¹Zvino Jehovha akataura naMozisi akati,

¹And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

²Taura naAron, uti kwaari, Kana uchimisa mwenje, mwenje minomwe inofanira kuvhenekera pamberi pechigadziko.

²Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the candlestick.

³Aroni akaita saizvozvo; akamisa mwenje sezvakarairwa kuti ivhenekere pamberi pechigadziko sezvakarairwa Mozisi naJehovha.

³And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof [so as to give light] in front of the candlestick, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

⁴Chigadziko chakanga chakaitwa kudai: Chakanga chakaitwa nendarama yakapambadzirwa; kusvikira pasi pacho napamaruva acho chakanga chakaitwa nendarama yakapambadzirwa; nomufananidzo wakange wakaratidzwa Mozisi naJehovha, ndizvo zvaakaita chigadziko.

⁴And this was the work of the candlestick, beaten work of gold; unto the base thereof, [and] unto the flowers thereof, it was beaten work: according unto the pattern which Jehovah had showed Moses, so he made the candlestick.

⁵Jehovha akataura naMozisi akati,

⁵And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

⁶Bvisa vaRevhi pakati pavana vaIsiraeri, uvanatse.

⁶Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.

⁷Pakuvanatsa unofanira kuvaitira kudai: Sasa pamusoro pavo mvura inosuka zvivi, ugovaraira kuti vaveurwe muviri wavo wose nechiso, vasuke nguvo dzavo, nokuzvinatsa.

⁷And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of expiation upon them, and let them cause a razor to pass over all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves.

⁸Zvino vanofanira kutora nzombe duku, nechipiriso chayo choupfu, upfu hwakatsetseka, hwakakanyiwa namafuta; newe utore imwe nzombe duku, chive chipiriso chezvivi.

⁸Then let them take a young bullock, and its meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil; and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin-offering.

⁹Zvino uise vaRevhi pamberi petende rokusangana, ndokukoka ungano yose yavana vaIsiraeri.

⁹And thou shalt present the Levites before the tent of meeting: and thou shalt assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel:

¹⁰Unofanira kuisa vaRevhi pamberi paJehovha, vana vaIsiraeri vagoisa maoko avo pamusoro pavaRevhi.

¹⁰and thou shalt present the Levites before Jehovah. And the children of Israel shall lay their hands upon the Levites:

¹¹Zvino Aroni anofanira kuzunguzira vaRevhi pamberi paJehovha, vave chipiriso chinozunguzirwa nokuda kwavana vaIsiraeri, kuti vagarepo kuzobata basa raJehovha.

¹¹and Aaron shall offer the Levites before Jehovah for a wave-offering, on the behalf of the children of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of Jehovah.

¹²Zvino vaRevhi vanofanira kuisa maoko avo pamisoro yenzombe duku, iwe ugobayira Jehovha imwe chive chipiriso chezvivi, neimwe chive chipiriso chinopiswa, kuti uyananisire vaRevhi.

¹²And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and offer thou the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, unto Jehovah, to make atonement for the Levites.

¹³Zvino unofanira kuisa vaRevhi pamberi paAroni navanakomana vake, ugovazunguzira vave chipiriso chinozunguzirwa kuna Jehovha.

¹³And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for a wave-offering unto Jehovah.

¹⁴Unofanira kubvisa vaRevhi saizvozvo pakati pavana vaIsiraeri, kuti vaRevhi vave vangu.

¹⁴Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine.

¹⁵Zvino shure kwaizvozvo vaRevhi vanofanira kupinda kuzobata basa patende rokusangana; unofanira kuvanatsa nokuvazunguzira vave chipiriso chinozunguzirwa.

¹⁵And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tent of meeting: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for a wave-offering.

¹⁶nekuti ndakavapiwa ini chose pakati pavana vaIsiraeri; ndakazvitorera ivo panzvimbo yavose vanotanga kuzarura chizvaro, iwo matangwe avana valsiraeri vose.

¹⁶For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of all that openeth the womb, even the first-born of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.

¹⁷Nekuti matangwe ose avana vaIsiraeri ndeangu, kana evanhu kana ezvipfuwo; ndakazvitsaurira iwo nomusi wandakauraya matangwe ose munyika yeEgipita.

¹⁷For all the first-born among the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.

¹⁸Ndakatora vaRevhi panzvimbo yamatangwe ose pakati pavana vaIsiraeri,

¹⁸And I have taken the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel.

¹⁹Aroni navanakomana vake ndikavapa vaRevhi pakati pavana vaIsiraeri, kuti vabate basa ravana vaIsiraeri patende rokusangana, nokuyananisira vana vaIsiraeri, kuti hosha irege kuvapo pakati pavana vaIsiraeri kana vana vaIsiraeri vachiswedera kuimba tsvene.

¹⁹And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel; that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.

²⁰Mozisi naAroni neungano yose yavana vaIsiraeri vakaitira vaRevhi saizvozvo; zvose sezvakarairwa Mozisi naJehovha pamusoro pavaRevhi, vana vaIsiraeri vakavaitira saizvozvo.

²⁰Thus did Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the Levites: according unto all that Jehovah commanded Moses touching the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them.

²¹VaRevhi vakazvinatsa pazvivi zvavo, vakasuka nguvo dzavo, Aroni akavazunguzira pamberi paJehovha vave chipiriso chinozunguzirwa; Aroni akavayananisira kuti avanatse.

²¹And the Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their clothes: and Aaron offered them for a wave-offering before Jehovah; and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.

²²Zvino shure kwaizvozvo vaRevhi vakapinda kuzobata basa patende rokusangana pamberi paAroni napamberi pavana vake; sezvakarairwa Mozisi naJehovha pamusoro pavaRevhi, ndizvo zvaakavaitira.

²²And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron, and before his sons: as Jehovah had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.

²³Jehovha akataura naMozisi akati,

²³And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

²⁴Ndiwo murayiro wavaRevhi: Avo vasvika pamakore makumi maviri namashanu, navanopfuura, vanofanira kupinda kuzorwa namabasa etende rokusangana;

²⁴This is that which belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service in the work of the tent of meeting:

²⁵asi kana vasvika makore ana makumi mashanu vanofanira kurega basa iri; havachafaniri kubata;

²⁵and from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the work, and shall serve no more,

²⁶asi vangabatsirana havo nehama dzavo patende rokusangana, kuti varichengete, asi ngavarege kubata basa. Ndizvo zvaunofanira kuitira vaRevhi pamusoro pamabasa avo.

²⁶but shall minister with their brethren in the tent of meeting, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charges.