¹Kana panyika yaunopiwa naJehovha Mwari wako, kuti ive yako, pakawanikwa munhu akaurawa akatandavara kusango, kusingazikamwi kuti wamuuraya ndiani,

¹If one be found slain in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath smitten him;

²ipapo vakuru vako navatongi vako vanofanira kundoyera chinhambo kusvika kumaguta akapoteredza munhu wakaurawa;

²then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:

³zvino guta riri pedo nomunhu wakaurawa, vakuru veguta iro vanofanira kutora tsiru remombe, risina kumbobatwa naro, risina kumbokweva pajoko,

³and it shall be, that the city which is nearest unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;

⁴vakuru veguta iro vagoenda netsiru kumupata uno rukova rune mvura inoyerera, usina kumborimwa kana kudzvarwa, ndokuvhuna mutsipa wetsiru imomo mumupata;

⁴and the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley.

⁵vapristi vana vaRevhi vanofanira kuswedera, nekuti ndivo vakatsaurwa naJehovha Mwari wako, kuti vamushumire, nokuropafadza vanhu nezita raJehovha; nekuti chirevo chenharo dzose nokukuvadza kose zvinofanira kutemwa navo;

⁵And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them Jehovah thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of Jehovah; and according to their word shall every controversy and every stroke be.

⁶zvino vakuru vose veguta iro riri pedo nomunhu wakaurawa vanofanira kushamba maoko avo pamusoro petsiru rakavhuniwa mutsipa waro pamupata,

⁶And all the elders of that city, who are nearest unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley;

⁷vagopindura, vachiti, Maoko edu haana kuteura ropa iro, nameso edu haana kuriona.

⁷and they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.

⁸imwi Jehovha kangamwirai henyu vanhu venyu valsiraeri, vamakadzikunura; musatendera kuti ropa risine mhosva rigare pakati pavanhu venyu vaIsiraeri. Ipapo vachakangamwirwa ropa iro.

⁸Forgive, O Jehovah, thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and suffer not innocent blood [to remain] in the midst of thy people Israel. And the blood shall be forgiven them.

⁹Saizvozvo unofanira kubvisa ropa risine mhosva pakati pako, kana waita zvakarurama pamberi paJehovha.

⁹So shalt thou put away the innocent blood from the midst of thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah.

¹⁰Kana uchindorwa navavengi vako, Jehovha Mwari wako akavaisa mumaoko ako, ukavatapa,

¹⁰When thou goest forth to battle against thine enemies, and Jehovah thy God delivereth them into thy hands, and thou carriest them away captive,

¹¹ukaona pakati pavatapwa mukadzi wakanaka, ukamuda, ukada kumuwana ave mukadzi wako,

¹¹and seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and thou hast a desire unto her, and wouldest take her to thee to wife;

¹²unofanira kuenda naye kumba kwako; zvino iye unofanira kuveura musoro wake, nokugura nzara dzake,

¹²then thou shalt bring her home to thy house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;

¹³nokurasha nguvo dzake dzokutapwa, ndokugara mumba mako achichema baba vake namai vake mwedzi wose; pashure paizvozvo iwe ungapinda kwaari, iwe uve murume wake, iye ave mukadzi wako.

¹³and she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thy house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.

¹⁴Zvino kana iwe usingafari naye, unofanira kumurega kuti aende hake kwaanoda; asi haufaniri kutongomutengesa nemari; haufaniri kumuitira sezvinoitirwa muranda, nekuti wakatanga wamunyadzisa.

¹⁴And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not deal with her as a slave, because thou hast humbled her.

¹⁵Kana murume achinge ana vakadzi vaviri, mumwe unodikamwa, nomumwe unovengwa, vakamuberekera vana, unodikamwa nounovengwa vose vari vaviri; zvino kana mwanakomana wedangwe ari waiye unovengwa,

¹⁵If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the first-born son be hers that was hated;

¹⁶musi waanogarisa vanakomana vake nhaka yake, haafaniri kupa mwanakomana wounodikamwa udangwe, achidarika mwanakomana wounovengwa, iye ari mwanakomana wedangwe chaiye;

¹⁶then it shall be, in the day that he causeth his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved the first-born before the son of the hated, who is the first-born:

¹⁷asi anofanira kutenda mwanakomana wounovengwa, kuti ndiye wedangwe, amupe migove miviri yezvose zvaanazvo; nekuti ndiye wokutanga wesimba rake; ndiye anofanirwa noudangwe.

¹⁷but he shall acknowledge the first-born, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath; for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the first-born is his.

¹⁸Kana munhu anomwanakomana wakasindimara usinganzwi, asingadi kuteerera inzwi rababa vake kana inzwi ramai vake, usinganzwi kana vachimuranga;

¹⁸If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them;

¹⁹baba vake namai vake vanofanira kumubata ndokuenda naye kuvakuru veguta rake, nokusuwo renzvimbo yake,

¹⁹then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;

²⁰vagoti kuvakuru veguta rake, Mwanakomana wedu uyu wakasindimara, unotimukira, haadi kuteerera inzwi redu; unopedza fuma, nokumwa doro.

²⁰and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.

²¹Zvino varume vose veguta vanofanira kumutaka namabwe, kuti afe; saizvozvo unofanira kubvisa chakaipa pakati pako; vaIsiraeri vose vazvinzwe, vatye.

²¹And all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

²²Kana munhu achinge atadza chivi chinofanirwa norufu, akaurawa, ukamusungirira pamuti;

²²And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree;

²³chitunha chake hachifaniri kuvata pamuti usiku hwose, asi unofanira kumuviga nomusi iwoyo, nekuti munhu wakasungirirwa wakatukwa naMwari; kuti urege kusvibisa nyika yako yaunopiwa naJehovha Mwari wako, kuti ive yako.

²³his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt surely bury him the same day; for he that is hanged is accursed of God; that thou defile not thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.