¹Zvino iye akati kuna Mozisi, Kwira kuna Jehovha, iwe naAroni, naNadhabhi naAbhihu, navakuru vana makumi manomwe vavaIsiraeri, mupfugame muri kure;

¹And unto Moses He said, `Come up unto Jehovah, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and ye have bowed yourselves afar off;`

²Mozisi ngaaswedere pedo naJehovha, asi ivo ngavarege kuswedera pedo, navanhu ngavarege kukwira naye.

²and Moses hath drawn nigh by himself unto Jehovah; and they draw not nigh, and the people go not up with him.

³Zvino Mozisi akauya akaudza vanhu mashoko ose aJehovha, nezvaakanga atema zvose, vanhu vakapindura nenzwi rimwe vakati, Mashoko ose akarehwa naJehovha tichaaita.

³And Moses cometh in, and recounteth to the people all the words of Jehovah, and all the judgments, and all the people answer — one voice, and say, `All the words which Jehovah hath spoken we do.`

⁴Mozisi akanyora mashoko ose aJehovha, akamuka mangwanani, akandovaka aritari pasi pegomo, akamisa shongwe dzine gumi nembiri, zvakafanana namarudzi ane gumi namaviri avaIsiraeri.

⁴And Moses writeth all the words of Jehovah, and riseth early in the morning, and buildeth an altar under the hill, and twelve standing pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel;

⁵Zvino akatuma majaya avana valsiraeri vakapisira Jehovha zvipiriso zvinopiswa, nokumubayira zvipiriso zvenzombe zvokuyananisa.

⁵and he sendeth the youths of the sons of Israel, and they cause burnt-offerings to ascend, and sacrifice sacrifices of peace-offerings to Jehovah — calves.

⁶Mozisi akatora hafu yeropa, akariisa mumidziyo, imwe hafu akasasa paaritari.

⁶And Moses taketh half of the blood, and putteth in basins, and half of the blood hath he sprinkled on the altar;

⁷Akatora bhuku yesungano, akarava vanhu vachizvinzwa; ivo vakati, Zvose zvarehwa naJehovha tichazviita, tichateerera.

⁷and he taketh the Book of the Covenant, and proclaimeth in the ears of the people, and they say, `All that which Jehovah hath spoken we do, and obey.`

⁸Ipapo Mozisi akatora ropa akarisasa pamusoro pavanhu, akati, Tarirai ropa resungano yakaitwa naJehovha nemwi pamusoro pamashoko iwaya ose.

⁸And Moses taketh the blood, and sprinkleth on the people, and saith, `Lo, the blood of the covenant which Jehovah hath made with you, concerning all these things.`

⁹Zvino Mozisi, naAroni, naNadhabhi, naAbhihu, navakuru vana makumi manomwevavaIsiraeri vakakwira.

⁹And Moses goeth up, Aaron also, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,

¹⁰Vakaona Mwari wavaIsiraeri; pasi petsoka dzake pakanga pakaita samabwe esafiri, zvaionekera sokudenga chaiko.

¹⁰and they see the God of Israel, and under His feet [is] as the white work of the sapphire, and as the substance of the heavens for purity;

¹¹Asi haana kutambanudzira ruoko rwake kuvakuru ivavo vavana vaIsiraeri; vakaona Mwari, vakadya, vakamwa.

¹¹and unto those of the sons of Israel who are near He hath not put forth His hand, and they see God, and eat and drink.

¹²Zvino Jehovha akati kuna Mozisi, Kwira kwandiri muno mugomo, ugarepo; ndichakupa mabwendefa amabwe anomurayiro nomurau wandanyora, kuti uvadzidzise.

¹²And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Come up unto Me to the mount, and be there, and I give to thee the tables of stone, and the law, and the command, which I have written to direct them.`

¹³Mozisi akasimuka naJoshua, muranda wake, Mozisi akakwira mugomo raMwari,

¹³And Moses riseth — Joshua his minister also — and Moses goeth up unto the mount of God;

¹⁴akati kuvakuru, Timirirei pano, kusvikira tichadzokerazve kwamuri; tarirai Aroni naHuri vanemi; ani naani ane mhaka ngaaende kwavari.

¹⁴and unto the elders he hath said, `Abide ye for us in this [place], until that we turn back unto you, and lo, Aaron and Hur [are] with you — he who hath matters doth come nigh unto them.`

¹⁵Zvino Mozisi akakwira mugomo, gore rikafukidza gomo.

¹⁵And Moses goeth up unto the mount, and the cloud covereth the mount;

¹⁶Kubwinya kwaJehovha kukagara pagomo reSinai, gore rikarifukidza mazuva matanhatu; nezuva rechinomwe akadana Mozisi ari mukati megore.

¹⁶and the honour of Jehovah doth tabernacle on mount Sinai, and the cloud covereth it six days, and He calleth unto Moses on the seventh day from the midst of the cloud.

¹⁷Kubwinya kwaJehovha kukaonekwa navana valsiraeri kwakaita somoto unopisa kwazvo, uri pamusoro wegomo.

¹⁷And the appearance of the honour of Jehovah [is] as a consuming fire on the top of the mount, before the eyes of the sons of Israel;

¹⁸Mozisi akapinda mukati megore, akakwira mugomo; Mozisi akagara mugomo mazuva ana makumi mana nousiku una makumi mana.

¹⁸and Moses goeth into the midst of the cloud, and goeth up unto the mount, and Moses is on the mount forty days and forty nights.