¹Zvino vana vaIsiraeri vakaverengwa vakuru vedzimba dzamadzibaba, navakuru vezviuru navamazana, navatariri vavo vaibatira mambo pazvinhu zvose zvamapoka aipinda nokubuda mwedzi mumwe nomumwe, mwedzi yose yegore, boka rimwe nerimwe rikasvika zviuru zvina makumi maviri nezvina.

¹Now the children of Israel after their number, the heads of fathers’ households and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king, in any matter of the divisions which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year—of every division were twenty-four thousand.

²Mutariri weboka rokutanga, pamwedzi wokutanga, akanga ari Jashobhiyami mwanakomana waZabhadhieri; paboka rake pakanga pane zviuru zvina makumi maviri nezvina.

²Over the first division for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

³Iye akanga ari mumwe wavana vaPerezi, mukuru wavatariri vose vehondo pamwedzi wokutanga.

³He was of the children of Perez, the chief of all the captains of the army for the first month.

⁴Mutariri weboka romwedzi wechipiri akanga ari Dodai muAhohi, neboka rake; Mikiroti ndiye aivaraira; paboka rake pakanga pane zviuru zvina makumi maviri nezvina.

⁴Over the division of the second month was Dodai the Ahohite, and his division; and Mikloth the ruler: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

⁵Mukuru wechitatu wehondo pamwedzi wechitatu, akanga ari Bhenaya, mwanakomana womupristi Jehoyadha, iye mukuru; paboka rake pakanga pane zviuru zvina makumi maviri nezvina.

⁵The third captain of the army for the third month was Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the priest, chief: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

⁶Uyu ndiye Bhenaya uya, akanga ari munhu wesimba pakati pavana makumi matatu, waiva mutariri wavana makumi matatu; Amizabhadhi mwanakomana wake akanga ari weboka rake.

⁶This is that Benaiah, who was the mighty man of the thirty, and over the thirty: and of his division was Ammizabad his son.

⁷Mukuru wechina, pamwedzi wechina, akanga ari Asaheri munin'ina waJoabhu, naZebhedhia mwanakomana wake aimutevera; paboka rake pakanga pane zviuru zvina makumi maviri nezvina.

⁷The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

⁸Mukuru weshanu, pamwedzi weshanu, wakange ari Shamhuti mulzirahi; paboka rake pakanga pane zviuru zvina makumi maviri nezvina.

⁸The fifth captain for this fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

⁹Mukuru wetanhatu, pamwedzi wetanhatu, akanga ari Ira mwanakomana waIkeshi muTekoite; paboka rake pakanga pane zviuru zvina makumi maviri nezvina.

⁹The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

¹⁰Mukuru wechinomwe, pamwedzi wechinomwe, akanga ari Herezi muPeroni, wavana vaEfuremu; paboka rake pakanga pane zviuru zvina makumi maviri nezvina.

¹⁰The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

¹¹Mukuru wourusere, pamwedzi worusere, akanga ari Shebhekai muHushati, wavaZerahi; paboka rake pakanga pane zviuru zvina makumi maviri nezvina.

¹¹The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zerahites: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

¹²Mukuru wepfumbamwe, pamwedzi wepfumbamwe, akanga ari Abhiezeri muAnatoti, wavaBhenjamini; paboka rake pakanga pane zviuru zvina makumi maviri nezvina.

¹²The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anathothite, of the Benjamites: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

¹³Mukuru wegumi, pamwedzi wegumi, akanga ari Maharai muNetofati, wavaZerahi; paboka rake pakanga pane zviuru zvina makumi maviri nezvina.

¹³The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zerahites: and in his division were Twenty-four thousand.

¹⁴Mukuru wegumi nomumwe, pamwedzi wegumi nomumwe, akanga ari Bhenaya muPiratoni, wavana vaEfuremu; paboka rake pakanga pane zviuru zvina makumi maviri nezvina.

¹⁴The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

¹⁵Mukuru wegumi navaviri, pamwedzi wegumi nemiviri, akanga ari Heridhai muNetofati, waOtinieri; paboka rake pakanga pane zviuru zvina makumi maviri nezvina.

¹⁵The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

¹⁶Uye, kwakanga kuna varairi vamarudzi alsiraeri; vokuvaRubheni akanga ari Eriezeri mwanakomana waZikiri, murairi; wokuvaSimioni; Shefatia mwanakomana waMaaka;

¹⁶Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri the ruler: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maacah:

¹⁷wokwaRevhi: Hashabhia, mwanakomana waKemueri; wokwaAroni: Zadhoki;

¹⁷of Levi, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of Aaron, Zadok:

¹⁸wokwaJudha: Erihu, mumwe wavanin'ina vaDhavhidhi; wokwalsakari: Omiri mwanakomana waMikaeri;

¹⁸of Judah, Elihu, one of the brothers of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael:

¹⁹wokwaZebhuruni: Ishimaya mwanakomana waObhadhiya, wokwaNafutari: Jeremoti mwanakomana waAzieri;

¹⁹of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jeremoth the son of Azriel:

²⁰wokuvana vaEfuraimu: Hoshea mwanakomana waAzazia; wokuhafu yorudzi rwaManase: Joeri mwanakomana waPedhaya;

²⁰of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:

²¹wokuhafu yorudzi rwaManase paGiriyadhi, Idho mwanakomana waZekariya; wokwaBhenjamini: Jasieri mwanakomana waAbhineri;

²¹of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:

²²wokwaDhani: Azareri mwanakomana waJehorami. Ndivo vakanga vari vakuru vamarudzi alsiraeri.

²²of Dan, Azarel the son of Jeroham. These were the captains of the tribes of Israel.

²³Asi Dhavhidhi haana kuverenga vamakore makumi maviri navaduku kwavari; nekuti Jehovha akataura kuti achawanza vaIsiraeri, vave senyeredzi dzokudenga.

²³But David didn’t take the number of them from twenty years old and under, because Yahweh had said he would increase Israel like the stars of the sky.

²⁴Joabhu mwanakomana waZeruya akatanga kuverenga, asi haana kupedza; kutsamwa kwaJehovha kukamukira valsiraeri nemhosva iyi; uye havana kuisa kuwanda kwavo pamakoronike amambo Dhavhidhi.

²⁴Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but didn’t finish; and there came wrath for this on Israel; neither was the number put into the account in the chronicles of king David.

²⁵Mutariri wefuma yamambo akanga ari Azimavheti mwanakomana waAdhieri mutariri wefuma yapaminda, napamaguta, napamisha, neyapanhare, akanga ari Jonatani mwanakomana waUziya;

²⁵Over the king’s treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the treasures in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the towers, was Jonathan the son of Uzziah:

²⁶mutariri wavanhu vaibata paminda vachirima pasi, akanga ari Eziri mwanakomana waKerubhi.

²⁶Over those who did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub:

²⁷Mutariri weminda yemizambiringa, akanga ari Shimei muRamati; mutariri wezvibereko zveminda yemizambiringa, wedzimba dzewaini, akanga ari Zabhadhi muShifimi;

²⁷and over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: and over the increase of the vineyards for the winecellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite:

²⁸mutariri wemiorivhi nemionde yakanga iri pamapani, akanga ari Bhaarihanani muGedheri; mutariri wedzimba dzamafuta akanga ari Joashi.

²⁸and over the olive trees and the sycamore trees that were in the lowland was Baal Hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:

²⁹Mutariri wamapoka ezvipfuwo, zvaifura paSharoni, akanga ari Shitirai muSharoni, uye mutariri wamapoka aigara pamipata, akanga ari Shafati mwanakomana waAdhirai;

²⁹and over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai:

³⁰mutariri wamakamera akanga ari Obhiri muIshimaeri, uye mutariri wembongoro akanga ari Jedheiya muMeronoti;

³⁰and over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the donkeys was Jehdeiah the Meronothite: and over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagrite.

³¹mutariri wamapoka amakwai akanga ari Jazizi muHagiri. Ava vose vakanga vari vatariri venhumbi dzamambo Dhavhidhi.

³¹All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David’s.

³²Uye Jonatani muzukuru waDhavhidhi akanga ari gurukota, murume akangwara, munyori; Jehieri mwanakomana waHakimoni aigara navanakomana vamambo;

³²Also Jonathan, David’s uncle, was a counselor, a man of understanding, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king’s sons:

³³Ahitoferi akanga ari gurukota ramambo; naHushai muAriki yaiva shamwari yamambo;

³³Ahithophel was the king’s counselor: and Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend:

³⁴aitevera Ahitoferi ndiJehoyadha mwanakomana waBhenaya, naAbhiyatari; mukuru wehondo yamambo akanga ari Joabhu.

³⁴and after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the captain of the king’s army was Joab.