¹Zvino ndiko kuropafadza Mozisi, munhu waMwari, kwaakaropafadza nako vana vaIsiraeri, asati afa.

¹And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.

²Akati,Jehovha wakabva Sinai, Akavabudira achibva Seiri; Akapenya ari pagomo reParani, Akauya achibva pazviuru zvinegumi zvavatsvene; Paruoko rwake rworudyi pakanga pano murayiro womoto kwavari.

²And he said, Jehovah came from Sinai, And rose from Seir unto them; He shined forth from mount Paran, And he came from the ten thousands of holy ones: At his right hand was a fiery law for them.

³Zvirokwazvo unoda ndudzi; Vatsvene vake vose vari paruoko rwenyu; Vakagara pasi patsoka dzenyu; Mumwe nomumwe uchagamuchira mashoko enyu.

³Yea, he loveth the people; All his saints are in thy hand: And they sat down at thy feet; [Every one] shall receive of thy words.

⁴Mozisi wakatiraira murayiro, Ndiyo nhaka yeungano yaJakove.

⁴Moses commanded us a law, An inheritance for the assembly of Jacob.

⁵wakange ari mambo paJeshuruni, Pakuungana kwavakuru vavanhu, Marudzi ose avaIsiraeri pamwechete.

⁵And he was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, All the tribes of Israel together.

⁶Rubheni ngaararame, arege kufa, Asi vanhu vake ngavave vashoma havo.

⁶Let Reuben live, and not die; Nor let his men be few.

⁷Kuropafadzwa kwaJudha ndiko: Akati,

⁷And this is [the blessing] of Judah: and he said, Hear, Jehovah, the voice of Judah, And bring him in unto his people. With his hands he contended for himself; And thou shalt be a help against his adversaries.

⁸Pamusoro paRevhi wakati, Tumimu yenyu neUrimi yenyu ndezva unodikamwa nemi,Iye wamakaidza paMasa, Wamakarwa naye pamvura yeMeribha;

⁸And of Levi he said, Thy Thummim and thy Urim are with thy godly one, Whom thou didst prove at Massah, With whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;

⁹Iye wakati pamusoro pababa vake namai vake, handina kumuona; Nehama dzake haana kudzirangarira, Kana kuziva vana vake, nekuti vakaita shoko renyu, Nokuchengeta sungano yenyu.

⁹Who said of his father, and of his mother, I have not seen him; Neither did he acknowledge his brethren, Nor knew he his own children: For they have observed thy word, And keep thy covenant.

¹⁰Vachadzidzisa Jakove zvamakatonga, NaIsiraeri murayiro wenyu; Vachaisa zvinonhuhwira pamberi penyu, Nezvipiriso zvinopiswa zvakakwana paaritari dzenyu.

¹⁰They shall teach Jacob thine ordinances, And Israel thy law: They shall put incense before thee, And whole burnt-offering upon thine altar.

¹¹Jehovha, ropafadzai simba rake, Gamuchirai basa ramaoko ake; Gurai zviuno zvavanomumukira, Nezvavanomuvenga, kuti varege kusimukazve.

¹¹Bless, Jehovah, his substance, And accept the work of his hands: Smite through the loins of them that rise up against him, And of them that hate him, that they rise not again.

¹²Pamusoro paBhenjamini wakati, Mudikamwa waJehovha uchagara kwaari akachengetwa; Unomufukidza zuva rose, Unogara pakati pamafudzi ake.

¹²Of Benjamin he said, The beloved of Jehovah shall dwell in safety by him; He covereth him all the day long, And he dwelleth between his shoulders.

¹³Pamusoro paJosefa wakati, Nyika yake ngairopafadzwe naJehovha, Ipiwe zvinhu zvakanakisa zvokudenga, nedova, Nemvura inogara makadzika;

¹³And of Joseph he said, Blessed of Jehovah be his land, For the precious things of heaven, for the dew, And for the deep that coucheth beneath,

¹⁴Nezvinhu zvakanakisa zvezvibereko zvezuva,Nezvinhu zvakanakisa zvinomedzwa nomwedzi;

¹⁴And for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, And for the precious things of the growth of the moons,

¹⁵Nezvinhu zvakanaka zvamakomo ekare, Nezvinhu zvakanakisa zvezvikomo zvisingaperi,

¹⁵And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, And for the precious things of the everlasting hills,

¹⁶Nezvinhu zvakanakisa zvenyika nokuzara kwayo, Nomoyo wakanaka waiye wakange agere mugwenzi; Kuropafadzwa ngakuuye pamusoro waJosefa, Napamusoro pomusoro waiye wakatsaurwa pakati pehama dzake.

¹⁶And for the precious things of the earth and the fulness thereof, And the good will of him that dwelt in the bush. Let [the blessing] come upon the head of Joseph, And upon the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.

¹⁷Mwana wemhongora wemombe dzake, ndihwo umambo hwake; Nyanga dzake inyanga dzenyati; Nadzo uchabaya ndudzi dzose dzavo, namagumisiro enyika; Ndivo vane zviuru zvamazana zvine gumi zvaEfuremu, Ndivo vane zviuru zvaManase.

¹⁷The firstling of his herd, majesty is his; And his horns are the horns of the wild-ox: With them he shall push the peoples all of them, [even] the ends of the earth: And they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, And they are the thousands of Manasseh.

¹⁸Pamusoro paZebhuruni wakati, Chifara, Zebhuruni, pakubuda kwako, Newe Isakari, pamatende ako.

¹⁸And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; And, Issachar, in thy tents.

¹⁹Vachadanira vanhu kumakomo; Ipapo vachauya nezvibayiro zvokururama. Nekuti vachamwa fuma zhinji yamakungwa, Nefuma zhinji yakavanzwa nejecha.

¹⁹They shall call the peoples unto the mountain; There shall they offer sacrifices of righteousness: For they shall suck the abundance of the seas, And the hidden treasures of the sand.

²⁰Pamusoro paGadhi wakati, Unokurisa Gadhi ngaaropafadzwe; Iye unogara seshumbakadzi, Unobvambura ruoko, kunyange nomusoro.

²⁰And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: He dwelleth as a lioness, And teareth the arm, yea, the crown of the head.

²¹Wakazvitsaurira mugove wokutanga; nekuti ndipapo pakachengetwa mugove womubati; Wakauya navakuru vavanhu; Wakaita zvakarurama zvaJehovha, Nezvaakatonga pamusoro paIsiraeri.

²¹And he provided the first part for himself, For there was the lawgiver's portion reserved; And he came [with] the heads of the people; He executed the righteousness of Jehovah, And his ordinances with Israel.

²²Pamusoro paDhani wakati, Dhani ndiye mwana weshumba, Unokwakuka achibva Bhashani.

²²And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp, That leapeth forth from Bashan.

²³Pamusoro paNafutari wakati, Iwe Nafutari, wakaguta nyasha, Uzere nokuropafadzwa naJehovha; Tora mavirazuva nenyasi zvive zvako.

²³And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favor, And full with the blessing of Jehovah, Possess thou the west and the south.

²⁴Pamusoro paAsheri wakati, Asheri ngaaropafadzwe apiwe vana; Ngaadikamwe nehama dzake, Ngaanyike rutsoka rwake mumafuta.

²⁴And of Asher he said, Blessed be Asher with children; Let him be acceptable unto his brethren, And let him dip his foot in oil.

²⁵Zvipfigiso zvako zvichava zvamatare nendarira; Uye semazuva ako ndizvo zvizchita simba rako.

²⁵Thy bars shall be iron and brass; And as thy days, so shall thy strength be.

²⁶Iwe Jeshuruni, hakuna wakafanana naMwari, Iye unotasva denga kuti akubatsire, Napamusoro pamakore noukuru hwake.

²⁶There is none like unto God, O Jeshurun, Who rideth upon the heavens for thy help, And in his excellency on the skies.

²⁷Mwari usingaperi ndihwo ugaro hwako, Pasi pako kuna maoko asingaperi; Iye wakadzinga vavengi pamberi pako, Akati, Paradzai.

²⁷The eternal God is [thy] dwelling-place, And underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy from before thee, And said, Destroy.

²⁸Isiraeri unogara akachengetwa, Tsime raJakove riri roga, Panyika yezviyo newaini; Denga rake rose rinonisa dova.

²⁸And Israel dwelleth in safety, The fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine; Yea, his heavens drop down dew.

²⁹Isiraeri, iwe wakaropafadzwa; Ndiani wakatodzana newe, rudzi rwakachengetwa naJehovha? Ndiye nhovo inokubatsira, Nomunondo waunokudzwa nawo! Vavengi vako vachazviisa pasi pako,Newe uchatsika panzvimbo dzavo dzakakwirira.

²⁹Happy art thou, O Israel: Who is like unto thee, a people saved by Jehovah, The shield of thy help, And the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall submit themselves unto thee; And thou shalt tread upon their high places.