¹Zvino Jehovha wakataura naMozisi akati, Ibva pano, kwira, iwe navanhu vawakabudisa munyika yeEgipita, muende kunyika yandakapikira Abhurahamu, naIsaka, naJakove, ndichiti, ndichaipa vana vako;

¹And Jehovah spake unto Moses, Depart, go up hence, thou and the people that thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land of which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:

²ndichatuma mutumwa pamberi penyu, kuti ndidzinge vaKanani, navaAmori, navaHeti, navaPerezi, navaHivhi, naJebhusi,

²and I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:

³muende kunyika inoyerera mukaka nouchi, nekuti ini handingakwiri pakati penyu, nekuti muri vanhu vane mitsipa mikukutu, kuti ndirege kukuparadzai panzira.

³unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee, for thou art a stiffnecked people, lest I consume thee in the way.

⁴Zvino vanhu vakati vachinzwa mashoko iwayo akaipa, vakachema; kwakanga kusina munhu wakashonga zvishongo zvake.

⁴And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.

⁵lpapo Jehovha akati kuna Mozisi, Uti kuvana valsiraeri, Muri vanhu vane mitsipa mikukutu; kana ndikapinda pakati penyu chinguva chimwe chiduku-duku, ndingakuparadzai; naizvozvo bvisai zvishongo zvenyu zvino, ndizive chandingakuitirai.

⁵And Jehovah said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people; if I go up into the midst of thee for one moment, I shall consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.

⁶Ipapo vana valsiraeri vakabvisa zvishongo zvavo kubva pagomo reHorebhu.

⁶And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments from mount Horeb onward.

⁷Zvino Mozisi waisitora tende, achindoridzika kunze kwemisasa, kure nemisasa, akaritumidza zita rinonzi, Tende rokusangana. Zvino mumwe nomumwe waitsvaka Jehovha, waibudira kutende rokusangana, rakanga riri kunze kwemisasa.

⁷Now Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it without the camp, afar off from the camp; and he called it, The tent of meeting. And it came to pass, that every one that sought Jehovah went out unto the tent of meeting, which was without the camp.

⁸Zvino kwaiti kana Mozisi obudira kutende, vanhu vose vaisimuka, vakamira mumwe nomumwe pamukova wetende rake, vakaramba vakatarira Mozisi kusvikira apinda mutende.

⁸And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the Tent, that all the people rose up, and stood, every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the Tent.

⁹Zvino kana Mozisi apinda mutende, shongwe yegore yaJehovha yaiburuka ikamira pamukova wetende, Jehovha akataura naMozisi.

⁹And it came to pass, when Moses entered into the Tent, the pillar of cloud descended, and stood at the door of the Tent: and [Jehovah] spake with Moses.

¹⁰Vanhu vose vakaona shongwe yegore imire pamukova wetende, vanhu vose vakasimuka, vakanamata pasi mumwe nomumwe pamukova wetende rake.

¹⁰And all the people saw the pillar of cloud stand at the door of the Tent: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man at his tent door.

¹¹Ipapo Jehovha waitaura naMozisi zviso zvakatarisana, somunhu anotaurirana neshamwari yake. Zvino wodzokerazve kumisasa; asi muranda wake Joshua, mwanakomana waNuni, mujaya, haazaibva patende.

¹¹And Jehovah spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his minister Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the Tent.

¹²Zvino Mozisi akati kuna Jehovha, Tarirai, makati kwandiri, Kwira navanhu ava, asi hamuna kundizivisa kuti muchatuma ani neni, kunyange makati, Ndinokuziva nezita rako, wakawana nyasha pamberi pangu.

¹²And Moses said unto Jehovah, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found favor in my sight.

¹³Zvino kana ndakawana nyasha pamberi penyu, chindiratidzai nzira dzenyu, kuti ndikuzivei, ndiwane nyasha pamberi penyu; rangariraiwo kuti rudzi urwu ndivanhu venyu.

¹³Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found favor in thy sight, show me now thy ways, that I may know thee, to the end that I may find favor in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.

¹⁴Jehovha akati, Ini ndimene ndichaenda newe, ndikupe zororo.

¹⁴And he said, My presence shall go [with thee], and I will give thee rest.

¹⁵Akati kwaari, Kana imwi mumene musingaendi neni, regai henyu kutibvisa pano.

¹⁵And he said unto him, If thy presence go not [with me], carry us not up hence.

¹⁶Nekuti zvichazikamwa seiko kuti ndakawana nyasha pamberi penyu, ini navanhu venyu? Hakuzi kuti muende nesu, tigova vakatsaurwa, ini navanhu venyu pakati pavamwe vanhu vose vapanyika dzose here?

¹⁶For wherein now shall it be known that I have found favor in thy sight, I and thy people? is it not in that thou goest with us, so that we are separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth?

¹⁷Ipapo Jehovha akati kuna Mozisi, Ndichaitawo chinhu ichi chawareva, nekuti wawana nyasha pamberi pangu, ndinokuziva nezita rako.

¹⁷And Jehovah said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken; for thou hast found favor in my sight, and I know thee by name.

¹⁸Iye akati, Dondiratidzai henyu kubwinya kwenyu.

¹⁸And he said, Show me, I pray thee, thy glory.

¹⁹Jehovha akati, Ndichapfuudza kunaka kwangu kose pamberi pako, nokudana zita raJehovha pamberi pako, asi ndichanzwira nyasha wandinoda kunzwira nyasha, ndichanzwira tsitsi wandinoda kunzwira tsitsi.

¹⁹And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and will proclaim the name of Jehovah before thee; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.

²⁰Akatiwo, Haungaoni chiso changu, nekuti hakuna munhu angandiona, akazorarama.

²⁰And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for man shall not see me and live.

²¹Jehovha akatiwo, Tarira pane nzvimbo kuno kwandiri, ungamira pabwe.

²¹and Jehovah said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon the rock:

²²Zvino kana kubwinya kwangu kopfuura, ndichakupinza mumukana webwe, ndigokufukidza noruoko rwangu kusvikira ndapfuura;

²²and it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand until I have passed by:

²³ipapo ndichabvisa ruoko rwangu, ugondiona necheshure; asi chiso changu hachionekwi.

²³and I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my back; but my face shall not be seen.