¹The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the South, heard tell that Israel came by the way of Atharim; and he fought against Israel, and took some of them captive.

¹Zvino mambo weAradhi, muKanani, akanga agere kunyika yeZasi, akati anzwa kuti vaIsiraeri vouya nenzira yavashori, akarwa navaIsiraeri, akatapa vamwe vavo.

²Israel vowed a vow to Yahweh, and said, “If you will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.”

²Ipapo vaIsiraeri vakapikira Jehovha mhiko, vakati, Kana mukapa vanhu ava mumaoko edu, tichaparadza maguta avo chose.

³Yahweh listened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and the name of the place was called Hormah.

³Jehovha akateerera inzwi ravaIsiraeri, akavapa vaKanani; vakavaparadza chose namaguta avo; nzvimbo iyo ikanzi Homa.

⁴They traveled from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea or, Sea of Reeds , to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.

⁴Zvino vakasimuka pagomo reHori, vakafamba nenzira inoenda kuGungwa Dzvuku, kuti vanyenyeredze nyika yaEdhomu; vanhu vakapera moyo kwazvo panzira.

⁵The people spoke against God, and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loathes this light bread.”

⁵Ipapo vanhu vakapopotera Mwari naMozisi, vakati, Makatibudisireiko Egipita, kuti tifire murenje? nekuti hapana zvokudya, hapana mvura; mweya yedu inosema zvokudya izvi zvakaipa.

⁶Yahweh sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many people of Israel died.

⁶Jehovha akatuma nyoka dzinopenga pakati pavanhu, dzikaruma vanhu, vanhu vazhinji valsiraeri vakafa.

⁷The people came to Moses, and said, “We have sinned, because we have spoken against Yahweh, and against you. Pray to Yahweh, that he take away the serpents from us.” Moses prayed for the people.

⁷Zvino vanhu vakauya kuna Mozisi, vakati, Takatadza, nekuti takapopotera Jehovha nemi; kumbirai kuna Jehovha kuti abvise nyoka kwatiri. Mozisi akakumbirira vanhu.

⁸Yahweh said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a standard: and it shall happen, that everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.”

⁸Ipapo Jehovha akati kuna Mozisi, Uzviitire nyoka inopenga, ugoiturika padanda; zvino mumwe nomumwe akarumwa kana akaitarira, achararama.

⁹Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it on the standard: and it happened, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked to the serpent of brass, he lived.

⁹Mozisi akaita nyoka yendarira, akaiturika padanda; zvino mumwe nomumwe akati kana arumwa, akatarira nyoka iyo yendarira, akararama.

¹⁰The children of Israel traveled, and encamped in Oboth.

¹⁰Vana valsiraeri vakafamba, vakandodzika matende avo paObhoti.

¹¹They traveled from Oboth, and encamped at Iyeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrise.

¹¹Vakabva Obhoti, vakandodzika matende avo paIje-aBharimi, murenje riri pamberi paMoabhu, kumabvazuva.

¹²From there they traveled, and encamped in the valley of Zered.

¹²Vakafamba vachibva ipapo, vakandodzika matende avo pamupata weZeredhi.

¹³From there they traveled, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness, that comes out of the border of the Amorites: for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

¹³Vakafamba vachibva ipapo, vakandodzika matende avo kumhiri kwaArinoni, rwizi rwaiva murenje, rwaibva kunyika yavaAmori; nekuti Arinoni ndiwo muganhu wavaMoabhu, pakati paMoabhu navaAmori.

¹⁴Therefore it is said in the book of the Wars of Yahweh, “Vaheb in Suphah, the valleys of the Arnon,

¹⁴Naizvozvo pabhuku yeHondo dzaJehovha panoti: VaHebhi paSufa, Nemipata yaArinoni,

¹⁵the slope of the valleys that incline toward the dwelling of Ar, leans on the border of Moab.”

¹⁵Nemikwidza yemipata inorerekera kunzvimbo yeAri, Inosendamira pamuganhu waMoabhu.

¹⁶From there they traveled to Beer: that is the well of which Yahweh said to Moses, “Gather the people together, and I will give them water.”

¹⁶Vakafamba vachibva ipapo, vakaenda Bheeri; ndiro tsime rakanzi naJehovha kuna Mozisi, Unganidza vanhu, ndichavapa mvura.

¹⁷Then sang Israel this song: “Spring up, well; sing to it:

¹⁷Zvino vaIsiraeri vakaimba rwiyo urwu: Chivhaira, iwe tsime; imwi muriimbire;

¹⁸the well, which the princes dug, which the nobles of the people dug, with the scepter, and with their poles.” From the wilderness they traveled to Mattanah;

¹⁸Ndiro tsime rakacherwa namachinda, Rakacherwa navakuru vavanhu Netsvimbo youshe, uye netsvimbo dzavo.Vakabva murenje, vakaenda Matana;

¹⁹and from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth;

¹⁹vakabva Matana, vakaenda Naharieri; vakabva Naharieri, vakaenda Bhamoti;

²⁰and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looks down on the desert.

²⁰vakabva Bhamoti, vakaenda kumupata uri kubani raMoabhu, kusvikira kumusoro wegomo rePisiga, rinotarira pasi kurenje.

²¹Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

²¹Zvino vaIsiraeri vakatuma nhume kuna Sihoni, mambo wavaAmori, vachiti,

²²“Let me pass through your land: we will not turn aside into field, or into vineyard; we will not drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king’s highway, until we have passed your border.”

²²Nditendere kupfuura napanyika yako; hatingatsaukiri kumunda kana kumunda wemizambiringa; hatingamwi mvura yamatsime; tichafamba nenzira huru yamambo, kusvikira tabuda panyika yako.

²³Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz; and he fought against Israel.

²³Asi Sihoni akaramba kutendera vaIsiraeri kupfuura napanyika yake; Sihoni akaunganidza vanhu vake vose, akaenda kurenje kundorwa navaIsiraeri, akasvika paJahazi; akarwa navaIsiraeri.

²⁴Israel struck him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, even to the children of Ammon; for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.

²⁴Asi vaIsiraeri vakamukunda neminondo inopinza, vakatora nyika yake kubva paArinoni kusvikira paJabhoki, kusvikira pavana vaAmoni; nekuti muganhu wavana vaAmoni wakange wakasimba.

²⁵Israel took all these cities: and Israel lived in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its towns.

²⁵Naizvozvo vaIsiraeri vakakunda maguta iwayo ose; vaIsiraeri vakagara mumaguta ose avaAmori, muHeshibhoni napamisha yaro yose.

²⁶For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even to the Arnon.

²⁶Nekuti Heshibhoni rakanga riri guta raSihoni, mambo wavaAmori, iye akanga arwa namambo wokutanga waMoabhu, akamutorera nyika yake yose kusvikira paArinoni.

²⁷Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, “Come to Heshbon. Let the city of Sihon be built and established;

²⁷Naizvozvo vanotaura neshumo vanoti, Uyai muHeshibhoni,Guta raSihoni ngarivakwe, risimbiswe.

²⁸for a fire has gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It has devoured Ar of Moab, The lords of the high places of the Arnon.

²⁸Nekuti moto wakabuda nemurazvo paguta raSihoni, Ukaparadza Ari waMoabhu, Madzishe enzvimbo dzakakwirira dzaArinoni.

²⁹Woe to you, Moab! You are undone, people of Chemosh! He has given his sons as fugitives, and his daughters into captivity, to Sihon king of the Amorites.

²⁹Une nhamo iwe Moabhu! Mapera imwi vanhu veKemoshi; Wakapa Sihoni vanakomana vake vatize,Navanasikana vake vatapwe, Sihoni, mambo wavaAmori.

³⁰We have shot at them. Heshbon has perished even to Dibon. We have laid waste even to Nophah, Which reaches to Medeba.”

³⁰Takavapfura; Heshibhoni rakaparadzwa kusvikira paDhibhoni,Takaparadza kusvikira paNofa, Moto ukasvika paMedhebha.

³¹Thus Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.

³¹Naizvozvo valsiraeri vakagara munyika yavaAmori.

³²Moses sent to spy out Jazer; and they took its towns, and drove out the Amorites who were there.

³²Zvino Mozisi akatuma vanhu kundoshora Jazeri, vakakunda misha yaro, vakadzinga vaAmori vakanga vageremo.

³³They turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.

³³Ipapo vakadzoka, vakakwira nenzira inoenda Bhashani; zvino Ogi, mambo weBhashani, akauya kuzorwa navo paEdhirei, iye navanhu vake vose.

³⁴Yahweh said to Moses, “Don’t fear him: for I have delivered him into your hand, and all his people, and his land; and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon.”

³⁴Ipapo Jehovha akati kuna Mozisi, Usamutya hako, nekuti ndakamupa mumaoko ako, iye navanhu vake vose, nenyika yake; unofanira kumuitira iye sezvawakaitira Sihoni, mambo wavaAmori, aigara paHeshibhoni.

³⁵So they struck him, and his sons and all his people, until there was none left him remaining: and they possessed his land.

³⁵Naizvozvo vakamukunda, iye navanakomana vake vose, kudzimana asina kusarirwa nomumwe; vakatora nyika yake.