¹Zvino Mozisi akataura navakuru vamarudzi avana vaIsiraeri, akati, Ndicho chinhu chakarairwa naJehovha:

¹And Moses speaketh unto the heads of the tribes of the sons of Israel, saying, `This [is] the thing which Jehovah hath commanded:

²Kana munhu achinge apikira Jehovha mhiko, kana kuzvisunga nokupika, haafaniri kushandura shoko rake; anofanira kuita zvose zvakabuda mumuromo make.

²`When a man voweth a vow to Jehovah, or hath sworn an oath to bind a bond on his soul, he doth not pollute his word; according to all that is going out from his mouth he doth.

³Nomukadziwo, kana achinge apikira Jehovha, kana kuzvisunga nokusunga kokupika, achiri mumba mababa vake, achiri musikana;

³`And when a woman voweth a vow to Jehovah, and hath bound a bond in the house of her father in her youth,

⁴baba vake vakanzwa kupika kwake, nokuzvisunga kwaakazvisunga nako, baba vake vakamunyararira havo, ipapo kupika kwake kose kuchava nesimba, nokusunga kwake kose, kwaakazvisunga nako, kuchava nesimba.

⁴and her father hath heard her vow, and her bond which she hath bound on her soul, and her father hath kept silent at her, then have all her vows been established, and every bond which she hath bound on her soul is established.

⁵Asi kana baba vake vakamudzivisa nomusi wavanozvinzwa nawo, kupika kwake kose, nokuzvisunga kwake kose, kwaakazvisunga nako, hakungavi nesimba; Jehovha achamukangamwira, nekuti baba vake vamudzivisa.

⁵`And if her father hath disallowed her in the day of his hearing, none of her vows and her bonds which she hath bound on her soul is established, and Jehovah is propitious to her, for her father hath disallowed her.

⁶Kana akawanikwa nomurume achakasungwa nokupika kwake, kana namashoko aakareva asina kurangarira zvakanaka, aakazvisunga nawo;

⁶`And if she be at all to a husband, and her vows [are] on her, or a wrongful utterance [on] her lips, which she hath bound on her soul,

⁷murume wake akazvinzwa, akamunyararira hake nomusi waanozvinzwa nawo, ipapo kupika kwake kuchava nesimba, nokuzvisunga kwake, kwaakazvisunga nako, kuchava nesimba.

⁷and her husband hath heard, and in the day of his hearing, he hath kept silent at her, then have her vows been established, and her bonds which she hath bound on her soul are established.

⁸Asi kana murume wake akamudzivisa nomusi waanozvinzwa nawo, ipapo iye anokonesa kupika kwake, kwaakazvisunga nako, namashoko aakareva asina kurangarira zvakanaka, aakazvisunga nawo; Jehovha achamukangamwira.

⁸`And if in the day of her husband`s hearing he disalloweth her, then he hath broken her vow which [is] on her, and the wrongful utterance of her lips which she hath bound on her soul, and Jehovah is propitious to her.

⁹Asi kupika kwechirikadzi, kana komukadzi akarambwa nomurume wake, chinhu chipi nechipi chaakazvisunga nacho, zvichava nesimba kwaari.

⁹`As to the vow of a widow or cast-out woman, all that she hath bound on her soul is established on her.

¹⁰Kana achinge apika ari mumba momurume wake, kana kuzvisunga nokupika,

¹⁰`And if [in] the house of her husband she hath vowed, or hath bound a bond on her soul with an oath,

¹¹murume wake akazvinzwa, akamunyararira, asingamudzivisi, ipapo kupika kwake kuchava nesimba, nokuzvisunga kose, kwaakazvisunga nako, kuchava nesimba.

¹¹and her husband hath heard, and hath kept silent at her — he hath not disallowed her — then have all her vows been established, and every bond which she hath bound on her soul is established.

¹²Asi kana murume wake akazvikonesa kwazvo nomusi waakazvinzwa nawo, ipapo zvose zvakabuda mumuromo make pakupika kwake, kana kuzvisunga kwake, hazvingavi nesimba; murume wake wazvikonesa; Jehovha achamukangamwira.

¹²`And if her husband doth certainly break them in the day of his hearing, none of the outgoing of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, is established — her husband hath broken them — and Jehovah is propitious to her.

¹³Mhiko dzose, nokupika kose kwaanozvisunga nako kuchema pamweya wake, murume wake angazvikonesa.

¹³`Every vow and every oath — a bond to humble a soul — her husband doth establish it, or her husband doth break it;

¹⁴Asi kana murume wake akamunyararira chose zuva rimwe nerimwe, ipapo unosimbisa mhiko dzake dzose nokuzvisunga kwake kose, kwaakazvisunga nako; azvisimbisa, nekuti amunyararira nomusi waakazvinzwa nawo.

¹⁴and if her husband certainly keep silent at her, from day unto day, then he hath established all her vows, or all her bonds which [are] upon her; he hath established them, for he hath kept silent at her in the day of his hearing;

¹⁵Asi kana akazozvikonesa kwazvo, azvinzwa hake, iye anofanira kuva nemhosva yake.

¹⁵and if he doth at all break them after his hearing, then he hath borne her iniquity.`

¹⁶Ndiyo mitemo yakarairwa Mozisi naJehovha, pakati pomurume nomukadzi wake, napakati pababa nomwanasikana wavo, achiri musikana paimba yababa vake.

¹⁶These [are] the statutes which Jehovah hath commanded Moses between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, in her youth, [in] the house of her father.