¹Zvino takadzoka, tikafamba tichipinda murenje nenzira inoenda kuGungwa Dzvuku, sezvandakaudzwa naJehovha, tikapota-pota gomo reSeiri mazuva mazhinji.

¹`And we turn, and journey into the wilderness, the way of the Red Sea, as Jehovah hath spoken unto me, and we go round the mount of Seir many days.

²Zvino Jehovha akataura neni, akati,

²`And Jehovah speaketh unto me, saying,

³Mapota-pota gomo iri nguva yaringana; dzokai muende nechokumusoro.

³Enough to you — is the going round of this mount; turn for yourselves northward.

⁴Raira vanhu, uti, Munofanira kupfuura nomunyika yehama dzenyu, vana vaEsau, vagere Seiri; ivo vachakutyai, saka chenjerai

⁴`And the people command thou, saying, Ye are passing over into the border of your brethren, sons of Esau, who are dwelling in Seir, and they are afraid of you; and ye have been very watchful,

⁵Musavavamba, nekuti handingakupiyi nyika yavo, kunyange pangatsikwa norutsoka; nekuti ndakapa Esau gomo reSeiri, rive rake.

⁵ye do not strive with them, for I do not give to you of their land even the treading of the sole of a foot; for a possession to Esau I have given mount Seir.

⁶Munofanira kutenga zvokudya kwavari nemari, mudye, nemvura munofanira kuitengawo kwavari, mumwe.

⁶`Food ye buy from them with money, and have eaten; and also water ye buy from them with money, and have drunk,

⁷Nekuti Jehovha Mwari wako wakakuropafadza pamabasa ose amaoko ako; iye unoziva kufamba kwako murenje iri guru. Jehovha Mwari wako wakava newe makore awa makumi mana; hauna kushaiwa chinhu.

⁷for Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in all the work of thy hands; He hath known thy walking in this great wilderness these forty years; Jehovah thy God [is] with thee; thou hast not lacked anything.

⁸Naizvozvo takapfuura hama dzedu, vana vaEsau, vagere Seiri, tikasiya nzira yokuMupata, inobva Erati napaEZiyoni-gebheri.

⁸`And we pass by from our brethren, sons of Esau, who are dwelling in Seir, by the way of the plain, by Elath, and by Ezion-Gaber; and we turn, and pass over the way of the wilderness of Moab;

⁹Zvino Jehovha akati kwandiri, Usarwa navaMoabhu, kana kuvavamba pakurwa; nekuti handingakupi nyika yavo, ive yako; nekuti ndakapa Ari kuvana vaRoti, ive yavo.

⁹and Jehovah saith unto me, Do not distress Moab, nor stir thyself up against them [in] battle, for I do not give to thee of their land [for] a possession; for to the sons of Lot I have given Ar [for] a possession.`

¹⁰(Kare vaEmi vakanga vageremo, vaiva vanhu vakuru, vazhinji, varefu, savaAnaki;

¹⁰`The Emim formerly have dwelt in it, a people great, and numerous, and tall, as the Anakim;

¹¹vanonzi vorudzi rwavaRefaimu, savaAnaki, asi vaMoabhu vanovaidza vaEmi.

¹¹Rephaim they are reckoned, they also, as the Anakim; and the Moabites call them Emim.

¹²NavaHoriwo vakanga vagere Seiri kare; asi vana vaEsau vakavatevera, vakavaparadza pamberi pavo, vakagara panzvimbo yavo; sezvakaita vaIsiraeri nenyika yavo yavakapiwa naJehovha ive yavo.)

¹²And in Seir have the Horim dwelt formerly; and the sons of Esau dispossess them, and destroy them from before them, and dwell in their stead, as Israel hath done to the land of his possession, which Jehovah hath given to them;

¹³Zvino simukai, muyambuke rukova Zeredhi. Tikayambuka rukova Zeredhi.

¹³now, rise ye, and pass over for yourselves the brook Zered; and we pass over the brook Zered.

¹⁴Zvino mazuva okubva kwedu paKadheshi-bharinea kusvikira tayambuka rukova Zeredhi, aiva makore makumi matatu namasere; kusvikira rudzi rwose rwavarume vehondo vaparadzwa pakati pemisasa, sezvavakanga vapikirwa naJehovha.

¹⁴`And the days which we have walked from Kadesh-Barnea until that we have passed over the brook Zered, [are] thirty and eight years, till the consumption of all the generation of the men of battle from the midst of the camp, as Jehovah hath sworn to them;

¹⁵Uye ruoko rwaJehovhawo rwairamba ruchirwa navo, kuti vaparadzwe pakati pemisasa kusvikira vapera.

¹⁵and also the hand of Jehovah hath been against them, to destroy them from the midst of the camp, till they are consumed.

¹⁶Zvino varume vose vehondo vakati vapera nokufa pakati pavanhu,

¹⁶`And it cometh to pass, when all the men of battle have finished dying from the midst of the people,

¹⁷Jehovha akataura neni, akati,

¹⁷that Jehovah speaketh unto me, saying,

¹⁸Nhasi unofanira kupfuura napaAri, pamuganhu waMoabhu;

¹⁸Thou art passing over to-day the border of Moab, even Ar,

¹⁹kana woswedera pakatarisana navana vaAmoni, usarwa navo, kana kuvavamba; nekuti handingakupi nyika yavana vaAmoni, ive yako; nekuti ndakaipa vana vaRoti, ive yavo.

¹⁹and thou hast come near over-against the sons of Ammon, thou dost not distress them, nor stir up thyself against them, for I do not give [any] of the land of the sons of Ammon to thee [for] a possession; for to the sons of Lot I have given it [for] a possession.

²⁰Naiyowo yainzi inyika yavaRefaimu; vaRefaimu vakanga vageremo kare; asi vaAmoni vaivaidza vaZamuzumi;

²⁰`A land of Rephaim it is reckoned, even it; Rephaim dwelt in it formerly, and the Ammonites call them Zamzummim;

²¹vaiva vanhu vakuru, vazhinji, varefu savaAnaki; asi Jehovha wakavaparadza pamberi pavo, vakavatevera, vakagara panzvimbo yavo;

²¹a people great, and numerous, and tall, as the Anakim, and Jehovah destroyeth them before them, and they dispossess them, and dwell in their stead,

²²sezvaakaita navana vaEsau, vanogara Seiri, nguva yaakaparadza vaHori pamberi pavo, ivo vakavatevera, vakagara panzvimbo yavo kusvikira nhasi;

²²as He hath done for the sons of Esau, who are dwelling in Seir, when He destroyed the Horim from before them, and they dispossess them, and dwell in their stead, unto this day.

²³vaAvhi, vakanga vagere mumisha kusvikira Gaza, vakaparadzwa navaKafitori, vakabva Kafitori, vakagara panzvimbo yavo.

²³`As to the Avim who are dwelling in Hazerim unto Azzah, the Caphtorim — who are coming out from Caphtor — have destroyed them, and dwell in their stead.

²⁴Simukai, mufambe, muyambuke rwizi Arinoni; tarirai, ndakaisa mumaoko enyu Sihoni muAmori, mambo weHeshibhoni, nenyika yake; tangai kuitora, muvambe kurwa naye.

²⁴`Rise ye, journey and pass over the brook Arnon; see, I have given into thy hand Sihon king of Heshbon, the Amorite, and his land; begin to possess, and stir up thyself against him [in] battle.

²⁵Nhasi ndichatanga kuvhundusa nokutyisa ndudzi dziri pasi pedenga rose pamusoro penyu, ivo vachanzwa guhu pamusoro penyu, vachabvunda nokutya kwazvo pamusoro penyu.

²⁵This day I begin to put thy dread and thy fear on the face of the peoples under the whole heavens, who hear thy fame, and have trembled and been pained because of thee.

²⁶Zvino ndakatuma nhume mbiri murenje reKedhemoti, kuna Sihoni, mambo weHeshibhoni, namashoko orugare, ndichiti,

²⁶`And I send messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth, unto Sihon king of Heshbon, — words of peace — saying,

²⁷Nditendere kupfuura nomunyika yako, ndichafamba nenzira huru, handingatsaukiri kurudyi kana kuruboshwe.

²⁷Let me pass over through thy land; in the several ways I go; I turn not aside — right or left —

²⁸Munganditengesera zvokudya nemari, ndidye; mungandipa mvura ndichiripa nemari, ndimwe, asi nditenderei henyu kupfuura namakumbo;

²⁸food for money thou dost sell me, and I have eaten; and water for money thou dost give to me, and I have drunk; only, let me pass over on my feet, —

²⁹sezvandakaitirwa navana vaEsau vagere Seiri, navaMoabhu, vagere Ari; kusvikira ndayambuka Joridhani, ndikapinda munyika yatinopiwa naJehovha Mwari wedu.

²⁹as the sons of Esau who are dwelling in Seir, and the Moabites who are dwelling in Ar, have done to me — till that I pass over the Jordan, unto the land which Jehovah our God is giving to us.

³⁰Asi Sihoni, mambo weHeshibhoni, wakaramba kutitendera kupfuura nokwaari, nekuti Jehovha Mwari wako wakawomesa mweya wake, akarambidza moyo wake, kuti amuise iye muruoko rwako, sezvazvakaita nhasi.

³⁰`And Sihon king of Heshbon hath not been willing to let us pass over by him, for Jehovah thy God hath hardened his spirit, and strengthened his heart, so as to give him into thy hand as at this day.

³¹Zvino Jehovha akati kwandiri, Tarira, ndatanga kuisa Sihoni nenyika yake kwauri; tanga kutora, kuti nyika ive yako.

³¹`And Jehovah saith unto me, See, I have begun to give before thee Sihon and his land; begin to possess — to possess his land.

³²Ipapo Sihoni akauya, iye navanhu vake vose kuzorwa nesu paJahazi.

³²`And Sihon cometh out to meet us, he and all his people, to battle to Jahaz;

³³Jehovha Mwari wedu akamuisa mumaoko edu, tikamukunda, iye navana vake, navanhu vake vose.

³³and Jehovah our God giveth him before us, and we smite him, and his sons, and all his people;

³⁴Nenguva iyo tikakunda maguta ake ose, tikaparadza chose maguta ose aiva navanhu, pamwechete navakadzi navana vaduku, hatina kusiya kunyange nomumwe.

³⁴and we capture all his cities at that time, and devote the whole city, men, and the women, and the infants — we have not left a remnant;

³⁵Asi zvipfuwo zvoga takazvitora zvive zvedu zvatakatapa, pamwechete nezvatakapamba pamaguta atakakunda.

³⁵only, the cattle we have spoiled for ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we have captured.

³⁶Kubva paAroeri pamuuyo worwizi Arinoni, nokuguta riri parwizi, kusvikira Giriyadhi, kwakanga kusina guta rakatikurira; Jehovha Mwari wedu wakaaisa ose pamaoko edu;

³⁶`From Aroer, which [is] by the edge of the brook Arnon, and the city which [is] by the brook, even unto Gilead there hath not been a city which [is] too high for us; the whole hath Jehovah our God given before us.

³⁷asi hamuna kuswedera kunyika yavana vaAmoni; kurutivi rwose rworwizi Jabhoki, namaguta enyika yamakomo, napose patakanga tadziviswa naJehovha Mwari wedu.

³⁷`Only, unto the land of the sons of Ammon thou hast not drawn near, any part of the brook Jabbok, and cities of the hill-country, and anything which Jehovah our God hath [not] commanded.