¹Zvino uswededze kwauri Aroni, mukuru wako, navanakomana vake pamwechete naye, vabude pakati pavana vaIsiraeri, kuti andishumire pabasa roupristi, vanoti; Aroni, naNadhabhi, naAbhihu, naEreazari, naItamari, ivo vanakomana vaAroni.

¹“Bring Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, near to you from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.

²Uitire Aroni, mukuru wako, nguvo tsvene, akudzwe nadzo, uye huve ukomba.

²You shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.

³Utaure navose vane moyo yakachenjera, vandakazadza nomweya wouchenjeri, kuti vaitire Aroni nguvo dzokumuita mutsvene nadzo, kuti andishumire pabasa roupristi.

³You shall speak to all who are wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron’s garments to sanctify him, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office.

⁴nguvo dzaunofanira kuita ndidzo: Hombodo yechipfuva, neefodhi, nejasi, nenguvo yakarukwa, nenguwani, nebhanhire, ngavaitire Aroni, mukoma wako, navanakomana vake nguvo tsvene, kuti andishumire pabasa roupristi.

⁴These are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a coat of checker work, a turban, and a sash: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, and his sons, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office.

⁵Ngavatore ndarama, nezvakarukwa zvitema, nezvishava, nezvitsvuku, nomucheka wakaisvonaka.

⁵They shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen.

⁶Efodhi ngavaiite nendarama, nezvakarukwa zvitema, nezvishava, nezvitsvuku, nomucheka wakaisvonaka wakarukwa, rive basa romubati wakachenjera.

⁶“They shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the skillful workman.

⁷Ngaive namabandi maviri pamafudzi akabatanidzwa pamiromo yayo miviri; kuti ibatanidzwe saizvozvo.

⁷It shall have two shoulder straps joined to the two ends of it, that it may be joined together.

⁸Nebhanhire rakarukwa nomubati wakachenjera, riri pamusoro payo, rokuisunga naro, ngariitwe saiyo, uye chive chinhu chimwe chete nayo, iitwe nendarama, nezvakarukwa zvitema, nezvishava, nezvitsvuku, nomucheka wakaisvonaka wakarukwa.

⁸The skillfully woven band, which is on it, that is on him, shall be like its work and of the same piece; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

⁹Utorewo mabwe maviri eonikisi, ugonyora pamusoro pawo mazita avana vaIsiraeri,

⁹You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel:

¹⁰mazita matanhatu pabwe rimwe, namazita matanhatu akasara pane rimwe ibwezve, pakuzvarwa kwavo.

¹⁰six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the six that remain on the other stone, in the order of their birth.

¹¹Unyore pamabwe iwayo maviri, sebasa romuvezi wamabwe, sezvinonyorwa ibwe rokusimbisa, mazita avana vaIsiraeri; uanyudze muzviruva zvendarama.

¹¹With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones, according to the names of the children of Israel: you shall make them to be enclosed in settings of gold.

¹²Zvino uise mabwe iwayo maviri pamabandi apamafudzi eefodhi, kuti ave mabwe okurangaridza vana vaIsiraeri; Aroni ngaatakure mazita awo pamberi paJehovha pamafudzi ake maviri, chive chokurangaridza.

¹²You shall put the two stones on the shoulder straps of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before Yahweh on his two shoulders for a memorial.

¹³Unofanira kuitawo zviruva zvendarama,

¹³You shall make settings of gold,

¹⁴nezviketani zviviri zvendarama yakaisvonaka; uzviite sorwonzi rwakakoshwa, ugoisa zviketani izvo zvakamoniwa pazviruva izvozvo.

¹⁴and two chains of pure gold; you shall make them like cords of braided work: and you shall put the braided chains on the settings.

¹⁵Unofanira kuitawo hombodo yechipfuva yokutonga, rive basa romubati wakachenjera; uiite ifanane neefodhi, uiite nendarama, nezvakarukwa, zvitema, nezvishava, nezvitsvuku, nomucheka wakaisvonaka wakarukwa.

¹⁵“You shall make a breastplate of judgment, the work of the skillful workman; like the work of the ephod you shall make it; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, you shall make it.

¹⁶Ngaive nenhivi ina dzakaenzana, dzakaita mheto mbiri; kureba kwayo kuite sapanosvika mimwe, noupamhi hwayo sapanosvika mimwewo.

¹⁶It shall be square and folded double; a span A span is the length from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger when the hand is stretched out (about 9 inches or 22.8 cm.) shall be its length of it, and a span its breadth.

¹⁷Uise mukati mayo zviruva zvinamabwe, misara mina yamabwe; mumwe musara uve nesadhio, netopasi, nekabhunakeri. Ndiwo musara wokutanga.

¹⁷You shall set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of ruby, topaz, and beryl shall be the first row;

¹⁸Pamusara wechipiri samaragidhino, nesafiri, nedhaimani,

¹⁸and the second row a turquoise, a sapphire or, lapis lazuli , and an emerald;

¹⁹pamusara wechitatu hiakindi, neagati, neametisi;

¹⁹and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

²⁰pamusara wechina beriri neonikisi, nejasipiri; ngaapotedzwe nendarama muzviruva zvawo.

²⁰and the fourth row a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be enclosed in gold in their settings.

²¹Mabwe iwayo ngaave namazita avana vaIsiraeri ane gumi namaviri, sezvinoita mazita avo; ngaave namarudzi ane gumi namaviri, rimwe nerimwe rive nezita raro, sezvinonyorwa ibwe rokusimbisa.

²¹The stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, everyone according to his name, they shall be for the twelve tribes.

²²Napahombodo yechipfuva unofanira kuita zviketani zvakafanana norwonzi, zvendarama yakamoniwa yakaisvonaka.

²²You shall make on the breastplate chains like cords, of braided work of pure gold.

²³Uitewo pahombodo yechipfuva zvindori zviviri zvendarama, ugoisa zvindori izvo zviviri pamicheto miviri yehombodo yechipfuva.

²³You shall make on the breastplate two rings of gold, and shall put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

²⁴Zvino uise zviketani zviviri zvendarama yakamoniwa pazvindori zviviri zviri pamicheto yehombodo yechipfuva.

²⁴You shall put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.

²⁵Nemimwe miromo miviri yezviketani zviviri zvakamoniwa uzviise pazviruva zviviri, uzviise pamabandi apamafudzi eefodhi nechemberi kwayo.

²⁵The other two ends of the two braided chains you shall put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod in its forepart.

²⁶Uitewo zvindori zviviri zvendarama, ugozviisa pamicheto miviri yehombodo yechipfuva pamupendero wayo uri kurutivi rweefodhi nechomukati.

²⁶You shall make two rings of gold, and you shall put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on its edge, which is toward the side of the ephod inward.

²⁷Unofanira kuitawo zvindori zviviri zvendarama, ugozviisa pamabandi maviri apamafudzi eefodhi zasi nechemberi kwayo, pedo payakabatanidzwa napo, pamusoro pebhanhire reefodhi rakarukwa nouchenjeri.

²⁷You shall make two rings of gold, and shall put them on the two shoulder straps of the ephod underneath, in its forepart, close by its coupling, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod.

²⁸Zvino ngavasunganidze hombodo yechipfuva nezvindori zvayo pazvindori zveefodhi norwonzi rutema, kuti ruve pamusoro pebhanhire reefodhi rakarukwa nouchenjeri, kuti hombodo yechipfuva irege kusununguka paefodhi.

²⁸They shall bind the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate may not swing out from the ephod.

²⁹Naizvozvo Aroni anofanira kutakura mazita avana vaIsiraeri pahombodo yechipfuva yokutonga pamoyo wake, kana achipinda panzvimbo tsvene, kuti chive chirangaridzo pamberi paJehovha nguva dzose.

²⁹Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment on his heart, when he goes in to the holy place, for a memorial before Yahweh continually.

³⁰Unofanira kuisawo muhombodo yechipfuva yokutonga Urimi neTumimi, kuti zvive pamoyo waAroni kana achipinda pamberi paJehovha; Aroni agotakura kutongwa kwavana vaIsiraeri pamoyo wake pamberi paJehovha nguva dzose.

³⁰You shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be on Aaron’s heart, when he goes in before Yahweh: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel on his heart before Yahweh continually.

³¹Unofanira kuita jasi reefodhi rose romucheka mutema.

³¹“You shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue.

³²Ngarive neburi rokupinza musoro pakati paro, rive nomupendero wakarukwa unopoteredza buri raro, sapaburi renguvo yokurwa, kuti irege kubvaruka.

³²It shall have a hole for the head in its midst: it shall have a binding of woven work around its hole, as it were the hole of a coat of mail, that it not be torn.

³³Pamipendero yaro unofanira kuita matamba ezvakarukwa zvitema, nezvishava, nezvitsvuku, anopoteredza mupendero, nezvitare zvinorira zvendarama pakati pawo kunhivi dzose.

³³On its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, around its hem; and bells of gold between and around them:

³⁴Ngapave nechitare chimwe nedamba rimwe, chitare chimwe nedamba rimwe pamipendero yejasi kunhivi dzose.

³⁴a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, around the hem of the robe.

³⁵Aroni ngaarifuke kana achishumira, kuti kurira kwazvo kunzwike, kana achipinda panzvimbo tsvene pamberi paJehovha, uye kana achibuda, kuti arege kufa.

³⁵It shall be on Aaron to minister: and its sound shall be heard when he goes in to the holy place before Yahweh, and when he comes out, that he not die.

³⁶Unofanira kuitawo bwendefa rendarama yakaisvonaka, ugonyora pamusoro paro sezvinonyorwa ibwe rokusimbisa, uchiti: MUTSVENE KUNA JEHOVHA.

³⁶“You shall make a plate of pure gold, and engrave on it, like the engravings of a signet, ‘HOLY TO YAHWEH.’

³⁷Uriise parwonzi rutema, rigoiswa panguwani, rive nechemberi kwenguwani.

³⁷You shall put it on a lace of blue, and it shall be on the sash; on the front of the sash it shall be.

³⁸Ngarive pahuma yaAroni, Aroni atakure zvakaipa zvingavapo pazvinhu zvitsvene, zvichaitwa zvitsvene navana vaIsiraeri pazvipo zvavo zvitsvene zvose; rinofanira kugara pahuma yake nguva dzose, kuti ivo vagamuchirwe pamberi paJehovha.

³⁸It shall be on Aaron’s forehead, and Aaron shall bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall make holy in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always on his forehead, that they may be accepted before Yahweh.

³⁹Unofanira kuitawo nguvo yakarukwa yomucheka wakaisvonaka, uye uite nguwani yomucheka wakaisvonaka, uye uitewo bhanhire, rive basa romusoni anogona.

³⁹You shall weave the coat in checker work of fine linen, and you shall make a turban of fine linen, and you shall make a sash, the work of the embroiderer.

⁴⁰Navanakomana vaAroni unofanira kuvaitira nguvo, uvaitirewo mabhanhire, uvaitirewo nguwani dzomusoro, vakudzwe nadzo, uye huve ukomba.

⁴⁰“You shall make coats for Aaron’s sons, and you shall make sashes for them and you shall make headbands for them, for glory and for beauty.

⁴¹Udzifukidze Aroni, mukoma wako, pamwechete navanakomana vake; uye uvazodze, nokuvagadza, nokuvatsaura, kuti vandishumire pabasa roupristi.

⁴¹You shall put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons with him, and shall anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest’s office.

⁴²Unofanira kuvaitira mabhuruku omucheka kuti vafukidze nyama yavo yakashama; ngaatange pazviuno, asvikire pachidya;

⁴²You shall make them linen breeches to cover the flesh of their nakedness; from the waist even to the thighs they shall reach:

⁴³ngaafukwe naAroni navanakomana vake kana vachipinda mutende rokusangana, uye kana vachiswedera paaritari kushumira panzvimbo tsvene; kuti varege kuzvitorera mhosva, vakafa; ngauve mutemo usingaperi kwaari nokuvana vake vanomutevera.

⁴³They shall be on Aaron, and on his sons, when they go in to the Tent of Meeting, or when they come near to the altar to minister in the holy place; that they don’t bear iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute forever to him and to his descendants after him.