¹Zvino takadzoka, tikafamba tichipinda murenje nenzira inoenda kuGungwa Dzvuku, sezvandakaudzwa naJehovha, tikapota-pota gomo reSeiri mazuva mazhinji.

¹And we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as Jehovah had said unto me; and we went round mount Seir many days.

²Zvino Jehovha akataura neni, akati,

²And Jehovah spoke to me, saying,

³Mapota-pota gomo iri nguva yaringana; dzokai muende nechokumusoro.

³Ye have gone round this mountain long enough: turn you northward.

⁴Raira vanhu, uti, Munofanira kupfuura nomunyika yehama dzenyu, vana vaEsau, vagere Seiri; ivo vachakutyai, saka chenjerai

⁴And command the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the border of your brethren the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir; and they will be afraid of you; and ye shall be very guarded:

⁵Musavavamba, nekuti handingakupiyi nyika yavo, kunyange pangatsikwa norutsoka; nekuti ndakapa Esau gomo reSeiri, rive rake.

⁵attack them not; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot-breadth; for I have given mount Seir as a possession unto Esau.

⁶Munofanira kutenga zvokudya kwavari nemari, mudye, nemvura munofanira kuitengawo kwavari, mumwe.

⁶Ye shall buy of them food for money, that ye may eat; and water shall ye also buy of them for money, that ye may drink;

⁷Nekuti Jehovha Mwari wako wakakuropafadza pamabasa ose amaoko ako; iye unoziva kufamba kwako murenje iri guru. Jehovha Mwari wako wakava newe makore awa makumi mana; hauna kushaiwa chinhu.

⁷for Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in all the work of thy hand. He hath known thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years hath Jehovah thy God been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.

⁸Naizvozvo takapfuura hama dzedu, vana vaEsau, vagere Seiri, tikasiya nzira yokuMupata, inobva Erati napaEZiyoni-gebheri.

⁸And we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, who dwelt in Seir, by the plain, by Elath, and by Ezion-geber, and we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

⁹Zvino Jehovha akati kwandiri, Usarwa navaMoabhu, kana kuvavamba pakurwa; nekuti handingakupi nyika yavo, ive yako; nekuti ndakapa Ari kuvana vaRoti, ive yavo.

⁹And Jehovah said to me, Distress not the Moabites, neither engage with them in battle; for I will not give thee of their land a possession; for unto the children of Lot have I given Ar as a possession.

¹⁰(Kare vaEmi vakanga vageremo, vaiva vanhu vakuru, vazhinji, varefu, savaAnaki;

¹⁰(The Emim dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall as the Anakim.

¹¹vanonzi vorudzi rwavaRefaimu, savaAnaki, asi vaMoabhu vanovaidza vaEmi.

¹¹They also are reckoned as giants like the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim.

¹²NavaHoriwo vakanga vagere Seiri kare; asi vana vaEsau vakavatevera, vakavaparadza pamberi pavo, vakagara panzvimbo yavo; sezvakaita vaIsiraeri nenyika yavo yavakapiwa naJehovha ive yavo.)

¹²And in Seir dwelt the Horites in times past; and the children of Esau dispossessed them, and destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did to the land of their possession, which Jehovah gave to them.)

¹³Zvino simukai, muyambuke rukova Zeredhi. Tikayambuka rukova Zeredhi.

¹³Now rise up, and pass over the torrent Zered. And we passed over the torrent Zered.

¹⁴Zvino mazuva okubva kwedu paKadheshi-bharinea kusvikira tayambuka rukova Zeredhi, aiva makore makumi matatu namasere; kusvikira rudzi rwose rwavarume vehondo vaparadzwa pakati pemisasa, sezvavakanga vapikirwa naJehovha.

¹⁴Now the days in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we had come over the torrent Zered, were thirty-eight years; until the whole generation of the men of war was consumed from the midst of the camp, as Jehovah had sworn unto them.

¹⁵Uye ruoko rwaJehovhawo rwairamba ruchirwa navo, kuti vaparadzwe pakati pemisasa kusvikira vapera.

¹⁵Moreover the hand of Jehovah was against them to destroy them from the midst of the camp, until they were consumed.

¹⁶Zvino varume vose vehondo vakati vapera nokufa pakati pavanhu,

¹⁶And it came to pass when all the men of war were consumed, having died off from among the people,

¹⁷Jehovha akataura neni, akati,

¹⁷that Jehovah spoke to me, saying,

¹⁸Nhasi unofanira kupfuura napaAri, pamuganhu waMoabhu;

¹⁸Thou art to pass this day over the border of Moab, [which is] Ar,

¹⁹kana woswedera pakatarisana navana vaAmoni, usarwa navo, kana kuvavamba; nekuti handingakupi nyika yavana vaAmoni, ive yako; nekuti ndakaipa vana vaRoti, ive yavo.

¹⁹and come near over against the children of Ammon; thou shalt not distress them nor attack them; for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon a possession; for unto the children of Lot have I given it as a possession.

²⁰Naiyowo yainzi inyika yavaRefaimu; vaRefaimu vakanga vageremo kare; asi vaAmoni vaivaidza vaZamuzumi;

²⁰(That also is reckoned a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in time past, and the Ammonites call them Zamzummim;

²¹vaiva vanhu vakuru, vazhinji, varefu savaAnaki; asi Jehovha wakavaparadza pamberi pavo, vakavatevera, vakagara panzvimbo yavo;

²¹a people great, and many, and tall as the Anakim; and Jehovah destroyed them before them, and they dispossessed them, and dwelt in their stead;

²²sezvaakaita navana vaEsau, vanogara Seiri, nguva yaakaparadza vaHori pamberi pavo, ivo vakavatevera, vakagara panzvimbo yavo kusvikira nhasi;

²²as he did to the children of Esau, who dwelt in Seir, from before whom he destroyed the Horites; and they dispossessed them, and dwelt in their stead, even to this day.

²³vaAvhi, vakanga vagere mumisha kusvikira Gaza, vakaparadzwa navaKafitori, vakabva Kafitori, vakagara panzvimbo yavo.

²³And the Avvites who dwelt in the hamlets as far as Gazah -- the Caphtorim, who came out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.)

²⁴Simukai, mufambe, muyambuke rwizi Arinoni; tarirai, ndakaisa mumaoko enyu Sihoni muAmori, mambo weHeshibhoni, nenyika yake; tangai kuitora, muvambe kurwa naye.

²⁴Rise up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon. Behold, I have given into thy hand Sihon the king of Heshbon, the Amorite, and his land: begin, take possession, and engage with him in battle.

²⁵Nhasi ndichatanga kuvhundusa nokutyisa ndudzi dziri pasi pedenga rose pamusoro penyu, ivo vachanzwa guhu pamusoro penyu, vachabvunda nokutya kwazvo pamusoro penyu.

²⁵This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the peoples under the whole heaven; who will hear report of thee, and will tremble, and quake because of thee.

²⁶Zvino ndakatuma nhume mbiri murenje reKedhemoti, kuna Sihoni, mambo weHeshibhoni, namashoko orugare, ndichiti,

²⁶And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon the king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,

²⁷Nditendere kupfuura nomunyika yako, ndichafamba nenzira huru, handingatsaukiri kurudyi kana kuruboshwe.

²⁷Let me pass through thy land: by the highway alone will I go; I will neither turn to the right hand nor to the left.

²⁸Munganditengesera zvokudya nemari, ndidye; mungandipa mvura ndichiripa nemari, ndimwe, asi nditenderei henyu kupfuura namakumbo;

²⁸Thou shalt sell me food for money that I may eat; and thou shalt give me water for money that I may drink; I will only pass through on my feet,

²⁹sezvandakaitirwa navana vaEsau vagere Seiri, navaMoabhu, vagere Ari; kusvikira ndayambuka Joridhani, ndikapinda munyika yatinopiwa naJehovha Mwari wedu.

²⁹-- as the children of Esau who dwell in Seir, and the Moabites who dwell in Ar, did to me, -- until I shall pass over the Jordan into the land which Jehovah our God giveth us.

³⁰Asi Sihoni, mambo weHeshibhoni, wakaramba kutitendera kupfuura nokwaari, nekuti Jehovha Mwari wako wakawomesa mweya wake, akarambidza moyo wake, kuti amuise iye muruoko rwako, sezvazvakaita nhasi.

³⁰But Sihon the king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for Jehovah thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obdurate, that he might give him into thy hand, as it is this day.

³¹Zvino Jehovha akati kwandiri, Tarira, ndatanga kuisa Sihoni nenyika yake kwauri; tanga kutora, kuti nyika ive yako.

³¹And Jehovah said to me, Behold, I begin to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin, take possession, that thou mayest possess his land.

³²Ipapo Sihoni akauya, iye navanhu vake vose kuzorwa nesu paJahazi.

³²And Sihon came out against us for battle, he and all his people, to Jahaz.

³³Jehovha Mwari wedu akamuisa mumaoko edu, tikamukunda, iye navana vake, navanhu vake vose.

³³But Jehovah our God gave him up before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and his whole people.

³⁴Nenguva iyo tikakunda maguta ake ose, tikaparadza chose maguta ose aiva navanhu, pamwechete navakadzi navana vaduku, hatina kusiya kunyange nomumwe.

³⁴And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed every city, men, and women, and little ones: we let none escape.

³⁵Asi zvipfuwo zvoga takazvitora zvive zvedu zvatakatapa, pamwechete nezvatakapamba pamaguta atakakunda.

³⁵Only the cattle we took as booty for ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.

³⁶Kubva paAroeri pamuuyo worwizi Arinoni, nokuguta riri parwizi, kusvikira Giriyadhi, kwakanga kusina guta rakatikurira; Jehovha Mwari wedu wakaaisa ose pamaoko edu;

³⁶From Aroer, which is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the ravine even to Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: Jehovah our God delivered all before us.

³⁷asi hamuna kuswedera kunyika yavana vaAmoni; kurutivi rwose rworwizi Jabhoki, namaguta enyika yamakomo, napose patakanga tadziviswa naJehovha Mwari wedu.

³⁷Only thou didst not approach the land of the children of Ammon, the whole border of the river Jabbok, nor the cities of the mountain, nor to whatsoever Jehovah our God had forbidden us.