¹Zvino Jehovha akati kuna Aroni, Iwe navanakomana vako, naveimba yababa vako pamwechete newe, munofanira kutakura zvakaipa zveimba tsvene; iwe navanakomana vako pamwechete newe munofanira kutakura zvakaipa zvoupristi bwenyu.

¹Yahweh said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your fathers’ house with you shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

²Nehama dzako dzorudzi rwaRevhi, dzorudzi rwababa vako, udziswededze pamwechete newe, dzive newe, dzikubatire; asi iwe navanakomana vako pamwechete newe, munofanira kuva pamberi petende rechipupuriro.

²Your brothers also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, bring near with you, that they may be joined to you, and minister to you: but you and your sons with you shall be before the tent of the testimony.

³Vanofanira kukuchengeta iwe nokuchengeta Tende rose; asi havafaniri kuswedera kunhumbi dzeimba tsvene nearitari, kuti varege kufa, kana ivo kana imwi.

³They shall keep your commands, and the duty of all the Tent: only they shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary and to the altar, that they not die, neither they, nor you.

⁴Vanofanira kuva newe, nokuchengeta tende rokusangana, nokuita mabasa ose etende; asina kufanira haafaniri kuswedera kwamuri.

⁴They shall be joined to you, and keep the responsibility of the Tent of Meeting, for all the service of the Tent: and a stranger shall not come near to you.

⁵Munofanira kuchengeta imba tsvene, nokuchengeta aritari, kuti kutsamwa kurege kuuya pamusoro pavana vaIsiraeri.

⁵“You shall perform the duty of the sanctuary, and the duty of the altar; that there be no more wrath on the children of Israel.

⁶Ini ndimene, tarirai, ndakatsaura hama dzenyu vaRevhi pakati pavana vaIsiraeri, vave chipo kwamuri, vanhu vakapiwa Jehovha, kuti vabate mabasa etende rokusangana.

⁶I, behold, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are a gift, given to Yahweh, to do the service of the Tent of Meeting.

⁷Iwe navana vako pamwechete newe munofanira kubata basa roupristi bwenyu pazvinhu zvose zvearitari, nezvose zviri mukati mechidzitiro; ndipo pamunofanira kubata; ndinokupai upristi, chive chipo chebasa; asi asina kufanira, anoswedera, anofanira kuurawa.

⁷You and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil; and you shall serve: I give you the priesthood as a service of gift: and the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.”

⁸Jehovha akataurawo naAroni, akati, Ini, tarira, ndakakupa basa rokuchengeta zvipiriso zvangu zvinotsaurwa, izvo zvinhu zvose zvakatsaurwa zvavana vaIsiraeri; ndakakupa izvo uve mugove wako nowavanakomana vako nokusingaperi.

⁸Yahweh spoke to Aaron, “I, behold, I have given you the command of my wave offerings, even all the holy things of the children of Israel; to you have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to your sons, as a portion forever.

⁹Zvinhu izvi ndizvo zvinofanira kuva zvako pazvinhu zvitsvene zvikuru, zvakasara kana zvimwe zvapiswa, zvinoti: Zvipo zvavo zvose, izvo zvipiriso zvavo zvose zvoupfu, nezvipiriso zvavo zvose zvezvivi, nezvipiriso zvavo zvose zvemhosva, zvavanondipa, izvo zvinofanira kuva zvitsvene zvikuru kwauri nokuvanakomana vako.

⁹This shall be yours of the most holy things from the fire: every offering of theirs, even every meal offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render to me, shall be most holy for you and for your sons.

¹⁰Munofanira kuzvidya panzvimbo tsvene-tsvene; varume vose vanofanira kuzvidya; zvinofanira kuva zvitsvene kwamuri.

¹⁰You shall eat of it like the most holy things. Every male shall eat of it. It shall be holy to you.

¹¹Izvi ndizvo zvako: Chipiriso chinotsaurwa nezvipo zvavo, izvo zvipiriso zvose zvinozunguzirwa zvavana vaIsiraeri; ndakakupa izvo, iwe, navanakomana vako, navanasikana vako pamwechete newe, zvive zvenyu nokusingaperi; vose vakanaka mumba mako vangazvidya.

¹¹“This is yours, too: the wave offering of their gift, even all the wave offerings of the children of Israel. I have given them to you, and to your sons and to your daughters with you, as a portion forever. Everyone who is clean in your house shall eat of it.

¹²Ndakakupa mafuta ose akaisvonaka, newaini yakaisvonaka, nezviyo zvose zvakaisvonaka, izvo zvitsva zvazvo zvavanopa Jehovha.

¹²“All the best of the oil, and all the best of the vintage, and of the grain, the first fruits of them which they give to Yahweh, to you have I given them.

¹³Zvibereko zvitsva zvose nezvose zviri munyika yavo, zvavanouya nazvo kuna Jehovha, zvinofanira kuva zvako; mumwe nomumwe akanaka mumba mako angazvidya.

¹³The first-ripe fruits of all that is in their land, which they bring to Yahweh, shall be yours; everyone who is clean in your house shall eat of it.

¹⁴Zvose zvakayeriswa pakati palsiraeri zvinofanira kuva zvako.

¹⁴“Everything devoted in Israel shall be yours.

¹⁵Zvose zvinotanga kuzarura chizvaro, panyama yose yavanouyisa kuna Jehovha, kana zviri zvavanhu, kana zvezvipfuwo, zvinofanira kuva zvako; kunyange zvakadaro matangwe avanhu unofanira kuadzikunura; vana vose vemhongora dzezvipfuwo unofanira kuvadzikunurawo.

¹⁵Everything that opens the womb, of all flesh which they offer to Yahweh, both of man and animal shall be yours: nevertheless you shall surely redeem the firstborn of man, and you shall redeem the firstborn of unclean animals.

¹⁶Zvose zvinofanira kudzikunurwa pazviri, zvomwedzi mumwe nezvinopfuura, unofanira kuzvidzikunura sezvaunotara iwe, nemari inosvika pamashekeri mashanu, zvichienzaniswa neshekeri rapaimba tsvene (rakaenzana namagera ana makumi maviri.)

¹⁶You shall redeem those who are to be redeemed of them from a month old, according to your estimation, for five shekels of money, after the shekel of the sanctuary (the same is twenty gerahs).

¹⁷Asi usadzikunura mwana wemhongora yemombe, kana yegwai, kana yembudzi, zvitsvene; unofanira kusasa ropa razvo pamusoro pearitari, nokupisa mafuta azvo, chive chipiriso chinopiswa, chive chinonhuhwira zvakanaka kuna Jehovha.

¹⁷“But you shall not redeem the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat. They are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar, and shall burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.

¹⁸Asi nyama yazvo inofanira kuva yako, zvinofanira kuva zvako sechityu chinozunguzirwa nebandauko rorudyi.

¹⁸Their flesh shall be yours, as the wave offering breast and as the right thigh, it shall be yours.

¹⁹Zvipiriso zvose zvinotsaurwa zvezvinhu zvinopiwa Jehovha navana vaIsiraeri, ndakakupa izvo, iwe navanakomana vako navanasikana vako pamwechete newe, zvive zvako nokusingaperi; isungano yomunyu nokusingaperi pamberi paJehovha, kwauri navazukuru vako pamwechete newe.

¹⁹All the wave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to Yahweh, have I given you, and your sons and your daughters with you, as a portion forever: it is a covenant of salt forever before Yahweh to you and to your seed with you.”

²⁰Zvino Jehovha akati kuna Aroni, Iwe haungavi nenhaka panyika yavo, haungavi nomugove pakati pavo; ini ndiri mugove wako nenhaka yako pakati pavana valsiraeri.

²⁰Yahweh said to Aaron, “You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the children of Israel.

²¹Tarira, vana vaRevhi ndakavapa zvegumi zvezvose zvavana vaIsiraeri, ive nhaka yavo, uve mubayiro webasa ravanobata, iro basa rapatende rokusangana.

²¹“To the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the Tent of Meeting.

²²Kubva zvino vana vaIsiraeri ngavarege kuswedera kutende rokusangana, kuti varege kuva nemhosva yezvivi zvavo, vakafa.

²²Henceforth the children of Israel shall not come near the Tent of Meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.

²³Asi vaRevhi vanofanira kubata basa rapatende rokusangana, ivo vanofanira kutakura zvakaipa zvavo; unofanira kuva mutemo nokusingaperi kusvikira kumarudzi enyu ose; havangavi nenhaka pakati pavana vaIsiraeri.

²³But the Levites shall do the service of the Tent of Meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations; and among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

²⁴nekuti zvegumi zvavana vaIsiraeri zvavanopa Jehovha, zvive zvipiriso zvinotsaurwa, ndizvo zvandakapa vaRevhi, kuti ive nhaka yavo; naizvozvo ndakati kwavari, havangavi nenhaka pakati pavana vaIsiraeri.

²⁴For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they offer as a wave offering to Yahweh, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance: therefore I have said to them, ‘Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.’”

²⁵Zvino Jehovha akataura naMozisi, akati,

²⁵Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

²⁶Taura navaRevhi, uti kwavari, Kana muchitora kuvana vaIsiraeri zvegumi zvavo zvandakakupai, kuti ive nhaka yenyu, munofanira kupa Jehovha chegumi chezvegumi izvo, chive chipiriso chinotsaurwa.

²⁶“Moreover you shall speak to the Levites, and tell them, ‘When you take of the children of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall offer up a wave offering of it for Yahweh, a tithe of the tithe.

²⁷Chipiriso chenyu chinotsaurwa chichaverengwa kwamuri sezviyo zviri paburiro, uye sewaini izere muchisviniro chewaini.

²⁷Your wave offering shall be reckoned to you, as though it were the grain of the threshing floor, and as the fullness of the winepress.

²⁸Saizvozvo nemiwo muchapa Jehovha chipiriso chinotsaurwa chezvegumi zvenyu zvose zvamunopiwa navana vaIsiraeri; zvino kuna izvozvo munofanira kupa Aroni mupristi chipiriso chinotsaurwa chaJehovha.

²⁸Thus you also shall offer a wave offering to Yahweh of all your tithes, which you receive of the children of Israel; and of it you shall give Yahweh’s wave offering to Aaron the priest.

²⁹Pazvose zvamunopiwa, munofanira kupa Jehovha zvipiriso zvenyu zvose zvinotsaurwa, muchitsaura zvakaisvonaka kwazviri, mugove wakatsaurwa pakati pazvo.

²⁹Out of all your gifts you shall offer every wave offering of Yahweh, of all its best, even the holy part of it out of it.’

³⁰Naizvozvo uti kwavari, Kana matsaura zvakaisvonaka kwazviri, zvinofanira kuverengerwa vaRevhi sezvakapurwa paburiro, nezvakasviniwa pachisviniro chewaini.

³⁰“Therefore you shall tell them, ‘When you heave its best from it, then it shall be reckoned to the Levites as the increase of the threshing floor, and as the increase of the winepress.

³¹Munofanira kuzvidya panzvimbo dzose, imwi nemhuri dzenyu; nekuti ndiwo mubayiro wenyu webasa ramunobata patende rokusangana.

³¹You shall eat it in every place, you and your households: for it is your reward in return for your service in the Tent of Meeting.

³²Hamungazovi nezvivi nokuda kwazvo, kana mambotsaura zvakaisvonaka kwazviri; hamufaniri kuzvidza zvinhu zvitsvene zvavana vaIsiraeri, kuti murege kufa.

³²You shall bear no sin by reason of it, when you have heaved from it its best: and you shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, that you not die.’”