¹Munhu wakakuvadzwa manhu ake kana chirema chake haafaniri kupinda paungano yaJehovha.

¹`One wounded, bruised, or cut in the member doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah;

²Mwana woupombwe haafaniri kupinda paungano yaJehovha; kunyange kusvikira parudzi rwegumi vana vake havafaniri kupinda paungano yaJehovha.

²a bastard doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even a tenth generation of him doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah.

³MuAmoni nomuMoabhu havafaniri kupinda paungano yaJehovha; kunyange kusvikira parudzi rwegumi mumwe wokwavo haafaniri kupinda paungano yaJehovha nokusingaperi;

³`An Ammonite and a Moabite doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even a tenth generation of them doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah — to the age;

⁴nekuti havana kundokuchingurai nezvokudya nemvura panzira, nguva yamakabuda Egipita; uye nekuti vakatsvaka kuripira Bharamu, mwanakomana waBheori, wePetori, paMesopotamia, kuti akutuke.

⁴because that they have not come before you with bread and with water in the way, in your coming out from Egypt, and because he hath hired against thee Balaam son of Beor, of Pethor of Aram-Naharaim, to revile thee;

⁵Asi Jehovha Mwari wako wakange asingadi kuteerera Bharamu, asi Jehovha Mwari wako wakashandura kutuka akakuropafadza, nekuti Jehovha Mwari wako wakakuda.

⁵and Jehovah thy God hath not been willing to hearken unto Balaam, and Jehovah thy God doth turn for thee the reviling to a blessing, because Jehovah thy God hath loved thee;

⁶Haufaniri kuvatsvakira rugare kana mufaro, mazuva ako ose nokusingaperi.

⁶thou dost not seek their peace and their good all thy days — to the age.

⁷Haufaniri kusema muEdhomu, nekuti ihama yako; haufaniri kusema muEgipita, nekuti wakange uri mutorwa iwe panyika yake.

⁷`Thou dost not abominate an Edomite, for thy brother he [is]; thou dost not abominate an Egyptian, for a sojourner thou hast been in his land;

⁸Vana vavo vavanoberekerwa parudzi rwechitatu, vangapinda paungano yaJehovha.

⁸sons who are begotten of them, a third generation of them, doth enter into the assembly of Jehovah.

⁹Kana uchindorwa navavengi vako, unofanira kuzvichengeta pazvinhu zvose zvakaipa.

⁹`When a camp goeth out against thine enemies, then thou hast kept from every evil thing.

¹⁰Kana kuno mumwe pakati penyu usina kunaka nokuda kwezvakamuwira usiku, unofanira kubuda kunze kwemisasa, ngaarege kupinda pamisasa;

¹⁰`When there is in thee a man who is not clean, from an accident at night — then he hath gone out unto the outside of the camp — he doth not come in unto the midst of the camp —

¹¹zvino kana ava madekwana, unofanira kuzvishambidza nemvura; kana zuva ravira ungapinda hake pamisasa.

¹¹and it hath been, at the turning of the evening, he doth bathe with water, and at the going in of the sun he doth come in unto the midst of the camp.

¹²Iwe unofanira kuva nenzvimbo kunze kwemisasa kwaungaenda.

¹²`And a station thou hast at the outside of the camp, and thou hast gone out thither without,

¹³Unofanira kuva nechirayawo pakati penhumbi dzako dzokurwa nadzo; zvino kana woenda kunze, unofanira kuchera nacho, ndokuzofusira zvinobva kwauri;

¹³and a nail thou hast on thy staff, and it hath been, in thy sitting without, that thou hast digged with it, and turned back, and covered thy filth;

¹⁴nekuti Jehovha Mwari wako unofamba pakati pemisasa yako, kuti akurwire, nokuisa vavengi vako mumaoko ako; naizvozvo misasa yako inofanira kuva mitsvene, kuti arege kuona chinhu chakaipa pakati penyu, akufuratire.

¹⁴for Jehovah thy God is walking up and down in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give thine enemies before thee, and thy camp hath been holy, and He doth not see in thee the nakedness of anything, and hath turned back from after thee.

¹⁵Usadzosera muranda kuna tenzi wake, wakatizira kwauri, achibva kuna tenzi wake;

¹⁵`Thou dost not shut up a servant unto his lord, who is delivered unto thee from his lord;

¹⁶anofanira kugara newe, pakati pako, paanotsaura hake pakati perimwe ramasuwo ako paanofarira; haufaniri kumumanikidza.

¹⁶with thee he doth dwell, in thy midst, in the place which he chooseth within one of thy gates, where it is pleasing to him; thou dost not oppress him.

¹⁷Hapafaniri kuva nechifeve pakati pavanasikana vaIsiraeri; uye hapafaniri kuva nemhombwe pakati pavanakomana vaIsiraeri.

¹⁷`There is not a whore among the daughters of Israel, nor is there a whoremonger among the sons of Israel;

¹⁸Haufaniri kuuya nomubayiro wechifeve, kana mutengo wembwa, muimba yaJehovha Mwari wako, kuti upike nawo; nekuti izvo zviviri zvose zvinonyangadza Jehovha Mwari wako.

¹⁸thou dost not bring a gift of a whore, or a price of a dog, into the house of Jehovah thy God, for any vow; for the abomination of Jehovah thy God [are] even both of them.

¹⁹Usapa hama yako chikwereti, uchireva mhindu, iri mhindu yemari, kana yezvokudya, kana yechinhu chipi nechipi chinopiwa chichireva mhindu.

¹⁹`Thou dost not lend in usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of food, usury of anything which is lent on usury.

²⁰Mutorwa ungamupa chikwereti, uchireva mhindu; asi haufaniri kupa hama yako chikwereti, uchireva mhindu; kuti Jehovha Mwari wako akuropafadze pazvose zvaunobata namaoko ako, panyika yaunoenda kuti ive yenyu.

²⁰To a stranger thou mayest lend in usury, and to thy brother thou dost not lend in usury, so that Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in every putting forth of thy hand on the land whither thou goest in to possess it.

²¹Kana ukapikira Jehovha Mwari wako mhiko, usanonoka kuiripa; nekuti zvirokwazvo, Jehovha Mwari wako uchaibvunza kwauri; zvingava zvivi kwauri.

²¹`When thou vowest a vow to Jehovah thy God, thou dost not delay to complete it; for Jehovah thy God doth certainly require it from thee, and it hath been in thee — sin.

²²Asi kana ukarega hako kupika, hazvingavi zvivi kwauri.

²²`And when thou forbearest to vow, it is not in thee a sin.

²³Uchenjere kuti uite sezvawakataura; sezvawapikira Jehovha Mwari wako, chiri chipo chokuda kwako, chawakapikira nomuromo wako.

²³The produce of thy lips thou dost keep, and hast done [it], as thou hast vowed to Jehovah thy God; a free-will-offering, which thou hast spoken with thy mouth.

²⁴Kana ukapinda mumunda wemizambiringa wowokwako, ungadya mazambiringa sezvaunoda, ugute; asi haufaniri kuisa mamwe mumudziyo wako.

²⁴`When thou comest in unto the vineyard of thy neighbour, then thou hast eaten grapes, according to thy desire, thy sufficiency; but into thy vessel thou dost not put [any].

²⁵Kana ukapinda muzviyo zvowokwako zvigere kukohwewa, ungavhuna hako hura noruoko rwako; asi haufaniri kukohwa zviyo zvowokwako nejeko.

²⁵When thou comest in among the standing-corn of thy neighbour, then thou hast plucked the ears with thy hand, but a sickle thou dost not wave over the standing-corn of thy neighbour.