¹Zvino Jehovha akataura naMozisi naAroni akati,

¹And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

²Verenga vanakomana vose vaKohati pakati pavana vaRevhi, nemhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo,

²Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,

³vana makore ana makumi matatu navanopfuura, kusvikira pamakore makumi mashanu, vose vanopinda pabasa, kuti vaite basa mutende rokusangana.

³From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.

⁴Ndiro basa ravanakomana vaKohati mutende rokusangana pazvinhu zvitsvene-tsvene:

⁴This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things:

⁵Kana ungano ichisimuka, Aroni anofanira kupinda navanakomana vake, vagobvisa chidzitiro, ndokufukidza areka yechipupuriro nacho.

⁵And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it:

⁶Zvino vanofanira kuisa pamusoro pazvo chokufukidzira chamatebwe amatenhe, ndokuwarira pamusoro pazvo mucheka mutema wose, zvino ndokupinza matanda okutakura nawo.

⁶And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.

⁷Vanofanira kuwarirawo mucheka mutema patafura yechingwa chokuratidza, ndokuisa pamusoro payo midziyo, nembiya, nemikombe, nezvimbiya zvokudira nazvo; nechingwa chamazuva ose chinofanira kuva pamusoro payo.

⁷And upon the table of showbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:

⁸Zvino vanofanira kuwarira pamusoro pazvo mucheka mutsvuku, ndokuufukidza nechokufukidzira chamatebwe amatenhe, zvino ndokupinza matanda okutakura nawo.

⁸And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.

⁹Vanofanira kutorawo mucheka mutema, vagofukidza nawo chigadziko chemwenje yokuvhenekesa nayo, nemwenje yacho, nembato dzacho, nendiro dzacho, nemidziyo yacho yose yamafuta, yavanobata nayo.

⁹And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:

¹⁰Zvino vanofanira kuchiputira pamwechete nenhumbi dzacho dzose muchokufukidzira chamatebwe amatenhe, ndokuchiisa pamatanda.

¹⁰And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar.

¹¹Vanofanira kuwarirawo mucheka mutema pamusoro pearitari yendarama, ndokuifukidza nechokufukidzira chamatebwe amatenhe, zvino ndokupinza matanda ayo okutakura nawo.

¹¹And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:

¹²Vanofanira kutorawo nhumbi dzose dzokubata nadzo paimba tsvene, vagodziputira mumucheka mutema, ndokudzifukidza nechokufukidzira chamatebwe amatenhe, ndokuzviisa pamatanda.

¹²And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put them on a bar:

¹³Vanofanira kubvisawo madota paaritari, ndokuwarira pamusoro payo mucheka mushava,

¹³And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:

¹⁴ndokuisa pamusoro payo nhumbi dzayo dzose, dzavanobata nadzo pairi, dzinoti: Zvaenga zvomoto, nezvikokovonho zvenyama, nefoshoro, nemidziyo, nhumbi dzose dzearitari, vagowarira pamusoro payo chokufukidzira chamatebwe amatenhe, ndokupinza matanda okutakura nawo.

¹⁴And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basins, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it.

¹⁵Zvino kana Aroni navanakomana vake vapedza kufukidza imba tsvene, nenhumbi dzose dzeimba tsvene, kana ungano ichida kusimuka, zvino vanakomana vaKohati vanofanira kuuya kuitakura, asi ngavarege kubata zvinhu zvitsvene, kuti varege kufa. Zvinhu izvi ndizvo zvinofanira kutakurwa navanakomana vaKohati patende rokusangana.

¹⁵And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.

¹⁶Basa raEreazari, mwanakomana waAroni mupristi, nderamafuta okuvhenekesa nawo, nezvinonhuhwira zvakanaka, nechipiriso choupfu chamazuva ose, namafuta okuzodza nawo, nokuchengeta tabhenakeri yose nezvose zvirimo, neimba tsvene, nenhumbi dzayo.

¹⁶And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.

¹⁷Zvino Jehovha akataura naMozisi naAroni akati,

¹⁷And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron saying,

¹⁸Rudzi rwemhuri dzavaKohati ngarurege kuparadzwa pakati pavaRevhi;

¹⁸Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:

¹⁹asi muvaitire izvi kuti vararame, varege kufa, kana vachiswedera kuzvinhu zvitsvene-tsvene; Aroni navanakomana vake vanofanira kupinda nokuvagadza, mumwe nomumwe, pabasa rake napamutoro wake.

¹⁹But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden:

²⁰Asi ngavarege kupinda kundoona imba tsvene, kunyange iri nguva duku, kuti varege kufa.

²⁰But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.

²¹Jehovha akataura naMozisi akati,

²¹And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

²²Verenga vanakomana vose vaGeshoni, dzimba dzamadzibaba avo, nemhuri dzavo.

²²Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;

²³Uverenge vanamakore makumi matatu navanopfuura kusvikira makore makumi mashanu; vose vanopinda kundobata basa, kubata mutende rokusangana.

²³From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.

²⁴Ndiro basa remhuri dzavaGeshoni pakubata napakutakura mitoro:

²⁴This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens:

²⁵Ivo vanofanira kutakura machira etabhenakeri, netende rokusangana; nechokufukidzira chayo, nechokufukidzira chamatebwe amatenhe, chiri pamusoro payo, nechidzitiro chomukova wetende rokusangana;

²⁵And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers' skins that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,

²⁶nezvirembedzwa zvoruvazhe, nechidzitiro chomukova wesuwo roruvazhe, ruri patabhenakeri nokunhivi dzose dzearitari, namabote azvo, nenhumbi dzazvo dzose dzinobata mabasa azvo, nezvose zvinobatwa nazvo, ndiro basa ravo.

²⁶And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them: so shall they serve.

²⁷Mabasa ose avanakomana vaGeshoni, zvose zvavanofanira kutakura nezvavanofanira kubata, zvinofanira kurairwa naAroni navanakomana vake; munofanira kuvagadza pabasa ravo rose rokutakura.

²⁷At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their service: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens.

²⁸Ndiro basa remhuri dzavana vaGeshoni patende rokusangana; pabasa ravo rose vanofanira kurairwa naItamari, mwanakomana waAroni mupristi.

²⁸This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

²⁹Kana vari vanakomana vaMerari, unofanira kuvaverenga nemhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo.

²⁹As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers;

³⁰Uverenge vana makore makumi matatu navanopfuura kusvikira makore makumi mashanu, mumwe nomumwe, vose vanopinda pabasa, kubata basa retende rokusangana.

³⁰From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation.

³¹Ndiro basa ravo rokutakura, sezvavanofanira kubata mutende rokusangana: Matanda etabhenakeri, nembariro dzayo, nembiru dzayo, nezvigadziko zvayo;

³¹And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof,

³²nembiru dzoruvazhe rwakapotedza, nezvigadziko zvadzo, nembambo dzadzo dzose, namabote adzo, nenhumbi dzadzo dzose, nezvose zvavanobata nazvo; unofanira kuvaritarira namazita avo nhumbi dzavanofanira kuchengeta pakutakura.

³²And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden.

³³Ndiro basa remhuri dzavanakomana vaMerari, sezvavaifanira kubata basa mutende rokusangana, vachirairwa naItamari, mwanakomana waAroni mupristi.

³³This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

³⁴Zvino Mozisi naAroni namachinda eungano vakaverenga vanakomana vaKohati nemhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo;

³⁴And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house of their fathers,

³⁵vakanga vana makore makumi matatu navanopfuura kusvikira pamakore makumi mashanu, mumwe nomumwe vose vaifanira kupinda pabasa, kubata basa mutende rokusangana;

³⁵From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation:

³⁶vakaverengwa kwavari nemhuri dzavo vakasvika zviuru zviviri namazana manomwe namakumi mashanu.

³⁶And those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.

³⁷Ndivo vakaverengwa vemhuri dzavaKohati, vose vakanga vachibata basa mutende rokusangana, vakaverengwa naMozisi naAroni, sezvakarairwa naJehovha nomuromo waMozisi.

³⁷These were they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

³⁸Vakaverengwa vavanakomana vaGeshoni nemhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo,

³⁸And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers,

³⁹vakanga vana makore makumi matatu navanopfuura kusvikira pamakore makumi mashanu, mumwe nomumwe aifanira kupinda pabasa, kubata basa mutende rokusangana,

³⁹From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation,

⁴⁰vakaverengwa kwavari nemhuri dzavo nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, vakasvika zviuru zviviri namazana matanhatu namakumi matatu.

⁴⁰Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.

⁴¹Ndivo vakaverengwa vemhuri dzavana vaGeshoni, vose vakanga vachibata basa mutende rokusangana, vakaverengwa naMozisi naAroni, sezvakarairwa naJehovha.

⁴¹These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD.

⁴²Vakaverengwa vemhuri dzavanakomana vaMerari, nemhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo,

⁴²And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,

⁴³vakanga vana makore makumi matatu navanopfuura kusvikira pamakore makumi mashanu, mumwe nomumwe aifanira kupinda pabasa, kubata basa mutende rokusangana;

⁴³From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation,

⁴⁴vakaverengwa kwavari nemhuri dzavo, vakasvika zviuru zvitatu namazana maviri.

⁴⁴Even those that were numbered of them after their families, were three thousand and two hundred.

⁴⁵Ndivo vakaverengwa vemhuri dzavanakomana vaMerari, vakaverengwa naMozisi naAroni, sezvakarairwa naJehovha nomuromo waMozisi.

⁴⁵These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

⁴⁶Zvino vose vakaverengwa vavaRevhi, vakaverengwa naMozisi naAroni namachinda avaIsiraeri, nemhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo,

⁴⁶All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after the house of their fathers,

⁴⁷vakanga vana makore makumi matatu navanopfuura, kusvikira pamakore makumi mashanu, mumwe nomumwe aifanira kupinda kuzobata basa, nebasa rokutakura mitoro mutende rokusangana,

⁴⁷From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation.

⁴⁸vakaverengwa kwavari vakasvika zviuru zvisere namazana mashanu namakumi masere.

⁴⁸Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore,

⁴⁹Vakaverengwa sezvakarairwa naJehovha nomuromo waMozisi, mumwe nomumwe pabasa rake, napamutoro wake; vakaverengwa saizvozvo naye, sezvakarairwa Mozisi naJehovha.

⁴⁹According to the commandment of the LORD they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as the LORD commanded Moses.