1Zvino Jehovha akataura naMozisi akati,
1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2Taura naAron, uti kwaari, Kana uchimisa mwenje, mwenje minomwe inofanira kuvhenekera pamberi pechigadziko.
2“Speak to Aaron, and tell him, ‘When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.’”
3Aroni akaita saizvozvo; akamisa mwenje sezvakarairwa kuti ivhenekere pamberi pechigadziko sezvakarairwa Mozisi naJehovha.
3Aaron did so. He lit its lamps to light the area in front of the lampstand, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
4Chigadziko chakanga chakaitwa kudai: Chakanga chakaitwa nendarama yakapambadzirwa; kusvikira pasi pacho napamaruva acho chakanga chakaitwa nendarama yakapambadzirwa; nomufananidzo wakange wakaratidzwa Mozisi naJehovha, ndizvo zvaakaita chigadziko.
4This was the workmanship of the lampstand, beaten work of gold. From its base to its flowers, it was beaten work: according to the pattern which Yahweh had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.
5Jehovha akataura naMozisi akati,
5Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
6Bvisa vaRevhi pakati pavana vaIsiraeri, uvanatse.
6“Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.
7Pakuvanatsa unofanira kuvaitira kudai: Sasa pamusoro pavo mvura inosuka zvivi, ugovaraira kuti vaveurwe muviri wavo wose nechiso, vasuke nguvo dzavo, nokuzvinatsa.
7You shall do this to them, to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of cleansing on them, let them shave their whole bodies with a razor, and let them wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves.
8Zvino vanofanira kutora nzombe duku, nechipiriso chayo choupfu, upfu hwakatsetseka, hwakakanyiwa namafuta; newe utore imwe nzombe duku, chive chipiriso chezvivi.
8Then let them take a young bull, and its meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil; and another young bull you shall take for a sin offering.
9Zvino uise vaRevhi pamberi petende rokusangana, ndokukoka ungano yose yavana vaIsiraeri.
9You shall present the Levites before the Tent of Meeting. You shall assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel.
10Unofanira kuisa vaRevhi pamberi paJehovha, vana vaIsiraeri vagoisa maoko avo pamusoro pavaRevhi.
10You shall present the Levites before Yahweh. The children of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites,
11Zvino Aroni anofanira kuzunguzira vaRevhi pamberi paJehovha, vave chipiriso chinozunguzirwa nokuda kwavana vaIsiraeri, kuti vagarepo kuzobata basa raJehovha.
11and Aaron shall offer the Levites before Yahweh for a wave offering, on the behalf of the children of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of Yahweh.
12Zvino vaRevhi vanofanira kuisa maoko avo pamisoro yenzombe duku, iwe ugobayira Jehovha imwe chive chipiriso chezvivi, neimwe chive chipiriso chinopiswa, kuti uyananisire vaRevhi.
12“The Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and you shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering to Yahweh, to make atonement for the Levites.
13Zvino unofanira kuisa vaRevhi pamberi paAroni navanakomana vake, ugovazunguzira vave chipiriso chinozunguzirwa kuna Jehovha.
13You shall set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them as a wave offering to Yahweh.
14Unofanira kubvisa vaRevhi saizvozvo pakati pavana vaIsiraeri, kuti vaRevhi vave vangu.
14Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.
15Zvino shure kwaizvozvo vaRevhi vanofanira kupinda kuzobata basa patende rokusangana; unofanira kuvanatsa nokuvazunguzira vave chipiriso chinozunguzirwa.
15“After that, the Levites shall go in to do the service of the Tent of Meeting: and you shall cleanse them, and offer them as a wave offering.
16nekuti ndakavapiwa ini chose pakati pavana vaIsiraeri; ndakazvitorera ivo panzvimbo yavose vanotanga kuzarura chizvaro, iwo matangwe avana valsiraeri vose.
16For they are wholly given to me from among the children of Israel; instead of all who open the womb, even the firstborn of all the children of Israel, I have taken them to me.
17Nekuti matangwe ose avana vaIsiraeri ndeangu, kana evanhu kana ezvipfuwo; ndakazvitsaurira iwo nomusi wandakauraya matangwe ose munyika yeEgipita.
17For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are mine, both man and animal. On the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for myself.
18Ndakatora vaRevhi panzvimbo yamatangwe ose pakati pavana vaIsiraeri,
18I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
19Aroni navanakomana vake ndikavapa vaRevhi pakati pavana vaIsiraeri, kuti vabate basa ravana vaIsiraeri patende rokusangana, nokuyananisira vana vaIsiraeri, kuti hosha irege kuvapo pakati pavana vaIsiraeri kana vana vaIsiraeri vachiswedera kuimba tsvene.
19I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the Tent of Meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel; that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come near to the sanctuary.”
20Mozisi naAroni neungano yose yavana vaIsiraeri vakaitira vaRevhi saizvozvo; zvose sezvakarairwa Mozisi naJehovha pamusoro pavaRevhi, vana vaIsiraeri vakavaitira saizvozvo.
20Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel did so to the Levites. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the children of Israel did to them.
21VaRevhi vakazvinatsa pazvivi zvavo, vakasuka nguvo dzavo, Aroni akavazunguzira pamberi paJehovha vave chipiriso chinozunguzirwa; Aroni akavayananisira kuti avanatse.
21The Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them for a wave offering before Yahweh; and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.
22Zvino shure kwaizvozvo vaRevhi vakapinda kuzobata basa patende rokusangana pamberi paAroni napamberi pavana vake; sezvakarairwa Mozisi naJehovha pamusoro pavaRevhi, ndizvo zvaakavaitira.
22After that, the Levites went in to do their service in the Tent of Meeting before Aaron, and before his sons: as Yahweh had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.
23Jehovha akataura naMozisi akati,
23Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
24Ndiwo murayiro wavaRevhi: Avo vasvika pamakore makumi maviri namashanu, navanopfuura, vanofanira kupinda kuzorwa namabasa etende rokusangana;
24“This is that which belongs to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall go in to wait on the service in the work of the Tent of Meeting;
25asi kana vasvika makore ana makumi mashanu vanofanira kurega basa iri; havachafaniri kubata;
25and from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting on the work, and shall serve no more,
26asi vangabatsirana havo nehama dzavo patende rokusangana, kuti varichengete, asi ngavarege kubata basa. Ndizvo zvaunofanira kuitira vaRevhi pamusoro pamabasa avo.
26but shall minister with their brothers in the Tent of Meeting, to perform the duty, and shall do no service. You shall do thus to the Levites concerning their duties.”