¹Zvino kana muporofita kana muroti akamuka pakati pako, akakuratidza chiratidzo kana chinoshamisa,

¹`When there ariseth in your midst a prophet, or a dreamer of a dream, and he hath given unto thee a sign or wonder,

²icho chiratidzo kana chinoshamisa chikaitika, chaakataura kwauri, achiti, Ngatitevere vamwe vamwari, vawakanga usingazivi, tivashumire;

²and the sign and the wonder hath come which he hath spoken of unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods (which thou hast not known), and serve them,

³usateerera mashoko omuporofita uyo kana muroti uyo, nekuti Jehovha Mwari wenyu unokuidzai, kuti azive kana muchida Jehovha Mwari wenyu nomoyo wenyu wose uye nomweya wenyu wose.

³thou dost not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of the dream, for Jehovah your God is trying you, to know whether ye are loving Jehovah your God with all your heart, and with all your soul;

⁴Munofanira kutevera Jehovha Mwari wenyu nokumutya, nokuchengeta mirairo yake, nokuteerera inzwi rake, nokumushumira, nokumunamatira.

⁴after Jehovah your God ye walk, and Him ye fear, and His commands ye keep, and to His voice ye hearken, and Him ye serve, and to Him ye cleave.

⁵Asi muporofita uyo kana muroti uyo vanofanira kuurawa; nekuti wakataura mashoko anomukira Jehovha Mwari wenyu, iye wakakubudisai panyika yeEgipita, nokukudzikunurai muimba youranda, akakutsausa panzira yawakarairwa naJehovha Mwari wako, kuti ufambemo. Naizvozvo unofanira kubvisa zvakaipa pakati pako.

⁵`And that prophet, or that dreamer of the dream, is put to death, for he hath spoken apostacy against Jehovah your God (who is bringing you out of the land of Egypt, and hath ransomed you out of a house of servants), to drive you out of the way in which Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee to walk, and thou hast put away the evil thing from thy midst.

⁶Kana munin'ina wako, kana mwanakomana wamai vako, kana mwanakomana wako, kana mwanasikana wako, kana mukadzi unodikamwa newe, kana shamwari yako yaunoda kwazvo, vakakutsausa pakavanda, vachiti, Hendei tindoshumira vamwe vamwari, vawakanga usingazivi, iwe, kana madzibaba ako;

⁶`When thy brother — son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend who [is] as thine own soul — doth move thee, in secret, saying, Let us go and serve other gods — (which thou hast not known, thou and thy fathers,

⁷vari vamwari vendudzi dzakakupoteredzai, dziri pedo newe, kana kure newe, kubva pano rumwe rutivi rwenyika kusvikira kuno rumwe rutivi rwenyika;

⁷of the gods of the peoples who [are] round about you, who are near unto thee, or who are far off from thee, from the end of the earth even unto the end of the earth) —

⁸haufaniri kumutenda, kana kumuteerera; ziso rako rirege kumunzwira tsitsi, kana kumurega, kana kumuvanza;

⁸thou dost not consent to him, nor hearken unto him, nor doth thine eye have pity on him, nor dost thou spare, nor dost thou cover him over.

⁹asi unofanira kumuuraya zvirokwazvo; ruoko rwako ngarutange kumuuraya, pashure maoko avamwe vanhu vose.

⁹`But thou dost surely kill him; thy hand is on him, in the first place, to put him to death, and the hand of all the people last;

¹⁰Unofanira kumutaka namabwe, afe, nekuti wakatsvaka kukutsausa ubve kuna Jehovha Mwari wako, iye wakakubudisa panyika yeEgipita paimba youranda.

¹⁰and thou hast stoned him with stones, and he hath died, for he hath sought to drive thee away from Jehovah thy God, who is bringing thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants;

¹¹Valsiraeri vose vazvinzwe, vatye, varege kuzoita zvakaipa zvakadai pakati pako.

¹¹and all Israel do hear and fear, and add not to do like this evil thing in thy midst.

¹²Kana ukanzwa vachikuudza mune rimwe ramaguta ako aunopiwa naJehovha Mwari wako, kuti ugaremo, vachiti,

¹²`When thou hearest, in one of thy cities which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to dwell there, [one] saying,

¹³Vana nyakuti vakaisvoipa varipo, vakabuda pakati pako, vakatsausa vagere muguta ravo, vachiti, Hendei tindoshumira vamwe vamwari, vamakanga musingazivi;

¹³Men, sons of worthlessness, have gone out of thy midst, and they force away the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known —

¹⁴zvino unofanira kuferefeta, nokutsvakisisa, nokubvunzisisa kwazvo; zvino kana ukaona kuti ndezvamazvokwadi, kuti ndizvo, kuti chinhu chinonyangadza chakadai chakaitwa pakati pako;

¹⁴and thou hast enquired, and searched, and asked diligently, and lo, truth; the thing is established; this abomination hath been done in thy midst:

¹⁵zvirokwazvo unofanira kuparadza vanhu vagere muguta iro nomunondo unopinza, nokuriparadza chose, iro nezvose zviri mukati maro, nezvipfuwo zvaro, nomunondo unopinza.

¹⁵`Thou dost surely smite the inhabitants of that city by the mouth of the sword; devoting it, and all that [is] in it, even its cattle, by the mouth of the sword;

¹⁶Zvakapambwa zvose unofanira kuzviunganidzira pakati penzira huru yaro, nokupisira Jehovha Mwari wako guta nezvakapambwa zvaro zvose-zvose; zvinofanira kuva murwi nokusingaperi; harifaniri kuvakwazve.

¹⁶and all its spoil thou dost gather unto the midst of its broad place, and hast burned with fire the city and all its spoil completely, before Jehovah thy God, and it hath been a heap age-during, it is not built any more;

¹⁷Chinhu chimwe chezvakayeriswa ngachirege kunamatira pamaoko ako, kuti Jehovha azvidzore pakutsamwa kwake kukuru, akunzwire nyasha, ave netsitsi newe, akuwanze, sezvaakapikira madzibaba ako;

¹⁷and there doth not cleave to thy hand any of the devoted thing, so that Jehovah doth turn back from the fierceness of His anger, and hath given to thee mercies, and loved thee, and multiplied thee, as He hath sworn to thy fathers,

¹⁸kana ukateerera inzwi raJehovha Mwari wako, ukachengeta mirairo yake yose, yandinokuraira nhasi, uchiita zvakarurama pamberi paJehovha Mwari wako.

¹⁸when thou dost hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep all his commands which I am commanding thee to-day, to do that which [is] right in the eyes of Jehovah thy God.