¹Zvino vakuru vedzimba dzama dzibaba vemhuri yavana vaGiriyadhi, mwanakomana waManase, vemhuri dzavana vaJosefa, vakaswedera, vakataura pamberi paMozisi, napamberi pamachinda, vaiva vakuru vedzimba dzamadzibaba avana vaIsiraeri,

¹And the heads of the fathers of the families of the sons of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, come near, and speak before Moses, and before the princes, heads of the fathers of the sons of Israel,

²vakati, Jehovha akaraira tenzi wangu, kuti agovere nyika nemijenya pakati pavana vaIsiraeri, ive nhaka yavo; uyezve, tenzi wangu wakarairwa naJehovha kupa vanasikana vaZerofehadhi, munin'ina wedu, nhaka yake.

²and say, Jehovah commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the sons of Israel, and my lord hath been commanded by Jehovah to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.

³Zvino kana ivo vakawanikwa nomumwe wavanakomana vamarudzi mamwe avana vaIsiraeri, nhaka yavo ichafanira kubviswa panhaka yamadzibaba edu, ikawedzerwa panhaka yorudzi kwavanozondogara; saizvozvo ichabviswa panhaka yatakapiwa nemijenya.

³`And — they have been to one of the sons of the [other] tribes of the sons of Israel for wives, and their inheritance hath been withdrawn from the inheritance of our fathers, and hath been added to the inheritance of the tribe which is theirs, and from the lot of our inheritance it is withdrawn,

⁴Zvino kana gore reJubheri ravana vaIsiraeri richisvika, nhaka yavo ichawedzerwa panhaka yorudzi kwavagere; naizvozvo nhaka yavo ichabviswa panhaka yorudzi rwamadzibaba edu.

⁴and if it is the jubilee of the sons of Israel, then hath their inheritance been added to the inheritance of the tribe which is theirs, and from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers is their inheritance withdrawn.`

⁵Zvino Mozisi akaraira vana vaIsiraeri sezvakataura Jehovha, akati, Rudzi rwavana vaJosefa runotaura kwazvo.

⁵And Moses commandeth the sons of Israel, by the command of Jehovah, saying, `Rightly are the tribe of the sons of Joseph speaking;

⁶Ndiro shoko rakarairwa naJehovha pamusoro pavanasikana vaZerofehadhi: Ngavawanikwe navavanoda; asi ngavawanikwe naveimba yorudzi rwababa vavo.

⁶this [is] the thing which Jehovah hath commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, To those good in their eyes let them be for wives; only, to a family of the tribe of their fathers let them be for wives;

⁷Naizvozvo hapana nhaka yavana vaIsiraeri ingabva kuno rumwe rudzi ikaenda kuno rumwe; nekuti vana vaIsiraeri vanofanira, mumwe nomumwe, kunamatira nhaka yorudzi rwamadzibaba avo.

⁷and the inheritance of the sons of Israel doth not turn round from tribe unto tribe; for each to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers, do the sons of Israel cleave.

⁸Mwanasikana mumwe nomumwe ane nhaka parudzi rupi norupi rwavana vaIsiraeri, ngaawanikwe nomumwe weimba yorudzi rwababa vake, kuti vana vaIsiraeri, mumwe nomumwe, vagare nhaka yamadzibaba avo.

⁸`And every daughter possessing an inheritance, of the tribes of the sons of Israel, is to one of the family of the tribe of her father for a wife, so that the sons of Israel possess each the inheritance of his fathers,

⁹Naizvozvo hapana nhaka ingazobva kuno rumwe rudzi, ikaenda kuno rumwe rudzi, nekuti marudzi avana vaIsiraeri achanamatira, rumwe norumwe, nhaka yarwo.

⁹and the inheritance doth not turn round from [one] tribe to another tribe; for each to his inheritance do they cleave, the tribes of the sons of Israel.`

¹⁰Vanasikana vaZerofehadhi vakaita sezvakarairwa Mozisi naJehovha.

¹⁰As Jehovah hath commanded Moses, so have the daughters of Zelophehad done,

¹¹Nekuti Mara, naTiriza, naHogira, naMirika, naNowa, ivo vanasikana vaZerofehadhi, vakawanikwa navanakomana vavanunguna vababa vavo.

¹¹and Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, daughters of Zelophehad, are to the sons of their fathers` brethren for wives;

¹²Vakawanikwa padzimba dzavana vaManase, mwanakomana waJosefa, nhaka ikagara parudzi rweimba yababa vavo.

¹²[to men] of the families of the sons of Manasseh, son of Joseph, they have been for wives, and their inheritance is with the tribe of the family of their father.

¹³Ndiyo mirairo nemitemo, yakarairwa vana vaIsiraeri naJehovha nomuromo waMozisi pamapani eMoabhu paJoridhani paJeriko.

¹³These [are] the commands and the judgments which Jehovah hath commanded, by the hand of Moses, concerning the sons of Israel, in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, [near] Jericho.