¹Zvino Jehovha akataura naMozisi naAroni akati,

¹Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

²Verenga vanakomana vose vaKohati pakati pavana vaRevhi, nemhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo,

²“Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers’ houses,

³vana makore ana makumi matatu navanopfuura, kusvikira pamakore makumi mashanu, vose vanopinda pabasa, kuti vaite basa mutende rokusangana.

³from thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all who enter into the service, to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.

⁴Ndiro basa ravanakomana vaKohati mutende rokusangana pazvinhu zvitsvene-tsvene:

⁴“This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting, the most holy things.

⁵Kana ungano ichisimuka, Aroni anofanira kupinda navanakomana vake, vagobvisa chidzitiro, ndokufukidza areka yechipupuriro nacho.

⁵When the camp moves forward, Aaron shall go in, and his sons, and they shall take down the veil of the screen, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it,

⁶Zvino vanofanira kuisa pamusoro pazvo chokufukidzira chamatebwe amatenhe, ndokuwarira pamusoro pazvo mucheka mutema wose, zvino ndokupinza matanda okutakura nawo.

⁶and shall put a covering of sealskin on it, and shall spread over it a cloth all of blue, and shall put in its poles.

⁷Vanofanira kuwarirawo mucheka mutema patafura yechingwa chokuratidza, ndokuisa pamusoro payo midziyo, nembiya, nemikombe, nezvimbiya zvokudira nazvo; nechingwa chamazuva ose chinofanira kuva pamusoro payo.

⁷“On the table of show bread they shall spread a blue cloth, and put on it the dishes, the spoons, the bowls, and the cups with which to pour out; and the continual bread shall be on it.

⁸Zvino vanofanira kuwarira pamusoro pazvo mucheka mutsvuku, ndokuufukidza nechokufukidzira chamatebwe amatenhe, zvino ndokupinza matanda okutakura nawo.

⁸They shall spread on them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.

⁹Vanofanira kutorawo mucheka mutema, vagofukidza nawo chigadziko chemwenje yokuvhenekesa nayo, nemwenje yacho, nembato dzacho, nendiro dzacho, nemidziyo yacho yose yamafuta, yavanobata nayo.

⁹“They shall take a blue cloth, and cover the lampstand of the light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, and all its oil vessels, with which they minister to it.

¹⁰Zvino vanofanira kuchiputira pamwechete nenhumbi dzacho dzose muchokufukidzira chamatebwe amatenhe, ndokuchiisa pamatanda.

¹⁰They shall put it and all its vessels within a covering of sealskin, and shall put it on the frame.

¹¹Vanofanira kuwarirawo mucheka mutema pamusoro pearitari yendarama, ndokuifukidza nechokufukidzira chamatebwe amatenhe, zvino ndokupinza matanda ayo okutakura nawo.

¹¹“On the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth, and cover it with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.

¹²Vanofanira kutorawo nhumbi dzose dzokubata nadzo paimba tsvene, vagodziputira mumucheka mutema, ndokudzifukidza nechokufukidzira chamatebwe amatenhe, ndokuzviisa pamatanda.

¹²“They shall take all the vessels of ministry, with which they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a blue cloth, and cover them with a covering of sealskin, and shall put them on the frame.

¹³Vanofanira kubvisawo madota paaritari, ndokuwarira pamusoro payo mucheka mushava,

¹³“They shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth on it.

¹⁴ndokuisa pamusoro payo nhumbi dzayo dzose, dzavanobata nadzo pairi, dzinoti: Zvaenga zvomoto, nezvikokovonho zvenyama, nefoshoro, nemidziyo, nhumbi dzose dzearitari, vagowarira pamusoro payo chokufukidzira chamatebwe amatenhe, ndokupinza matanda okutakura nawo.

¹⁴They shall put on it all its vessels, with which they minister about it, the fire pans, the flesh hooks, the shovels, and the basins; all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread on it a covering of sealskin, and put in its poles.

¹⁵Zvino kana Aroni navanakomana vake vapedza kufukidza imba tsvene, nenhumbi dzose dzeimba tsvene, kana ungano ichida kusimuka, zvino vanakomana vaKohati vanofanira kuuya kuitakura, asi ngavarege kubata zvinhu zvitsvene, kuti varege kufa. Zvinhu izvi ndizvo zvinofanira kutakurwa navanakomana vaKohati patende rokusangana.

¹⁵“When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary, and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp moves forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it: but they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting.

¹⁶Basa raEreazari, mwanakomana waAroni mupristi, nderamafuta okuvhenekesa nawo, nezvinonhuhwira zvakanaka, nechipiriso choupfu chamazuva ose, namafuta okuzodza nawo, nokuchengeta tabhenakeri yose nezvose zvirimo, neimba tsvene, nenhumbi dzayo.

¹⁶“The duty of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be the oil for the light, the sweet incense, the continual meal offering, and the anointing oil, the requirements of all the tabernacle, and of all that is in it, the sanctuary, and its furnishings.”

¹⁷Zvino Jehovha akataura naMozisi naAroni akati,

¹⁷Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

¹⁸Rudzi rwemhuri dzavaKohati ngarurege kuparadzwa pakati pavaRevhi;

¹⁸“Don’t cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites;

¹⁹asi muvaitire izvi kuti vararame, varege kufa, kana vachiswedera kuzvinhu zvitsvene-tsvene; Aroni navanakomana vake vanofanira kupinda nokuvagadza, mumwe nomumwe, pabasa rake napamutoro wake.

¹⁹but thus do to them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach to the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them everyone to his service and to his burden;

²⁰Asi ngavarege kupinda kundoona imba tsvene, kunyange iri nguva duku, kuti varege kufa.

²⁰but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.”

²¹Jehovha akataura naMozisi akati,

²¹Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

²²Verenga vanakomana vose vaGeshoni, dzimba dzamadzibaba avo, nemhuri dzavo.

²²“Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers’ houses, by their families;

²³Uverenge vanamakore makumi matatu navanopfuura kusvikira makore makumi mashanu; vose vanopinda kundobata basa, kubata mutende rokusangana.

²³you shall count them from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old; all who enter in to wait on the service, to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.

²⁴Ndiro basa remhuri dzavaGeshoni pakubata napakutakura mitoro:

²⁴“This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens:

²⁵Ivo vanofanira kutakura machira etabhenakeri, netende rokusangana; nechokufukidzira chayo, nechokufukidzira chamatebwe amatenhe, chiri pamusoro payo, nechidzitiro chomukova wetende rokusangana;

²⁵they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle, and the Tent of Meeting, its covering, and the covering of sealskin that is above on it, and the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,

²⁶nezvirembedzwa zvoruvazhe, nechidzitiro chomukova wesuwo roruvazhe, ruri patabhenakeri nokunhivi dzose dzearitari, namabote azvo, nenhumbi dzazvo dzose dzinobata mabasa azvo, nezvose zvinobatwa nazvo, ndiro basa ravo.

²⁶and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and around the altar, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and whatever shall be done with them. Therein shall they serve.

²⁷Mabasa ose avanakomana vaGeshoni, zvose zvavanofanira kutakura nezvavanofanira kubata, zvinofanira kurairwa naAroni navanakomana vake; munofanira kuvagadza pabasa ravo rose rokutakura.

²⁷At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burden, and in all their service; and you shall appoint their duty to them in all their responsibilities.

²⁸Ndiro basa remhuri dzavana vaGeshoni patende rokusangana; pabasa ravo rose vanofanira kurairwa naItamari, mwanakomana waAroni mupristi.

²⁸This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the Tent of Meeting: and their duty shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

²⁹Kana vari vanakomana vaMerari, unofanira kuvaverenga nemhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo.

²⁹“As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their families, by their fathers’ houses;

³⁰Uverenge vana makore makumi matatu navanopfuura kusvikira makore makumi mashanu, mumwe nomumwe, vose vanopinda pabasa, kubata basa retende rokusangana.

³⁰you shall count them from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who enters on the service, to do the work of the Tent of Meeting.

³¹Ndiro basa ravo rokutakura, sezvavanofanira kubata mutende rokusangana: Matanda etabhenakeri, nembariro dzayo, nembiru dzayo, nezvigadziko zvayo;

³¹This is the duty of their burden, according to all their service in the Tent of Meeting: the tabernacle’s boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets,

³²nembiru dzoruvazhe rwakapotedza, nezvigadziko zvadzo, nembambo dzadzo dzose, namabote adzo, nenhumbi dzadzo dzose, nezvose zvavanobata nazvo; unofanira kuvaritarira namazita avo nhumbi dzavanofanira kuchengeta pakutakura.

³²and the pillars of the court around it, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name you shall appoint the instruments of the duty of their burden.

³³Ndiro basa remhuri dzavanakomana vaMerari, sezvavaifanira kubata basa mutende rokusangana, vachirairwa naItamari, mwanakomana waAroni mupristi.

³³This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the Tent of Meeting, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.”

³⁴Zvino Mozisi naAroni namachinda eungano vakaverenga vanakomana vaKohati nemhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo;

³⁴Moses and Aaron and the princes of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families, and by their fathers’ houses,

³⁵vakanga vana makore makumi matatu navanopfuura kusvikira pamakore makumi mashanu, mumwe nomumwe vose vaifanira kupinda pabasa, kubata basa mutende rokusangana;

³⁵from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered into the service, for work in the Tent of Meeting.

³⁶vakaverengwa kwavari nemhuri dzavo vakasvika zviuru zviviri namazana manomwe namakumi mashanu.

³⁶Those who were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred fifty.

³⁷Ndivo vakaverengwa vemhuri dzavaKohati, vose vakanga vachibata basa mutende rokusangana, vakaverengwa naMozisi naAroni, sezvakarairwa naJehovha nomuromo waMozisi.

³⁷These are those who were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all who served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.

³⁸Vakaverengwa vavanakomana vaGeshoni nemhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo,

³⁸Those who were numbered of the sons of Gershon, their families, and by their fathers’ houses,

³⁹vakanga vana makore makumi matatu navanopfuura kusvikira pamakore makumi mashanu, mumwe nomumwe aifanira kupinda pabasa, kubata basa mutende rokusangana,

³⁹from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered into the service, for work in the Tent of Meeting,

⁴⁰vakaverengwa kwavari nemhuri dzavo nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, vakasvika zviuru zviviri namazana matanhatu namakumi matatu.

⁴⁰even those who were numbered of them, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, were two thousand six hundred thirty.

⁴¹Ndivo vakaverengwa vemhuri dzavana vaGeshoni, vose vakanga vachibata basa mutende rokusangana, vakaverengwa naMozisi naAroni, sezvakarairwa naJehovha.

⁴¹These are those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, all who served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Yahweh.

⁴²Vakaverengwa vemhuri dzavanakomana vaMerari, nemhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo,

⁴²Those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers’ houses,

⁴³vakanga vana makore makumi matatu navanopfuura kusvikira pamakore makumi mashanu, mumwe nomumwe aifanira kupinda pabasa, kubata basa mutende rokusangana;

⁴³from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered into the service, for work in the Tent of Meeting,

⁴⁴vakaverengwa kwavari nemhuri dzavo, vakasvika zviuru zvitatu namazana maviri.

⁴⁴even those who were numbered of them by their families, were three thousand two hundred.

⁴⁵Ndivo vakaverengwa vemhuri dzavanakomana vaMerari, vakaverengwa naMozisi naAroni, sezvakarairwa naJehovha nomuromo waMozisi.

⁴⁵These are those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.

⁴⁶Zvino vose vakaverengwa vavaRevhi, vakaverengwa naMozisi naAroni namachinda avaIsiraeri, nemhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo,

⁴⁶All those who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel numbered, by their families, and by their fathers’ houses,

⁴⁷vakanga vana makore makumi matatu navanopfuura, kusvikira pamakore makumi mashanu, mumwe nomumwe aifanira kupinda kuzobata basa, nebasa rokutakura mitoro mutende rokusangana,

⁴⁷from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered in to do the work of service, and the work of bearing burdens in the Tent of Meeting,

⁴⁸vakaverengwa kwavari vakasvika zviuru zvisere namazana mashanu namakumi masere.

⁴⁸even those who were numbered of them, were eight thousand five hundred eighty.

⁴⁹Vakaverengwa sezvakarairwa naJehovha nomuromo waMozisi, mumwe nomumwe pabasa rake, napamutoro wake; vakaverengwa saizvozvo naye, sezvakarairwa Mozisi naJehovha.

⁴⁹According to the commandment of Yahweh they were numbered by Moses, everyone according to his service, and according to his burden. Thus were they numbered by him, as Yahweh commanded Moses.