiwo murayiro wakarairwa Mozisi naJehovha:

²¹And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;

²²Ndarama, nesirivha, nendarira, nedare, netini, nomutobvu,

²²Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

²³zvose zvisingaparadzwi nomoto, munofanira kuzvipinza mumoto kuti zvinatswe; kunyange zvakadaro zvinofanira kucheneswa nemvura yokunatsa; asi zvose zvingaparadzwa nomoto, munofanira kuzvipinza mumvura.

²³Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water.

²⁴Munofanira kusuka nguvo dzenyu nezuva rechinomwe, kuti muve vakanaka, mugopinda mumisasa pashure.

²⁴And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.

²⁵Zvino Jehovha akataura naMozisi, akati,

²⁵And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

²⁶Verenga vakatapwa zvamakatapa zvavanhu nezvezvipfuwo, iwe naEreazari mupristi, navakuru vedzimba dzamadzibaba eungano;

²⁶Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:

²⁷mukamure zvakatapwa napakati, ive migove miviri; mugovere pakati pavarume vanoziva kurwa, vakanga vandorwa, neungano yose;

²⁷And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:

²⁸zvino uraire kuti mugove wakatarwa utsaurirwe Jehovha navarume vehondo vakanga vandorwa: Chipenyu chimwe kumazana mashanu, kuvanhu, nokumombe, nokumadhongi, nekumakwai;

²⁸And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:

²⁹uzvitore pahafu yavo, ugozvipa Ereazari mupristi, chive chipiriso chinotsaurirwa Jehovha.

²⁹Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the LORD.

³⁰Asi pahafu yavana vaIsiraeri unofanira kutora chimwe kumakumi mashanu, kuvanhu, nokumombe, nokumadhongi, nekumakwai, kuzvipfuwo zvose, ugozvipa vaRevhi vanochengeta tabhenakeri yaJehovha.

³⁰And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.

³¹Mozisi naEreazari vakaita sezvakarairwa Mozisi naJehovha.

³¹And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.

³²Zvino zvakatapwa zvakanga zvasara, varume vehondo vatora mugove wavo, zvaiva makwai ane zviuru zvina mazana matanhatu nezviuru zvina makumi manomwe nezviuru zvishanu,

³²And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,

³³nemombe dzine zviuru zvina makumi manomwe nezviviri,

³³And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,

³⁴nemadhongi ane zviuru makumi matanhatu nechiuru chimwe;

³⁴And threescore and one thousand asses,

³⁵navakadzi vasina kumbovata navarume vane zviuru zvina makumi matatu nezviviri.

³⁵And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.

³⁶Hafu, yakagoverwa vakanga vaenda kundorwa, aiva makwai ane zviuru zvina mazana matatu, nezviuru zvina makumi matatu, nezviuru zvinomwe, namazana mashanu;

³⁶And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:

³⁷mugove wakatarwa, wakatsaurirwa Jehovha, waiva makwai ana mazana matanhatu namakumi manomwe namashanu.

³⁷And the LORD's tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.

³⁸Mombe dzaiva zviuru zvina makumi matatu nezvitanhatu; mugove wakatarwa, wakatsaurirwa Jehovha kunaidzo, waiva mombe dzina makumi manomwe nembiri.

³⁸And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD's tribute was threescore and twelve.

³⁹Madhongi aiva zvuru makumi matatu nemazana mashanu; mugove wakatarwa, wakatsaurirwa Jehovha kunaidzo, waiva madhongi makumi matanhatu neimwe.

³⁹And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD's tribute was threescore and one.

⁴⁰Vanhu vaiva zviuru zvine gumi nezvitanhatu; mugove wakatarwa, wakatsaurirwa Jehovha kuna ivo, waiva vanhu vana makumi matatu navaviri.

⁴⁰And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD's tribute was thirty and two persons.

⁴¹Mozisi akapa Ereazari mupristi mugove wakatarwa, chakanga chiri chipiriso chakatsaurirwa Jehovha, sezvakarairwa Mozisi naJehovha.

⁴¹And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD's heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.

⁴²Pahafu yavana vaIsiraeri, yakanga yakamurwa naMozisi kuvanhu vakanga vandorwa,

⁴²And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,

⁴³(zvino hafu yeungano yaiva makwai ane zviuru zvina mazana matatu namakumi matatu, nezviuru zvinomwe namazana mashanu,

⁴³(Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep,

⁴⁴nemombe dzine zviuru zvina makumi matatu nezviuru zvitatu,

⁴⁴And thirty and six thousand beeves,

⁴⁵nemadhongi zviuru zvina makumi matatu namazana mashanu,

⁴⁵And thirty thousand asses and five hundred,

⁴⁶navanhu vane zviuru zvine gumi nezvitanhatu).

⁴⁶And sixteen thousand persons;)

⁴⁷Pahafu yavana vaIsiraeri Mozisi akatora chimwe kumakumi mashanu, kuvana nokuzvipfuwo, akazvipa vaRevhi vaichengeta tabhenakeri yaJehovha; sezvakarairwa Mozisi naJehovha.

⁴⁷Even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.

⁴⁸Zvino vatariri vaiva pamusoro pezviuru zvehondo, navakuru vezviuru, navakuru vamazana vakaswedera kuna Mozisi,

⁴⁸And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:

⁴⁹vakati kuna Mozisi, Varanda venyu vakaverenga varume vehondo vanorairwa nesu; hakuna mumwe wedu usipo.

⁴⁹And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.

⁵⁰Zvino tauya nechipo chaJehovha, zvakawanikwa nomumwe nomumwe: Zvishongo zvendarama, neketani dzomumakumbo nedzomumaoko, nezvindori zvemimwe, nezvindori zvomunzeve, nezvomumutsipa, kuyananisira mweya yedu pamberi paJehovha.

⁵⁰We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD.

⁵¹Mozisi naEreazari mupristi vakagamuchira kwavari ndarama, zviri zvishongo zvamarudzi ose zvakaitwa nayo.

⁵¹And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.

⁵²Ndarama yose yechipiriso chakatsaurwa, chavakapa Jehovha, chavakuru vezviuru nechavakuru vamazana, aiva mashekeri ane zviuru zvine gumi nezvitanhatu namazana manomwe namakumi mashanu.

⁵²And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.

⁵³(Nokuti varume vehondo vakanga vatora mugove wavo wezvakatapwa, mumwe nomumwe.)

⁵³(For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)

⁵⁴Mozisi naEreazari mupristi vakagamuchira ndarama kuvakuru vezviuru navamazana, vakaiisa mutende rokusangana, kuti chive chirangaridzo kuvana vaIsiraeri pamberi paJehovha.

⁵⁴And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD.