¹Zvino Jehovha akati kuna Mozisi, Taura navapristi, vanakomana vaAroni, uti kwavari, mupristi ngaarege kuzvisvibisa kuna vakafa pakati porudzi rwake;

¹Yahweh said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, ‘A priest shall not defile himself for the dead among his people;

²asi kuhama yake yomumba, kana mai vake, kana baba vake, kana mwanakomana wake, kana mwanasikana wake, kana munin'ina wake;

²except for his relatives that are near to him: for his mother, for his father, for his son, for his daughter, for his brother,

³kana hanzvadzi yake ichiri mhandara, hama yomumba, usina kumbova nomurume; ungazvisvibisa kwaari.

³and for his virgin sister who is near to him, who has had no husband; for her he may defile himself.

⁴Ngaarege kuzvisvibisa, zvaari mukuru pakati pehama dzake, kuti azvishatise.

⁴He shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.

⁵Havafaniri kuveura misoro yavo, vachiita mhazha, kana kuveura rutivi rumwe rwendebvu dzavo, kana kutema nyora pamiviri yavo.

⁵“‘They shall not shave their heads, neither shall they shave off the corners of their beards, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

⁶Vanofanira kuva vatsvene kuna Mwari wavo, varege kumhura zita raMwari wavo; nekuti ndivo vanouya nezvipiriso zvaJehovha zvinopiswa, zvokudya zvaMwari wavo; naizvozvo ngavave vatsvene.

⁶They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of their God; for they offer the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, the bread of their God; therefore they shall be holy.

⁷Havafaniri kutora mukadzi chifeve, kana wakachinyiwa; ngavarege kutora mukadzi wakarambwa nomurume wake, nekuti mutsvene kuna Mwari wake.

⁷“‘They shall not marry a woman who is a prostitute, or profane; neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband: for he is holy to his God.

⁸Naizvozvo unofanira iwe kumutsaura, nekuti ndiye unouya nezvokudya zvaMwari wako; anofanira kuva mutsvene kwauri, nekuti ini Jehovha ndinokutsaurai, ndiri mutsvene.

⁸You shall sanctify him therefore; for he offers the bread of your God: he shall be holy to you: for I Yahweh, who sanctify you, am holy.

⁹Kana mwanasikana womupristi upi noupi achizvishatisa nokupata, unoshatisa baba vake; anofanira kupiswa nomoto.

⁹“‘The daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the prostitute, she profanes her father: she shall be burned with fire.

¹⁰Munhu, ari mupristi mukuru pakati pehama dzake, wakadirwa mafuta echizoro pamusoro wake, wakatsaurwa kuti afuke nguvo dzomupristi mukuru, ngaarege kusunungura vhudzi romusoro wake, kana kubvarura nguvo dzake.

¹⁰“‘He who is the high priest among his brothers, upon whose head the anointing oil is poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose, nor tear his clothes;

¹¹Ngaarege kusvika pachitunha, kana kuzvisvibisa kuna baba vake kana mai vake;

¹¹neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

¹²ngaarege kubuda panzvimbo tsvene, kana kushatisa nzvimbo tsvene yaMwari wake, nekuti mafuta okugadza aMwari wake ari pamusoro pake; ndini Jehovha.

¹²neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him. I am Yahweh.

¹³Ngaazvitorere mukadzi ichiri mhandara.

¹³“‘He shall take a wife in her virginity.

¹⁴Ngaarege kutora chirikadzi, kana wakarambwa nomurume wake, kana wakachinyiwa, kana chifeve, asi ngaatore mukadzi ichiri mhandara pakati porudzi rwake.

¹⁴A widow, or one divorced, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute, these he shall not marry: but a virgin of his own people shall he take as a wife.

¹⁵Ngaarege kushatisa vana vake pakati porudzi rwake; nekuti ndini Jehovha ndinomutsaura.

¹⁵He shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am Yahweh who sanctifies him.’”

¹⁶zvino Jehovha wakataura naMozisi, akati,

¹⁶Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

¹⁷Taura naAroni, uti, Ani naani wakaremara pakati pavana vako pamarudzi avo ose, ngaarege kuswedera kuuya nezvokudya zvaMwari wake.

¹⁷“Say to Aaron, ‘None of your seed throughout their generations who has a blemish, may approach to offer the bread of his God.

¹⁸Nekuti munhu upi noupi wakaremara ngaarege kuswedera kana riri bofu, kana chirema, kana wakaremara pachiso, kana uno mutezo wakarebesa,

¹⁸For whatever man he is that has a blemish, he shall not draw near: a blind man, or a lame, or he who has a flat nose, or any deformity,

¹⁹kana munhu ano rutsoka rwakavhunika, kana ruoko rwakavhunika,

¹⁹or a man who has an injured foot, or an injured hand,

²⁰kana ano musana wakakombama, kana wakawonda kwazvo, kana uno ruvara paziso rake, kana ane mhizi, kana ane pakafunuka, kana wakaremara pamberi;

²⁰or hunchbacked, or a dwarf, or one who has a defect in his eye, or an itching disease, or scabs, or who has damaged testicles;

²¹munhu upi noupi worudzi rwomupristi Aroni wakaremara haafaniri kuswedera kuuya nezvipiriso zvinopiswa zvaJehovha; wakaremara, haafaniri kuswedera kuuya nezvokudya zvaMwari wake.

²¹no man of the seed of Aaron the priest who has a blemish, shall come near to offer the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. Since he has a blemish, he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God.

²²Ungadya hake zvokudya zvaMwari wake, zvitsvene zvikuru nezvitsvene zvose.

²²He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.

²³Asi haafaniri kupinda mukati mechidzitiro, kana kuswedera kuaritari nekuti wakaremara; kuti arege kushatisa nzvimbo dzangu tsvene; nekuti ndini Jehovha ndinovatsaura.

²³He shall not come near to the veil, nor come near to the altar, because he has a blemish; that he may not profane my sanctuaries, for I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.’”

²⁴Mozisi akataura saizvozvo naAroni navanakomana vake navana vaIsiraeri vose.

²⁴So Moses spoke to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel.