¹Zvino Jehovha akataura naMozisi murenje reSinai, patende rokusangana, nezuva rokutanga romwedzi wechipiri negore rechipiri rokubuda kwavo Egipita, akati,

¹ Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of Meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

²Verenga ungano yose yavana vaIsiraeri, mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avarume vose, mumwe nomumwe.

²“Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, every male, one by one;

³Iwe naAroni muverenge mapoka avo, vana makore ana makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose pakati pavaIsiraeri vanogona kundorwa.

³from twenty years old and upward, all who are able to go out to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall number them by their divisions.

⁴Munofanira kuenda nomurume worudzi rumwe norumwe, mukuru weimba yamadzibaba ake.

⁴With you there shall be a man of every tribe; everyone head of his fathers’ house.

⁵Ndiwo mazita avarume vanofanira kukubatsirai: WokwaRubheni, Erizuri, mwanakomana waShedheuri.

⁵These are the names of the men who shall stand with you: Of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur.

⁶WokwaSimioni, Sherumieri, mwanakomana waZurishadhai.

⁶Of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

⁷WokwaJudha, Nashoni, mwanakomana waAminadhabhu.

⁷Of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

⁸WokwaIsakari, Netaneri, mwanakomana waZuari.

⁸Of Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar.

⁹WokwaZebhuruni, Eriabhu, mwanakomana waHeroni.

⁹Of Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon.

¹⁰Vokuvana vaJosefa: WokwaEfuremu, Erishama, mwanakomana waAmihudhi; wokwaManase, Gamarieri, mwanakomana waPedhazuri.

¹⁰Of the children of Joseph: Of Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud. Of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

¹¹WokwaBhenjamini, Abhidhani, mwanakomana waGidheoni.

¹¹Of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni.

¹²WokwaDhani, Ahiezeri, mwanakomana waAmishadhai.

¹²Of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

¹³WokwaAsheri, Pagieri, mwanakomana waOkirani.

¹³Of Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran.

¹⁴WokwaGadhi, Eriasafi, mwanakomana waDheueri.

¹⁴Of Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

¹⁵WokwaNafutari, Ahira, mwanakomana waEnani.

¹⁵Of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan.”

¹⁶Ndivo vakadamwa paungano, ari machinda amarudzi amadzibaba avo, vakuru vedzimba dzavaIsiraeri.

¹⁶These are those who were called of the congregation, the princes of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Israel.

¹⁷Zvino Mozisi naAroni vakatora varume ava varehwa mazita avo,

¹⁷Moses and Aaron took these men who are mentioned by name.

¹⁸vakakoka vaIsiraeri vose nezuva rokutanga romwedzi wechipiri, ivo vakavarondedzera marudzi avo, mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avose vakanga vana makore ana makumi maviri navanopfuura, mumwe nomumwe.

¹⁸They assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month; and they declared their ancestry by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, one by one.

¹⁹Akavaverenga murenje reSinai, sezvakanga zvarairwa Mozisi naJehovha.

¹⁹As Yahweh commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.

²⁰Vokuvana vaRubheni, mwanakomana wedangwe waIsiraeri navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, mumwe nomumwe, varume vose vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kuenda kuhondo,

²⁰The children of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, one by one, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;

²¹vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaRubheni vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi mana nezvitanhatu namazana mashanu.

²¹those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty-six thousand five hundred.

²²Vokuvana vaSimioni, namarudzi avo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, vose vakaverengwa kwavari namazita avo, vose vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,

²²Of the children of Simeon, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, those who were numbered of it, according to the number of the names, one by one, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;

²³vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaSimioni, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi mashanu nezvipfumbamwe namazana matatu.

²³those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

²⁴Vokuvana vaGadhi, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vose vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,

²⁴Of the children of Gad, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;

²⁵vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaGadhi, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi mana nezvishanu namazana matanhatu namakumi mashanu.

²⁵those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Gad, were forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.

²⁶Vokuvana vaJudha, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,

²⁶Of the children of Judah, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;

²⁷vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaJudha, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi manomwe nezvina namazana matanhatu.

²⁷those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Judah, were sixty-four thousand six hundred.

²⁸Vokuvana vaIsakari, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,

²⁸Of the children of Issachar, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;

²⁹vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaIsakari, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi mashanu namazana mana.

²⁹those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty-four thousand four hundred.

³⁰Vokuvana vaZebhuruni, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,

³⁰Of the children of Zebulun, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;

³¹vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaZebhuruni, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi mashanu nezvinomwe namazana mashanu.

³¹those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.

³²Vokuvana vaJosefa, ivo vana vaEfuremu, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri, vose vaigona kundorwa,

³²Of the children of Joseph, of the children of Ephraim, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;

³³vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaEfuremu, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi mana namazana mashanu.

³³those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand five hundred.

³⁴Vokuvana vaManase, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,

³⁴Of the children of Manasseh, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;

³⁵vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaManase, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi matatu nezviviri namazana maviri.

³⁵those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty-two thousand two hundred.

³⁶Vokuvana vaBhenjamini, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,

³⁶Of the children of Benjamin, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;

³⁷vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaBhenjamini, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi matatu nezvishanu namazana mana.

³⁷those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.

³⁸Vokuvana vaDhani, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,

³⁸Of the children of Dan, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war;

³⁹vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaDhani, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi matanhatu namazana manomwe.

³⁹those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Dan, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.

⁴⁰Vokuvana vaAsheri, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,

⁴⁰Of the children of Asher, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war;

⁴¹vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaAsheri, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi mana nechiuru chimwe, namazana mashanu.

⁴¹those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Asher, were forty-one thousand five hundred.

⁴²Vokuvana vaNafutari, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,

⁴²Of the children of Naphtali, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war;

⁴³vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaNafutari, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi mashanu nezvitatu namazana mana.

⁴³those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty-three thousand four hundred.

⁴⁴Ndivo vakaverengwa, vakaverengwa naMozisi naAroni, namachinda avaIsiraeri, vaiva varume vane gumi navaviri, mumwe nomumwe panzvimbo yeimba yababa vake.

⁴⁴These are those who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: they were each one for his fathers’ house.

⁴⁵Naizvozvo vose vakaverengwa vavana vaIsiraeri nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa pakati pavaIsiraeri,

⁴⁵So all those who were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers’ houses, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war in Israel;

⁴⁶vose vakaverengwa vakasvika zviuru zvina mazana matanhatu nezvitatu namazana mashanu namakumi mashanu.

⁴⁶even all those who were numbered were six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.

⁴⁷Asi vaRevhi, norudzi rwamadzibaba avo, havana kuverengwa pakati pavo.

⁴⁷But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.

⁴⁸nekuti Jehovha akanga ataura naMozisi akati,

⁴⁸For Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

⁴⁹Asi vorudzi rwaRevhi voga usavaverenga, usavaverengera pakati pavana vaIsiraeri,

⁴⁹“Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, neither shall you take a census of them among the children of Israel;

⁵⁰asi vaRevhi uvagadze, vave varitariri vetabhenakeri yechipupuriro, nenhumbi dzayo dzose, nezvose zvayo; ndivo vanofanira kutakura tabhenakeri, nenhumbi dzayo dzose, nekushumirapo, nokukomba tabhenakeri nemisasa yavo.

⁵⁰but appoint the Levites over the Tabernacle of the Testimony, and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it. They shall carry the tabernacle, and all its furnishings; and they shall take care of it, and shall encamp around it.

⁵¹Zvino kana tabhenakeri ichipfuura mberi, vaRevhi ndivo vanofanira kuibvisa; uye kana tabhenakeri ichidzikwazve, vaRevhi ndivo vanofanira kuivaka; munhu asina kufanira anoswederako, anofanira kuurawa.

⁵¹When the tabernacle is to move, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall set it up. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.

⁵²Vana vaIsiraeri vanofanira kudzika matende avo, mumwe nomumwe pamisasa yovokwake, mumwe nomumwe pamureza wovokwake, vachiita mapoka avo.

⁵²The children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their divisions.

⁵³Asi vaRevhi vanofanira kudzika matende avo vachikomba tabhenakeri yechipupuriro, kuti rudzi rwavana vaIsiraeri rurege kutsamwirwa; vaRevhi vanofanira kubata mabasa etabhenakeri yechipupuriro.

⁵³But the Levites shall encamp around the Tabernacle of the Testimony, that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be responsible for the Tabernacle of the Testimony.”

⁵⁴Vana vaIsiraeri vakaita saizvozvo; Mozisi sezvaakarairwa naJehovha, ndizvo zvavakaita.

⁵⁴Thus the children of Israel did. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so they did.