¹Zvino vanasikana vaZerofehadhi, mwanakomana waHeferi,

¹And daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh son of Joseph, draw near — and these [are] the names of his daughters, Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah —

²vakamira pamberi paMozisi napamberi paEreazari mupristi, napamberi pamachinda neungano yose, pamukova wetende rokusangana, vakati,

²and stand before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes, and all the company, at the opening of the tent of meeting, saying:

³Baba vedu vakafira murenje, asi vakanga vasi pakati peboka ravaya vakaungana kuzorwa naJehovha, veboka raKora; vakafira havo muzvivi zvavo, vasina vanakomana.

³`Our father died in the wilderness, and he — he was not in the midst of the company who were met together against Jehovah in the company of Korah, but for his own sin he died, and had no sons;

⁴Zvino zita rababa vedu richabvisirweiko pakati pemhuri yavo, nekuti vakanga vasina vanakomana? Tipeiwo nhaka pakati pehama dzababa vedu.

⁴why is the name of our father withdrawn from the midst of his family because he hath no son? give to us a possession in the midst of the brethren of our father;`

⁵Mozisi akaisa shoko ravo pamberi paJehovha.

⁵and Moses bringeth near their cause before Jehovah.

⁶Jehovha akataura naMozisi, akati,

⁶And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

⁷Vanasikana vaZerofehadhi vanotaura kwazvo; zvirokwazvo, unofanira kuvapa nhaka pakati pehama dzababa vavo; unofanira kuvagarisa nhaka yababa vavo.

⁷`Rightly are the daughters of Zelophehad speaking; thou dost certainly give to them a possession of an inheritance in the midst of their father`s brethren, and hast caused to pass over the inheritance of their father to them.

⁸Zvino unofanira kutaura navana vaIsiraeri, uchiti, Kana munhu akafa asina mwanakomana, munofanira kugarisa mwanasikana wake nhaka yake.

⁸`And unto the sons of Israel thou dost speak, saying, When a man dieth, and hath no son, then ye have caused his inheritance to pass over to his daughter;

⁹Kana asina mwanasikana, munofanira kupa vakuru vake navanin'ina vake nhaka yake.

⁹and if he have no daughter, then ye have given his inheritance to his brethren;

¹⁰Kana asina vakuru kana vanin'ina, munofanira kupa vakuru kana vanin'ina vababa vake nhaka yake.

¹⁰and if he have no brethren, then ye have given his inheritance to his father`s brethren;

¹¹Kana baba vake vasina vakuru kana vanin'ina, munofanira kupa hama yake yomumba nhaka yake, ive yake. Unofanira kuva mutemo wokutonga nawo pakati pavana vaIsiraeri, sezvakarairwa Mozisi naJehovha.

¹¹and if his father have no brethren, then ye have given his inheritance to his relation who is near unto him of his family, and he hath possessed it;` and it hath been to the sons of Israel for a statute of judgment, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

¹²Zvino Jehovha akati kuna Mozisi, Kwira pagomo iri reAbharimu, uone nyika yandakapa vana vaIsiraeri.

¹²And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Go up unto this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the sons of Israel;

¹³Ipapo kana waiona, newewo uchasanganiswa navanhu vako, sezvakasanganiswa mukuru wako Aroni;

¹³and thou hast seen it, and thou hast been gathered unto thy people, also thou, as Aaron thy brother hath been gathered,

¹⁴nekuti makaramba shoko rangu murenje reZini, panguva yokurwa kweungano, mukarega kunditsaura pamberi pavo pamvura. (Ndiyo mvura yeMeribha paKadheshi, murenje reZini.)

¹⁴because ye provoked My mouth in the wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the company — to sanctify Me at the waters before their eyes;` they [are] waters of Meribah, in Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin.

¹⁵Zvino Mozisi akataura naJehovha, akati,

¹⁵And Moses speaketh unto Jehovah, saying,

¹⁶Jehovha, Mwari wemweya yavanhu vose, ngaagadze murume paungano iyi,

¹⁶`Jehovah — God of the spirits of all flesh — appoint a man over the company,

¹⁷achabuda pamberi pavo, nokupinda pamberi pavo, angavabudisa nokuvapinza; kuti ungano yaJehovha irege kuva samakwai asina mufudzi.

¹⁷who goeth out before them, and who cometh in before them, and who taketh them out, and who bringeth them in, and the company of Jehovah is not as sheep which have no shepherd.`

¹⁸Ipapo Jehovha akati kuna Mozisi, Tora Joshua, mwanakomana waNuni, murume uno mweya mukati make, uise ruoko rwako pamusoro pake.

¹⁸And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Take to thee Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom [is] the Spirit, and thou hast laid thine hand upon him,

¹⁹Umuise pamberi paEreazari mupristi, napamberi peungano yose, ugomurairira pamberi pavo.

¹⁹and hast caused him to stand before Eleazar the priest, and before all the company, and hast charged him before their eyes,

²⁰Uise pamusoro pake zvoukuru hwako, kuti ungano yose yavana valsiraeri imuteerere.

²⁰and hast put of thine honour upon him, so that all the company of the sons of Israel do hearken.

²¹Iye anofanira kumira pamberi pomupristi Ereazari, iye amuunzire pamberi paJehovha nokutonga kweUrimi; nokuraira kwake, vanofanira kubuda, nokuraira kwake, vanofanira kupinda, iye pamwechete navana vaIsiraeri vose, ungano yose.

²¹`And before Eleazar the priest he standeth, and he hath asked for him by the judgment of the Lights before Jehovah; at His word they go out, and at His word they come in; he, and all the sons of Israel with him, even all the company.`

²²Mozisi akaita sezvaakarairwa naJehovha; akatora Joshua, akamuisa pamberi pemupristi Ereazari, napamberi peungano yose;

²²And Moses doth as Jehovah hath commanded him, and taketh Joshua, and causeth him to stand before Eleazar the priest, and before all the company,

²³akaisa maoko ake pamusoro pake, akamurairira, sezvakataura Jehovha nomuromo waMozisi.

²³and layeth his hands upon him, and chargeth him, as Jehovah hath spoken by the hand of Moses.