¹Zvino Jehovha akataura naMozisi akati,

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

²Taura naAron, uti kwaari, Kana uchimisa mwenje, mwenje minomwe inofanira kuvhenekera pamberi pechigadziko.

²`Speak unto Aaron, and thou hast said unto him, In thy causing the lights to go up, over-against the face of the candlestick do the seven lights give light.`

³Aroni akaita saizvozvo; akamisa mwenje sezvakarairwa kuti ivhenekere pamberi pechigadziko sezvakarairwa Mozisi naJehovha.

³And Aaron doth so; over-against the face of the candlestick he hath caused its lights to go up, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

⁴Chigadziko chakanga chakaitwa kudai: Chakanga chakaitwa nendarama yakapambadzirwa; kusvikira pasi pacho napamaruva acho chakanga chakaitwa nendarama yakapambadzirwa; nomufananidzo wakange wakaratidzwa Mozisi naJehovha, ndizvo zvaakaita chigadziko.

⁴And this [is] the work of the candlestick: beaten work of gold; unto its thigh, unto its flower it [is] beaten work; as the appearance which Jehovah shewed Moses, so he hath made the candlestick.

⁵Jehovha akataura naMozisi akati,

⁵And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

⁶Bvisa vaRevhi pakati pavana vaIsiraeri, uvanatse.

⁶`Take the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and thou hast cleansed them.

⁷Pakuvanatsa unofanira kuvaitira kudai: Sasa pamusoro pavo mvura inosuka zvivi, ugovaraira kuti vaveurwe muviri wavo wose nechiso, vasuke nguvo dzavo, nokuzvinatsa.

⁷`And thus thou dost to them to cleanse them: sprinkle upon them waters of atonement, and they have caused a razor to pass over all their flesh, and have washed their garments, and cleansed themselves,

⁸Zvino vanofanira kutora nzombe duku, nechipiriso chayo choupfu, upfu hwakatsetseka, hwakakanyiwa namafuta; newe utore imwe nzombe duku, chive chipiriso chezvivi.

⁸and have taken a bullock, a son of the herd, and its present, flour mixed with oil, — and a second bullock a son of the herd thou dost take for a sin-offering,

⁹Zvino uise vaRevhi pamberi petende rokusangana, ndokukoka ungano yose yavana vaIsiraeri.

⁹and thou hast brought near the Levites before the tent of meeting, and thou hast assembled the whole company of the sons of Israel,

¹⁰Unofanira kuisa vaRevhi pamberi paJehovha, vana vaIsiraeri vagoisa maoko avo pamusoro pavaRevhi.

¹⁰and thou hast brought near the Levites before Jehovah, and the sons of Israel have laid their hands on the Levites,

¹¹Zvino Aroni anofanira kuzunguzira vaRevhi pamberi paJehovha, vave chipiriso chinozunguzirwa nokuda kwavana vaIsiraeri, kuti vagarepo kuzobata basa raJehovha.

¹¹and Aaron hath waved the Levites — a wave-offering before Jehovah, from the sons of Israel, and they have been — for doing the service of Jehovah.

¹²Zvino vaRevhi vanofanira kuisa maoko avo pamisoro yenzombe duku, iwe ugobayira Jehovha imwe chive chipiriso chezvivi, neimwe chive chipiriso chinopiswa, kuti uyananisire vaRevhi.

¹²`And the Levites lay their hands on the head of the bullocks, and make thou the one a sin-offering, and the one a burnt-offering to Jehovah, to atone for the Levites,

¹³Zvino unofanira kuisa vaRevhi pamberi paAroni navanakomana vake, ugovazunguzira vave chipiriso chinozunguzirwa kuna Jehovha.

¹³and thou hast caused the Levites to stand before Aaron, and before his sons, and hast waved them — a wave-offering to Jehovah;

¹⁴Unofanira kubvisa vaRevhi saizvozvo pakati pavana vaIsiraeri, kuti vaRevhi vave vangu.

¹⁴and thou hast separated the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and the Levites have become Mine;

¹⁵Zvino shure kwaizvozvo vaRevhi vanofanira kupinda kuzobata basa patende rokusangana; unofanira kuvanatsa nokuvazunguzira vave chipiriso chinozunguzirwa.

¹⁵and afterwards do the Levites come in to serve the tent of meeting, and thou hast cleansed them, and hast waved them — a wave-offering.

¹⁶nekuti ndakavapiwa ini chose pakati pavana vaIsiraeri; ndakazvitorera ivo panzvimbo yavose vanotanga kuzarura chizvaro, iwo matangwe avana valsiraeri vose.

¹⁶`For they are certainly given to Me out of the midst of the sons of Israel, instead of him who openeth any womb — the first-born of all — from the sons of Israel I have taken them to Myself;

¹⁷Nekuti matangwe ose avana vaIsiraeri ndeangu, kana evanhu kana ezvipfuwo; ndakazvitsaurira iwo nomusi wandakauraya matangwe ose munyika yeEgipita.

¹⁷for Mine [is] every first-born among the sons of Israel, among man and among beast; in the day of my smiting every first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself;

¹⁸Ndakatora vaRevhi panzvimbo yamatangwe ose pakati pavana vaIsiraeri,

¹⁸and I take the Levites instead of every first-born among the sons of Israel:

¹⁹Aroni navanakomana vake ndikavapa vaRevhi pakati pavana vaIsiraeri, kuti vabate basa ravana vaIsiraeri patende rokusangana, nokuyananisira vana vaIsiraeri, kuti hosha irege kuvapo pakati pavana vaIsiraeri kana vana vaIsiraeri vachiswedera kuimba tsvene.

¹⁹`And I give the Levites gifts to Aaron and to his sons, from the midst of the sons of Israel, to do the service of the sons of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the sons of Israel, and there is no plague among the sons of Israel in the sons of Israel`s drawing nigh unto the sanctuary.`

²⁰Mozisi naAroni neungano yose yavana vaIsiraeri vakaitira vaRevhi saizvozvo; zvose sezvakarairwa Mozisi naJehovha pamusoro pavaRevhi, vana vaIsiraeri vakavaitira saizvozvo.

²⁰And Moses doth — Aaron also, and all the company of the sons of Israel — to the Levites according to all that Jehovah hath commanded Moses concerning the Levites; so have the sons of Israel done to them.

²¹VaRevhi vakazvinatsa pazvivi zvavo, vakasuka nguvo dzavo, Aroni akavazunguzira pamberi paJehovha vave chipiriso chinozunguzirwa; Aroni akavayananisira kuti avanatse.

²¹And the Levites cleanse themselves, and wash their garments, and Aaron waveth them a wave-offering before Jehovah, and Aaron maketh atonement for them to cleanse them,

²²Zvino shure kwaizvozvo vaRevhi vakapinda kuzobata basa patende rokusangana pamberi paAroni napamberi pavana vake; sezvakarairwa Mozisi naJehovha pamusoro pavaRevhi, ndizvo zvaakavaitira.

²²and afterwards have the Levites gone in to do their service in the tent of meeting, before Aaron and before his sons; as Jehovah hath commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they have done to them.

²³Jehovha akataura naMozisi akati,

²³And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

²⁴Ndiwo murayiro wavaRevhi: Avo vasvika pamakore makumi maviri namashanu, navanopfuura, vanofanira kupinda kuzorwa namabasa etende rokusangana;

²⁴`This [is] that which [is] the Levites`: from a son of five and twenty years and upward he doth go in to serve the host in the service of the tent of meeting,

²⁵asi kana vasvika makore ana makumi mashanu vanofanira kurega basa iri; havachafaniri kubata;

²⁵and from a son of fifty years he doth return from the host of the service, and doth not serve any more,

²⁶asi vangabatsirana havo nehama dzavo patende rokusangana, kuti varichengete, asi ngavarege kubata basa. Ndizvo zvaunofanira kuitira vaRevhi pamusoro pamabasa avo.

²⁶and he hath ministered with his brethren in the tent of meeting, to keep the charge, and doth not do service; thus thou dost to the Levites concerning their charge.`