¹Zvino Mozisi akaenda kundotaura mashoko awa kuvaIsiraeri vose,

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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?

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

¹⁹Naizvozvo zvino munofanira kuzvinyorera rwiyo urwu rundipupurire kuvana vaIsiraeri.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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