¹Zvino vaIsiraeri vakagara paShitimu, vanhu vakatanga kuita

¹And Israel dwelleth in Shittim, and the people begin to go a-whoring unto daughters of Moab,

²nekuti vakadana vanhu vauye kuzvibayiro zvavamwari vavo; vanhu vakadya, vakapfugamira vamwari vavo.

²and they call for the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people eat, and bow themselves to their gods,

³Valsiraeri vakazvisunganidza naBhaari-peori; Jehovha akatsamwira Isiraeri kwazvo.

³and Israel is joined to Baal-Peor, and the anger of Jehovah burneth against Israel.

⁴Ipapo Iehovha akati kuna Mozisi, Tora vakuru vose vavanhu, uvasungirire masikati makuru pamberi paJehovha, kuti kutsamwa kukuru kwaJehovha kudzorwe kuna Isiraeri.

⁴And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them before Jehovah — over-against the sun; and the fierceness of the anger of Jehovah doth turn back from Israel.`

⁵Mozisi akati kuvatongi vaIsiraeri, Mumwe nomumwe wenyu ngaauraye vanhu vake vakazvisunganidza naBhaari-peori.

⁵And Moses saith unto the judges of Israel, `Slay ye each his men who are joined to Baal-Peor.`

⁶Zvino onei mumwe murume wavana vaIsiraeri akauya kuhama dzake nomukadzi muMidhiani, Mozisi neungano yose yavana vaIsiraeri vachizviona, ivo vari pakuchema pamukova wetende rokusangana.

⁶And lo, a man of the sons of Israel hath come, and bringeth in unto his brethren the Midianitess, before the eyes of Moses, and before the eyes of all the company of the sons of Israel, who are weeping at the opening of the tent of meeting;

⁷Zvino Pinehasi, mwanakomana waEreazari, mwanakomana womupristi Aroni, akati achizviona, akasimuka, akabuda pakati peungano ane pfumo muruoko rwake,

⁷and Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, the priest, seeth, and riseth from the midst of the company, and taketh a javelin in his hand,

⁸akatevera murume uyo muIsiraeri mukati metende, akavabaya nepfumo nomudumbu, ivo vaviri, murume muIsiraeri nomukadzi; naizvozvo denda rakaguma pakati pavana vaIsiraeri.

⁸and goeth in after the man of Israel unto the hollow place, and pierceth them both, the man of Israel and the woman — unto her belly, and the plague is restrained from the sons of Israel;

⁹Vose vakanga vafa nedenda iro vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi maviri nezvina.

⁹and the dead by the plague are four and twenty thousand.

¹⁰Zvino Jehovha akataura naMozisi, akati,

¹⁰And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

¹¹Pinehasi, mwanakomana waEreazari, mwanakomana waAroni, adzora kutsamwa kwangu kuvana vaIsiraeri; nekuti akanga ane shungu pakati pavo, dzakafanana neshungu dzangu naizvozvo handina kuparadza vana vaIsraeri neshungu dzangu.

¹¹`Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, hath turned back My fury from the sons of Israel, by his being zealous with My zeal in their midst, and I have not consumed the sons of Israel in My zeal.

¹²Naizvozvo uti, Tarira, ndinomupa sungano yangu yorugare,

¹²`Therefore say, Lo, I am giving to him My covenant of peace,

¹³ichava kwaari nokuvana vake vanomutevera kuti akanga ane shungu nokuda kwaMwari wake, akayananisira vana vaIsiraeri.

¹³and it hath been to him and to his seed after him a covenant of a priesthood age-during, because that he hath been zealous for his God, and doth make atonement for the sons of Israel.`

¹⁴Zita romurume uyo muIsiraeri akaurawa, iye wakaurawa pamwechete nomukadzi muMidhiani, rakanga riri Zimiri, mwanakomana waSaru, muchinda weimba yamadzibaba pakati pavaSimioni.

¹⁴And the name of the man of Israel who is smitten, who hath been smitten with the Midianitess, [is] Zimri son of Salu, prince of the house of a father of the Simeonite;

¹⁵Zita romukadzi muMidhiani akaurawa, rakanga riri Kozibhi, mwanasikana waZuri; iye akanga ari mukuru wavanhu weimba yamadzibaba pavaMidhiani.

¹⁵and the name of the woman who is smitten, the Midianitess, [is] Cozbi daughter of Zur, head of a people — of the house of a father in Midian [is] he.

¹⁶Zvino Jehovha akataura naMozisi, akati,

¹⁶And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

¹⁷Vambana navaMidhiani, uvaparadze;

¹⁷`Distress the Midianites, and ye have smitten them,

¹⁸nekuti ivo vakavambana nemwi namano avo, avakakunyengerai nawo pane zvakaitwa naPeori nezvakaitwa naKozibhi, mwanasikana womuchinda wavaMidhiani, hanzvadzi yavo, akaurawa nomusi wedenda nokuda kwezvakaitwa naPeori.

¹⁸for they are adversaries to you with their frauds, [with] which they have acted fraudulently to you, concerning the matter of Peor, and concerning the matter of Cozbi, daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, who is smitten in the day of the plague for the matter of Peor.`