¹Zvino Nadhabi naAbhihu, vanakomana vaAroni, vakatora mumwe nomumwe harana yake yezvinonhuhwira, vakaisamo moto, ndokuisa zvinonhuhwira pamusoro pawo, vakauya pamberi paJehovha nomoto usina kutenderwa waasina kuraira.

¹And the sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, take each his censer, and put in them fire, and put on it perfume, and bring near before Jehovah strange fire, which He hath not commanded them;

²Ipapo moto wakabuda pamberi paJehovha, ukavauraya, vakafa pamberi paJehovha.

²and fire goeth out from before Jehovah, and consumeth them, and they die before Jehovah.

³Zvino Mozisi akati kuna Aroni, Jehovha wakataura chinhu ichi, akati, Ndichazviratidza kuti ndiri mutsvene muna vose vanoswedera kwandiri, ndichazvirumbidza pamberi pavanhu vose. Aroni akanyarara.

³And Moses saith unto Aaron, `It [is] that which Jehovah hath spoken, saying, By those drawing near to Me I am sanctified, and in the face of all the people I am honoured;` and Aaron is silent.

⁴Ipapo Mozisi akadana Mishaeri naErizafani, vanakomana vaUzieri, babamunini vaAroni, akati kwavari, Swederai, mubvise hama dzenyu pamberi penzvimbo tsvene, muvatakurire kunze kwemisasa.

⁴And Moses calleth unto Mishael and unto Elzaphan, sons of Uzziel, uncle of Aaron, and saith unto them, `Come near, bear your brethren from the front of the sanctuary unto the outside of the camp;`

⁵Ipapo vakaswedera, vakavatakurira kunze kwemisasa vanamajasi avo, sezvakanga zvataurwa naMozisi.

⁵and they come near, and bear them in their coats unto the outside of the camp, as Moses hath spoken.

⁶Zvino Mozisi akati kuna Aroni nokuna Ereazari nokuna Itamari, vanakomana vake, Musasunungura vudzi remisoro yenyu, kana kubvarura nguvo dzenyu, kuti murege kufa, naiye arege kutsamwira ungano yose; asi hama dzenyu, veimba yose yaIsiraeri, ivo ngavacheme kupisa kwakatungidzwa naJehovha.

⁶And Moses saith unto Aaron, and to Eleazar, and to Ithamar his sons, `Your heads ye do not uncover, and your garments ye do not rend, that ye die not, and on all the company He be wroth; as to your brethren, the whole house of Israel, they bewail the burning which Jehovah hath kindled;

⁷Musabuda pamukova wetende rokusangana, kuti murege kufa, nekuti mafuta okuzodza aJehovha ari pamusoro penyu. Vakaita sezvavakaudzwa naMozisi.

⁷and from the opening of the tent of meeting ye do not go out, lest ye die, for the anointing oil of Jehovah [is] upon you;` and they do according to the word of Moses.

⁸Zvino Jehovha wakataura naAroni akati,

⁸And Jehovah speaketh unto Aaron, saying,

⁹Usamwa waini kana chinhu chinobata, iwe navanakomana vako pamwechete newe, kana muchipinda mutende rokusangana, kuti murege kufa; uve murayiro usingaperi kusvikira kumarudzi enyu ose.

⁹`Wine and strong drink thou dost not drink, thou, and thy sons with thee, in your going in unto the tent of meeting, and ye die not — a statute age-during to your generations;

¹⁰Munofanira kutsaura pakati pezvitsvene nezvisati zviri zvitsvene, pakati pezvisina kunaka nezvakanaka;

¹⁰so as to make a separation between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the pure;

¹¹munofanira kudzidzisa vana vaIsiraeri mirairo yose yakarairwa naJehovha nomuromo waMozisi.

¹¹and to teach the sons of Israel all the statutes which Jehovah hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.`

¹²Zvino Mozisi wakataura naAroni naEreazari naItamari, vanakomana vake vakanga vasara, akati, Torai chipiriso choupfu chakasara pazvipiriso zvakapisirwa Jehovha nomoto, muzvidyire kurutivi rwearitari zvisina mbiriso, nekuti zvitsvene kwazvo;

¹²And Moses speaketh unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar, and unto Ithamar his sons, who are left, `Take ye the present that is left from the fire-offerings of Jehovah, and eat it unleavened near the altar, for it [is] most holy,

¹³munofanira kuzvidyira panzvimbo tsvene, nekuti ndiwo mugove wako nomugove wavanakomana vako pazvipiriso zvaJehovha zvinoitwa nomoto, nekuti ndizvo zvandakarairwa.

¹³and ye have eaten it in the holy place, for it [is] thy portion, and the portion of thy sons, from the fire-offerings of Jehovah; for so I have been commanded.

¹⁴Munofanira kudyira panzvimbo tsvene chityu chinozunguzirwa nebandauko rinosimudzwa, iwe navanakomana vako navanasikana vako pamwechete newe, nekuti makazvipiwa, kuti uve mugove wako, nomugove wavanakomana vako pazvibayiro zvezvipiriso zvokuyananisa zvavana vaIsiraeri.

¹⁴`And the breast of the wave-offering, and the leg of the heave-offering, ye do eat in a clean place, thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee; for thy portion and the portion of thy sons they have been given, out of the sacrifices of peace-offerings of the sons of Israel;

¹⁵Vanofanira kuuya nebandauko rinosimudzwa; nechityu chinozunguzirwa, pamwechete nezvipiriso zvamafuta zvinopiswa nomoto, kuti vazvizunguzire, chive chipiriso chinozunguzirwa pamberi paJehovha; chinofanira kuva chako nechavanakomana vako, pamwechete newe; unofanira kuva murayiro usingaperi, sezvakarairwa naJehovha.

¹⁵the leg of the heave-offering, and breast of the wave-offering, besides fire-offerings of the fat, they do bring in to wave a wave-offering before Jehovah, and it hath been to thee, and to thy sons with thee, by a statute age-during, as Jehovah hath commanded.`

¹⁶Zvino Mozisi wakanyatsotsvaka mbudzi yechipiriso chezvivi, akawana kuti yapiswa, akatsamwira Ereazari naItamari, vanakomana vaAroni vakanga vasara, akati,

¹⁶And the goat of the sin-offering hath Moses diligently sought, and lo, it is burnt, and he is wroth against Eleazar, and against Ithamar, sons of Aaron, who are left, saying,

¹⁷Makaregerei kudyira chipiriso chezvivi panzvimbo tsvene, zvachiri chitsvene kwazvo, uye nekuti wakakupai icho, kuti mubvise kutadza kweungano, muvayananisire pamberi paJehovha?

¹⁷`Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin-offering in the holy place, for it [is] most holy — and it He hath given to you to take away the iniquity of the company, to make atonement for them before Jehovah?

¹⁸Tarirai, ropa rayo harina kuuyiswa mukati menzvimbo tsvene, sezvandakaraira.

¹⁸lo, its blood hath not been brought in unto the holy place within; eating ye do eat it in the holy place, as I have commanded.`

¹⁹Ipapo Aroni akati kuna Mozisi, Tarira, vakapisa nhasi chipiriso chavo chezvivi, nechipiriso chavo chinopiswa pamberi paJehovha, ini ndikawirwa nezvinhu izvi zvakadai; zvino dai ndakadya chipiriso chezvivi nhasi, zvingadai zvaifadza Jehovha here?

¹⁹And Aaron speaketh unto Moses, `Lo, to-day they have brought near their sin-offering and their burnt-offering before Jehovah; and [things] like these meet me, yet I have eaten a sin-offering to-day; is it good in the eyes of Jehovah?`

²⁰Mozisi wakati achinzwa izvozvo, akatenda nazvo.

²⁰And Moses hearkeneth, and it is good in his eyes.