¹Zvino Jehovha akataura naMozisi, akati,

¹And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

²Taura navana vaIsiraeri, utore kwavari tsvimbo, imwe paimba imwe neimwe yamadzibaba avo, tsvimbo dzine gumi nembiri, pamachinda avo ose nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo; zvino unofanira kunyora zita romumwe nomumwe patsvimbo yake.

²Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of them a staff, a staff for each father's house, of all their princes according to the houses of their fathers, twelve staves: thou shalt write each one's name upon his staff.

³Asi zita raAroni unofanira kurinyora patsvimbo yaRevhi; nekuti kunofanira kuva netsvimbo imwe yomukuru mumwe nomumwe wedzimba dzamadzibaba avo.

³And Aaron's name shalt thou write upon the staff of Levi; for one staff shall be for [each] head of their fathers' houses.

⁴Zvino unofanira kudzichengeta mutende rokusangana pamberi peareka yechipupuriro, pandinosangana nemi.

⁴And thou shalt lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.

⁵Ipapo munhu andichatsaura, tsvimbo yake ichabuka, kuti ndigumise kunyunyuta kwavana vaIsiraeri kwavanokunyunyutira nako.

⁵And it shall come to pass, that the man whom I shall choose, his staff shall bud forth; and I will make to cease from before me the murmurings of the children of Israel, that they murmur against you.

⁶Zvino Mozisi akataura navana vaIsiraeri, machinda avo ose akamupa tsvimbo, imwe yomuchinda mumwe nomumwe nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, ndidzo tsvimbo gumi nembiri; netsvimbo yaAroni yakanga iri pakati petsvimbo dzavo.

⁶And Moses spoke to the children of Israel, and all their princes gave him a staff, one staff for each prince according to their fathers' houses, twelve staves, and the staff of Aaron was among their staves.

⁷Mozisi akachengeta tsvimbo idzo pamberi paJehovha mutende rechipupuriro.

⁷And Moses laid the staves before Jehovah in the tent of the testimony.

⁸Fume mangwana Mozisi akapinda mutende rechipupuriro, onei tsvimbo yaAroni yeimba yaRevhi yakanga yabuka, yava namabukira, yabudisa maruva, yabereka maamanda akanga aibva.

⁸And it came to pass, when on the morrow Moses went into the tent of the testimony, behold, the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and ripened almonds.

⁹Ipapo Mozisi akabudisa tsvimbo dzose pamberi paJehovha kuvanhu vaIsiraeri vose; vakatarira, mumwe nomumwe akatora tsvimbo yake.

⁹And Moses brought out all the staves from before Jehovah to all the children of Israel, and they looked and took each one his staff.

¹⁰Jehovha akati kuna Mozisi, Dzosera tsvimbo yaAroni pamberi pechipupuriro, ichengetwe chive chiratidzo chavanhu vakandimukira; kuti ugumise kundinyunyutira kwavo, varege kufa.

¹⁰And Jehovah said to Moses, Bring Aaron's staff again before the testimony, to be kept as a token for the sons of rebellion, that thou mayest put an end to their murmurings before me, that they may not die.

¹¹Mozisi akaita saizvozvo; sezvaakarairwa naJehovha, ndizvo zvaakaita.

¹¹And Moses did so: as Jehovah had commanded him, so did he.

¹²Vana vaIsiraeri vakataura naMozisi, vakati, Tarira, tofa, topera, topera tose.

¹²And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Lo, we expire, we perish, we all perish.

¹³Mumwe nomumwe anoswedera, anoswedera kutabhenakeri yaJehovha, anofa; zvino tichafa tose kanhi?

¹³Every one that comes at all near to the tabernacle of Jehovah shall die: shall we then expire altogether?