¹Usabayira Jehovha Mwari wako mombe kana gwai rakaremara, kana rine chakaipa chipi nechipi; nekuti izvo zvinonyangadza Jehovha Mwari wako.

¹Thou shalt not sacrifice to Jehovah thy God an ox or sheep wherein is a defect, or anything bad; for it is an abomination to Jehovah thy God.

²Kana pakati pako mukati merimwe ramasuwo ako, aunopiwa naJehovha Mwari wako, murume kana mukadzi akawanikwa, unoita zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha Mwari wako, achidarika sungano yake,

²If there be found in thy midst in any of thy gates which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that doeth what is evil in the sight of Jehovah thy God, in transgressing his covenant,

³akandoshumira vamwe vamwari, akanamata kwavari, kana kuzuva kana kumwedzi, kana kune chimwe chehondo dzokudenga, chandisina kukuraira;

³and goeth and serveth other gods, and boweth down to them, either to the sun or to the moon, or to the whole host of heaven, which I have not commanded;

⁴iwe ukaudzwa izvozvo, ukazvinzwa, ipapo unofanira kubvunzisisa kwazvo; zvino kana ukaona kuti ndizvo, ndezvamazvokwadi, kuti chinhu chinonyangadza chakadai chaitwa pakati paIsiraeri;

⁴and it be told thee, and thou hearest of it; then thou shalt make thorough inquiry, and if it be truth [and] the thing be certain, that this abomination hath been wrought in Israel,

⁵ipapo unofanira kubudisa murume nomukadzi, ugovataka namabwe, vafe.

⁵thou shalt bring forth that man or that woman, who committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, the man or the woman, and shalt stone them with stones, that they die.

⁶Nokupupura kwezvapupu zviviri kana zvitatu iye unofanira kufa, ngaaurawe; nokupupura kwechapupu chimwe ngaarege kuurawa.

⁶At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is to die be put to death: he shall not be put to death at the mouth of one witness.

⁷Maoko ezvapupu ndiwo anofanira kutanga kumuuraya; pashure maoko avanhu vose. Saizvozvo unofanira kubvisa zvakaipa pakati pako.

⁷The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hands of all the people; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst.

⁸Kana mhaka ikamuka yamusingagoni kutonga, kana yokuurayana, kana yokukwirirana, kana yokukuvadzana, dziri mhaka dzenharo pakati pamasuwo ako; ipapo unofanira kusimuka nokukwira kunzvimbo ichatsaurwa naJehovha Mwari wako;

⁸If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between cause and cause, and between stroke and stroke, matters of controversy within thy gates, then shalt thou arise, and go up to the place which Jehovah thy God will choose.

⁹uende kuvapristi vaRevhi, nokumutongi uchavapo pamazuva iwayo, ubvunze; ivo vachakuzivisa kutonga kwakafanira.

⁹And thou shalt come unto the priests, the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and inquire; and they shall declare unto thee the sentence of judgment;

¹⁰Zvino unofanira kuita sezvavanokutongera panzvimbo ichatsaurwa naJehovha; uchenjere kuti uite sezvavanokudzidzisa;

¹⁰and thou shalt do according to the tenor of the word, which they of that place which Jehovah will choose shall declare unto thee; and thou shalt take heed to do according to all that they instruct thee:

¹¹unofanira kuita nomurayiro wavanokuraira, uye nokutonga kwavanokuudza; haufaniri kutsauka kana kurudyi kana kuruboshwe, pakutonga kwavachakuratidza.

¹¹according to the sentence of the law which they shall declare unto thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the word which they shall declare unto thee, to the right hand, or the left.

¹²Munhu unoita nokuzvikudza, asingadi kuteerera mupristi unomirapo pakushumira Jehovha Mwari wako, kana mutongi, munhu uyo anofanira kufa; iwe unofanira kubvisa zvakaipa pakati paIsiraeri.

¹²And the man that shall act presumptuously, and not hearken unto the priest that standeth to serve there before Jehovah thy God, or unto the judge, that man shall die; and thou shalt put away evil from Israel.

¹³Vanhu vose vachazvinzwa, vachatya, vakasazoita nokuzvikudza.

¹³And all the people shall hear, and fear, and no more act presumptuously.

¹⁴Zvino kana ukasvika panyika yaunopiwa naJehovha Mwari wako, ikava yako, ukagaramo, ukati, Ndichazvigadzira mambo, sezvinoita ndudzi dzose, dzinondipoteredza;

¹⁴When thou comest unto the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are about me;

¹⁵zvirokwazvo unofanira kuzvigadzira hako mambo uchatsaurwa naJehovha Mwari wako; unofanira kugadza mumwe kuhama dzako, kuti ave mambo wako; haufaniri kugadza mutorwa, isati iri hama yako.

¹⁵thou shalt only set him king over thee whom Jehovah thy God will choose: from among thy brethren shalt thou set a king over thee; thou mayest not set a foreigner over thee, who is not thy brother.

¹⁶Asi ngaarege kuzviwanzira mabhiza, kana kudzosera vanhu Egipita, kuti azviwanzire mabhiza; nekuti Jehovha wakati kwauri, Usadzokazve kubva zvino nenzira iyo.

¹⁶Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor lead back the people to Egypt, to multiply horses; for Jehovah hath said unto you, Ye shall not return again any more that way.

¹⁷Uye ngaarege kuzviwanzira vakadzi, kuti moyo wake urege kutsauka; uye ngaarege kuzviwanzira zvikuru sirivha nendarama.

¹⁷Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away; neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

¹⁸Zvino kana iye ogara pachigaro chake choushe, anofanira kunyora murayiro uyu mubhuku yake, achitora mashoko ari kuvapristi vaRevhi;

¹⁸And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests, the Levites;

¹⁹inofanira kugara naye, kuti aravemo mazuva ose oupenyu hwake; kuti adzidze kutya Jehovha Mwari wake, nokuchengeta mashoko ose omurayiro uyu nezvakatemwa izvi, kuti azviite;

¹⁹and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life; that he may learn to fear Jehovah his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them;

²⁰kuti moyo wake urege kuzvikudza pamusoro pehama dzake, arege kutsauka pamurayiro, uyu, kana kurudyi, kana kuruboshwe; kuti awedzere mazuva ake paushe hwake, iye, navana vake, pakati paIsiraeri.

²⁰that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left; that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his sons, in the midst of Israel.