¹Zvino pazuva ramakumi maviri namana romwedzi uyu vana vaIsiraeri vakaungana, vakazvinyima chikafu, vakafuka masaga vane ivhu pamisoro yavo.

¹And in the twenty and fourth day of this month have the sons of Israel been gathered, with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth upon them;

²Vorudzi rwavaIsiraeri vakazviraura pavatorwa vose, vakamira vakazvireurura zvivi zvavo nezvitadzo zvamadzibaba avo.

²and the seed of Israel are separated from all sons of a stranger, and stand and confess concerning their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers,

³Vakasimuka pavakanga vagere, vakarava mubhuku yomurayiro waJehovha Mwari wavo mugove wechina wezuva; mumwe mugove wechina vakazvireurura nokunamata kuna Jehovha Mwari wavo.

³and rise up on their station, and read in the book of the law of Jehovah their God a fourth of the day, and a fourth they are confessing and bowing themselves to Jehovah their God.

⁴Ipapo Jeshua, naBhani, naKadhimieri, neShebhania, naBhuni, naSherebhia, naBhani, naKanani vakamira pamatanho avaRevhi, vakachema nenzwi guru kuna Jehovha Mwari wavo.

⁴And there stand up on the ascent, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, Chenani, and they cry with a loud voice unto Jehovah their God.

⁵Ipapo vaRevhi, Jeshua, naKadhimieri, naBhani, naHashabhineya, naSherebhia, naHodhia, naShebhania, naPetahiya vakati, Simukai, muvonge Jehovha Mwari wenyu nokusingaperi-peri; zita renyu rinobwinya ngarikudzwe, iro rinokunda kuvonga nokurumbidza kose.

⁵And the Levites say, [even] Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, Pethahiah, `Rise, bless Jehovah your God, from the age unto the age, and they bless the name of Thine honour that [is] exalted above all blessing and praise.

⁶Ndimi Jehovha, imwi moga; imwi makaita denga, nokudenga-denga, nehondo dzaro dzose, nenyika nezvose zviri mukati mayo, namakungwa nezvose zviri mukati mawo; imwi munochengeta zvose; hondo dzokudenga dzinonamata kwamuri.

⁶Thou [art] He, O Jehovah, Thyself — Thou hast made the heavens, the heavens of the heavens, and all their host, the earth and all that [are] on it, the seas and all that [are] in them, and Thou art keeping all of them alive, and the host of the heavens to Thee are bowing themselves.

⁷Ndimi Jehovha Mwari akatsaura Abhuramu, mukamubudisa paUri ravaKaradhea, mukamupa zita rinonzi Abhurahamu;

⁷`Thou [art] He, O Jehovah God, who didst fix on Abraham, and didst bring him out from Ur of the Chaldeans, and didst make his name Abraham,

⁸mukaona kuti moyo wake wakatendeka pamberi penyu, mukaita sungano naye kuti muchapa vana vake nyika yavaKanani, neyavaHiti, neyavaAmori, neyavaPerezi, neyavaJebhusi, neyavaGirigashi, muchiita sezvamakataura, nekuti makarurama.

⁸and didst find his heart stedfast before Thee, so as to make with him the covenant, to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give [it] to his seed. `And Thou dost establish Thy words, for Thou [art] righteous,

⁹Mukaona kutambudzika kwamadzibaba edu paEgipita, mukanzwa kuchema kwavo paGungwa Dzvuku;

⁹and dost see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and their cry hast heard by the sea of Suph,

¹⁰mukaratidza Farao zviratidzo nezvinoshamisa, navaranda vake vose, navanhu vose venyika yake; nekuti makaziva kuti vakavaitira izvozvo nokuzvikudza; mukazviwanira rumbidzo, sezvazvakaita nhasi.

¹⁰and dost give signs and wonders on Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land, for Thou hast known that they have acted proudly against them, and Thou makest to Thee a name as [at] this day.

¹¹Mukaparadzanisa gungwa pamberi pavo; naizvozvo vakayambuka pakati pegungwa pakaoma; mukawisira vateveri vavo makadzika, sebwe mumvura ine simba.

¹¹And the sea Thou hast cleaved before them, and they pass over into the midst of the sea on the dry land, and their pursuers Thou hast cast into the depths, as a stone, into the strong waters.

¹²Makavafambisawo masikati neshongwe yegore, nousiku neshongwe yomoto, kuti vavhenekerwe panzira yavaifanira kufamba nayo.

¹²And by a pillar of cloud Thou hast led them by day, and by a pillar of fire by night, to lighten to them the way in which they go.

¹³Makaburukirawo pagomo reSinai, mukataura navo muri kudenga, mukavapa zvakatongwa zakarurama nemitemo yakanaka, nemirayiro yechokwadi, nemitemo yakanaka, nemirairo.

¹³`And on mount Sinai Thou hast come down, even to speak with them from the heavens, and Thou dost give to them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commands.

¹⁴Mukavazivisa sabata renyu, dzvene, mukavaraira mirairo, nemitemo, nomurau, nomuromo waMozisi muranda wenyu;

¹⁴And Thy holy sabbath Thou hast made known to them, and commands, and statutes, and law, Thou hast commanded for them, by the hand of Moses Thy servant;

¹⁵mukavapa chingwa chakabva kudenga kuvagutisa panzara yavo, mukavabudisira mvura pabwe kupedza nyota yavo, mukavaraira kuti vapinde munyika kuiita yavo, iyo yamakanga mavapikira kuvapa.

¹⁵and bread from the heavens Thou hast given to them for their hunger, and water from a rock hast brought out to them for their thirst, and dost say to them to go in to possess the land that Thou hast lifted up Thy hand to give to them.

¹⁶Asi ivo namadzibaba edu vakaita manyawi, vakaomesa mitsipa yavo, vakasateerera mirairo yenyu.

¹⁶`And they and our fathers have acted proudly, and harden their neck, and have not hearkened unto Thy commands,

¹⁷Vakaramba kuteerera, kana kurangarira zvinoshamisa zvenyu zvamakaita pakati pavo; asi vakaomesa mitsipa yavo, vakamukira Mwari, vakazvisharira mukuru kuti vadzokere kuuranda hwavo; asi imwi muri Mwari unokangamwira vanhu, une nyasha, netsitsi zhinji, unononoka kutsamwa, noune tsitsi huru; hamuna kuvasiya.

¹⁷yea, they refuse to hearken, and have not remembered Thy wonders that Thou hast done with them, and harden their neck and appoint a head, to turn back to their service, in their rebellion; and Thou [art] a God of pardons, gracious, and merciful, long-suffering, and abundant in kindness, and hast not forsaken them.

¹⁸Kunyange panguva yavakazviitira mhuru yakaumbwa, vachiti, Ndiye Mwari wenyu akakubudisai paEgipita, vakakutsamwisai kwazvo,

¹⁸`Also, when they have made to themselves a molten calf, and say, this [is] thy god that brought thee up out of Egypt, and do great despisings,

¹⁹kunyange zvakadaro, hamuna kuvarasha murenje, nokuda kwetsitsi dzenyu zhinji; shongwe yegore haina kubva pamusoro panzira, kana shongwe yomoto usiku, ichirega kuvavhenekera nokuvaratidza nzira yavaifanira kufamba nayo.

¹⁹and Thou, in Thine abundant mercies, hast not forsaken them in the wilderness — the pillar of the cloud hath not turned aside from off them by day, to lead them in the way, and the pillar of the fire by night, to give light to them and the way in which they go.

²⁰Makavapawo mweya wenyu wakanaka kuvadzidzisa, mukasanyima miromo yavo mana*yenyu, mukavapa mvura kupedza nyota yavo.

²⁰`And Thy good Spirit Thou hast given, to cause them to act wisely; and Thy manna Thou hast not withheld from their mouth, and water Thou hast given to them for their thirst,

²¹Makavararamisa makore makumi mana murenje, vakasashaiwa chinhu; nguvo dzavo hadzina kusakara, uye tsoka dzavo hadzina kuzvimba.

²¹and forty years Thou hast nourished them in a wilderness; they have not lacked; their garments have not worn out, and their feet have not swelled.

²²Makavapawo ushe navanhu, mukavaganhurira nyika yavo; naizvozvo vakapiwa nyika yaSihoni, iyo nyika yamambo weHeshibhoni, nenyika yaOgi mambo weBhashani.

²²`And Thou givest to them kingdoms, and peoples, and dost apportion them to the corner, and they possess the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

²³Mukawanza vana vavo vakaita senyeredzi dzokudenga; mukavasvitsa panyika yamakaudza madzibaba avo kuti vachapindamo kuzoiita yavo.

²³And their sons Thou hast multiplied as the stars of the heavens, and bringest them in unto the land that Thou hast said to their fathers to go in to possess.

²⁴Naizvozvo vana vakapinda panyika vakaiita yavo; imwi mukavakundira vanhu vakanga vagere munyika iyo, ivo vaKanani; mukavaisa mumaoko avo, pamwechete namadzimambo avo navanhu venyika iyo kuti vaite navo sezvavakanga vachida.

²⁴`And the sons come in, and possess the land, and Thou humblest before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and givest them into their hand, and their kings, and the peoples of the land, to do with them according to their pleasure.

²⁵Vakakunda maguta akakombwa, nenyika ine fuma, vakatora dzimba dzakanga dzizere nezvose zvakanaka, zvaiti; matsime akacherwa, neminda yemizambiringa neminda yemiorivhi, nemiti yakawanda inobereka michero; naizvozvo vakadya, vakaguta, vakakora, vakazvifarira nokuda kounyoro bwenyu ukuru.

²⁵And they capture fenced cities, and fat ground, and possess houses full of all good, digged-wells, vineyards, and olive-yards, and fruit-trees in abundance, and they eat, and are satisfied, and become fat, and delight themselves in Thy great goodness.

²⁶Kunyange zvakadaro havana kuteerera, vakakumukirai, vakarashira murau wenyu shure kwemisana yavo vakauraya vaporofita venyu vaivapupurira, vachida kuvadzoserazve kwamuri, vakakutsamwisai kwazvo.

²⁶`And they are disobedient, and rebel against Thee, and cast Thy law behind their back, and Thy prophets they have slain, who testified against them, to bring them back unto Thee, and they do great despisings,

²⁷Saka makavaisa mumaoko avadzivisi vavo, vakavamanikidza; zvino panguva yokutambudzika kwavo, pakuchema kwavo kwamuri, makavanzwa iko kudenga, netsitsi dzenyu zhinji mukavapa varwiri vakavarwira pamaoko avadzivisi vavo.

²⁷and Thou givest them into the hand of their adversaries, and they distress them, and in the time of their distress they cry unto Thee, and Thou, from the heavens, dost hear, and, according to Thine abundant mercies, dost give to them saviours, and they save them out of the hand of their adversaries.

²⁸Asi vakati vazorodzwa, vakaita zvakaipazve pamberi penyu; saka makavaregerazve mumaoko avavengi vavo, ivo vakavabata nesimba; kunyange zvakadaro pakudzoka kwavo, nokuchema kwavo kwamuri, makavanzwa kudenga, mukavarwira kazhinji netsitsi dzenyu;

²⁸`And when they have rest, they turn back to do evil before Thee, and Thou dost leave them in the hand of their enemies, and they rule over them; and they turn back, and call Thee, and Thou from the heavens dost hear, and dost deliver them, according to Thy mercies, many times,

²⁹mukavapupurira, kuti muvadzoserezve kumurau wenyu; kunyange zvakadaro vakaita manyawi; vakasateerera mirairo yenyu, asi vakatadzira zvamakanga matonga (izvo zvinoti kana munhu achizviita, achararama nazvo), vakabvisa fudzi ravo, vakaomesa mitsipa yavo, vakaramba kunzwa.

²⁹and dost testify against them, to bring them back unto Thy law; and they — they have acted proudly, and have not hearkened to Thy commands, and against Thy judgments have sinned, — which man doth and hath lived in them — and they give a refractory shoulder, and their neck have hardened, and have not hearkened.

³⁰Kunyange zvakadaro makava netsitsi navo makore mazhinji, mukavapupurira nomweya wenyu navaporofita venyu; asi vakaramba kuteerera; saka makavaisa mumaoko avanhu venyika iyo.

³⁰`And Thou drawest over them many years, and testifiest against them by Thy Spirit, by the hand of Thy prophets, and they have not given ear, and Thou dost give them into the hand of peoples of the lands,

³¹Kunyange zvakadaro, netsitsi dzenyu zhinji hamuna kuvapedza chose, kana kuvarasha, nekuti muri Mwari une nyasha netsitsi.

³¹and in Thine abundant mercies Thou hast not made them a consumption, nor hast forsaken them; for a God, gracious and merciful, [art] Thou.

³²Naizvozvo zvino, Mwari wedu, Mwari mukuru, ane simba, anotyisa, anochengeta sungano yake netsitsi, kutambudzika kose, kwakatiwira isu, namadzimambo edu, namachinda edu, navapristi vedu, navaporofita vedu, namadzibaba edu, navanhu venyu vose kubva pamazuva amadzimambo eAsiria kusvikira nhasi,. ngakurege kuita sechinhu chiduku pamberi penyu.

³²`And now, O our God — God, the great, the mighty, and the fearful, keeping the covenant and the kindness — let not all the travail that hath found us be little before Thee, for our kings, for our heads, and for our priests, and for our prophets, and for our fathers, and for all Thy people, from the days of the kings of Asshur unto this day;

³³Asi imwi makaita henyu zvakarurama pazvose zvakatiwira, nekuti makaita nechokwadi, asi isu takaita zvakashata.

³³and Thou [art] righteous concerning all that hath come upon us, for truth Thou hast done, and we have done wickedly;

³⁴Kunyange madzimambo edu, namachinda edu, navapristi vedu, namadzibaba edu, havana kuchengeta murau wenyu, kana kuteerera mirairo yenyu nezvipupuriro zvenyu, zvamakavapupurira nazvo.

³⁴and our kings, our heads, our priests, and our fathers, have not done Thy law, nor attended unto Thy commands, and to Thy testimonies, that Thou hast testified against them;

³⁵Nekuti havana kukushumirai paushe hwavo, uye nokuda kounyoro bwenyu hukuru hwamakavaitira, napanyika huru ine fuma yamakavapa; havana kurega mabasa avo akaipa.

³⁵and they, in their kingdom, and in Thine abundant goodness, that Thou hast given to them, and in the land, the large and the fat, that Thou hast set before them, have not served Thee, nor turned back from their evil doings.

³⁶Tarirai, tiri varanda nhasi uye kana iri nyika yamakapa madzibaba edu, kuti vadye zvibereko zvayo nezvakanaka zvayo, tarirai, tiri varanda mairi.

³⁶`Lo, we — to-day — [are] servants, and the land that Thou hast given to our fathers, to eat its fruit and its good — lo, we [are] servants on it,

³⁷Zvibereko zvizhinji inozviberekera madzimambo amakaisa pamusoro pedu, nokuda kwezvivi zvedu; ivo vane simbawo pamiviri yedu, napamombe dzedu, sezvavanoda; tiri pakumanikidzwa kukuru.

³⁷and its increase it is multiplying to the kings whom Thou hast set over us in our sins; and over our bodies they are ruling, and over our cattle, according to their pleasure, and we [are] in great distress.

³⁸Kunyange zvose zvakadaro hazvo, tinoita sungano ine simba, tichiinyora; namachinda edu, navaRevhi vedu, navapristi vedu vanoisimbisa.

³⁸And for all this we are making a stedfast covenant, and are writing, and over him who is sealed [are] our heads, our Levites, our priests.`