¹Zvino Mozisi akaenda kundotaura mashoko awa kuvaIsiraeri vose,

¹And Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel;

²akati kwavari, Ndava namakore ane zana namakumi maviri nhasi, handichagoni kubuda nokupinda; zvino Jehovha wakati kwandiri, Iwe haungayambuki Joridhani urwu.

²and he said unto them, I am a hundred and twenty years old this day, I can no more go out and come in; and Jehovah hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

³Jehovha Mwari wako ndiye uchakutungamirira pakuyambuka; iye uchaparadza ndudzi idzi dzose pamberi pako, dzichava dzako; Joshua ndiye uchakutungamirira pakuyambuka, sezvakataurwa naJehovha.

³Jehovah thy God, he will go over before thee, he will destroy these nations from before thee, that thou mayest take possession of them: Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as Jehovah hath said.

⁴Jehovha uchavaitira ivo sezvaakaitira Sihoni naOgi, madzimambo avaAmori, nenyika yavo, vaakaparadza.

⁴And Jehovah will do to them as he did to Sihon and to Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land; whom he destroyed.

⁵Jehovha uchavaisa mumaoko enyu, nemwi munofanira kuvaitira zvose sezvandakakurairai.

⁵And when Jehovah giveth them up before you, ye shall do to them according to all the commandment which I have commanded you.

⁶Simbai, mutsunge moyo, musatya kana kuvhunduswa navo; nekuti Jehovha Mwari wako ndiye unoenda newe, haangakuregi, haangakusii.

⁶Be strong and courageous, fear them not, neither be afraid of them; for Jehovah thy God, he it is that goeth with thee; he will not leave thee, nor forsake thee.

⁷Zvino Mozisi akadana Joshua, akati kwaari pamberi pavaIsiraeri vose, simba, utsunge moyo, nekuti iwe uchaenda navanhu ava panyika yakapikirwa madzibaba avo naJehovha, kuti uchavapa iyo; iwe uchavagarisa nhaka iyo.

⁷And Moses called to Joshua, and said to him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and courageous, for thou must go with this people into the land which Jehovah hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.

⁸Jehovha ndiye unokutungamirira, iye uchava newe, haangakuregi, haangakusii; usatya kana kuvhunduswa.

⁸And Jehovah, he it is that goeth before thee: he will be with thee; he will not leave thee, nor forsake thee; fear not, neither be dismayed.

⁹Zvino Mozisi akanyora murayiro uyu, akaupa vapristi navana vaRevhi, vaitakura areka yesungano yaJehovha, navakuru vose vaIsiraeri.

⁹And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and to all the elders of Israel.

¹⁰Mozisi akavaraira, akati, Nguva dzose pakupera kwamakore manomwe, panguva yakatarwa pagore resununguro, pamutambo wemisasa,

¹⁰And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, at the set time of the year of release, at the feast of tabernacles,

¹¹kana vaIsiraeri vose vauya kuzviratidza pamberi paJehovha Mwari wako panzvimbo ichatsaurwa naye, unofanira kurava murayiro uyu pamberi pavaIsiraeri vose, vaunzwe.

¹¹when all Israel cometh to appear before Jehovah thy God in the place which he will choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their ears.

¹²Unganidza vanhu, varume navakadzi, nepwere, navatorwa vako vari pakati pamasuwo ako, kuti vanzwe, vadzidze, vatye Jehovha Mwari wenyu, vachenjere kuita mashoko ose omurayiro uyu;

¹²Gather the people together, the men, and the women, and the children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear Jehovah your God, and take heed to do all the words of this law;

¹³uye kuti vana vavo vakanga vasingazivi vanzwe, vadzidze kutya Jehovha Mwari wenyu, nguva yose yamuchazogara panyika yamunoyambuka Joridhani kwairi, kuti ive yenyu.

¹³and that their children who do not know it may hear it and learn, that they may fear Jehovah your God, as long as ye live in the land, whereunto ye pass over the Jordan to possess it.

¹⁴Zvino Jehovha akati kuna Mozisi, Tarira, mazuva okufa kwako aswedera; dana Joshua mundomira mutende rokusangana, kuti ndimuraire iye. Mozisi naJoshua vakandomira mutende rokusangana.

¹⁴And Jehovah said to Moses, Lo, the days are near for thee to die; call Joshua, and present yourselves at the tent of meeting, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the tent of meeting.

¹⁵Jehovha akazviratidza muTende mushongwe yegore, shongwe yegore ikamira pamusoro pomukova weTende.

¹⁵And Jehovah appeared at the tent in the pillar of cloud; and the pillar of cloud stood over the entrance to the tent.

¹⁶Ipapo Jehovha akati kuna Mozisi, Tarira, iwe uchavata namadzibaba ako; zvino vanhu ava vachasimuka ndokupata vachitevera vamwari vavatorwa venyika, kwavanondogara pakati pavo; vachandisiya, nokuputsa sungano yandakaita navo.

¹⁶And Jehovah said to Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the strange gods of the land into which they enter, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.

¹⁷Zvino kutsamwa kwangu kuchavamukira nenguva iyo, ndichavasiya nokuvavanzira chiso changu, vachaparadzwa, nezvakaipa zvizhinji nenhamo zhinji zvichavawira; naizvozvo nenguva iyo vachati, Ko zvinhu zvakaipa izvi hazvina kutiwira nekuti Mwari wedu haazi pakati pedu here?

¹⁷And my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them, and they will say in that day, Have not these evils befallen me because my God is not in my midst?

¹⁸Nenguva iyo ndichavanza chiso changu nokuda kwezvakaipa zvose zvavakaita pakutsaukira kwavo kuna vamwe vamwari.

¹⁸And I will entirely hide my face in that day for all the evils that they have wrought, because they turned unto other gods.

¹⁹Naizvozvo zvino munofanira kuzvinyorera rwiyo urwu rundipupurire kuvana vaIsiraeri.

¹⁹And now, write ye this song, and teach it to the children of Israel; put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.

²⁰nekuti kana ndavapinza panyika yandakapikira madzibaba avo, iyo inoyerera mukaka nouchi, ivo vakadya, vakaguta, vakakora, ipapo vachatsaukira kuna vamwe vamwari nokuvashumira, vakandizvidza ini, nokuputsa sungano yangu.

²⁰For I shall bring them into the land which I swore unto their fathers, which floweth with milk and honey; and they will eat and fill themselves, and wax fat, and will turn unto other gods, and serve them, and despise me, and break my covenant.

²¹Zvino kana zvakaipa zvizhinji nenhamo zhinji zvikavawira, rwiyo urwu ruchava chapupu kupupura pamberi pavo; nekuti harungakanganikwi pamiromo yavana vavo, nekuti ndinoziva ndangariro dzavanoruka nhasi, ndichigere kuvapinza panyika yandakavapikira.

²¹And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles have befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed; for I know their imagination which they are forming already this day, before I bring them into the land which I have sworn [unto them].

²²Naizvozvo Mozisi wakanyora rwiyo urwu nomusi iwoyo, akarudzidzisa vana vaIsiraeri.

²²And Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it to the children of Israel.

²³Akaraira Joshua, mwanakomana waNuni, akati, Simba, utsunge moyo, nekuti iwe uchapinza vana vaIsiraeri panyika yandakavapikira; neni ndichava newe.

²³And [Jehovah] commanded Joshua the son of Nun, and said, Be strong and courageous; for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I have sworn unto them; and I will be with thee.

²⁴Zvino Mozisi wakati apedza kunyora mashoko omurayiro uyu mubhuku, kusvikira apera,

²⁴And it came to pass, when Moses had ended writing the words of this law in a book, until their conclusion,

²⁵Mozisi akaraira vaRevhi, vaitakura areka yesungano yaJehovha, akati,

²⁵that Moses commanded the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, saying,

²⁶Torai bhuku iyi yomurayiro, muiise parutivi rweareka yesungano yaJehovha Mwari wenyu, kuti ikupupurirepo.

²⁶Take this book of the law, and put it at the side of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee;

²⁷nekuti ndinoziva kusanzwa nokusateerera kwenyu; tarirai, ini ndichiri mupenyu pakati penyu nhasi, makamukira Jehovha; hamuchanyanyisi here kana ndafa?

²⁷for I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck. Lo, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against Jehovah; and how much more after my death!

²⁸Unganidzai kwandiri vakuru vose vamarudzi enyu, navatariri venyu, kuti vanzwe ndichitaura mashoko awa nokudana denga napasi zvivapupurire.

²⁸Gather to me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and take heaven and earth to witness against them.

²⁹Nekuti ndinoziva kuti kana ndafa muchazvishatisa kwazvo, nokutsauka panzira yandakakurairai; zvakaipa zvichakuwirai pamazuva okupedzisira, nekuti makaita zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha, muchimutsamwisa namabasa amaoko enyu.

²⁹For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and will turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and mischief will befall you at the end of days; because ye do evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.

³⁰Zvino Mozisi akataura mashoko orwiyo urwu, kusvikira apera, ungano yose ichizvinzwa.

³⁰And Moses spoke in the ears of the whole congregation of Israel the words of this song, until their conclusion.