¹Zvino Kora, mwanakomana waIzari, mwanakomana waKohati, mwanakomana waRevhi, naDhatani naAbhiramu, vanakomana vaEriabhu, naOni, mwanakomana waPereti, vanakomana vaRubheni, vakatora varume,

¹And Korah, son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, taketh both Dathan and Abiram sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, sons of Reuben,

²vakamukira Mozisi, vana vamwe vavana vaIsiraeri, vaiva vakuru veungano. vana mazana maviri namakumi mashanu, vakanga vakadamwa kumakurukota, varume vakanga vakakurumbira;

²and they rise up before Moses, with men of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty, princes of the company, called of the convention, men of name,

³vakaunganira kuna Mozisi naAroni, vakati kwavari,Zvaringana, nekuti vanhu vose veungano vatsvene, mumwe nomumwe wavo; Jehovha ari pakati pavo; imwi munozvikudzireiko pamakurukota aJehovha?

³and they are assembled against Moses and against Aaron, and say unto them, `Enough of you! for all the company — all of them [are] holy, and in their midst [is] Jehovah; and wherefore do ye lift yourselves up above the assembly of Jehovah?`

⁴Mozisi akati achizvinzwa, akawira pasi nechiso chake;

⁴And Moses heareth, and falleth on his face,

⁵akataura naKora neboka rake rose, akati, Mangwana Jehovha acharatidza kuti vanhu vake ndivana ani, uye kuti mutsvene ndiani, uye kuti ndiani waachaswededza kwaari; iye waanotsaura, ndiye waachazoswededza kwaari.

⁵and he speaketh unto Korah, and unto all his company, saying, `Morning! — and Jehovah is knowing those who are his, and him who is holy, and hath brought near unto Him; even him whom He doth fix on He bringeth near unto Him.

⁶Itai kudai: Torai hadyana dzezvinonhuhwira, iwe Kora, neveboka rako rose;

⁶This do: take to yourselves censers, Korah, and all his company,

⁷mangwana muise moto mukati madzo, nokuisawo zvinonhuhwira pamusoro padzo pamberi paJehovha; zvino munhu anotsaurwa naJehovha, ndiye achava mutsvene. Zvaringana, imwi vanakomana vaRevhi.

⁷and put in them fire, and put on them perfume, before Jehovah to-morrow, and it hath been, the man whom Jehovah chooseth, he [is] the holy one; — enough of you, sons of Levi.`

⁸Mozisi akatiwo kuna Kora, Teererai, imwi vanakomana vaRevhi:

⁸And Moses saith unto Korah, `Hear ye, I pray you, sons of Levi;

⁹Ko munoti chinhu chiduku kuti Mwari waIsiraeri akakutsaurai paungano yaIsiraeri, kuti akuswededzei kwaari, kuti mubate basa retabhenakeri yaJehovha, nokumira pamberi peungano, nokuvabatira,

⁹is it little to you that the God of Israel hath separated you from the company of Israel to bring you near unto Himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of Jehovah, and to stand before the company to serve them? —

¹⁰akakuswededza, nehama dzako dzose, vanakomana vaRevhi, pamwechete newe here? Zvino motsvaka upristiwo here?

¹⁰yea, He doth bring thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee — and ye have sought also the priesthood!

¹¹Naizvozvo iwe neboka rako rose maungana kuzorwa naJehovha; Aroni ndianiko, zvamunomupopotera iye?

¹¹Therefore, thou and all thy company who are met [are] against Jehovah; and Aaron, what [is] he, that ye murmur against him?`

¹²Ipapo Mozisi akatuma munhu kundodana Dhatani naAbhiramu, vanakomana vaEriabhu; asi ivo vakati, Hatidi kukwirako.

¹²And Moses sendeth to call for Dathan and for Abiram sons of Eliab, and they say, `We do not come up;

¹³Chinhu chiduku here zvawakatibudisa munyika inoyerera mukaka nouchi, kuti utiurayire murenje; zvino woda kuzviita ishe pamusoro pedu here?

¹³is it little that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to put us to death in a wilderness that thou also certainly makest thyself prince over us?

¹⁴Uye hauna kutiisa munyika inoyerera mukaka nouchi, kana kutipa nhaka yeminda neyeminda yemizambiringa; zvino unoda kutumbura meso avanhu ava here? Hatidi kukwirako.

¹⁴Yea, unto a land flowing with milk and honey thou hast not brought us in, nor dost thou give to us an inheritance of field and vineyard; the eyes of these men dost thou pick out? we do not come up.`

¹⁵Ipapo Mozisi akatsamwa kwazvo, akati kuna Jehovha, Musagamuchira chipiriso chavo; handina kuvatorera dhongi rimwe, handina kuitira mumwe wavo zvakaipa.

¹⁵And it is very displeasing to Moses, and he saith unto Jehovah, `Turn not Thou unto their present; not one ass from them have I taken, nor have I afflicted one of them.`

¹⁶Ipapo Mozisi akati kuna Kora, Iwe neboka rako rose, uyai pamberi paJehovha mangwana, iwe, naivo, naAroni;

¹⁶And Moses saith unto Korah, `Thou and all thy company, be ye before Jehovah, thou, and they, and Aaron, to-morrow;

¹⁷mumwe nomumwe atore hadyana yake yezvinonhuhwira, muise zvinonhuhwira mukati madzo, muuye nadzo pamberi paJehovha, mumwe nomumwe hadyana yake yezvinonhuhwira, hadyana dzina mazana maviri namakumi mashanu; newewo, naAroni, mumwe nomumwe hadyana yake.

¹⁷and take ye each his censer, and ye have put on them perfume, and brought near before Jehovah, each his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; and thou and Aaron, each his censer.`

¹⁸Zvino mumwe nomumwe akatora hadyana yake, akaisa moto mukati mayo, akaisawo zvinonhuhwira pamusoro padzo, akandomira pamukova wetende rokusangana, pamwechete naMozisi naAroni.

¹⁸And they take each his censer, and put on them fire, and lay on them perfume, and they stand at the opening of the tent of meeting, with Moses and Aaron.

¹⁹Kora akaunganidza ungano yose pamukova wetende rokusangana; kubwinya kwaJehovha kukaonekwa neungano yose.

¹⁹And Korah assembleth against them all the company unto the opening of the tent of meeting, and the honour of Jehovah is seen by all the company.

²⁰Ipapo Jehovha akataura naMozisi naAroni, akati,

²⁰And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

²¹Zvitsaurei imwi paungano iyi, ndivaparadze pakarepo.

²¹`Be ye separated from the midst of this company, and I consume them in a moment;`

²²Zvino vakawira pasi nezviso zvavo, vakati, Haiwa, Mwari, Mwari wemweya yavanhu vose, ko kana munhu mumwe akatadza, mungatsamwira ungano yose here?

²²and they fall on their faces, and say, `God, God of the spirits of all flesh — the one man sinneth, and against all the company Thou art wroth!`

²³Ipapo Jehovha akataura naMozisi, akati,

²³And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

²⁴Taura neungano, uti, Ibvai patabhenakeri yaKora, naDhatani, naAbhiramu.

²⁴`Speak unto the company, saying, Go ye up from round about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.`

²⁵Ipapo Mozisi akasimuka, akaenda kuna Dhatani naAbhiramu; vakuru vaIsiraeri vakamutevera.

²⁵And Moses riseth, and goeth unto Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel go after him,

²⁶Akataura neungano, akati, Ibvai pamatende avarume ava vakaipa, musatongobata chinhu chavo, kuti murege kuparadzwa pazvivi zvavo zvose.

²⁶and he speaketh unto the company, saying, `Turn aside, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and come not against anything that they have, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.`

²⁷Naizvozvo vakabva patabhenakeri yaKora, naDhatani, naAbhiramu, kumativi ose, Dhatani naAbhiramu vakabuda, vakandomira pamikova yamatende avo navakadzi vavo navana vavo, nezvana zvavo zviduku.

²⁷And they go up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan and Abiram, from round about, and Dathan, and Abiram have come out, standing at the opening of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their infants.

²⁸Zvino Mozisi akati, Muchaziva nezvizvi kuti Jehovha akandituma kuti ndiite mabasa awa ose; nekuti handina kuaita nokuda kwangu.

²⁸And Moses saith, `By this ye do know that Jehovah hath sent me to do all these works, that [they are] not from my own heart;

²⁹Kana varume ava vakafa savamwe vanhu vose, kana zvimwe vakasvikirwa nezvinosvikira vamwe vanhu vose, Jehovha haana kundituma.

²⁹if according to the death of all men these die — or the charge of all men is charged upon them — Jehovah hath not sent me;

³⁰Asi kana Jehovha akasika chinhu chitsva, panyika ikashamisa muromo wayo, ikavamedza, ivo nezvose zvavo, vakaburukira mugomba vari vapenyu, ipapo muchaziva kuti varume ava vakazvidza Jehovha.

³⁰and if a strange thing Jehovah do, and the ground hath opened her mouth and swallowed them, and all that they have, and they have gone down alive to Sheol — then ye have known that these men have despised Jehovah.`

³¹Zvino akati apedza kutaura mashoko awa ose, pasi pavo pakatsemuka,

³¹And it cometh to pass at his finishing speaking all these words, that the ground which [is] under them cleaveth,

³²nyika ikashamisa muromo wayo, ikavamedza, ivo nemhuri dzavo, navanhu vose vakanga vari vaKora, nenhumbi dzavo dzose.

³²and the earth openeth her mouth, and swalloweth them, and their houses, and all the men who [are] for Korah, and all the goods,

³³Naizvozvo ivo, nezvose zvavo, vakaburukira mugomba vari vapenyu; ivhu rikavafukidza, vakaparadzwa pakati peungano.

³³and they go down, they, and all that they have, alive to Sheol, and the earth closeth over them, and they perish from the midst of the assembly;

³⁴Ipapo vaIsiraeri vose vakanga vakavakomba vakatiza nokuchema kwavo, nekuti vakati, Nyika irege kutimedzawo.

³⁴and all Israel who [are] round about them have fled at their voice, for they said, `Lest the earth swallow us;`

³⁵Ipapo moto ukabuda kuna Jehovha, ukaparadza varume avo vaiva namazana maviri namakumi mashanu, vakanga vachipisira zvinonhuhwira.

³⁵and fire hath come out from Jehovah, and consumeth the two hundred and fifty men bringing near the perfume.

³⁶Zvino Jehovha akataura naMozisi, akati,

³⁶And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

³⁷Taura naEreazari, mwanakomana waAroni mupristi, kuti anonge hadyana dzezvinonhuhwira pakati pomoto, iwe uparadzire moto kure, nekuti hadyana itsvene;

³⁷`Say unto Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, and he lifteth up the censers from the midst of the burning, and the fire scatter thou yonder, for they have been hallowed,

³⁸idzo hadyana dzezvinonhuhwira dzavanhu avo vakatadza vakaurawa, dzipambadzirwe, kufukidza aritari nadzo; nekuti vakanga vauya nadzo pamberi paJehovha, naizvozvo itsvene; chichava chiratidzo kuvana vaIsiraeri.

³⁸[even] the censers of these sinners against their own souls; and they have made them spread-out plates, a covering for the altar, for they have brought them near before Jehovah, and they are hallowed; and they are become a sign to the sons of Israel.`

³⁹Zvino mupristi Ereazari akatora hadyana dzezvinonhuhwira dzendarira, dzakanga dzauyiswa navakazopiswa, akadzipambadzira kuti aritari ifukidzwe nadzo;

³⁹And Eleazar the priest taketh the brazen censers which they who are burnt had brought near, and they spread them out, a covering for the altar —

⁴⁰kuti chive chirangaridzo kuvana vaIsiraeri, kuti mutorwa, asati ari worudzi rwaAroni, arege kuswedera kuti apise zvinonhuhwira pamberi paJehovha, arege kuzoitirwa saKora neboka rake; sezvakataura Jehovha naye nomuromo waMozisi.

⁴⁰a memorial to the sons of Israel, so that a stranger who is not of the seed of Aaron doth not draw near to make a perfume before Jehovah, and is not as Korah, and as his company, — as Jehovah hath spoken by the hand of Moses to him.

⁴¹Fume mangwana ungano yose yavana valsiraeri yakapopotera Mozisi naAroni, vachiti, imwi makauraya vanhu vaJehovha.

⁴¹And all the company of the sons of Israel murmur, on the morrow, against Moses and against Aaron, saying, `Ye — ye have put to death the people of Jehovah.`

⁴²Zvino ungano yakati yaungana kuzorwa naMozisi naAroni, vakatarira kutende rokusangana, vakaona kuti gore rarifukidza, nokubwinya kwaJehovha kukaonekwa.

⁴²And it cometh to pass, in the company being assembled against Moses and against Aaron, that they turn towards the tent of meeting, and lo, the cloud hath covered it, and the honour of Jehovah is seen;

⁴³Ipapo Mozisi naAroni vakandomira pamberi petende rokusangana,

⁴³and Moses cometh — Aaron also — unto the front of the tent of meeting.

⁴⁴Jehovha akataura naMozisi, akati,

⁴⁴And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

⁴⁵Ibvai paungano iyi, ndivaparadze pakarepo. Ivo vakawira pasi nezviso zvavo.

⁴⁵`Get you up from the midst of this company, and I consume them in a moment;` and they fall on their faces,

⁴⁶Mozisi akati kuna Aroni, Tora hadyana yako yezvinonhuhwira, uise moto unobva paaritari mukati mayo, nokuisawo zvinonhuhwira pamusoro payo, ukurumidze kuenda nazvo kuungano, uvayananisire; nekuti Jehovha atsamwa, denda ratanga.

⁴⁶and Moses saith unto Aaron, `Take the censer, and put on it fire from off the altar, and place perfume, and go, hasten unto the company, and make atonement for them, for the wrath hath gone out from the presence of Jehovah — the plague hath begun.`

⁴⁷Aroni akaitora, sezvakataura Mozisi, akamhanyira pakati peungano, onei denda rakanga ratanga pakati pavanhu; akaisa zvinonhuhwira pamusoro payo, akayananisira vanhu.

⁴⁷And Aaron taketh as Moses hath spoken, and runneth unto the midst of the assembly, and lo, the plague hath begun among the people; and he giveth the perfume, and maketh atonement for the people,

⁴⁸Akandomira pakati pavakafa navapenyu, denda rikaguma.

⁴⁸and standeth between the dead and the living, and the plague is restrained;

⁴⁹Zvino vakanga vafa nedenda vakasvika zviuru zvine gumi nezvina namazana manomwe, vakanga vafa nokuda kwaKora vasingaverengwi.

⁴⁹and those who die by the plague are fourteen thousand and seven hundred, apart from those who die for the matter of Korah;

⁵⁰Ipapo Aroni akadzokera kuna Mozisi kumukova wetende rokusangana, denda rikaguma.

⁵⁰and Aaron turneth back unto Moses, unto the opening of the tent of meeting, and the plague hath been restrained.