¹These are the statutes and the ordinances which you shall observe to do in the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess it, all the days that you live on the earth.

¹Ndizvo zvakatemwa, nezvakatongwa, zvamunofanira kuchenjera kuti muzviite panyika yawakapiwa naJehovha Mwari wamadzibaba ako, kuti ive yako, mazuva ose amunogara panyika.

²You shall surely destroy all the places in which the nations that you shall dispossess served their gods, on the high mountains, and on the hills, and under every green tree:

²Munofanira kuparadza chose nzvimbo dzose, apo, ndudzi dzose dzamunopiwa kuti dzive dzenyu, padzaishumira vamwari vadzo, pamakomo marefu, napazvikomo, napasi pemiti mitema yose;

³and you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and burn their Asherim with fire; and you shall cut down the engraved images of their gods; and you shall destroy their name out of that place.

³munofanira kuputsa aritari dzavo, nokuputsanya shongwe dzavo, nokupisa matanda avo okunamata nawo; mutemewo mifananidzo yavo yakavezwa; kuti muparadze zita razvo panzvimbo iyo.

⁴You shall not do so to Yahweh your God.

⁴Regai kuitira Jehovha Mwari wenyu saizvozvo.

⁵But to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, even to his habitation you shall seek, and there you shall come;

⁵Asi munofanira kushanyira panzvimbo yakatsaurwa naJehovha Mwari wenyu pakati pamarudzi enyu ose, kuti aise zita rakepo, paanogara, ndipo pamunofanira kushanyirapo, nokuendapo,

⁶and there you shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the wave offering of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock:

⁶munofanira kuuyapo nezvipiriso zvenyu zvinopiswa, nezvibayiro zvenyu, nezvegumi zvenyu, nezvipiriso zvakatsaurwa namaoko enyu, nezvipikiso zvenyu, nezvipo zvokuda kwenyu, navana vemhongora dzemombe dzenyu nedzamakwai enyu;

⁷and there you shall eat before Yahweh your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households, in which Yahweh your God has blessed you.

⁷ndipo pamunofanira kudya pamberi paJehovha Mwari wenyu, muchifarira zvose zvamunobata namaoko enyu, imwi, nemhuri dzenyu, sezvamakaropafadzwa naJehovha Mwari wenyu.

⁸You shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatever is right in his own eyes;

⁸Hamufaniri kuita sezvatinoita pano nhasi, mumwe nomumwe sezvaanoona kuti ndizvo zvakanaka;

⁹for you haven’t yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which Yahweh your God gives you.

⁹nekuti muchigere kusvika pazororo napanhaka, yaunopiwa naJehovha Mwari wako.

¹⁰But when you go over the Jordan, and dwell in the land which Yahweh your God causes you to inherit, and he gives you rest from all your enemies around you, so that you dwell in safety;

¹⁰Asi kana mayambuka Joridhani, mogara munyika yamunopiwa naJehovha Mwari wenyu, ive nhaka yenyu, kana iye achikupai zororo pavavengi venyu vose vanokukombai, mogara makachengetwa,

¹¹then it shall happen that to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, there you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the wave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to Yahweh.

¹¹Zvino kunzvimbo yakatsaurwa naJehovha, kuti aise zita rakepo, ndiko kwamunofanira kuuya nezvose zvandinokurairai, zvinoti: zvipiriso zvenyu zvinopiswa, nezvibayiro zvenyu, nezvegumi zvenyu, nezvipiriso zvakatsaurwa namaoko enyu, nezvipikiso zvenyu zvakaisvonaka zvamunopikira Jehovha;

¹²You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God, you, and your sons, and your daughters, and your male servants, and your female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you.

¹²mufare pamberi paJehovha Mwari wenyu, imwi navanakomana venyu, navanasikana venyu, navaranda venyu, navarandakadzi venyu, nomuRevhi uri mukati mamasuwo enyu, nekuti iye haana mugove kana nhaka pakati penyu.

¹³Take heed to yourself that you don’t offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see;

¹³Chenjera kuti urege kuuya nezvipiriso zvako zvinopiswa panzvimbo ipi neipi yaunoona,

¹⁴but in the place which Yahweh shall choose in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I command you.

¹⁴asi panzvimbo ichatsaurwa naJehovha pano rumwe rwamarudzi ako, ndipo paunofanira kuuya nezvipo zvako zvinopiswa, ndipo paunofanira kuita zvose zvandinokuraira.

¹⁵Notwithstanding, you may kill and eat flesh within all your gates, after all the desire of your soul, according to the blessing of Yahweh your God which he has given you: the unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart.

¹⁵Asi ungabaya hako nokudya hako nyama mukati mamasuwo ako ose, sezvinoda moyo wako, uye sezvawakaropafadzwa naJehovha Mwari wako; usina kunaka nowakanaka vose vangaidya, sezvinoitwa nenyama yemhara nenondo.

¹⁶Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out on the earth as water.

¹⁶Asi hamufaniri kudya ropa; unofanira kuriteurira pasi semvura.

¹⁷You may not eat within your gates the tithe of your grain, or of your new wine, or of your oil, or the firstborn of your herd or of your flock, nor any of your vows which you vow, nor your freewill offerings, nor the wave offering of your hand;

¹⁷Usadya mukati mamasuwo ako zvegumi zvezviyo zvako, kana zvewaini yako, kana zvamafuta ako, kana vana vemhongora dzemombe dzako, kana dzamakwai ako, kana chipikiso chipi nechipi chaunopika nacho, kana zvipo zvokuda kwako, kana chipiriso chinotsaurwa noruoko rwako;

¹⁸but you shall eat them before Yahweh your God in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates: and you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God in all that you put your hand to.

¹⁸asi unofanira kuzvidya pamberi paJehovha Mwari wako panzvimbo ichatsaurwa naJehovha Mwari wako, iwe, navanakomana vako navanasikana vako, navaranda vako navarandakadzi vako, nomuRevhi uri mukati mamasuwo ako; unofanira kufara pamberi paJehovha Mwari wako pazvose zvaunobata namaoko ako.

¹⁹Take heed to yourself that you don’t forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.

¹⁹Chenjera kuti urege kukangamwa muRevhi nguva yose yaunogara munyika yako.

²⁰When Yahweh your God shall enlarge your border, as he has promised you, and you shall say, “I want to eat meat,” because your soul desires to eat meat; you may eat meat, after all the desire of your soul.

²⁰Zvino kana Jehovha Mwari wako akurisa nyika yako, sezvaakakupikira, iwe ukati, Ndichadya nyama, nekuti moyo wako unoda kudya nyama, ungadya hako nyama, sezvinoda moyo wako.

²¹If the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to put his name there, is too far from you, then you shall kill of your herd and of your flock, which Yahweh has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates, after all the desire of your soul.

²¹Kana nzvimbo yakatsaurwa naJehovha, kuti aise zita rakepo, iri kure newe, unofanira kubaya zvimwe zvemombe dzako, kana zvamakwai ako, zvawakapiwa naJehovha, sezvandakakuraira, ugozvidya mukati mamasuwo ako, sezvinoda moyo wako.

²²Even as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so you shall eat of it: the unclean and the clean may eat of it alike.

²²Unofanira kuzvidya sezvinodyiwa nyama yemhara neyenondo; usina kunaka nowakanaka vose vanofanira kuzvidya pamwechete.

²³Only be sure that you don’t eat the blood: for the blood is the life; and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.

²³Asi chenjera kwazvo kuti urege kudya ropa, nekuti ropa ndihwo upenyu; usadya upenyu pamwechete nenyama.

²⁴You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the earth as water.

²⁴Usaridya, asi unofanira kuriteurira pasi semvura.

²⁵You shall not eat it; that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, when you shall do that which is right in the eyes of Yahweh.

²⁵Usaridya, kuti zvive zvakanaka newe, iwe, navana vako vanokutevera, kana uchiita zvakarurama pamberi paJehovha.

²⁶Only your holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take, and go to the place which Yahweh shall choose:

²⁶Asi zvinhu zvako zvitsvene, nezvipikiso zvako, unofanira kuzvitora nokuenda nazvo kunzvimbo yakatsaurwa naJehovha.

²⁷and you shall offer your burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, on the altar of Yahweh your God; and the blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on the altar of Yahweh your God; and you shall eat the flesh.

²⁷Zvino unofanira kugadzira zvipiriso zvako zvinopiswa, nyama neropa, paaritari yaJehovha Mwari wako; ropa rezvibayiro zvako rinofanira kuteurirwa paaritari yaJehovha Mwari wako, asi iwe unofanira kudya nyama.

²⁸Observe and hear all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you forever, when you do that which is good and right in the eyes of Yahweh your God.

²⁸teerera unzwe zvakanaka mashoko awa andinokuraira, kuti zvive zvakanaka newe, iwe,navana vako vanokutevera nokusingaperi, kana uchiita zvakanaka nezvakarurama pamberi paJehovha Mwari wako.

²⁹When Yahweh your God shall cut off the nations from before you, where you go in to dispossess them, and you dispossess them, and dwell in their land;

²⁹Zvino kana Jehovha Mwari wako achiparadza pamberi pako ndudzi idzo, dzaunoenda kwadziri kundodziita dzako, ukadziita dzako, ukagara munyika yadzo;

³⁰take heed to yourself that you not be ensnared to follow them, after that they are destroyed from before you; and that you not inquire after their gods, saying, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.”

³⁰uchenjere kuti urege kunyengerwa kuzodzitevera, idzo dzamboparadzwa pamberi pako; kuti urege kubvunza vamwari vavo, uchiti, Ndudzi idzi dzinoshumira vamwari vadzo seiko? Neni ndichaitawo saizvozvo.

³¹You shall not do so to Yahweh your God: for every abomination to Yahweh, which he hates, have they done to their gods; for even their sons and their daughters do they burn in the fire to their gods.

³¹Usaitira Jehovha Mwari wako saizvozvo; nekuti ivo vakaitira vamwari vavo zvose zvinonyangadza Jehovha, nezvaanovenga; nekuti kunyange vanakomana vavo navanasikana vavo vanovapisira vamwari vavo pamoto.

³²Whatever thing I command you, that you shall observe to do: you shall not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

³²Chinhu chipi nechipi chandinokurairai, chenjerai kuti muzviite; musawedzera kwazviri, kana kutapudza kwazviri.