¹Zvino Joshua akamuka mangwanani, vakabva Shitimi, vakasvika paJoridhani, iye navana vaIsiraeri vose; vakavatapo vasati vayambuka.

¹And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.

²Mazuva matatu akati apera, vatariri vakapinda napakati pemisasa,

²And it came to pass at the end of three days, that the officers went through the camp;

³vakaraira vanhu, vachiti, Kana muchiona areka yesungano yaJehovha Mwari wenyu, navapristi vaRevhi voitakura, munofanira kusimuka pamugere, nokuitevera.

³and they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then remove from your place, and go after it;

⁴Asi munofanira kusiya nzvimbo pakati penyu naiyo, inosvika makubhiti anenge zviuru zviviri; regai kuswedera kwairi, kuti muzive nzira yamunofanira kuenda nayo; nekuti mugere kumbofamba nenzira iyi.

⁴yet there shall be a distance between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. Ye shall not come near it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

⁵Zvino Joshua akati kuvanhu, Zvinatsei, nekuti mangwana Jehovha uchaita zvinoshamisa pakati penyu.

⁵And Joshua said to the people, Hallow yourselves; for to-morrow Jehovah will do wonders in your midst.

⁶Joshua akataura navapristi, akati, Simudzai areka yesungano, mutungamirire vanhu pakuyambuka. Ivo vakasimudza areka yesungano, vakatungamirira vanhu.

⁶And Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and go over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.

⁷Ipapo Jehovha akati kuna Joshua, Nhasi ndichatanga kukukudza pamberi pavaIsiraeri vose, vazive kuti ndichava newe, sezvandaisiva naMozisi.

⁷And Jehovah said to Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that as I was with Moses, so will I be with thee.

⁸Iwe unofanira kuraira vapristi kuti vatakure areka yesungano, uchiti, Kana masvika parutivi rwemvura yaJoridhani, munofanira kumira muJoridhani.

⁸And thou shalt command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye come to the edge of the waters of the Jordan, stand still in the Jordan.

⁹Zvino Joshua akati kuvana vaIsiraeri, Uyai pano, munzwe mashoko aJehovha Mwari wenyu.

⁹And Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of Jehovah your God.

¹⁰Joshua akati, Muchaziva nechinhu ichi kuti Mwari mupenyu uri pakati penyu, uye kuti uchadzinga zvirokwazvo pamberi penyu vaKanani, navaHeti, navaHivhi, navaPerezi, navaGirigashi, navaAmori, navaJebhusi.

¹⁰And Joshua said, Hereby shall ye know that the living ùGod is in your midst, and [that] he will without fail dispossess from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.

¹¹Tarirai, areka yesungano yaIshe wenyika yose inokutungamirirai pakuyambuka Joridhani.

¹¹Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is going over before you into the Jordan.

¹²Naizvozvo zvino muzvitorerei varume vane gumi navaviri pamarudzi ose avaIsiraeri, mumwe mumwe parudzi rumwe norumwe.

¹²And now take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, one man for each tribe.

¹³Zvino kana tsoka dzavapristi vanotakura areka yaJehovha, Ishe wenyika yose dzichitsika mumvura yaJoridhani, mvura yaJoridhani ichagurwa, iyo mvura inobva kumusoro; ichamira, ikaita murwi mukuru.

¹³And it shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of Jehovah, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan, the waters flowing down from above, shall be cut off, and shall stand up in a heap.

¹⁴Zvino vanhu vakati vachibva pamatende avo, kuti vayambuke Joridhani, vapristi vaitakura areka vakatungamirira vanhu;

¹⁴And it came to pass when the people removed from their tents, to pass over the Jordan, that the priests bearing the ark of the covenant were before the people;

¹⁵zvino vakanga vakatakura areka vakati vachisvika paJoridhani, netsoka dzavapristi vakanga vakatakura areka dzichinyikwa pamucheto wemvura (nokuti Joridhani runofashamira nhivi dzarwo dzose nguva yose yokukohwa,)

¹⁵and when they that bore the ark were come to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests who bore the ark dipped in the edge of the water (and the Jordan is full over all its banks throughout the days of harvest),

¹⁶mvura yakanga ichibva kumusoro ikamira, ikaita murwi mukuru, kusvikira kure-kure paAdhama, guta riri kurutivi rweZaretani; neyakanga ichiyerera kugungwa reArabha, ndiro Gungwa roMunyu, yakagurwa chose; vanhu vakayambuka pakatarisana neJeriko.

¹⁶the waters which flowed down from above stood [and] rose up in a heap, very far, by Adam, the city that is beside Zaretan; and those that flowed down towards the sea of the plain, the salt sea, were completely cut off. And the people went over opposite to Jericho.

¹⁷Vapristi vakanga vakatakura areka yesungano yaJehovha vakaramba vamire pasi pakaoma pakati paJoridhani; vaIsiraeri vose vakayambuka pavhu rakaoma kusvikira rudzi rwose rwapedza kuyambuka Joridhani.

¹⁷And the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan. And all Israel went over on dry ground, until all the nation had completely gone over the Jordan.