¹Kana ukabuda kundorwa navavengi vako, ukaona mabhiza, nengoro navanhu vakawanda kupfuura iwe, usavatya; nekuti Jehovha Mwari wako unewe, iye wakakubudisa panyika yeEgipita.

¹When thou goest out to war against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, [and] a people more numerous than thou, thou shalt not fear them; for Jehovah thy God is with thee, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

²Zvino kana moswedera pakurwa, mupristi anofanira kuuya kuzotaura navanhu,

²And it shall be, when ye approach unto the battle, that the priest shall draw near and speak unto the people,

³achiti kwavari, Inzwai imwi Isiraeri, nhasi moswedera pakurwa navavengi venyu, moyo yenyu ngairege kupera simba; regai kutya kana kudedera, kana kuvhunduka pamberi pavo;

³and shall say unto them, Hear, Israel, ye are approaching this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be afraid of them;

⁴nekuti Jehovha Mwari wenyu ndiye unoenda nemi, kukurwirai pavavengi venyu, kukuponesai.

⁴for Jehovah your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

⁵Navakuru vanofanira kutaura navanhu, vachiti, Pano munhu here wakavaka imba itsva, uchigere kutanga kuigara? Ngaadzokere kumba kwake; kuti arege kufa pakurwa, mumwe akatanga kuigara.

⁵And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.

⁶Uye, pano munhu here wakarima munda wemizambiringa, uchigere kudya michero yawo? Ngaadzokere kumba kwake; kuti arege kufa pakurwa, mumwe akadya michero yawo.

⁶And what man is there that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not eaten of it? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.

⁷Uye, pano munhu here wakanyenga musikana, uchigere kumuwana? Ngaadzokere kumba kwake; kuti arege kufa pakurwa, mumwe akamuwana.

⁷And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.

⁸Uye vakuru vanofanira kutaurawo kuvanhu, vachiti, Pano munhu here unotya, unomoyo unovhunduka? Ngaadzokere kumba kwake; kuti moyo yehama dzake irege kunyauka somoyo wake.

⁸And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and shall say, What man is there that is timid and faint-hearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart melt as well as his heart.

⁹Zvino kana vakuru vapedza kutaura navanhu, vanofanira kugadza vatariri vehondo vangatungamirira vanhu.

⁹And it shall be, when the officers have ended speaking unto the people, that they shall place captains of the hosts at the head of the people.

¹⁰Kana woswedera pedo neguta kuti urwe naro, unofanira kuriparidzira rugare.

¹⁰When thou approachest unto a city to fight against it, thou shalt proclaim peace unto it.

¹¹Zvino kana ivo vachikupindura norugare, vakakuzarurira masuwo avo, ipapo vanhu vose vanowanikwa mukati maro vanofanira kukuteerera mutero nokukubatira.

¹¹And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then all the people that are found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.

¹²Kana vasingadi kuyanana newe, asi kurwa newe, iwe unofanira kurikomba;

¹²And if it will not make peace with thee, but will make war with thee, then thou shalt besiege it;

¹³kana Jehovha Mwari wako akariisa mumaoko ako, unofanira kuparadza varume vose varimo nomunondo unopinza;

¹³and when Jehovah thy God delivereth it into thy hand, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:

¹⁴asi vakadzi, nepwere, nemombe, nezvose zviri muguta, zvose zvingapambwa, unofanira kuzvitapira izvo; iwe uchadya zvakapambwa kuvavengi vako, zvaunopiwa naJehovha Mwari wako.

¹⁴only the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that shall be in the city, all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take as booty for thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee

¹⁵Unofanira kuita saizvozvo namaguta ose ari kure kwazvo newe, asati ari maguta endudzi idzi.

¹⁵Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities that are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.

¹⁶Asi kana ari maguta avanhu ava, vaunopiwa naJehovha Mwari wako, kuti vave nhaka yako, haufaniri kurega chinhu chimwe chinofema chiri chipenyu;

¹⁶But of the cities of these peoples which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth,

¹⁷asi unofanira kuvaparadza chose, ivo vaHeti, navaAmori, naKanani, navaPerezi, navaHivhi, navaJebhusi; sezvawakarairwa naJehovha Mwari wako;

¹⁷but shalt utterly devote them to destruction, the Hittites and the Amorites, the Canaanites and the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee;

¹⁸kuti varege kukudzidzisai kuita zvose zvavo zvinonyangadza, zvavakaitira vamwari vavo; imwi mukatadzira Jehovha Mwari wenyu.

¹⁸that they teach you not to do according to all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods, so that ye sin against Jehovah your God.

¹⁹Kana ukakomba guta nguva refu, uchirwa naro, kuti urikunde, haufaniri kuparadza miti yaro, uchiitema nesanhu; ungaidya, haufaniri kuitema; nekuti muti womusango munhu here, kuti ukombwe newe?

¹⁹When thou shalt besiege a city many days, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by lifting up an axe against them; for thou canst eat of them; and thou shalt not cut them down, for is the tree of the field a man that it should be besieged?

²⁰Asi miti yaunoziva kuti miti isingadyiwi, unofanira kuiparadza uchiitema; guta rinorwa newe unofanira kurivakira mhanda kusvikira rakundwa.

²⁰Only the trees which thou knowest are not trees for meat, thou mayest destroy and cut them down, and build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it fall.