¹Kana murume akatora mukadzi, akamuwana, zvino akasafara naye, nekuti wawana chinhu chisina kufanira kwaari, unofanira kumunyorera rugwaro rwokumuramba, ndokuruisa muruoko rwake, ndokumubvisa mumba make.

¹`When a man doth take a wife, and hath married her, and it hath been, if she doth not find grace in his eyes (for he hath found in her nakedness of anything), and he hath written for her a writing of divorce, and given [it] into her hand, and sent her out of his house,

²Zvino kana abuda mumba make, ungandowanikwa nomumwe murume.

²and she hath gone out of his house, and hath gone and been another man`s,

³Kana murume uyuzve akamuvenga, akamunyorera rugwaro rwokumuramba, akamupa irwo muruoko rwake, akamubvisa mumba make, kunyange murume uyu akazofa, iye wakazomuwana,

³and the latter man hath hated her, and written for her a writing of divorce, and given [it] into her hand, and sent her out of his house, or when the latter man dieth, who hath taken her to himself for a wife:

⁴murume wake wokutanga, wakadeya kumubvisa, haangamuwanizve, zvaakasvibiswa; nekuti izvo zvinonyangadza Jehovha; haufaniri kutadzisa nyika, yaunopiwa naJehovha Mwari wako, kuti ive nhaka yako.

⁴`Her former husband who sent her away is not able to turn back to take her to be to him for a wife, after that she hath become defiled; for an abomination it [is] before Jehovah, and thou dost not cause the land to sin which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee — an inheritance.

⁵Kana munhu achangowana mukadzi, haafaniri kuenda kuhondo, kana kubatiswa rimwe basa; anofanira kugara kumusha gore rimwe akasununguka, kuti afadze mukadzi wake waakawana.

⁵`When a man taketh a new wife, he doth not go out into the host, and [one] doth not pass over unto him for anything; free he is at his own house one year, and hath rejoiced his wife whom he hath taken.

⁶Munhu haafaniri kutora guyo kana huyo, kuti ruve rubatso; nekuti unotora rubatso rwoupenyu hwomunhu.

⁶`None doth take in pledge millstones, and rider, for life it [is] he is taking in pledge.

⁷Kana munhu akawanikwa achiba mumwe wehama dzake kuvana vaIsiraeri, akamuita muranda wake, kana kumutengesa, uyo mubi anofanira kufa; saizvozvo unofanira kubvisa chakaipa pakati pako.

⁷`When a man is found stealing a person, of his brethren, of the sons of Israel, and hath tyrannized over him, and sold him, then hath that thief died, and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst.

⁸Chenjera pahosha yamaperembudzi kuti uchengete nokuita zvakanaka zvamunodzidziswa navapristi vaRevhi; sezvandakavaraira, ndizvo zvamunofanira kuita.

⁸`Take heed, in the plague of leprosy, to watch greatly, and to do according to all that the priests, the Levites, teach you; as I have commanded them ye observe to do;

⁹Rangarira zvakaitirwa Miriami naJehovha Mwari wako panzira, muchibuda Egipita.

⁹remember that which Jehovah thy God hath done to Miriam in the way, in your coming out of Egypt.

¹⁰Kana ukaposwa nowokwako chinhu chipi nechipi, haufaniri kupinda mumba make kundotora rubatso rwake.

¹⁰`When thou liftest up on thy brother a debt of anything, thou dost not go in unto his house to obtain his pledge;

¹¹Unofanira kumira kunze, kuti munhu wakaposwa newe akubudisire kunze rubatso rwake.

¹¹at the outside thou dost stand, and the man on whom thou art lifting [it] up is bringing out unto thee the pledge at the outside.

¹²Kana achinge ari murombo haufaniri kundovata norubatso rwake.

¹²`And if he is a poor man, thou dost not lie down with his pledge;

¹³Unofanira kumudzosera rubatso kana zuva rovira, kuti avate nenguvo yake, akuropafadze; ucharuramiswa pamusoro paizvozvo naJehovha Mwari wako.

¹³thou dost certainly give back to him the pledge at the going in of the sun, and he hath lain down in his own raiment, and hath blessed thee; and to thee it is righteousness before Jehovah thy God.

¹⁴Usamanikidza muranda unokubatira, ari murombo unoshaiwa, kana ari mumwe wehama dzako, kana wavatorwa vako vari munyika yako, mukati mamasuwo ako.

¹⁴`Thou dost not oppress a hireling, poor and needy, of thy brethren or of thy sojourner who is in thy land within thy gates;

¹⁵Unofanira kumupa mubayiro wake zuva rimwe nerimwe, zuva ngarirege kuvira asati apiwa; nekuti murombo, nomoyo wake unoutarira; kuti arege kuzochema kuna Jehovha pamusoro pako, zvikava zvivi kwauri.

¹⁵in his day thou dost give his hire, and the sun doth not go in upon it, for he [is] poor, and unto it he is lifting up his soul, and he doth not cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee — sin.

¹⁶Madzibaba haafaniri kuurawa pamusoro pavana vavo, navana havafaniri kuurawa pamusoro pamadzibaba avo; munhu mumwe nomumwe anofanira kuurayirwa zvivi zvake.

¹⁶`Fathers are not put to death for sons, and sons are not put to death for fathers — each for his own sin, they are put to death.

¹⁷Usatongera mutorwa kana nherera zvisina kururama; uye haufaniri kutora nguvo yechirikadzi kuita rubatso nayo.

¹⁷`Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of a fatherless sojourner, nor take in pledge the garment of a widow;

¹⁸Asi unofanira kurangarira kuti wakange uri muranda paEgipita, Jehovha Mwari wako akakudzikunura ipapo; naizvozvo ndinokuraira kuita chinhu ichi.

¹⁸and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in Egypt, and Jehovah thy God doth ransom thee from thence; therefore I am commanding thee to do this thing.

¹⁹Kana ukakohwa zviyo zvako mumunda mako, ukakangamwa chisote mumunda, haufaniri kudzokera kundochitora, chinofanira kuva chomutorwa, nenherera, nechirikadzi, kuti Jehovha Mwari wako akuropafadze pamabasa ose amaoko ako.

¹⁹`When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and hast forgotten a sheaf in a field, thou dost not turn back to take it; to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, it is; so that Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in all the work of thy hands.

²⁰Kana uchizunza muti wako womuorivhi, usatsvakisisa pamatavizve; zvinofanira kuva zvomutorwa nenherera, nechirikadzi.

²⁰`When thou beatest thine olive, thou dost not examine the branch behind thee; to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, it is.

²¹Kana uchiunganidza mazambiringa omunda wako wemizambiringa, haufaniri kutsvakisisazve; anofanira kuva omutorwa, nenherera, nechirikadzi.

²¹`When thou cuttest thy vineyard, thou dost not glean behind thee; to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, it is;

²²Unofanira kurangarira kuti wakange uri muranda panyika yeEgipita; naizvozvo ndinokuraira chinhu ichi.

²²and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding thee to do this thing.