¹Kana murume akatora mukadzi, akamuwana, zvino akasafara naye, nekuti wawana chinhu chisina kufanira kwaari, unofanira kumunyorera rugwaro rwokumuramba, ndokuruisa muruoko rwake, ndokumubvisa mumba make.

¹When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, it shall be if she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a letter of divorce, and give it into her hand, and send her out of his house.

²Zvino kana abuda mumba make, ungandowanikwa nomumwe murume.

²And she shall depart out of his house, and go away, and may become another man's wife.

³Kana murume uyuzve akamuvenga, akamunyorera rugwaro rwokumuramba, akamupa irwo muruoko rwake, akamubvisa mumba make, kunyange murume uyu akazofa, iye wakazomuwana,

³And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a letter of divorce, and give it into her hand, and send her out of his house; or if the latter husband die who took her as his wife;

⁴murume wake wokutanga, wakadeya kumubvisa, haangamuwanizve, zvaakasvibiswa; nekuti izvo zvinonyangadza Jehovha; haufaniri kutadzisa nyika, yaunopiwa naJehovha Mwari wako, kuti ive nhaka yako.

⁴her first husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for it is an abomination before Jehovah; and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

⁵Kana munhu achangowana mukadzi, haafaniri kuenda kuhondo, kana kubatiswa rimwe basa; anofanira kugara kumusha gore rimwe akasununguka, kuti afadze mukadzi wake waakawana.

⁵When a man hath newly taken a wife, he shall not go out with the army, neither shall any kind of business be imposed upon him; he shall be free for his house one year, and shall gladden his wife whom he hath taken.

⁶Munhu haafaniri kutora guyo kana huyo, kuti ruve rubatso; nekuti unotora rubatso rwoupenyu hwomunhu.

⁶No man shall take the hand-mill or the upper millstone in pledge; for it would be taking life in pledge.

⁷Kana munhu akawanikwa achiba mumwe wehama dzake kuvana vaIsiraeri, akamuita muranda wake, kana kumutengesa, uyo mubi anofanira kufa; saizvozvo unofanira kubvisa chakaipa pakati pako.

⁷If a man be found who hath stolen one of his brethren of the children of Israel, and who hath treated him as a slave and sold him, that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst.

⁸Chenjera pahosha yamaperembudzi kuti uchengete nokuita zvakanaka zvamunodzidziswa navapristi vaRevhi; sezvandakavaraira, ndizvo zvamunofanira kuita.

⁸Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou take great heed, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them shall ye take heed to do.

⁹Rangarira zvakaitirwa Miriami naJehovha Mwari wako panzira, muchibuda Egipita.

⁹Remember what Jehovah thy God did unto Miriam on the way, after that ye came forth out of Egypt.

¹⁰Kana ukaposwa nowokwako chinhu chipi nechipi, haufaniri kupinda mumba make kundotora rubatso rwake.

¹⁰When thou dost lend thy brother anything, thou shalt not go into his house to secure his pledge.

¹¹Unofanira kumira kunze, kuti munhu wakaposwa newe akubudisire kunze rubatso rwake.

¹¹Thou shalt stand outside, and the man to whom thou hast made a loan shall bring out the pledge to thee without.

¹²Kana achinge ari murombo haufaniri kundovata norubatso rwake.

¹²And if the man be needy, thou shalt not lie down with his pledge;

¹³Unofanira kumudzosera rubatso kana zuva rovira, kuti avate nenguvo yake, akuropafadze; ucharuramiswa pamusoro paizvozvo naJehovha Mwari wako.

¹³in any case thou shalt return him the pledge at the going down of the sun, that he may sleep in his own upper garment and bless thee; and it shall be righteousness unto thee before Jehovah thy God.

¹⁴Usamanikidza muranda unokubatira, ari murombo unoshaiwa, kana ari mumwe wehama dzako, kana wavatorwa vako vari munyika yako, mukati mamasuwo ako.

¹⁴Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant [who is] poor and needy of thy brethren, or of thy sojourners who are in thy land within thy gates:

¹⁵Unofanira kumupa mubayiro wake zuva rimwe nerimwe, zuva ngarirege kuvira asati apiwa; nekuti murombo, nomoyo wake unoutarira; kuti arege kuzochema kuna Jehovha pamusoro pako, zvikava zvivi kwauri.

¹⁵on his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and his soul yearneth after it; lest he cry against thee to Jehovah, and it be a sin in thee.

¹⁶Madzibaba haafaniri kuurawa pamusoro pavana vavo, navana havafaniri kuurawa pamusoro pamadzibaba avo; munhu mumwe nomumwe anofanira kuurayirwa zvivi zvake.

¹⁶The fathers shall not be put to death for the sons, neither shall the sons be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

¹⁷Usatongera mutorwa kana nherera zvisina kururama; uye haufaniri kutora nguvo yechirikadzi kuita rubatso nayo.

¹⁷Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, [or] of the fatherless; and thou shalt not take in pledge a widow's garment.

¹⁸Asi unofanira kurangarira kuti wakange uri muranda paEgipita, Jehovha Mwari wako akakudzikunura ipapo; naizvozvo ndinokuraira kuita chinhu ichi.

¹⁸And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and that Jehovah thy God redeemed thee from thence; therefore I command thee to do this thing.

¹⁹Kana ukakohwa zviyo zvako mumunda mako, ukakangamwa chisote mumunda, haufaniri kudzokera kundochitora, chinofanira kuva chomutorwa, nenherera, nechirikadzi, kuti Jehovha Mwari wako akuropafadze pamabasa ose amaoko ako.

¹⁹When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and forgettest a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not return to fetch it; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hands.

²⁰Kana uchizunza muti wako womuorivhi, usatsvakisisa pamatavizve; zvinofanira kuva zvomutorwa nenherera, nechirikadzi.

²⁰When thou shakest thine olive-tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

²¹Kana uchiunganidza mazambiringa omunda wako wemizambiringa, haufaniri kutsvakisisazve; anofanira kuva omutorwa, nenherera, nechirikadzi.

²¹When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterwards; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

²²Unofanira kurangarira kuti wakange uri muranda panyika yeEgipita; naizvozvo ndinokuraira chinhu ichi.

²²And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt; therefore I command thee to do this thing.