¹Zvino Mozisi, muranda waJehovha, wakati afa, Jehovha akataura naJoshua, mwanakomana waNuni, muranda waMozisi, akati,

¹And it cometh to pass after the death of Moses, servant of Jehovah, that Jehovah speaketh unto Joshua son of Nun, minister of Moses, saying,

²Mozisi, muranda wangu wafa; zvino simuka iwe uyambuke Joridhani urwu, iwe navanhu ava vose, muende kunyika yandinovapa ivo vana valsiraeri.

²`Moses my servant is dead, and now, rise, pass over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I am giving to them, to the sons of Israel.

³Nzvimbo imwe neimwe ichatsikwa netsoka dzenyu ndakakupai iyo, sezvandakataura naMozisi.

³`Every place on which the sole of your foot treadeth, to you I have given it, as I have spoken unto Moses.

⁴Kubva murenje reRebhanoni iri, kusvikira parwizi rukuru, irwo rwizi Yufuratesi, nenyika yose yavaHeti, kusvikira kugungwa guru, kurutivi rwamavirazuva, ndiyo nyika yenyu.

⁴From this wilderness and Lebanon, and unto the great river, the river Phrath, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great Sea — the going in of the sun — is your border.

⁵Hakuna munhu uchagona kumira pamberi pako mazuva ose oupenyu hwako; ndichava newe sezvandaisiva naMozisi; handingakuregi kana kukusiya.

⁵`No man doth station himself before thee all days of thy life; as I have been with Moses, I am with thee, I do not fail thee, nor forsake thee;

⁶Simba, utsunge moyo, nekuti uchagarisa vanhu ava nhaka yandakapikira madzibaba avo, kuti ndichavapa iyo, ive yavo.

⁶be strong and courageous, for thou — thou dost cause this people to inherit the land which I have sworn to their fathers to give to them.

⁷Asi usimbe nokutsunga moyo kwazvo, kuti uchenjere kuita murayiro wose wandakaraira Mozisi muranda wangu; usatsauka kwauri, kana kurudyi kana kuruboshwe, kuti uve nomufaro pose paunoenda,

⁷`Only, be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded thee; thou dost not turn aside from it right or left, so that thou dost act wisely in every [place] whither thou goest;

⁸Bhuku iyi yomurayiro haifaniri kubva pamuromo wako, asi unofanira kuirangarira masikati nousiku, kuti uchenjere kuita zvose zvakanyorwamo, nekuti nokudaro uchazviwanira mufaro panzira yako nokubata nokuchenjera.

⁸the book of this law doth not depart out of thy mouth, and thou hast meditated in it by day and by night, so that thou dost observe to do according to all that is written in it, for then thou dost cause thy way to prosper, and then thou dost act wisely.

⁹Ko handina kukuraira here? Simba, utsunge moyo; usatya kana kuvhunduswa, nekuti Jehovha Mwari wako unewe kose kwaunoenda.

⁹`Have not I commanded thee? be strong and courageous; be not terrified nor affrighted, for with thee [is] Jehovah thy God in every [place] whither thou goest.`

¹⁰Ipapo Joshua akaraira vatariri vavanhu, akati,

¹⁰And Joshua commandeth the authorities of the people, saying,

¹¹Pindai napakati pemisasa, muraire vanhu, muti, Zvigadzirirei mbuva, nekuti mazuva matatu achigere kupera muchafanira kuyambuka Joridhani urwu, kuti mupinde panyika iyo yamunopiwa naJehovha Mwari wenyu, ive yenyu.

¹¹`Pass over into the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying, Prepare for yourselves provision, for within three days ye are passing over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land which Jehovah your God is giving to you to possess it.`

¹²Joshua akataura navaRubheni navaGadhi, nokuhafu yorudzi rwaManase,

¹²And to the Reubenite, and to the Gadite, and to the half of the tribe of Manasseh, hath Joshua spoken, saying,

¹³Rangarirai shoko ramakarairwa naMozisi, muranda waJehovha, achiti, Jehovha Mwari wenyu uchakupai zororo, nokukupai nyika iyi.

¹³`Remember the word which Moses, servant of Jehovah, commanded you, saying, Jehovah your God is giving rest to you, and He hath given to you this land;

¹⁴Vakadzi venyu nepwere dzenyu nezvipfuwo zvenyu zvichasara panyika yamakapiwa naMozisi nechouno mhiri kwaJoridhani, asi imwi varume vose vane simba noumhare munofanira kuyambuka pamberi pehama dzenyu makashonga nhumbi dzokurwa, muvabatsire;

¹⁴your wives, your infants, and your substance, abide in the land which Moses hath given to you beyond the Jordan, and ye — ye pass over by fifties, before your brethren, all the mighty ones of valour, and have helped them,

¹⁵kusvikira Jehovha apa hama dzenyu zororo semi, nenyika yavanopiwa naJehovha Mwari wenyu ive yavo; ipapo mungadzokera kunyika yenyu, yamakapiwa naMozisi, muranda waJehovha, iri nechouno mhiri kwaJoridhani kumabvazuva, kuti ive yenyu.

¹⁵till that Jehovah giveth rest to your brethren as to yourselves, and they have possessed, even they, the land which Jehovah your God is giving to them; then ye have turned back to the land of your possession, and have possessed it, which Moses, servant of Jehovah, hath given to you beyond the Jordan, [at] the sun-rising.`

¹⁶Vakapindura Joshua, vakati,

¹⁶And they answer Joshua, saying, `All that thou hast commanded us we do; and unto every [place] whither thou dost send us, we go;

¹⁷Sezvataiteerera Mozisi pazvose, saizvozvo tichakuteererai nemiwo; Jehovha Mwari wenyu ngaave nemi, sezvaaiva naMozisi.

¹⁷according to all that we hearkened unto Moses [in], so we hearken unto thee; surely Jehovah thy God is with thee as He hath been with Moses.

¹⁸Ani naani unomukira murayiro wenyu, asingadi kuteerera mashoko enyu pazvose zvamunoraira, iye uchaurayiwa; asi simbai mutsunge moyo.

¹⁸Any man who doth provoke thy mouth, and doth not hear thy words, in all that thou dost command him, is put to death; only, be strong and courageous.`