¹Kana murume akatora mukadzi, akamuwana, zvino akasafara naye, nekuti wawana chinhu chisina kufanira kwaari, unofanira kumunyorera rugwaro rwokumuramba, ndokuruisa muruoko rwake, ndokumubvisa mumba make.

¹When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

²Zvino kana abuda mumba make, ungandowanikwa nomumwe murume.

²And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's [wife].

³Kana murume uyuzve akamuvenga, akamunyorera rugwaro rwokumuramba, akamupa irwo muruoko rwake, akamubvisa mumba make, kunyange murume uyu akazofa, iye wakazomuwana,

³And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, who took her to be his wife;

⁴murume wake wokutanga, wakadeya kumubvisa, haangamuwanizve, zvaakasvibiswa; nekuti izvo zvinonyangadza Jehovha; haufaniri kutadzisa nyika, yaunopiwa naJehovha Mwari wako, kuti ive nhaka yako.

⁴her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before Jehovah: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

⁵Kana munhu achangowana mukadzi, haafaniri kuenda kuhondo, kana kubatiswa rimwe basa; anofanira kugara kumusha gore rimwe akasununguka, kuti afadze mukadzi wake waakawana.

⁵When a man taketh a new wife, he shall not go out in the host, neither shall he be charged with any business: he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he hath taken.

⁶Munhu haafaniri kutora guyo kana huyo, kuti ruve rubatso; nekuti unotora rubatso rwoupenyu hwomunhu.

⁶No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh [a man's] life to pledge.

⁷Kana munhu akawanikwa achiba mumwe wehama dzake kuvana vaIsiraeri, akamuita muranda wake, kana kumutengesa, uyo mubi anofanira kufa; saizvozvo unofanira kubvisa chakaipa pakati pako.

⁷If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and he deal with him as a slave, or sell him; then that thief shall die: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.

⁸Chenjera pahosha yamaperembudzi kuti uchengete nokuita zvakanaka zvamunodzidziswa navapristi vaRevhi; sezvandakavaraira, ndizvo zvamunofanira kuita.

⁸Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.

⁹Rangarira zvakaitirwa Miriami naJehovha Mwari wako panzira, muchibuda Egipita.

⁹Remember what Jehovah thy God did unto Miriam, by the way as ye came forth out of Egypt.

¹⁰Kana ukaposwa nowokwako chinhu chipi nechipi, haufaniri kupinda mumba make kundotora rubatso rwake.

¹⁰When thou dost lend thy neighbor any manner of loan, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.

¹¹Unofanira kumira kunze, kuti munhu wakaposwa newe akubudisire kunze rubatso rwake.

¹¹Thou shalt stand without, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring forth the pledge without unto thee.

¹²Kana achinge ari murombo haufaniri kundovata norubatso rwake.

¹²And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge;

¹³Unofanira kumudzosera rubatso kana zuva rovira, kuti avate nenguvo yake, akuropafadze; ucharuramiswa pamusoro paizvozvo naJehovha Mwari wako.

¹³thou shalt surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before Jehovah thy God.

¹⁴Usamanikidza muranda unokubatira, ari murombo unoshaiwa, kana ari mumwe wehama dzako, kana wavatorwa vako vari munyika yako, mukati mamasuwo ako.

¹⁴Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy sojourners that are in thy land within thy gates:

¹⁵Unofanira kumupa mubayiro wake zuva rimwe nerimwe, zuva ngarirege kuvira asati apiwa; nekuti murombo, nomoyo wake unoutarira; kuti arege kuzochema kuna Jehovha pamusoro pako, zvikava zvivi kwauri.

¹⁵in his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it be sin unto thee.

¹⁶Madzibaba haafaniri kuurawa pamusoro pavana vavo, navana havafaniri kuurawa pamusoro pamadzibaba avo; munhu mumwe nomumwe anofanira kuurayirwa zvivi zvake.

¹⁶The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

¹⁷Usatongera mutorwa kana nherera zvisina kururama; uye haufaniri kutora nguvo yechirikadzi kuita rubatso nayo.

¹⁷Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to the sojourner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge;

¹⁸Asi unofanira kurangarira kuti wakange uri muranda paEgipita, Jehovha Mwari wako akakudzikunura ipapo; naizvozvo ndinokuraira kuita chinhu ichi.

¹⁸but thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and Jehovah thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.

¹⁹Kana ukakohwa zviyo zvako mumunda mako, ukakangamwa chisote mumunda, haufaniri kudzokera kundochitora, chinofanira kuva chomutorwa, nenherera, nechirikadzi, kuti Jehovha Mwari wako akuropafadze pamabasa ose amaoko ako.

¹⁹When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hands.

²⁰Kana uchizunza muti wako womuorivhi, usatsvakisisa pamatavizve; zvinofanira kuva zvomutorwa nenherera, nechirikadzi.

²⁰When thou beatest thine olive-tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

²¹Kana uchiunganidza mazambiringa omunda wako wemizambiringa, haufaniri kutsvakisisazve; anofanira kuva omutorwa, nenherera, nechirikadzi.

²¹When thou gatherest [the grapes of] thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it after thee: it shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

²²Unofanira kurangarira kuti wakange uri muranda panyika yeEgipita; naizvozvo ndinokuraira chinhu ichi.

²²And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.