¹Zvino Joshua wakange akwegura, ava namakore mazhinji; Jehovha akati kwaari, Wakwegura, wava namakore mazhinji, dzichiriko nyika zhinji dzinofanira kuva dzenyu.

¹And Joshua is old, entering into days, and Jehovah saith unto him, `Thou hast become aged, thou hast entered into days; as to the land, very much hath been left to possess.

²Nyika yasara ndiyo: Nyika dzose dzavaFirisitia, navaGeshuri vose;

²`This [is] the land that is left; all the circuits of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,

³kubva paShihori kurutivi rweEgipita, kusvikira kumuganhu weEkironi kumusoro, wainzi ndowavaKanani; madzishe mashanu avaFirisitia, vaiti: WeGaza, noweAshidhodhi, noweAshikeroni, noweGiti, noweEkironi, navaAvhimi,

³from Sihor which [is] on the front of Egypt, and unto the border of Ekron northward, to the Canaanite it is reckoned, five princes of the Philistines, the Gazathite, and the Ashdothite, the Eshkalonite, the Gittite, and the Ekronite, also the Avim.

⁴kurutivi rweZasi, nyika yose yavaKanani, neMeara, waiva wavaZidhoni, kusvikira paAfeki, kusvikira kumuganhu wavaAmori;

⁴`From the south, all the land of the Canaanite, and Mearah, which [is] to the Sidonians, unto Aphek, unto the border of the Amorite;

⁵nenyika yavaGebhari, neRebhanoni rose kumabvazuva, kubva paBhaari-gadhi panjinga pegomo reHemoni, kusvikira pavanopinda paHamati;

⁵and the land of the Giblite, and all Lebanon, at the sun-rising, from Baal-Gad under mount Hermon, unto the going in to Hamath:

⁶vanhu vose vagere panyika yamakomo, kubva paRebhanoni kusvikira paMisirefotimaimi, navaZidhoni vose, ivavo ndichavadzinga pamberi pavana vaIsiraeri; asi iwe unofanira kuipa vana vaIsiraeri, ive nhaka yavo, sezvandakakuraira.

⁶all the inhabitants of the hill-country, from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-Maim, all the Sidonians: I — I dispossess them before the sons of Israel; only, cause it to fall to Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.

⁷Zvino unofanira kugovera nyika iyi pakati pamarudzi mapfumbamwe nehafu yorudzi rwaManase, ive nhaka yavo.

⁷`And now, apportion this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh,` —

⁸VaRubheni navaGadhi vakapiwa nhaka yavo pamwechete naye, iyo yavakanga vapiwa naMozisi mhiri kwaJoridhani kumabvazuva, sezvavakapiwa naMozisi, muranda waJehovha;

⁸with it the Reubenite, and the Gadite, have received their inheritance, which Moses hath given to them beyond the Jordan eastward, as Moses servant of Jehovah hath given to them;

⁹kubva paAroeri, parutivi rwomupata weArinoni, neguta raiva pakati pomupata, nebani rose reMedhebha kusvikira paDhibhoni;

⁹from Aroer, which [is] on the edge of the brook Arnon, and the city which [is] in the midst of the brook, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dihon,

¹⁰namaguta ose aSihoni, mambo wavaAmori, wakange achibata ushe paHeshibhoni, kusvikira kumuganhu wavana vaAmoni;

¹⁰and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorite, who reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the Bene-Ammon,

¹¹neGiriyadhi, nenyika yavaGeshuri navaMaakati, negomo rose reHemoni, neBhashani rose kusvikira paSareka,

¹¹and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurite, and of the Maachathite, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;

¹²noushe hwose hwaOgi paBhashani, wakange achibata ushe paAshitaroti neEdhirei (ndiye wakange asara pavaRefaimu); nekuti ndivo vakanga vakundwa naMozisi vakadzingwa naye.

¹²all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei; he was left of the remnant of the Rephaim, and Moses doth smite them, and dispossess them;

¹³Kunyange zvakadaro vana vaIsiraeri havana kudzinga vaGeshuri kana vaMaakati, asi vaGeshuri navaMaakati vagere pakati pavaIsiraeri kusvikira nhasi.

¹³and the sons of Israel dispossessed not the Geshurite, and the Maachathite; and Geshur and Maachath dwell in the midst of Israel unto this day.

¹⁴Asi rudzi rwavaRevhichetehaana kurupa nhaka; zvipiriso zvaJehovha, Mwari waIsiraeri, zvaipiswa, ndizvo zvaiva nhaka yavo, sezvaakataura naye.

¹⁴Only, to the tribe of Levi he hath not given an inheritance; fire-offerings of Jehovah, God of Israel, is its inheritance, as He hath spoken to it.

¹⁵Joshua akapa rudzi rwavana vaRubheni mugove wavo nedzimba dzavo.

¹⁵And Moses giveth to the tribe of the sons of Reuben, for their families;

¹⁶Nyika yavo yakabva paAroeri, parutivi rwomupata weArinoni, neguta raiva pakati pomupata, nebani rose paMedhebha;

¹⁶and the border is to them from Aroer, which [is] on the edge of the brook Arnon, and the city which [is] in the midst of the brook, and all the plain by Medeba,

¹⁷Heshibhoni namaguta aro ose ari pabani; Dhibhoni, neBhamoti-bhaari, neBheti-bhaari-meoni;

¹⁷Heshbon, and all its cities which [are] in the plain, Dibon, and Bamoth-Baal, and Beth-Baal-Meon,

¹⁸neJahazi, neKedhemoti, neMefahati;

¹⁸and Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,

¹⁹neKiriataimi, neSibhima, neZereti-shahari mugomo romupata;

¹⁹and Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zareth-Shahar, in the mount of the valley,

²⁰neBheti-peori, nemitenusirwa yePisiga, neBheti-jeshimoti,

²⁰and Beth-Peor, and the springs of Pisgah, and Beth-Jeshimoth,

²¹namaguta ose ebani, noushe hwose hwaSihoni, mambo wavaAmori, wakange achibata ushe paHeshibhoni, wakange akundwa naMozisi pamwechete navakuru veMidhiani, neEvhi, neRekemi, neZuri, neHuri, neRebha, namachinda aSihoni, akanga agere munyika iyo.

²¹and all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorite, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote, with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, princes of Sihon, inhabitants of the land.

²²Bharamu, mwanakomana waBheori, muvuki, naiyewo wakaurawa nomunondo navana vaIsiraeri pakati pavamwe vakaurawa navo.

²²And Balaam, son of Beor, the diviner, have the sons of Israel slain with the sword, among their wounded ones.

²³Muganhu wavana vaRubheni rwakanga ruri Joridhani nenyika yarwo. Ndiyo yaiva nhaka yavana vaRubheni nemhuri dzavo, iwo maguta nemisha yawo.

²³And the border of the sons of Reuben is the Jordan, and [its] border; this [is] the inheritance of the sons of Reuben, for their families, the cities and their villages.

²⁴Mozisi akapa rudzi rwavaGadhi, ivo vana vaGadhi, mugove wavo nemhuri dzavo.

²⁴And Moses giveth to the tribe of Gad, to the sons of Gad, for their families;

²⁵Nyika yavo raiva Jazeri, namaguta ose eGiriyadhi, nehafu yenyika yavana vaAmoni, kusvikira paAroeri, pamberi peRabha;

²⁵and the border is to them Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and the half of the land of the Bene-Ammon, unto Aroer which [is] on the front of Rabbah,

²⁶nokubva paHeshibhoni, kusvikira paRamati-mizipe, neBhetonimu; nokubva paMahanaimu, kusvikira pamuganhu weDhebhiri;

²⁶and from Heshbon unto Ramath-Mispeh, and Betonim, and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir,

²⁷nomumupata Bheti-harami, neBhetinemura, neSukoti, neZafoni, nohumwe ushe hwakanga hwasara hwaSihoni, mambo weHeshibhoni, neJoridhani nenyika yarwo, kusvikira pamagumisiro egungwa reKineroti, mhiri kwaJoridhani, kumabvazuva.

²⁷and in the valley, Beth-Aram, and Beth-Nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, the Jordan and [its] border, unto the extremity of the sea of Chinnereth, beyond the Jordan, eastward.

²⁸Ndiyo nhaka yavana vaGadhi nemhuri dzavo iwo maguta nemisha yawo.

²⁸This [is] the inheritance of the sons of Gad, for their families, the cities and their villages.

²⁹Mozisi akapa hafu yorudzi rwaManase nhaka yavo; ndiyo yaiva nhaka yehafu yorudzi rwavana vaManase nemhuri dzavo.

²⁹And Moses giveth to the half of the tribe of Manasseh; and it is to the half of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, for their families.

³⁰Nyika yavo yakabva paMahanaimu, neBhashani rose, noushe hwaOgi, mambo weBhashani, nemisha yose yeJairi, yaiva paBhashani, maguta makumi matanhatu;

³⁰And their border is from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the small towns of Jair, which [are] in Bashan, sixty cities;

³¹nehafu yeGiriyadhi, neAshitaroti, neEdhirei, maguta oushe hwaOgi paBhashani, ndiyo yaiva yavana vaMakiri, mwanakomana waManase, yehafu yavana vaMakiri nemhuri dzavo.

³¹and the half of Gilead, and Ashteroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, [are] to the sons of Machir, son of Manasseh, to the half of the sons of Machir, for their families.

³²Ndidzo nhaka dzakagoverwa naMozisi pamapani aMoabhu, mhiri kwaJoridhani paJeriko kumabvazuva.

³²These [are] they whom Moses caused to inherit in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan, [by] Jericho, eastward;

³³Asi rudzi rwavaRevhi haruna kupiwa nhaka naMozisi; Jehovha Mwari waIsiraeri, iye amene, ndiyo nhaka yavo, sezvavakaudzwa naye.

³³and to the tribe of Levi Moses gave not an inheritance; Jehovah, God of Israel, Himself [is] their inheritance, as He hath spoken to them.