¹Zvino ndiwo marudzi aAroni naMozisi nomusi wakataura Jehovha nawo naMozisi pagomo reSinai:

¹And these [are] births of Aaron and Moses, in the day of Jehovah`s speaking with Moses in mount Sinai.

²Ndiwo mazita avanakomana vaAroni: Wedangwe, Nadhabhi, tevere Abhihu naEreazari naltamari.

²And these [are] the names of the sons of Aaron: the first-born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar;

³Ndiwo mazita avanakomana vaAroni, vapristi vakazodzwa, vaakagadza kuti vashumire pabasa roupristi.

³these [are] the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whose hand he hath consecrated for acting as priest.

⁴Asi Nadhabhi naAbhihu vakafa pamberi paJehovha nguva yavakauyisa moto usakafanira pamberi paJehovha murenje reSinai; vakanga vasina vana; asi Ereazari naItamari vakashumira pabasa roupristi pamberi paAroni, baba vavo.

⁴And Nadab dieth — Abihu also — before Jehovah, in their bringing near strange fire before Jehovah, in the wilderness of Sinai, and sons they had not; and Eleazar — Ithamar also — acteth as priest in the presence of Aaron their father.

⁵Zvino Jehovha akataura naMozisi akati,

⁵And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

⁶Swededza rudzi rwaRevhi, uvaise pamberi paAroni mupristi, kuti vamushumire.

⁶`Bring near the tribe of Levi, and thou hast caused it to stand before Aaron the priest, and they have served him,

⁷Vanofanira kumubatira iye, nokubatira ungano yose pamberi petende rokusangana, kuti vapedzise mabasa etabhenakeri.

⁷and kept his charge, and the charge of all the company before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle;

⁸Vanofanira kuchengeta nhumbi dzose dzetende rokusangana, nokubatira vana vaIsiraeri, kuti vapedzise mabasa etabhenakeri.

⁸and they have kept all the vessels of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the sons of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle;

⁹Vanofanira kupa Aroni navanakomana vake vaRevhi; vakapiwa chose pakati pavana vaIsiraeri.

⁹and thou hast given the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; they are surely given to him out of the sons of Israel.

¹⁰Asi Aroni navanakomana vake unofanira kuvagadza, kuti vabate basa roupristi hwavo; asina kufanira, usaswederapo, anofanira kuurawa.

¹⁰`And Aaron and his sons thou dost appoint, and they have kept their priesthood, and the stranger who cometh near is put to death.`

¹¹Jehovha akataura naMozisi,

¹¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

¹²Tarira ini ndomene ndakatora vaRevhi pakati pavana vaIsiraeri panzvimbo yamatangwe ose anotanga kuzarura chizvaro pakati pavana vaIsiraeri; vaRevhi ndavangu;

¹²`And I, lo, I have taken the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel instead of every first-born opening a womb among the sons of Israel, and the Levites have been Mine;

¹³nekuti dangwe rose nderangu; musi wandakauraya dangwe rose panyika yeEgipita, ndakazvitsaurira dangwe rose pavaIsiraeri, pavanhu napazvipfuwo; rinofanira kuva rangu; ndini Jehovha.

¹³for Mine [is] every first-born, in the day of My smiting every first-born in the land of Egypt I have sanctified to Myself every first-born in Israel, from man unto beast; Mine they are; I [am] Jehovah.`

¹⁴Zvino Jehovha akataura naMozisi murenje reSinai akati,

¹⁴And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

¹⁵Verenga vana vaRevhi nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, nemhuri dzavo; unofanira kuverenga varume vose vomwedzi mumwe navanopfuura.

¹⁵`Number the sons of Levi by the house of their fathers, by their families; every male from a son of a month and upward thou dost number them.`

¹⁶Ipapo Mozisi akavaverenga neshoko raJehovha sezvaakarairwa.

¹⁶And Moses numbereth them according to the command of Jehovah, as he hath been commanded.

¹⁷Ndivo vanakomana vaRevhi namazita avo: Geshoni, naKohati, naMerari.

¹⁷And these are sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

¹⁸Ndiwo mazita avanakomana vaGeshoni, nemhuri dzavo: Ribhini naShimei.

¹⁸And these [are] the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.

¹⁹Navanakomana vaKohati nemhuri dzavo: Amuramu naIzhari naHebhuroni naUzieri.

¹⁹And the sons of Kohath, by their families, [are] Amram and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.

²⁰Navanakomana vaMerari nemhuri dzavo: Mari naMushi. Ndidzo mhuri dzavaRevhi, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo.

²⁰And the sons of Merari by their families [are] Mahli and Mushi; these are the families of the Levites, by the house of their fathers.

²¹Geshoni ndiye teteguru wavaRibhini navaShimei, ndidzo mhuri dzavaGeshoni.

²¹Of Gershon [is] the family of the Libnite, and the family of the Shimite; these are the families of the Gershonite.

²²Vakaverengwa kwavari, vari varume vose vakaverengwa vomwedzi mumwe navanopfuura, vakasvika zviuru zvinomwe namazana mashanu.

²²Their numbered ones, in number, every male from a son of a month and upward, their numbered ones [are] seven thousand and five hundred.

²³Mhuri dzavaGeshoni dzinofanira kudzika matende adzo shure kwetabhenakeri kumavirazuva.

²³The families of the Gershonite, behind the tabernacle, do encamp westward.

²⁴Eriasafi, mwanakomana waRaeri, ndiye anofanira kuva muchinda weimba yamadzibaba avaGeshoni.

²⁴And the prince of a father`s house for the Gershonite [is] Eliasaph son of Lael.

²⁵Vanakomana vaGeshoni vanofanira kuchengeta zvinhu izvi mutende rokusangana, tabhenakeri, netende, nechifukidzo chayo, nechidzitiro chomukova wetende rokusangana.

²⁵And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting [is] the tabernacle, and the tent, its covering, and the vail at the opening of the tent of meeting,

²⁶Nezvirembedzwa zvoruvazhe, nechidzitiro chomukova woruvazhe, ruri patabhenakeri nokunhivi dzose dzeatari, namabote ayo, zvokubata mabasa ayo ose.

²⁶and the hangings of the court, and the vail at the opening of the court, which [is] by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and its cords, to all its service.

²⁷Kohati ndiye tateguru wavaAmuramu, navaIzhari, navaHebhuroni, navaUzieri; ndidzo mhuri. dzavaKohati.

²⁷And of Kohath [is] the family of the Amramite, and the family of the Izharite, and the family of the Hebronite, and the family of the Uzzielite; these are families of the Kohathite.

²⁸Varume vose vomwedzi mumwe navanopfuura vakaverengwa vakasvika zviuru zvisere namazana matanhatu; ndivo vaibata mabasa paimba tsvene.

²⁸In number, all the males, from a son of a month and upward, [are] eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.

²⁹Mhuri dzavanakomana vaKohati dzinofanira kudzika matende adzo kurutivi rwetebhenakeri nechenyasi

²⁹The families of the sons of Kohath encamp by the side of the tabernacle southward.

³⁰Erizafani mwanakomana waUzieri, ndiye anofanira kuva muchinda weimba yamadzibaba emhuri dzavaKohati.

³⁰And the prince of a father`s house for the families of the Kohathite [is] Elizaphan son of Uzziel.

³¹Ivo vanofanira kuchengeta areka, netafura, nechigadziko chemwenje, nearitari, nenhumbi dzeimba tsvene, dzavanobata nadzo, nechidzitiro, namabasa ose ayo.

³¹And their charge [is] the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary with which they serve, and the vail, and all its service.

³²Ereazari, mwanakomana waAroni mupristi, ndiye anofanira kuva muchinda wamachinda avaRevhi, iye anofanira kuva mutariri wavanobata mabasa paimba tsvene.

³²And [to] the prince of the princes of the Levites, Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, [is] the oversight of the keepers of the charge of the sanctuary.

³³Merari ndiye teteguru wavaMari navaMushi; ndidzo mhuri dzaMerari.

³³Of Merari [is] the family of the Mahlite, and the family of the Mushite; these [are] the families of Merari.

³⁴Vakaverengwa kwavari, ivo varume vose vomwedzi mumwe navanopfuura, vakasvika zviuru zvitanhatu namazana maviri.

³⁴And their numbered ones, in number, all the males from a son of a month and upward, [are] six thousand and two hundred.

³⁵Zurieri, mwanakomana waAbhihairi, ndiye anofanira kuva muchinda weimba yamadzibaba emhuri dzaMerari; ivo vanofanira kudzika matende avo kurutivi rwetabhenakeri nechokumusoro.

³⁵And the prince of a father`s house for the families of Merari [is] Zuriel son of Abihail; by the side of the tabernacle they encamp northward.

³⁶Basa rakatarirwa vanakomana vaMerari nderokuchengeta matanda etabhenakeri, nembariro dzayo, nembiru dzayo, nezvigadziko zvadzo, nenhumbi dzayo dzose, namabasa ayo ose;

³⁶And the oversight — the charge of the sons of Merari — [is] the boards of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and all its vessels, and all its service,

³⁷nembiru dzaparuvazhe kunhivi dzose, nezvigadziko zvadzo, nembambo dzadzo, namabote adzo.

³⁷and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.

³⁸Avo vanodzika matende avo pamberi petabhenakeri kumabvazuva pamberi petende rokusangana, kurutivi runobuda zuva, ndivo Mozisi naAroni navanakomana vake, vanobata basa renzvimbo tsvene, ndiro basa ravana vaIsiraeri; asina kufanira anoswederapo anofanira kuurawa.

³⁸And those encamping before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting, at the east, [are] Moses and Aaron, and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the sons of Israel, and the stranger who cometh near is put to death.

³⁹Vose vakaverengwa vavaRevhi, vakaverengwa naMozisi naAroni sezvakarairwa naJehovha, nemhuri dzavo, varume vose vomwedzi mumwe navanopfuura, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi maviri nezviviri.

³⁹All those numbered of the Levites whom Moses numbered — Aaron also — by the command of Jehovah, by their families, every male from a son of a month and upward, [are] two and twenty thousand.

⁴⁰Zvino Jehovha akati kuna Mozisi, Verenga matangwe ose avarume avana vaIsiraeri vomwedzi mumwe navanopfuura, ugonyora kuwanda kwamazita avo.

⁴⁰And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Number every first-born male of the sons of Israel from a son of a month and upward, and take up the number of their names;

⁴¹Zvino unofanira kunditorera vaRevhi (ndini Jehovha) panzvimbo yamatangwe ose avana vaIsiraeri, nemombe dzavaRevhi panzvimbo yavana vose vemhongora dzemombe dzavana vaIsiraeri.

⁴¹and thou hast taken the Levites for Me (I [am] Jehovah), instead of every first-born among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of every firstling among the cattle of the sons of Israel.`

⁴²Mozisi akaverenga matangwe ose avana vaIsiraeri, sezvaakarairwa naJehovha.

⁴²And Moses numbereth, as Jehovah hath commanded him, all the first-born among the sons of Israel.

⁴³Namatangwe ose avarume namazita avanomwedzi mumwe navanopfuura vakaverengwa kwavari, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi maviri nezviviri namazana maviri namakumi manomwe namatatu.

⁴³And all the first-born — male — by the number of names, from a son of a month and upward, of their numbered ones, are two and twenty thousand two hundred and seventy and three.

⁴⁴Zvino Jehovha akataura naMozisi akati,

⁴⁴And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

⁴⁵Tora vaRevhi panzvimbo yamatangwe ose avana vaIsiraeri, nemombe dzavaRevhi panzvimbo yemombe dzavo; nekuti vaRevhi ndavangu; ndini Jehovha.

⁴⁵`Take the Levites instead of every first-born among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites have been Mine; I [am] Jehovah.

⁴⁶Zvino kuti udzikunure matangwe ana mazana maviri namakumi manomwe namatatu avana vaIsiraeri, vanopfuura vaRevhi pakuwanda kwavo,

⁴⁶`And [from] those ransomed of the two hundred and seventy and three (who are more than the Levites) of the first-born of the sons of Israel,

⁴⁷unofanira kutora mashekeri mashanu kuno mumwe nomumwe; unofanira kuatora uchienzanisa neshekeri rapanzvimbo tsvene (shekeri rina magera makumi maviri).

⁴⁷thou hast even taken five shekels a-piece by the poll — by the shekel of the sanctuary thou takest; twenty gerahs the shekel [is];

⁴⁸Zvino unofanira kupa Aroni navanakomana vake mari iyo yokudzikunura avo vakapfuura pakaverengwa pakati pavo.

⁴⁸and thou hast given the money to Aaron, and to his sons, whereby those over and above are ransomed.`

⁴⁹Mozisi akatora mari yokudzikunura kuna ivo vakanga vakapfuura vakadzikunurwa navaRevhi;

⁴⁹And Moses taketh the ransom money from those over and above those ransomed by the Levites;

⁵⁰akatora mari iyi kumatangwe avana vaIsiraeri, mashekeri ane chiuru chimwe namazana matatu namakumi matanhatu namashanu, achienzanisa neshekeri rapanzvimbo tsvene.

⁵⁰from the first-born of the sons of Israel he hath taken the money, a thousand and three hundred and sixty and five — by the shekel of the sanctuary;

⁵¹Mozisi akapa Aroni navanakomana vake mari iyo yokudzikunura, seshoko raJehovha, sezvakarairwa Mozisi naJehovha.

⁵¹and Moses giveth the money of those ransomed to Aaron, and to his sons, according to the command of Jehovah, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.