¹Zvino akandidzosa nenzira yesuwo rokunze renzvimbo tsvene, rakanga rakatarira kurutivi rwamabvazuva; asi rakanga rakapfigwa.

¹Then he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looks toward the east; and it was shut.

²Jehovha akati kwandiri, suwo iri rinofanira kugara rakapfigwa, harifaniri kuzarurwa, uye hakuna munhu anofanira kupinda naro, nekuti Jehovha Mwari waIsiraeri wapinda naro; saka rinofanira kuramba rakapfigwa.

²Yahweh said to me, This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, neither shall any man enter in by it; for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has entered in by it; therefore it shall be shut.

³Kana ari muchinda, iye anofanira kugaramo ari muchinda, adye zvokudya pamberi paJehovha; anofanira kupinda nenzira yeberere resuwo, ndokubudazve nenzira iyeyo.

³As for the prince, he shall sit therein as prince to eat bread before Yahweh; he shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.

⁴Ipapo akaenda neni nenzira yesuwo rokurutivi rwokumusoro pamberi peimba; ndikatarira, ndikaona kubwinya kwaJehovha kuchizadza imba yaJehovha; ndikawira pasi nechiso changu.

⁴Then he brought me by the way of the north gate before the house; and I looked, and behold, the glory of Yahweh filled the house of Yahweh: and I fell on my face.

⁵Jehovha akati kwandiri, Mwanakomana womunhu, cherechedza zvakanaka, utarire nameso ako, unzwe nenzeve dzako zvose zvandinokuudza pamusoro pemitemo yose yeimba yaJehovha, nemirayiro yayo yose; cherechedza zvakanaka panopindwa napo paimba, napanobudiwa napo pose panzvimbo tsvene.

⁵Yahweh said to me, Son of man, mark well, and see with your eyes, and hear with your ears all that I tell you concerning all the ordinances of the house of Yahweh, and all its laws; and mark well the entrance of the house, with every exit of the sanctuary.

⁶Zvino uti kuna vakandimukira, kuimba yaIsiraeri, zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Nhai, imwi imba yaIsiraeri, chiringaniswai nezvinonyangadza zvenyu,

⁶You shall tell the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: you house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations,

⁷izvo zvokupinza kwenyu vatorwa, vane moyo isina kudzingiswa nenyama isina kudzingiswa, kuti vave munzvimbo yangu, muchimhura iyo imba yangu, kana muchindivigira zvokudya, namafuta neropa; vakaputsa sungano yangu, vachinyanyisa zvinonyangadza zvenyu.

⁷in that you have brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to profane it, even my house, when you offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant, to add to all your abominations.

⁸Hamuna kuchengeta zvinhu zvangu zvitsvene, asi makagadza vatariri vanokuchengeterai imwi zvinhu zvangu munzvimbo yangu tsvene.

⁸You have not performed the duty of my holy things; but you have set performers of my duty in my sanctuary for yourselves.

⁹Zvanzi naIshe Jehovha, Mutorwa unomoyo usinokudzingiswa nenyama isina kudzingiswa ngaarege kupinda munzvimbo yangu tsvene, Ani naani wavatorwa vari pakati pavana vaIsiraeri.

⁹Thus says the Lord Yahweh, No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any foreigners who are among the children of Israel.

¹⁰Asi vaRevhi, vakaenda kure neni panguva yokutsauka kwaIsiraeri, vakatsauka kwandiri vachitevera zvifananidzo zvavo, ivo vachava nemhosva yezvakaipa zvavo.

¹⁰But the Levites who went far from me, when Israel went astray, who went astray from me after their idols, they shall bear their iniquity.

¹¹Asi vanofanira kuva vashumiri munzvimbo yangu tsvene, navatariri pamasuwo eimba, navanoshumira mumba; ivo vanofanira kubayira chipiriso chinopiswa, nezvinobayirwa vanhu, nokumira pamberi pavo kuvashumirira.

¹¹Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the house, and ministering in the house: they shall kill the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister to them.

¹²Zvavakavashumirira pamberi pezvifananidzo zvavo, vakazova chigumbuso chezvakaipa kuimba yaIsiraeri; naizvozvo ndakavasimudzira ruoko rwangu, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha vachava nemhosva yezvakaipa zvavo.

¹²Because they ministered to them before their idols, and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel; therefore have I lifted up my hand against them, says the Lord Yahweh, and they shall bear their iniquity.

¹³Havangaswederi kwandiri, kundiitira basa rohupristi, kana kuswedera kuchinhu chipi nechipi chezvinhu zvangu zvitsene, kuzvinhu zvitsvene kwazvo; asi vachava nemhosva yokunyadziswa kwavo, neyezvinonyadzisa zvavo zvavakaita.

¹³They shall not come near to me, to execute the office of priest to me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, to the things that are most holy; but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.

¹⁴Asi ndichavaita vatariri vanochengeta imba, vaite basa rayo rose, nezvose zvinofanira kuitwamo.

¹⁴Yet will I make them performers of the duty of the house, for all its service, and for all that shall be done therein.

¹⁵Asi vapristi vaRevhi, ivo vanakomana vaZadhoki, vaichengeta basa renzvimbo yangu tsvene panguva yokutsauka kwavana vaIsiraeri vachibva kwandiri, ndivo vachaswedera kwandiri kuzondishumira; ivo vachamira pamberi pangu kuzondibayira mafuta neropa, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha;

¹⁵But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, who performed the duty of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister to me; and they shall stand before me to offer to me the fat and the blood, says the Lord Yahweh:

¹⁶vachapinda munzvimbo yangu tsvene, vachaswedera kutafura yangu, kuti vandishumire, uye vachachengeta basa rangu.

¹⁶they shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my instruction.

¹⁷Zvino kana vachipinda pamasuwo oruvanze rwomukati, vachafanira kufuka nguvo dzemicheka; makushe ngaarege kuva pamiviri yavo, kana vachishumira mumasuwo oruvanze rwomukati, nomukati meimba.

¹⁷It shall be that, when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come on them, while they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.

¹⁸Vachafanira kufuka ngowani dzemicheka pamisoro yavo, uye vachafanira kuva namabhurukwa emicheka pazviuno zvavo; ngavarege kuzvisunga chiuno nechinhu chinobudisa ziya.

¹⁸They shall have linen tires on their heads, and shall have linen breeches on their waists; they shall not clothe themselves with anything that causes sweat.

¹⁹Kana vachibudira kuruvanze rwokunze, iko kuruvazhe rwokunze kuvanhu, vanofanira kubvisa nguvo dzavo dzavanoshumira nadzo, ndokudziisa mumakamuri matsvene; vanofanira kufuka dzimwe nguvo, uye varege kuita vanhu vatsvene nenguvo dzavo.

¹⁹When they go forth into the outer court, even into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their garments in which they minister, and lay them in the holy rooms; and they shall put on other garments, that they not sanctify the people with their garments.

²⁰Varege kuveura misoro yavo, kana kurega vhudzi ravo richireba; ngavagunde chete misoro yavo.

²⁰Neither shall they shave their heads, nor allow their locks to grow long; they shall only cut off the hair of their heads.

²¹Mupristi upi noupi ngaarege kumwa waini, kana achipinda muruvanze rwomukati.

²¹Neither shall any of the priests drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.

²²Havafaniri kuwana chirikadzi, kana mukadzi akarambwa nomurume; asi vanofanira kuwana mhandara pakati pavana veimba yaIsiraeri, kana chirikadzi, iri chirikadzi yomupristi.

²²Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her who is put away; but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.

²³Vanofanira kudzidzisa vanhu vangu kusiyana kwezvitsvene nezvisi zvitsvene, nokuvadzidzisa kutsaura pakati pezvisina kunaka nezvakanaka.

²³They shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

²⁴Kana panegakava vanofanira kuva vatongi; vanofanira kutonga nemitemo yangu; vachafanira kuchengeta mirayiro yangu nemitemo yangu pamitambo yangu yose yakatarwa; masabata angu ngaave matsvene kwavari.

²⁴In a controversy they shall stand to judge; according to my ordinances shall they judge it: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts; and they shall make my Sabbaths holy.

²⁵Ngavarege kupinda kune zvitunha, kuti varege kuzvisvibisa; asi vangazvisvibisa nokuda kwababa, kana mai, kana mwanakomana, kana mwanasikana, kana mukoma nomunin'ina, kana hanzvadzi yakanga ichigere kuwanikwa.

²⁵They shall go in to no dead person to defile themselves; but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister who has had no husband, they may defile themselves.

²⁶Zvino kana iye apera kunatswa, anofanira kutarirwa mazuva manomwe.

²⁶After he is cleansed, they shall reckon to him seven days.

²⁷Nezuva raanozopinda munzvimbo tsvene, muruvanze rwomukati, kundoshumira munzvimbo tsvene, achafanira kubayira chipiriso chake chezvivi, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha.

²⁷In the day that he goes into the sanctuary, into the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, says the Lord Yahweh.

²⁸Vachava nenhaka; ini ndini nhaka yavo; hamufaniri kuvapa fuma pakati paIsiraeri, ini ndini fuma yavo.

²⁸They shall have an inheritance: I am their inheritance; and you shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession.

²⁹Vanofanira kudya chipiriso choupfu, nechipiriso chezvivi, nechipiriso chemhosva; chinhu chipi nechipi chakatsaurirwa Jehovha pakati paIsiraeri chichava chavo.

²⁹They shall eat the meal offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs.

³⁰Chakaisvonaka pamichero yokutanga yezvose, nezvipiriso zvakatsaurwa zvezvose, zvezvipo zvenyu zvose, zvinofanira kuva zvavapristi; munofanira kupawo vapristi zvokutanga zvoupfu bwenyu hwakakuyiwa, kuti mugarise ropafadzo paimba yenyu.

³⁰The first of all the first fruits of every thing, and every offering of everything, of all your offerings, shall be for the priest: you shall also give to the priests the first of your dough, to cause a blessing to rest on your house.

³¹Vapristi ngavarege kudya chinhu chipi nechipi chakangofa choga, kana chakabvamburanyiwa, kana iri shiri kana chipfuwo.

³¹The priests shall not eat of anything that dies of itself, or is torn, whether it be bird or animal.