¹Ndizvo zvakatemwa, nezvakatongwa, zvamunofanira kuchenjera kuti muzviite panyika yawakapiwa naJehovha Mwari wamadzibaba ako, kuti ive yako, mazuva ose amunogara panyika.

¹These are the statutes and the ordinances which ye shall observe to do in the land which Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, hath given thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.

²Munofanira kuparadza chose nzvimbo dzose, apo, ndudzi dzose dzamunopiwa kuti dzive dzenyu, padzaishumira vamwari vadzo, pamakomo marefu, napazvikomo, napasi pemiti mitema yose;

²Ye shall surely destroy all the places wherein the nations that ye shall dispossess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:

³munofanira kuputsa aritari dzavo, nokuputsanya shongwe dzavo, nokupisa matanda avo okunamata nawo; mutemewo mifananidzo yavo yakavezwa; kuti muparadze zita razvo panzvimbo iyo.

³and ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and burn their Asherim with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods; and ye shall destroy their name out of that place.

⁴Regai kuitira Jehovha Mwari wenyu saizvozvo.

⁴Ye shall not do so unto Jehovah your God.

⁵Asi munofanira kushanyira panzvimbo yakatsaurwa naJehovha Mwari wenyu pakati pamarudzi enyu ose, kuti aise zita rakepo, paanogara, ndipo pamunofanira kushanyirapo, nokuendapo,

⁵But unto the place which Jehovah your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come;

⁶munofanira kuuyapo nezvipiriso zvenyu zvinopiswa, nezvibayiro zvenyu, nezvegumi zvenyu, nezvipiriso zvakatsaurwa namaoko enyu, nezvipikiso zvenyu, nezvipo zvokuda kwenyu, navana vemhongora dzemombe dzenyu nedzamakwai enyu;

⁶and thither ye shall bring your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill-offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock:

⁷ndipo pamunofanira kudya pamberi paJehovha Mwari wenyu, muchifarira zvose zvamunobata namaoko enyu, imwi, nemhuri dzenyu, sezvamakaropafadzwa naJehovha Mwari wenyu.

⁷and there ye shall eat before Jehovah your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee.

⁸Hamufaniri kuita sezvatinoita pano nhasi, mumwe nomumwe sezvaanoona kuti ndizvo zvakanaka;

⁸Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes;

⁹nekuti muchigere kusvika pazororo napanhaka, yaunopiwa naJehovha Mwari wako.

⁹for ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

¹⁰Asi kana mayambuka Joridhani, mogara munyika yamunopiwa naJehovha Mwari wenyu, ive nhaka yenyu, kana iye achikupai zororo pavavengi venyu vose vanokukombai, mogara makachengetwa,

¹⁰But when ye go over the Jordan, and dwell in the land which Jehovah your God causeth you to inherit, and he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;

¹¹Zvino kunzvimbo yakatsaurwa naJehovha, kuti aise zita rakepo, ndiko kwamunofanira kuuya nezvose zvandinokurairai, zvinoti: zvipiriso zvenyu zvinopiswa, nezvibayiro zvenyu, nezvegumi zvenyu, nezvipiriso zvakatsaurwa namaoko enyu, nezvipikiso zvenyu zvakaisvonaka zvamunopikira Jehovha;

¹¹then it shall come to pass that to the place which Jehovah your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, thither shall ye bring all that I command you: your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto Jehovah.

¹²mufare pamberi paJehovha Mwari wenyu, imwi navanakomana venyu, navanasikana venyu, navaranda venyu, navarandakadzi venyu, nomuRevhi uri mukati mamasuwo enyu, nekuti iye haana mugove kana nhaka pakati penyu.

¹²And ye shall rejoice before Jehovah your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and the Levite that is within your gates, forasmuch as he hath no portion nor inheritance with you.

¹³Chenjera kuti urege kuuya nezvipiriso zvako zvinopiswa panzvimbo ipi neipi yaunoona,

¹³Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt-offerings in every place that thou seest;

¹⁴asi panzvimbo ichatsaurwa naJehovha pano rumwe rwamarudzi ako, ndipo paunofanira kuuya nezvipo zvako zvinopiswa, ndipo paunofanira kuita zvose zvandinokuraira.

¹⁴but in the place which Jehovah shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.

¹⁵Asi ungabaya hako nokudya hako nyama mukati mamasuwo ako ose, sezvinoda moyo wako, uye sezvawakaropafadzwa naJehovha Mwari wako; usina kunaka nowakanaka vose vangaidya, sezvinoitwa nenyama yemhara nenondo.

¹⁵Notwithstanding, thou mayest kill and eat flesh within all thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart.

¹⁶Asi hamufaniri kudya ropa; unofanira kuriteurira pasi semvura.

¹⁶Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.

¹⁷Usadya mukati mamasuwo ako zvegumi zvezviyo zvako, kana zvewaini yako, kana zvamafuta ako, kana vana vemhongora dzemombe dzako, kana dzamakwai ako, kana chipikiso chipi nechipi chaunopika nacho, kana zvipo zvokuda kwako, kana chipiriso chinotsaurwa noruoko rwako;

¹⁷Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy grain, or of thy new wine, or of thine oil, or the firstlings of thy herd or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill-offerings, nor the heave-offering of thy hand;

¹⁸asi unofanira kuzvidya pamberi paJehovha Mwari wako panzvimbo ichatsaurwa naJehovha Mwari wako, iwe, navanakomana vako navanasikana vako, navaranda vako navarandakadzi vako, nomuRevhi uri mukati mamasuwo ako; unofanira kufara pamberi paJehovha Mwari wako pazvose zvaunobata namaoko ako.

¹⁸but thou shalt eat them before Jehovah thy God in the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God in all that thou puttest thy hand unto.

¹⁹Chenjera kuti urege kukangamwa muRevhi nguva yose yaunogara munyika yako.

¹⁹Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest in thy land.

²⁰Zvino kana Jehovha Mwari wako akurisa nyika yako, sezvaakakupikira, iwe ukati, Ndichadya nyama, nekuti moyo wako unoda kudya nyama, ungadya hako nyama, sezvinoda moyo wako.

²⁰When Jehovah thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul desireth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, after all the desire of thy soul.

²¹Kana nzvimbo yakatsaurwa naJehovha, kuti aise zita rakepo, iri kure newe, unofanira kubaya zvimwe zvemombe dzako, kana zvamakwai ako, zvawakapiwa naJehovha, sezvandakakuraira, ugozvidya mukati mamasuwo ako, sezvinoda moyo wako.

²¹If the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to put his name there, be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which Jehovah hath given thee, as I have commanded thee; and thou mayest eat within thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul.

²²Unofanira kuzvidya sezvinodyiwa nyama yemhara neyenondo; usina kunaka nowakanaka vose vanofanira kuzvidya pamwechete.

²²Even as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat thereof: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof alike.

²³Asi chenjera kwazvo kuti urege kudya ropa, nekuti ropa ndihwo upenyu; usadya upenyu pamwechete nenyama.

²³Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou shalt not eat the life with the flesh.

²⁴Usaridya, asi unofanira kuriteurira pasi semvura.

²⁴Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.

²⁵Usaridya, kuti zvive zvakanaka newe, iwe, navana vako vanokutevera, kana uchiita zvakarurama pamberi paJehovha.

²⁵Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah.

²⁶Asi zvinhu zvako zvitsvene, nezvipikiso zvako, unofanira kuzvitora nokuenda nazvo kunzvimbo yakatsaurwa naJehovha.

²⁶Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which Jehovah shall choose:

²⁷Zvino unofanira kugadzira zvipiriso zvako zvinopiswa, nyama neropa, paaritari yaJehovha Mwari wako; ropa rezvibayiro zvako rinofanira kuteurirwa paaritari yaJehovha Mwari wako, asi iwe unofanira kudya nyama.

²⁷and thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of Jehovah thy God; and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of Jehovah thy God; and thou shalt eat the flesh.

²⁸teerera unzwe zvakanaka mashoko awa andinokuraira, kuti zvive zvakanaka newe, iwe,navana vako vanokutevera nokusingaperi, kana uchiita zvakanaka nezvakarurama pamberi paJehovha Mwari wako.

²⁸Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the eyes of Jehovah thy God.

²⁹Zvino kana Jehovha Mwari wako achiparadza pamberi pako ndudzi idzo, dzaunoenda kwadziri kundodziita dzako, ukadziita dzako, ukagara munyika yadzo;

²⁹When Jehovah thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest in to dispossess them, and thou dispossessest them, and dwellest in their land;

³⁰uchenjere kuti urege kunyengerwa kuzodzitevera, idzo dzamboparadzwa pamberi pako; kuti urege kubvunza vamwari vavo, uchiti, Ndudzi idzi dzinoshumira vamwari vadzo seiko? Neni ndichaitawo saizvozvo.

³⁰take heed to thyself that thou be not ensnared to follow them, after that they are destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How do these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.

³¹Usaitira Jehovha Mwari wako saizvozvo; nekuti ivo vakaitira vamwari vavo zvose zvinonyangadza Jehovha, nezvaanovenga; nekuti kunyange vanakomana vavo navanasikana vavo vanovapisira vamwari vavo pamoto.

³¹Thou shalt not do so unto Jehovah thy God: for every abomination to Jehovah, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters do they burn in the fire to their gods.

³²Chinhu chipi nechipi chandinokurairai, chenjerai kuti muzviite; musawedzera kwazviri, kana kutapudza kwazviri.

³²What thing soever I command you, that shall ye observe to do: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.