¹Zvino Jehovha akati kuna Aroni, Iwe navanakomana vako, naveimba yababa vako pamwechete newe, munofanira kutakura zvakaipa zveimba tsvene; iwe navanakomana vako pamwechete newe munofanira kutakura zvakaipa zvoupristi bwenyu.

¹And Jehovah said to Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

²Nehama dzako dzorudzi rwaRevhi, dzorudzi rwababa vako, udziswededze pamwechete newe, dzive newe, dzikubatire; asi iwe navanakomana vako pamwechete newe, munofanira kuva pamberi petende rechipupuriro.

²And thy brethren also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring near with thee, that they may unite with thee, and minister unto thee; but thou and thy sons with thee [shall serve] before the tent of the testimony.

³Vanofanira kukuchengeta iwe nokuchengeta Tende rose; asi havafaniri kuswedera kunhumbi dzeimba tsvene nearitari, kuti varege kufa, kana ivo kana imwi.

³And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of the whole tent: only they shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary and to the altar, that they may not die, and you as well as they.

⁴Vanofanira kuva newe, nokuchengeta tende rokusangana, nokuita mabasa ose etende; asina kufanira haafaniri kuswedera kwamuri.

⁴And they shall unite with thee, and keep the charge of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent; and no stranger shall come near to you.

⁵Munofanira kuchengeta imba tsvene, nokuchengeta aritari, kuti kutsamwa kurege kuuya pamusoro pavana vaIsiraeri.

⁵And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar; that there come no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.

⁶Ini ndimene, tarirai, ndakatsaura hama dzenyu vaRevhi pakati pavana vaIsiraeri, vave chipo kwamuri, vanhu vakapiwa Jehovha, kuti vabate mabasa etende rokusangana.

⁶And I, behold, I have taken your brethren, the Levites, from among the children of Israel; to you are they given as a gift for Jehovah to perform the service of the tent of meeting.

⁷Iwe navana vako pamwechete newe munofanira kubata basa roupristi bwenyu pazvinhu zvose zvearitari, nezvose zviri mukati mechidzitiro; ndipo pamunofanira kubata; ndinokupai upristi, chive chipo chebasa; asi asina kufanira, anoswedera, anofanira kuurawa.

⁷But thou and thy sons with thee shall attend to your priesthood for all that concerneth the altar, and for that which is inside the veil; and ye shall perform the service: I give you your priesthood as a service of gift, and the stranger that cometh near shall be put to death.

⁸Jehovha akataurawo naAroni, akati, Ini, tarira, ndakakupa basa rokuchengeta zvipiriso zvangu zvinotsaurwa, izvo zvinhu zvose zvakatsaurwa zvavana vaIsiraeri; ndakakupa izvo uve mugove wako nowavanakomana vako nokusingaperi.

⁸And Jehovah spoke to Aaron, And I, behold, I have given thee the charge of my heave-offerings, of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; to thee have I given them, because of the anointing, and to thy sons by an everlasting statute.

⁹Zvinhu izvi ndizvo zvinofanira kuva zvako pazvinhu zvitsvene zvikuru, zvakasara kana zvimwe zvapiswa, zvinoti: Zvipo zvavo zvose, izvo zvipiriso zvavo zvose zvoupfu, nezvipiriso zvavo zvose zvezvivi, nezvipiriso zvavo zvose zvemhosva, zvavanondipa, izvo zvinofanira kuva zvitsvene zvikuru kwauri nokuvanakomana vako.

⁹This shall be thine of the most holy things, [reserved] from the fire: every offering of theirs, of all their oblations, and of all their sin-offerings, and of all their trespass-offerings, which they render unto me, it is most holy for thee and for thy sons.

¹⁰Munofanira kuzvidya panzvimbo tsvene-tsvene; varume vose vanofanira kuzvidya; zvinofanira kuva zvitsvene kwamuri.

¹⁰As most holy shalt thou eat it: every male shall eat it; it shall be holy unto thee.

¹¹Izvi ndizvo zvako: Chipiriso chinotsaurwa nezvipo zvavo, izvo zvipiriso zvose zvinozunguzirwa zvavana vaIsiraeri; ndakakupa izvo, iwe, navanakomana vako, navanasikana vako pamwechete newe, zvive zvenyu nokusingaperi; vose vakanaka mumba mako vangazvidya.

¹¹And this shall be thine: the heave-offering of their gift, with all the wave-offerings of the children of Israel; I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by an everlasting statute; every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.

¹²Ndakakupa mafuta ose akaisvonaka, newaini yakaisvonaka, nezviyo zvose zvakaisvonaka, izvo zvitsva zvazvo zvavanopa Jehovha.

¹²All the best of the oil, and all the best of the new wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they give to Jehovah, have I given thee.

¹³Zvibereko zvitsva zvose nezvose zviri munyika yavo, zvavanouya nazvo kuna Jehovha, zvinofanira kuva zvako; mumwe nomumwe akanaka mumba mako angazvidya.

¹³The first ripe of everything that is in their land, which they shall bring to Jehovah, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.

¹⁴Zvose zvakayeriswa pakati palsiraeri zvinofanira kuva zvako.

¹⁴Every devoted thing in Israel shall be thine.

¹⁵Zvose zvinotanga kuzarura chizvaro, panyama yose yavanouyisa kuna Jehovha, kana zviri zvavanhu, kana zvezvipfuwo, zvinofanira kuva zvako; kunyange zvakadaro matangwe avanhu unofanira kuadzikunura; vana vose vemhongora dzezvipfuwo unofanira kuvadzikunurawo.

¹⁵Everything that breaketh open the womb of all flesh, which they present to Jehovah, of men or of beasts, shall be thine; nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou in any case ransom, and the firstborn of unclean beasts shalt thou ransom.

¹⁶Zvose zvinofanira kudzikunurwa pazviri, zvomwedzi mumwe nezvinopfuura, unofanira kuzvidzikunura sezvaunotara iwe, nemari inosvika pamashekeri mashanu, zvichienzaniswa neshekeri rapaimba tsvene (rakaenzana namagera ana makumi maviri.)

¹⁶And those that are to be ransomed from a month old shalt thou ransom, according to thy valuation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.

¹⁷Asi usadzikunura mwana wemhongora yemombe, kana yegwai, kana yembudzi, zvitsvene; unofanira kusasa ropa razvo pamusoro pearitari, nokupisa mafuta azvo, chive chipiriso chinopiswa, chive chinonhuhwira zvakanaka kuna Jehovha.

¹⁷But the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat, thou shalt not ransom: they are holy. Thou shalt sprinkle their blood on the altar, and their fat shalt thou burn as an offering by fire for a sweet odour to Jehovah.

¹⁸Asi nyama yazvo inofanira kuva yako, zvinofanira kuva zvako sechityu chinozunguzirwa nebandauko rorudyi.

¹⁸And their flesh shall be thine; as the wave-breast and as the right shoulder shall it be thine.

¹⁹Zvipiriso zvose zvinotsaurwa zvezvinhu zvinopiwa Jehovha navana vaIsiraeri, ndakakupa izvo, iwe navanakomana vako navanasikana vako pamwechete newe, zvive zvako nokusingaperi; isungano yomunyu nokusingaperi pamberi paJehovha, kwauri navazukuru vako pamwechete newe.

¹⁹All the heave-offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to Jehovah, have I given thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by an everlasting statute: it shall be an everlasting covenant of salt before Jehovah unto thee and thy seed with thee.

²⁰Zvino Jehovha akati kuna Aroni, Iwe haungavi nenhaka panyika yavo, haungavi nomugove pakati pavo; ini ndiri mugove wako nenhaka yako pakati pavana valsiraeri.

²⁰And Jehovah said to Aaron, In their land thou shalt have no inheritance, neither shalt thou have any portion among them: I am thy portion and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.

²¹Tarira, vana vaRevhi ndakavapa zvegumi zvezvose zvavana vaIsiraeri, ive nhaka yavo, uve mubayiro webasa ravanobata, iro basa rapatende rokusangana.

²¹And to the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithes in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they perform, the service of the tent of meeting.

²²Kubva zvino vana vaIsiraeri ngavarege kuswedera kutende rokusangana, kuti varege kuva nemhosva yezvivi zvavo, vakafa.

²²Neither shall the children of Israel henceforth come near the tent of meeting, to bear sin and die.

²³Asi vaRevhi vanofanira kubata basa rapatende rokusangana, ivo vanofanira kutakura zvakaipa zvavo; unofanira kuva mutemo nokusingaperi kusvikira kumarudzi enyu ose; havangavi nenhaka pakati pavana vaIsiraeri.

²³But the Levite, he shall perform the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity: it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations. And among the children of Israel shall they possess no inheritance;

²⁴nekuti zvegumi zvavana vaIsiraeri zvavanopa Jehovha, zvive zvipiriso zvinotsaurwa, ndizvo zvandakapa vaRevhi, kuti ive nhaka yavo; naizvozvo ndakati kwavari, havangavi nenhaka pakati pavana vaIsiraeri.

²⁴for I have given for an inheritance to the Levites the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as a heave-offering to Jehovah; therefore I have said of them, They shall possess no inheritance among the children of Israel.

²⁵Zvino Jehovha akataura naMozisi, akati,

²⁵And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

²⁶Taura navaRevhi, uti kwavari, Kana muchitora kuvana vaIsiraeri zvegumi zvavo zvandakakupai, kuti ive nhaka yenyu, munofanira kupa Jehovha chegumi chezvegumi izvo, chive chipiriso chinotsaurwa.

²⁶And to the Levites shalt thou speak, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer a heave-offering from it for Jehovah, the tenth of the tithe.

²⁷Chipiriso chenyu chinotsaurwa chichaverengwa kwamuri sezviyo zviri paburiro, uye sewaini izere muchisviniro chewaini.

²⁷And your heave-offering shall be reckoned unto you, as the corn from the threshing-floor, and as the fulness of the winepress.

²⁸Saizvozvo nemiwo muchapa Jehovha chipiriso chinotsaurwa chezvegumi zvenyu zvose zvamunopiwa navana vaIsiraeri; zvino kuna izvozvo munofanira kupa Aroni mupristi chipiriso chinotsaurwa chaJehovha.

²⁸Thus ye also shall offer Jehovah's heave-offering of all your tithes, which ye take of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof Jehovah's heave-offering to Aaron the priest.

²⁹Pazvose zvamunopiwa, munofanira kupa Jehovha zvipiriso zvenyu zvose zvinotsaurwa, muchitsaura zvakaisvonaka kwazviri, mugove wakatsaurwa pakati pazvo.

²⁹Out of all that is given you ye shall offer the whole heave-offering of Jehovah, -- of all the best thereof the hallowed part thereof.

³⁰Naizvozvo uti kwavari, Kana matsaura zvakaisvonaka kwazviri, zvinofanira kuverengerwa vaRevhi sezvakapurwa paburiro, nezvakasviniwa pachisviniro chewaini.

³⁰And thou shalt say unto them, When ye heave the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as produce of the threshing-floor, and as produce of the winepress.

³¹Munofanira kuzvidya panzvimbo dzose, imwi nemhuri dzenyu; nekuti ndiwo mubayiro wenyu webasa ramunobata patende rokusangana.

³¹And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households; for it is your reward for your service in the tent of meeting.

³²Hamungazovi nezvivi nokuda kwazvo, kana mambotsaura zvakaisvonaka kwazviri; hamufaniri kuzvidza zvinhu zvitsvene zvavana vaIsiraeri, kuti murege kufa.

³²And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, if ye heave from it the best of it; and ye shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.