¹Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea or, Sea of Reeds , as Yahweh spoke to me; and we encircled Mount Seir many days.

¹Zvino takadzoka, tikafamba tichipinda murenje nenzira inoenda kuGungwa Dzvuku, sezvandakaudzwa naJehovha, tikapota-pota gomo reSeiri mazuva mazhinji.

²Yahweh spoke to me, saying,

²Zvino Jehovha akataura neni, akati,

³“You have encircled this mountain long enough. Turn northward.

³Mapota-pota gomo iri nguva yaringana; dzokai muende nechokumusoro.

⁴Command the people, saying, ‘You are to pass through the border of your brothers the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir; and they will be afraid of you: take good heed to yourselves therefore;

⁴Raira vanhu, uti, Munofanira kupfuura nomunyika yehama dzenyu, vana vaEsau, vagere Seiri; ivo vachakutyai, saka chenjerai

⁵don’t contend with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on; because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for a possession.

⁵Musavavamba, nekuti handingakupiyi nyika yavo, kunyange pangatsikwa norutsoka; nekuti ndakapa Esau gomo reSeiri, rive rake.

⁶You shall purchase food of them for money, that you may eat; and you shall also buy water of them for money, that you may drink.’”

⁶Munofanira kutenga zvokudya kwavari nemari, mudye, nemvura munofanira kuitengawo kwavari, mumwe.

⁷For Yahweh your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand; he has known your walking through this great wilderness: these forty years Yahweh your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing.

⁷Nekuti Jehovha Mwari wako wakakuropafadza pamabasa ose amaoko ako; iye unoziva kufamba kwako murenje iri guru. Jehovha Mwari wako wakava newe makore awa makumi mana; hauna kushaiwa chinhu.

⁸So we passed by from our brothers the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion Geber. We turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

⁸Naizvozvo takapfuura hama dzedu, vana vaEsau, vagere Seiri, tikasiya nzira yokuMupata, inobva Erati napaEZiyoni-gebheri.

⁹Yahweh said to me, “Don’t bother Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give you of his land for a possession; because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for a possession.”

⁹Zvino Jehovha akati kwandiri, Usarwa navaMoabhu, kana kuvavamba pakurwa; nekuti handingakupi nyika yavo, ive yako; nekuti ndakapa Ari kuvana vaRoti, ive yavo.

¹⁰(The Emim lived therein before, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim:

¹⁰(Kare vaEmi vakanga vageremo, vaiva vanhu vakuru, vazhinji, varefu, savaAnaki;

¹¹these also are accounted Rephaim, as the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim.

¹¹vanonzi vorudzi rwavaRefaimu, savaAnaki, asi vaMoabhu vanovaidza vaEmi.

¹²The Horites also lived in Seir before, but the children of Esau succeeded them; and they destroyed them from before them, and lived in their place; as Israel did to the land of his possession, which Yahweh gave to them.)

¹²NavaHoriwo vakanga vagere Seiri kare; asi vana vaEsau vakavatevera, vakavaparadza pamberi pavo, vakagara panzvimbo yavo; sezvakaita vaIsiraeri nenyika yavo yavakapiwa naJehovha ive yavo.)

¹³“Now rise up, and cross over the brook Zered.” We went over the brook Zered.

¹³Zvino simukai, muyambuke rukova Zeredhi. Tikayambuka rukova Zeredhi.

¹⁴The days in which we came from Kadesh Barnea, until we had come over the brook Zered, were thirty-eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were consumed from the midst of the camp, as Yahweh swore to them.

¹⁴Zvino mazuva okubva kwedu paKadheshi-bharinea kusvikira tayambuka rukova Zeredhi, aiva makore makumi matatu namasere; kusvikira rudzi rwose rwavarume vehondo vaparadzwa pakati pemisasa, sezvavakanga vapikirwa naJehovha.

¹⁵Moreover the hand of Yahweh was against them, to destroy them from the midst of the camp, until they were consumed.

¹⁵Uye ruoko rwaJehovhawo rwairamba ruchirwa navo, kuti vaparadzwe pakati pemisasa kusvikira vapera.

¹⁶So it happened, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,

¹⁶Zvino varume vose vehondo vakati vapera nokufa pakati pavanhu,

¹⁷that Yahweh spoke to me, saying,

¹⁷Jehovha akataura neni, akati,

¹⁸“You are this day to pass over Ar, the border of Moab:

¹⁸Nhasi unofanira kupfuura napaAri, pamuganhu waMoabhu;

¹⁹and when you come near over against the children of Ammon, don’t bother them, nor contend with them; for I will not give you of the land of the children of Ammon for a possession; because I have given it to the children of Lot for a possession.”

¹⁹kana woswedera pakatarisana navana vaAmoni, usarwa navo, kana kuvavamba; nekuti handingakupi nyika yavana vaAmoni, ive yako; nekuti ndakaipa vana vaRoti, ive yavo.

²⁰(That also is accounted a land of Rephaim: Rephaim lived therein before; but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim,

²⁰Naiyowo yainzi inyika yavaRefaimu; vaRefaimu vakanga vageremo kare; asi vaAmoni vaivaidza vaZamuzumi;

²¹a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim; but Yahweh destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and lived in their place;

²¹vaiva vanhu vakuru, vazhinji, varefu savaAnaki; asi Jehovha wakavaparadza pamberi pavo, vakavatevera, vakagara panzvimbo yavo;

²²as he did for the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites from before them; and they succeeded them, and lived in their place even to this day:

²²sezvaakaita navana vaEsau, vanogara Seiri, nguva yaakaparadza vaHori pamberi pavo, ivo vakavatevera, vakagara panzvimbo yavo kusvikira nhasi;

²³and the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorim, who came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and lived in their place.)

²³vaAvhi, vakanga vagere mumisha kusvikira Gaza, vakaparadzwa navaKafitori, vakabva Kafitori, vakagara panzvimbo yavo.

²⁴“Rise up, take your journey, and pass over the valley of the Arnon: behold, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land; begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.

²⁴Simukai, mufambe, muyambuke rwizi Arinoni; tarirai, ndakaisa mumaoko enyu Sihoni muAmori, mambo weHeshibhoni, nenyika yake; tangai kuitora, muvambe kurwa naye.

²⁵This day will I begin to put the dread of you and the fear of you on the peoples who are under the whole sky, who shall hear the report of you, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of you.”

²⁵Nhasi ndichatanga kuvhundusa nokutyisa ndudzi dziri pasi pedenga rose pamusoro penyu, ivo vachanzwa guhu pamusoro penyu, vachabvunda nokutya kwazvo pamusoro penyu.

²⁶I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,

²⁶Zvino ndakatuma nhume mbiri murenje reKedhemoti, kuna Sihoni, mambo weHeshibhoni, namashoko orugare, ndichiti,

²⁷“Let me pass through your land: I will go along by the highway, I will turn neither to the right hand nor to the left.

²⁷Nditendere kupfuura nomunyika yako, ndichafamba nenzira huru, handingatsaukiri kurudyi kana kuruboshwe.

²⁸You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only let me pass through on my feet,

²⁸Munganditengesera zvokudya nemari, ndidye; mungandipa mvura ndichiripa nemari, ndimwe, asi nditenderei henyu kupfuura namakumbo;

²⁹as the children of Esau who dwell in Seir, and the Moabites who dwell in Ar, did to me; until I shall pass over the Jordan into the land which Yahweh our God gives us.”

²⁹sezvandakaitirwa navana vaEsau vagere Seiri, navaMoabhu, vagere Ari; kusvikira ndayambuka Joridhani, ndikapinda munyika yatinopiwa naJehovha Mwari wedu.

³⁰But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for Yahweh your God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into your hand, as at this day.

³⁰Asi Sihoni, mambo weHeshibhoni, wakaramba kutitendera kupfuura nokwaari, nekuti Jehovha Mwari wako wakawomesa mweya wake, akarambidza moyo wake, kuti amuise iye muruoko rwako, sezvazvakaita nhasi.

³¹Yahweh said to me, “Behold, I have begun to deliver up Sihon and his land before you: begin to possess, that you may inherit his land.”

³¹Zvino Jehovha akati kwandiri, Tarira, ndatanga kuisa Sihoni nenyika yake kwauri; tanga kutora, kuti nyika ive yako.

³²Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Jahaz.

³²Ipapo Sihoni akauya, iye navanhu vake vose kuzorwa nesu paJahazi.

³³Yahweh our God delivered him up before us; and we struck him, and his sons, and all his people.

³³Jehovha Mwari wedu akamuisa mumaoko edu, tikamukunda, iye navana vake, navanhu vake vose.

³⁴We took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones; we left none remaining:

³⁴Nenguva iyo tikakunda maguta ake ose, tikaparadza chose maguta ose aiva navanhu, pamwechete navakadzi navana vaduku, hatina kusiya kunyange nomumwe.

³⁵only the livestock we took for a prey to ourselves, with the spoil of the cities which we had taken.

³⁵Asi zvipfuwo zvoga takazvitora zvive zvedu zvatakatapa, pamwechete nezvatakapamba pamaguta atakakunda.

³⁶From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the valley, even to Gilead, there was not a city too high for us; Yahweh our God delivered up all before us:

³⁶Kubva paAroeri pamuuyo worwizi Arinoni, nokuguta riri parwizi, kusvikira Giriyadhi, kwakanga kusina guta rakatikurira; Jehovha Mwari wedu wakaaisa ose pamaoko edu;

³⁷only to the land of the children of Ammon you didn’t come near; all the side of the river Jabbok, and the cities of the hill country, and wherever Yahweh our God forbade us.

³⁷asi hamuna kuswedera kunyika yavana vaAmoni; kurutivi rwose rworwizi Jabhoki, namaguta enyika yamakomo, napose patakanga tadziviswa naJehovha Mwari wedu.