¹Zvino imwi vana vaIsiraeri, teererai zvakatemwa nezvakatongwa, zvandinokudzidzisai, kuti muzviite; kuti murarame, mupinde mutore nyika, yamunopiwa naJehovha, Mwari wamadzibaba enyu.

¹`And now, Israel, hearken unto the statutes, and unto the judgments which I am teaching you to do, so that ye live, and have gone in, and possessed the land which Jehovah God of your fathers is giving to you.

²Musawedzera kana kutapudza pashoko randinokurairai, kuti muchengete mirairo yaJehovha Mwari wenyu, yandinokurairai.

²Ye do not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor diminish from it, to keep the commands of Jehovah your God which I am commanding you.

³Meso enyu akaona zvakaitwa naJehovha nokuda kwezvakaitwa paBhaari-peori; nekuti varume vose vakatevera Bhaari-peori, Jehovha Mwari wenyu wakavaparadza pakati penyu.

³`Your eyes are seeing that which Jehovah hath done in Baal-Peor, for every man who hath gone after Baal-Peor, Jehovah thy God hath destroyed him from thy midst;

⁴Asi imwi, makanamatira Jehovha Mwari wenyu, imwi mose muri vapenyu kusvikira nhasi.

⁴and ye who are cleaving to Jehovah your God, [are] alive, all of you, to-day.

⁵Tarirai, ndakakudzidzisai zvakatemwa nezvakatongwa, sezvandakarairwa naJehovha Mwari wangu, kuti muite saizvozvo panyika yamunopinda, kuti ive yenyu.

⁵`See, I have taught you statutes and judgments, as Jehovah my God hath commanded me — to do so, in the midst of the land whither ye are going in to possess it;

⁶Naizvozvo muchengete izvozvo, muzviite; nekuti ndiko kuchenjera kwenyu nokungwara kwenyu pamberi pavanhu vachanzwa zvose izvi zvakatemwa, vachiti, Zvirokwazvo, rudzi urwu rukuru ndivanhu vakachenjera vakangwara.

⁶and ye have kept and done [them] (for it [is] your wisdom and your understanding) before the eyes of the peoples who hear all these statutes, and they have said, Only, a people wise and understanding [is] this great nation.

⁷Nekuti rudzi rukuru ruripiko, runa mwari uri pedo navo, saJehovha Mwari wedu nguva ipi neipi yatinodana kwaari?

⁷`For which [is] the great nation that hath God near unto it, as Jehovah our God, in all we have called unto him?

⁸Rudzi rukuru ruripiko, rune zvakatemwa nezvakatongwa zvakarurama somurayiro uyu wose, wandinoisa pamberi penyu nhasi?

⁸and which [is] the great nation which hath righteous statutes and judgments according to all this law which I am setting before you to-day?

⁹Asi zvichenjererei, mushingaire kuchengeta mweya yenyu, kuti murege kukangamwa zvinhu zvamakaona nameso enyu, zvirege kuzobva pamoyo yenyu mazuva ose oupenyu hwenyu; asi munofanira kuzvizivisa vana venyu navana vavana venyu;

⁹`Only, take heed to thyself, and watch thy soul exceedingly, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they turn aside from thy heart, all days of thy life; and thou hast made them known to thy sons, and to thy sons` sons.

¹⁰musi wamakanga mumire pamberi paJehovha Mwari wenyu paHorebhu, musi Jehovha waakati kwandiri, Ndiunganidzire vanhu, ndivaudze mashoko angu, kuti vadzidze kunditya mazuva ose avachagara panyika, vagodzidzisa vana vavowo.

¹⁰`The day when thou hast stood before Jehovah thy God in Horeb — in Jehovah`s saying unto me, Assemble to Me the people, and I cause them to hear My words, so that they learn to fear Me all the days that they are alive on the ground, and their sons they teach; —

¹¹imwi mukaswedera, mukamira pajinga pegomo; gomo rikapfuta nomoto kusvikira pakati pedenga, pamwechete nerima, negore, nokusviba kukuru.

¹¹and ye draw near and stand under the mountain, and the mountain is burning with fire unto the heart of the heavens — darkness, cloud, yea, thick darkness:

¹²Zvino Jehovha wakataura nemwi ari mukati momoto; mukanzwa inzwi ramashoko, asi hamuna kuona kuti wakadini; makanzwa inzwi roga.

¹²`And Jehovah speaketh unto you out of the midst of the fire; a voice of words ye are hearing and a similitude ye are not seeing, only a voice;

¹³Ipapo wakadudzira sungano yake kwamuri, yaakakurairai, kuti muiite, iye mirairo ine gumi; akainyora pamahwendefa maviri amabwe.

¹³and He declareth to you His covenant, which He hath commanded you to do, the Ten Matters, and He writeth them upon two tables of stone.

¹⁴Nenguva iyo Jehovha akandiraira, kuti ndikudzidzisei zvakatemwa nezvakatongwa, kuti mundozviita panyika iyo, kwamunoenda, kuzoiita yenyu.

¹⁴`And me hath Jehovah commanded at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, for your doing them in the land whither ye are passing over to possess it;

¹⁵Naizvozvo zvichenjererei nekuti hamuna kuona kuti wakange akadini, musi Jehovha waakataura nemwi paHorebhu ari pakati pomoto.

¹⁵and ye have been very watchful of your souls, for ye have not seen any similitude in the day of Jehovah`s speaking unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire,

¹⁶Kuti murege kuzvishatisa, muchizviitira chifananidzo chakavezwa, chakafanana nechinhu chipi nechipi, kana mufananidzo womurume kana womukadzi,

¹⁶lest ye do corruptly, and have made to you a graven image, a similitude of any figure, a form of male or female —

¹⁷kana mufananidzo wemhuka ipi neipi iri panyika, kana mufananidzo weshiri ipi neipi ina mapapiro, inobhururuka mudenga,

¹⁷a form of any beast which [is] in the earth — a form of any winged bird which flieth in the heavens —

¹⁸kana mufananidzo wechinhu chipi nechipi chinokambaira pasi, kana mufananidzo wehove ipi neipi iri mumvura pasi penyika;

¹⁸a form of any creeping thing on the ground — a form of any fish which [is] in the waters under the earth;

¹⁹kuti murege kusimudzira meso enyu kudenga, zvino kana muchiona zuva nomwedzi nenyeredzi, hondo yose yokudenga, mukatsauswa mukanamata kwazviri nokuzvishumira, izvo zvakagoverwa ndudzi dzose dziri pasi pedenga naJehovha Mwari wenyu.

¹⁹`And lest thou lift up thine eyes towards the heavens, and hast seen the sun, and the moon, and the stars, all the host of the heavens, and thou hast been forced, and hast bowed thyself to them, and served them, which Jehovah thy God hath apportioned to all the peoples under the whole heavens.

²⁰Asi Jehovha wakakutorai imwi, akakubudisai muchoto chamatare, paEgipita, kuti muve vanhu venhaka yake, sezvamuri nhasi.

²⁰`And you hath Jehovah taken, and He is bringing you out from the iron furnace, from Egypt, to be to Him for a people — an inheritance, as [at] this day.

²¹Jehovha akanditsamwirawo nokuda kwenyu, akapika kuti ini handingayambuki Joridhani, ndipinde munyika iyo yakanaka, yamunopiwa naJehovha Mwari wenyu, kuti ive yenyu.

²¹`And Jehovah hath shewed himself wroth with me because of your words, and sweareth to my not passing over the Jordan, and to my not going in unto the good land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee — an inheritance;

²²Asi ini ndinofanira kufira munyika ino, handifaniri kuyambuka Joridhani asi imwi muchayambuka henyu, mukapiwa nyika iyo yakanaka.

²²for I am dying in this land; I am not passing over the Jordan, and ye are passing over, and have possessed this good land.

²³Muzvichenjerere, kuti murege kukangamwa sungano yaJehovha Mwari wenyu, yaakaita nemi, mukazviitira chifananidzo chakavezwa chomufananidzo wechinhu chipi nechipi, chawakadziviswa naJehovha Mwari wako.

²³`Take heed to yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which He hath made with you, and have made to yourselves a graven image, a similitude of anything [concerning] which Jehovah thy God hath charged thee:

²⁴Nekuti Jehovha Mwari wako, moto unoparadza, naMwari ane godo.

²⁴for Jehovah thy God is a fire consuming — a zealous God.

²⁵Zvino kana iwe wabereka vana navazukuru, mukagara ,nguva huru panyika, mukazvishatisa, mukaita chifananidzo chakavezwa nomufananidzo wechinhu chipi nechipi, mukaita zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha Mwari wako, mukamutsamwisa;

²⁵`When thou begettest sons and sons` sons, and ye have become old in the land, and have done corruptly, and have made a graven image, a similitude of anything, and have done the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, to provoke Him to anger: —

²⁶ini ndinodana denga napasi zvikupupurirei nhasi, kuti muchakurumidza kuparadzwa chose panyika yamunoyambukira Joridhani kuti muende kwairi kuiita yenyu; hamungaitimo mazuva mazhinji, asi muchaparadzwa chose.

²⁶I have caused to testify against you this day the heavens and the earth, that ye do perish utterly hastily from off the land whither ye are passing over the Jordan to possess it; ye do not prolong days upon it, but are utterly destroyed;

²⁷Jehovha uchakuparadzirai pakati pendudzi, muchasara muri vashoma pakati pendudzi, kwamuchandoiswa naJehovha.

²⁷and Jehovah hath scattered you among the peoples, and ye have been left few in number among the nations, whither Jehovah leadeth you,

²⁸Apo muchashumira vamwari, vakaitwa namaoko avanhu, vamatanda navamabwe, vasingaoni, kana kunzwa, kana kudya, kana kunhuwidza.

²⁸and ye have served there gods, work of man`s hands, wood and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

²⁹Asi kana mukazotsvaka Jehovha Mwari wako, ipapo, uchamuwana, kana ukamutsvaka nomoyo wako wose nomweya wako wose.

²⁹`And — ye have sought from thence Jehovah thy God, and hast found, when thou seekest Him with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,

³⁰Zvino kana uri munjodzi, zvinhu izvi zvose zvakuwira, pamazuva okupedzisira uchadzokera kuna Jehovha Mwari wako, ukateerera inzwi rake.

³⁰in distress [being] to thee, and all these things have found thee, in the latter end of the days, and thou hast turned back unto Jehovah thy God, and hast hearkened to His voice;

³¹Nekuti Jehovha Mwari wako ndiMwari une nyasha; haangakusii, kana kukuparadza, kana kukangamwa sungano yamadzibaba ako, yaakavapikira.

³¹for a merciful God [is] Jehovah thy God; He doth not fail thee, nor destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers, which He hath sworn to them.

³²Nekuti bvunzai henyu zvino pamazuva akapfuura, imwi musati mavapo, kubva pazuva rokusikwa kwavanhu panyika naMwari, kubva panorumwe rutivi rwedenga kusvikira kuno rumwe, kana kwaimbovapo chinhu chikuru chakadai, kunyange kumbonzwika chakadai?

³²`For, ask, I pray thee, at the former days which have been before thee, from the day that God prepared man on the earth, and from the [one] end of the heavens even unto the [other] end of the heavens, whether there hath been as this great thing — or hath been heard like it?

³³Ko kuna vanhu, vakambonzwa inzwi raMwari richitaura riri mukati momoto, sezvamakanzwa imwi, vakararama here?

³³Hath a people heard the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, thou — and doth live?

³⁴Kana Mwari wakatongoidza kundozvitsaurira rudzi pakati porumwe rudzi, nemiidzo, nezviratidzo, nezvinoshamisa, nehondo, nechanza chine simba, noruoko rwakatambanudzwa, nezvinotyisa kwazvo, sezvamakaona zvamakaitirwa zvose naJehovha paEgipita here?

³⁴Or hath God tried to go in to take to Himself, a nation from the midst of a nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a strong hand, and by a stretched-out arm, and by great terrors — according to all that Jehovah your God hath done to you, in Egypt, before your eyes?

³⁵imwi makaratidzwa izvozvo, kuti muzive kuti Jehovha ndiye Mwari; hakunomumwe kunze kwake.

³⁵Thou, thou hast been shewn [it], to know that Jehovah He [is] God; there is none else besides Him.

³⁶Wakakunzwisai inzwi rake ari kudenga, kuti akudzidzise; panyika wakakuonesa moto wake mukuru; iwe wakanzwa mashoko ake ari mukati momoto.

³⁶`From the heavens He hath caused thee to hear His voice, to instruct thee, and on earth He hath shewed thee His great fire, and His words thou hast heard out of the midst of the fire.

³⁷Wakada madzibaba ako, naizvozvo akazvitsaurira vana vavo vakavatevera, akakubudisa paEgipita, iye anewe nesimba rake guru;

³⁷`And because that He hath loved thy fathers, He doth also fix on their seed after them, and doth bring thee out, in His presence, by His great power, from Egypt:

³⁸kuti adzinge pamberi pako ndudzi dzinokupfuura noukuru nesimba, akupinze iwe, akupe nyika yavo ive nhaka yako, sezvaakaita nhasi.

³⁸to dispossess nations greater and stronger than thou, from thy presence, to bring thee in to give to thee their land — an inheritance, as [at] this day.

³⁹Naizvozvo uzive nhasi, uzvichengete mumoyo mako, kuti Jehovha ndiye Mwari kudenga kumusoro napanyika pasi; hakunomumwe.

³⁹`And thou hast known to-day, and hast turned [it] back unto thy heart, that Jehovah He [is] God, in the heavens above, and on the earth beneath — there is none else;

⁴⁰Unofanira kuchengeta zvaakatema, nemirairo yake, yandinokuraira nhasi, kuti ufare iwe navana vako vanokutevera, kuti uwedzere mazuva ako panyika yaunopiwa naJehovha Mwari wako nokusingaperi.

⁴⁰and thou hast kept His statutes and His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, so that it is well to thee, and to thy sons after thee, and so that thou prolongest days on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee — all the days.`

⁴¹Zvino Mozisi akatsaura maguta matatu mhiri kwaJoridhani kumabvazuva

⁴¹Then Moses separateth three cities beyond the Jordan, towards the sun-rising,

⁴²kuti. muurayi agone kutizirako, iye wakauraya wokwake, asina kuita nobwoni, asina kumuvenga kare; kuti kana achinge atizira kune rimwe ramaguta iwayo, ararame;

⁴²for the fleeing thither of the man-slayer, who slayeth his neighbour unknowingly, and he is not hating him heretofore, and he hath fled unto one of these cities, and he hath lived:

⁴³aiti: Bhezeri murenje, kunyika yamapani, wavaRubheni, neRamoti paGiriyadhi, wavaGadhi, neGorani paBhashani, wavaManase.

⁴³Bezer, in the wilderness, in the land of the plain, of the Reubenite; and Ramoth, in Gilead, of the Gadite; and Golan, in Bashan, of the Manassahite.

⁴⁴Zvino ndiwo murayiro wakaiswa naMozisi pamberi pavana vaIsiraeri.

⁴⁴And this [is] the law which Moses hath set before the sons of Israel;

⁴⁵Ndizvo zvakapupurwa, zvakatemwa, nezvakatongwa, zvakataurwa naMozisi kuvana vaIsiraeri, pakubuda kwavo Egipita;

⁴⁵these [are] the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses hath spoken unto the sons of Israel, in their coming out of Egypt,

⁴⁶vari kumabvazuva kwaJoridhani, pamupata wakatarisana neBheti-peori, munyika yaSihoni, mambo wavaAmori, wakange agere Heshibhoni, iye wakakundwa naMozisi navana vaIsiraeri, pakubuda kwavo Egipita;

⁴⁶beyond the Jordan, in the valley over-against Beth-Peor, in the land of Sihon, king of the Amorite, who is dwelling in Heshbon, whom Moses and the sons of Israel have smitten, in their coming out of Egypt,

⁴⁷vakatora nyika yake, nenyika yaOgi, mambo weBhashani, ikava yavo; iwo madzimambo maviri avaAmori, vakanga vari mhiri kwaJoridhani, kumabvazuva;

⁴⁷and they possess his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorite who [are] beyond the Jordan, [towards] the sun-rising;

⁴⁸kubva paAroeri, pamuuyo womupata weArinoni, kusvikira pagomo reSioni (ndiro Herimoni),

⁴⁸from Aroer, which [is] by the edge of the brook Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which [is] Hermon —

⁴⁹noMupata wose uri mhiri kwaJoridhani kumabvazuva, kusvikira pagungwa romupata, pajinga pePisiga.

⁴⁹and all the plain beyond the Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.