¹Haufaniri kuona nzombe yehama yako, kana gwai rake, zvichirashika, ukazvinyenyeredza; zvirokwazvo unofanira kuzvidzosera kuhama yako.

¹`Thou dost not see the ox of thy brother or his sheep driven away, and hast hidden thyself from them, thou dost certainly turn them back to thy brother;

²Kana hama yako iri kure newe, zvimwe usingachizivi, unofanira kuenda nacho kumusha kwako, chigare kwauri kusvikira hama yako ichichitsvaka, ugochidzosera kwaari.

²and if thy brother [is] not near unto thee, and thou hast not known him, then thou hast removed it unto the midst of thy house, and it hath been with thee till thy brother seek it, and thou hast given it back to him;

³Unofanira kuita saizvozvowo nembongoro yake; unofanira kuita saizvozvowo nenguvo yake; unofanira kuita saizvozvowo nezvinhu zvose zvehama yako zvakarashika, chaakanga arashikirwa nacho, chikawanikwa newe; haufaniri kuzvinyenyeredza.

³and so thou dost to his ass, and so thou dost to his garment, and so thou dost to any lost thing of thy brother`s, which is lost by him, and thou hast found it; thou art not able to hide thyself.

⁴Haufaniri kuona mbongoro, kana nzombe, zvehama yako zvawira pasi panzira, ukazvinyenyeredza; unofanira kumubatsira zvirokwazvo kuzvimutsa.

⁴`Thou dost not see the ass of thy brother, or his ox, falling in the way, and hast hid thyself from them; thou dost certainly raise [them] up with him.

⁵Mukadzi haafaniri kufuka nguvo dzomurume, nomurume haafaniri kufuka nguvo dzomukadzi; nekuti ani naani unoita izvozvo unonyangadza Jehovha Mwari wako.

⁵`The habiliments of a man are not on a woman, nor doth a man put on the garment of a woman, for the abomination of Jehovah thy God [is] any one doing these.

⁶Kana ukawana dendere reshiri panzira, pamuti upi noupi, kana pasi, rina vana kana mazai, mai ichivhuvatira vana kana mazai, haufaniri kutora mai navana;

⁶`When a bird`s nest cometh before thee in the way, in any tree, or on the earth, brood or eggs, and the mother sitting on the brood or on the eggs, thou dost not take the mother with the young ones;

⁷unofanira kurega mai, asi vana ungatora hako; kuti zvive zvakanaka newe, uwedzerwe mazuva ako.

⁷thou dost certainly send away the mother, and the young ones dost take to thyself, so that it is well with thee, and thou hast prolonged days.

⁸Kana ukavaka imba itsva, unofanira kuisa rumhanda padenga rako, kuti urege kuuyisa mhosva yeropa pamusoro peimba yako, kana mumwe munhu akawapo.

⁸`When thou buildest a new house, then thou hast made a parapet to thy roof, and thou dost not put blood on thy house when one falleth from it.

⁹Haufaniri kudzvara mbeu dzamarudzi maviri pamunda wako wemizambiringa, kuti zvibereko zvose zvirege kutsaurirwa nzvimbo tsvene, idzo mbeu dzawadzvara, nezvibereko zvomunda wemizambiringa.

⁹`Thou dost not sow thy vineyard [with] divers things, lest the fulness of the seed which thou dost sow, and the increase of the vineyard, be separated.

¹⁰Usarima nenzombe nembongoro zvakasungwa pamwechete.

¹⁰`Thou dost not plow with an ox and with an ass together.

¹¹Usafuka nguvo dzakarukwa nezvinhu zvakavhenganiswa, mvere pamwechete nomucheka.

¹¹`Thou dost not put on a mixed cloth, wool and linen together.

¹²Unofanira kuzviitira masa pamiromo mina yenguvo yako yaunozvifukidza nayo.

¹²`Fringes thou dost make to thee on the four skirts of thy covering with which thou dost cover [thyself].

¹³Kana munhu akawana mukadzi, akapinda kwaari, akazomuvenga,

¹³`When a man taketh a wife, and hath gone in unto her, and hated her,

¹⁴akamupomera zvinonyadza, nokutaura zvakaipa pamusoro pake, achiti, Ndakawana mukadzi uyu, asi ndakati ndichiswedera kwaari, handina kuwana zviratidzo zvoumhandara hwake kwaari;

¹⁴and laid against her actions of words, and brought out against her an evil name, and said, This woman I have taken, and I draw near unto her, and I have not found in her tokens of virginity:

¹⁵zvino baba vomusikana namai vake vanofanira kuenda nezviratidzo zvoumhandara hwake kuvakuru veguta pasuwo;

¹⁵`Then hath the father of the damsel — and her mother — taken and brought out the tokens of virginity of the damsel unto the elders of the city in the gate,

¹⁶zvino baba vomusikana vanofanira kuti kuvakuru, Ndakapa murume uyu mwanasikana wangu, kuti ave mukadzi wake, asi zvino womuvenga;

¹⁶and the father of the damsel hath said unto the elders, My daughter I have given to this man for a wife, and he doth hate her;

¹⁷tarirai, wamupomera zvinhu zvinonyadza, achiti, Handina kuwana zviratidzo zvoumhandara kumwanasikana wako; asi hezvi zviratidzo zvoumhandara hwomwanasikana wangu. Zvino vanofanira kuwarira nguvo pamberi pavakuru veguta.

¹⁷and lo, he hath laid actions of words, saying, I have not found to thy daughter tokens of virginity — and these [are] the tokens of the virginity of my daughter! and they have spread out the garment before the elders of the city.

¹⁸Ipapo vakuru veguta iro vanofanira kubata murume uyo, vamurove;

¹⁸`And the elders of that city have taken the man, and chastise him,

¹⁹nokumuripisa mashekeri esirivha ane zana, vagoapa baba vomusikana, nekuti wakataura zvakaipa pamusoro pomusikana waIsiraeri; zvino iye anofanira kuva mukadzi wake, haangamurashi mazuva ake ose.

¹⁹and fined him a hundred silverlings, and given to the father of the damsel, because he hath brought out an evil name on a virgin of Israel, and she is to him for a wife, he is not able to send her away all his days.

²⁰Asi kana riri shoko rechokwadi, kuti zviratidzo zvoumhandara zvakashaikwa kumusikana,

²⁰`And if this thing hath been truth — tokens of virginity have not been found for the damsel —

²¹vanofanira kubudisira musikana kumukova weimba yababa vake, varume veguta rake vagomutaka namabwe, afe; nekuti wakaita sebenzi pakati paIsiraeri, pakupata kwake paimba yababa vake; saizvozvo anofanira kubvisa zvakaipa pakati pako.

²¹then they have brought out the damsel unto the opening of her father`s house, and stoned her have the men of her city with stones, and she hath died, for she hath done folly in Israel, to go a-whoring [in] her father`s house; and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst.

²²Kana murume akawanikwa achivata nomukadzi wakawanikwa nomurume wake, ivavo vose vanofanira kuurawa, murume wakavata nomukadzi naiye mukadziwo; saizvozvo iwe unofanira kubvisa zvakaipa pakati paIsiraeri.

²²`When a man is found lying with a woman, married to a husband, then they have died even both of them, the man who is lying with the woman, also the woman; and thou hast put away the evil thing out of Israel.

²³Kana kuno musikana, achiri mhandara, wakanyengwa nomurume, mumwe murume akamuwana muguta, akavata naye;

²³`When there is a damsel, a virgin, betrothed to a man, and a man hath found her in a city, and lain with her;

²⁴ipapo munofanira kuvabudisa vose vari vaviri pasuwo reguta, mugovataka namabwe, vafe, musikana nekuti haana kuridza mhere, ari muguta hake, uye murume, nekuti wanyadzisa mukadzi wowokwake; saizvozvo iwe unofanira kubvisa zvakaipa pakati pako.

²⁴then ye have brought them both out unto the gate of that city, and stoned them with stones, and they have died: — the damsel, because that she hath not cried, [being] in a city; and the man, because that he hath humbled his neighbour`s wife; and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst.

²⁵Asi kana murume akawana musikana uyo wakanyengwa ari kusango, murume akaita simba naye, akavata naye, iye murume wakavata naye anofanira kufa, iye oga;

²⁵`And if in a field the man find the damsel who is betrothed, and the man hath laid hold on her, and lain with her, then hath the man who hath lain with her died alone;

²⁶asi musikana haufaniri kumuita chinhu; musikana haana kuita chivi chinofanirwa norufu; nekuti shoko iri rakafanana neromurume wakamukira wokwake akamuuraya;

²⁶and to the damsel thou dost not do anything, the damsel hath no deadly sin; for as a man riseth against his neighbour and hath murdered him — the life, so [is] this thing;

²⁷nekuti wakamuwana kusango, musikana wakanyengwa akaridza mhere, asi kwakanga kusinomunhu kumurwira.

²⁷for in a field he found her, she hath cried — the damsel who is betrothed — and she hath no saviour.

²⁸Kana murume akawana musikana, uchiri mhandara, ugere kunyengwa, akaita simba naye, akavata naye, vakaonekwa,

²⁸`When a man findeth a damsel, a virgin who is not betrothed, and hath caught her, and lain with her, and they have been found,

²⁹ipapo murume wakavata naye anofanira kupa baba vake mashekeri ana makumi mashanu esirivha, zvino iye unofanira kuva mukadzi wake, nekuti wamunyadzisa; haafaniri kuzomurasha paupenyu hwake hwose.

²⁹then hath the man who is lying with her given to the father of the damsel fifty silverlings, and to him she is for a wife; because that he hath humbled her, he is not able to send her away all his days.

³⁰Murume haafaniri kutora mukadzi wababa vake, haafaniri kufukura nhere yababa vake.

³⁰`A man doth not take his father`s wife, nor uncover his father`s skirt.