¹ Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of Meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

¹Zvino Jehovha akataura naMozisi murenje reSinai, patende rokusangana, nezuva rokutanga romwedzi wechipiri negore rechipiri rokubuda kwavo Egipita, akati,

²“Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, every male, one by one;

²Verenga ungano yose yavana vaIsiraeri, mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avarume vose, mumwe nomumwe.

³from twenty years old and upward, all who are able to go out to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall number them by their divisions.

³Iwe naAroni muverenge mapoka avo, vana makore ana makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose pakati pavaIsiraeri vanogona kundorwa.

⁴With you there shall be a man of every tribe; everyone head of his fathers’ house.

⁴Munofanira kuenda nomurume worudzi rumwe norumwe, mukuru weimba yamadzibaba ake.

⁵These are the names of the men who shall stand with you: Of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur.

⁵Ndiwo mazita avarume vanofanira kukubatsirai: WokwaRubheni, Erizuri, mwanakomana waShedheuri.

⁶Of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

⁶WokwaSimioni, Sherumieri, mwanakomana waZurishadhai.

⁷Of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

⁷WokwaJudha, Nashoni, mwanakomana waAminadhabhu.

⁸Of Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar.

⁸WokwaIsakari, Netaneri, mwanakomana waZuari.

⁹Of Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon.

⁹WokwaZebhuruni, Eriabhu, mwanakomana waHeroni.

¹⁰Of the children of Joseph: Of Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud. Of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

¹⁰Vokuvana vaJosefa: WokwaEfuremu, Erishama, mwanakomana waAmihudhi; wokwaManase, Gamarieri, mwanakomana waPedhazuri.

¹¹Of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni.

¹¹WokwaBhenjamini, Abhidhani, mwanakomana waGidheoni.

¹²Of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

¹²WokwaDhani, Ahiezeri, mwanakomana waAmishadhai.

¹³Of Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran.

¹³WokwaAsheri, Pagieri, mwanakomana waOkirani.

¹⁴Of Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

¹⁴WokwaGadhi, Eriasafi, mwanakomana waDheueri.

¹⁵Of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan.”

¹⁵WokwaNafutari, Ahira, mwanakomana waEnani.

¹⁶These are those who were called of the congregation, the princes of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Israel.

¹⁶Ndivo vakadamwa paungano, ari machinda amarudzi amadzibaba avo, vakuru vedzimba dzavaIsiraeri.

¹⁷Moses and Aaron took these men who are mentioned by name.

¹⁷Zvino Mozisi naAroni vakatora varume ava varehwa mazita avo,

¹⁸They assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month; and they declared their ancestry by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, one by one.

¹⁸vakakoka vaIsiraeri vose nezuva rokutanga romwedzi wechipiri, ivo vakavarondedzera marudzi avo, mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avose vakanga vana makore ana makumi maviri navanopfuura, mumwe nomumwe.

¹⁹As Yahweh commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.

¹⁹Akavaverenga murenje reSinai, sezvakanga zvarairwa Mozisi naJehovha.

²⁰The children of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, one by one, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;

²⁰Vokuvana vaRubheni, mwanakomana wedangwe waIsiraeri navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, mumwe nomumwe, varume vose vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kuenda kuhondo,

²¹those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty-six thousand five hundred.

²¹vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaRubheni vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi mana nezvitanhatu namazana mashanu.

²²Of the children of Simeon, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, those who were numbered of it, according to the number of the names, one by one, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;

²²Vokuvana vaSimioni, namarudzi avo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, vose vakaverengwa kwavari namazita avo, vose vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,

²³those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

²³vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaSimioni, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi mashanu nezvipfumbamwe namazana matatu.

²⁴Of the children of Gad, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;

²⁴Vokuvana vaGadhi, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vose vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,

²⁵those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Gad, were forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.

²⁵vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaGadhi, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi mana nezvishanu namazana matanhatu namakumi mashanu.

²⁶Of the children of Judah, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;

²⁶Vokuvana vaJudha, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,

²⁷those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Judah, were sixty-four thousand six hundred.

²⁷vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaJudha, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi manomwe nezvina namazana matanhatu.

²⁸Of the children of Issachar, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;

²⁸Vokuvana vaIsakari, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,

²⁹those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty-four thousand four hundred.

²⁹vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaIsakari, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi mashanu namazana mana.

³⁰Of the children of Zebulun, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;

³⁰Vokuvana vaZebhuruni, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,

³¹those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.

³¹vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaZebhuruni, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi mashanu nezvinomwe namazana mashanu.

³²Of the children of Joseph, of the children of Ephraim, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;

³²Vokuvana vaJosefa, ivo vana vaEfuremu, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri, vose vaigona kundorwa,

³³those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand five hundred.

³³vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaEfuremu, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi mana namazana mashanu.

³⁴Of the children of Manasseh, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;

³⁴Vokuvana vaManase, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,

³⁵those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty-two thousand two hundred.

³⁵vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaManase, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi matatu nezviviri namazana maviri.

³⁶Of the children of Benjamin, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;

³⁶Vokuvana vaBhenjamini, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,

³⁷those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.

³⁷vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaBhenjamini, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi matatu nezvishanu namazana mana.

³⁸Of the children of Dan, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war;

³⁸Vokuvana vaDhani, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,

³⁹those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Dan, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.

³⁹vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaDhani, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi matanhatu namazana manomwe.

⁴⁰Of the children of Asher, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war;

⁴⁰Vokuvana vaAsheri, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,

⁴¹those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Asher, were forty-one thousand five hundred.

⁴¹vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaAsheri, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi mana nechiuru chimwe, namazana mashanu.

⁴²Of the children of Naphtali, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war;

⁴²Vokuvana vaNafutari, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,

⁴³those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty-three thousand four hundred.

⁴³vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaNafutari, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi mashanu nezvitatu namazana mana.

⁴⁴These are those who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: they were each one for his fathers’ house.

⁴⁴Ndivo vakaverengwa, vakaverengwa naMozisi naAroni, namachinda avaIsiraeri, vaiva varume vane gumi navaviri, mumwe nomumwe panzvimbo yeimba yababa vake.

⁴⁵So all those who were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers’ houses, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war in Israel;

⁴⁵Naizvozvo vose vakaverengwa vavana vaIsiraeri nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa pakati pavaIsiraeri,

⁴⁶even all those who were numbered were six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.

⁴⁶vose vakaverengwa vakasvika zviuru zvina mazana matanhatu nezvitatu namazana mashanu namakumi mashanu.

⁴⁷But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.

⁴⁷Asi vaRevhi, norudzi rwamadzibaba avo, havana kuverengwa pakati pavo.

⁴⁸For Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

⁴⁸nekuti Jehovha akanga ataura naMozisi akati,

⁴⁹“Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, neither shall you take a census of them among the children of Israel;

⁴⁹Asi vorudzi rwaRevhi voga usavaverenga, usavaverengera pakati pavana vaIsiraeri,

⁵⁰but appoint the Levites over the Tabernacle of the Testimony, and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it. They shall carry the tabernacle, and all its furnishings; and they shall take care of it, and shall encamp around it.

⁵⁰asi vaRevhi uvagadze, vave varitariri vetabhenakeri yechipupuriro, nenhumbi dzayo dzose, nezvose zvayo; ndivo vanofanira kutakura tabhenakeri, nenhumbi dzayo dzose, nekushumirapo, nokukomba tabhenakeri nemisasa yavo.

⁵¹When the tabernacle is to move, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall set it up. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.

⁵¹Zvino kana tabhenakeri ichipfuura mberi, vaRevhi ndivo vanofanira kuibvisa; uye kana tabhenakeri ichidzikwazve, vaRevhi ndivo vanofanira kuivaka; munhu asina kufanira anoswederako, anofanira kuurawa.

⁵²The children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their divisions.

⁵²Vana vaIsiraeri vanofanira kudzika matende avo, mumwe nomumwe pamisasa yovokwake, mumwe nomumwe pamureza wovokwake, vachiita mapoka avo.

⁵³But the Levites shall encamp around the Tabernacle of the Testimony, that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be responsible for the Tabernacle of the Testimony.”

⁵³Asi vaRevhi vanofanira kudzika matende avo vachikomba tabhenakeri yechipupuriro, kuti rudzi rwavana vaIsiraeri rurege kutsamwirwa; vaRevhi vanofanira kubata mabasa etabhenakeri yechipupuriro.

⁵⁴Thus the children of Israel did. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so they did.

⁵⁴Vana vaIsiraeri vakaita saizvozvo; Mozisi sezvaakarairwa naJehovha, ndizvo zvavakaita.