1Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that behold, the place was a place for livestock;
1Vana vaRubheni navana vaGadhi vakanga vane zvipfuwo zvizhinji kwazvo; zvino vakati vachitarira nyika yeJazeri nenyika yeGiriyadhi, vakaona kuti inzvimbo yakafanira zvipfuwo.
2the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the congregation, saying,
2Ipapo vana vaGadhi navana vaRubheni vakauya vakataurirana naMozisi naEreazari mupristi namachinda eungano, vakati,
3“Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
3Ataroti neDhibhoni neJazeri neNimura neHeshibhoni neEreari neSebhami neNebho neBheoni.
4the land which Yahweh struck before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock; and your servants have livestock.”
4Nyika dzakakundwa naJehovha pamberi peungano yaIsiraeri, inyika yakafanira zvipfuwo; zvino isu varanda venyu, tine zvipfuwo.
5They said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession; don’t bring us over the Jordan.”
5Vakati, Kana takawana nyasha pamberi penyu, nyika ino ngaipiwe varanda venyu, ive yavo; musatiyambutsa henyu Joridhani.
6Moses said to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, “Shall your brothers go to the war, and shall you sit here?
6Mozisi akati kuvana vaGadhi navana vaRubheni, Ko hama dzenyu dzingaenda kundorwa, imwi mukagara pano here?
7Why do you discourage the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which Yahweh has given them?
7Munoodzereiko moyo yavana vaIsiraeri varege kuenda kunyika yavakapiwa naJehovha?
8Your fathers did so when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land.
8Ndizvo zvakaita madzibaba enyu nguva yandakavatuma vari paKadheshi-bharinea, kundoshora nyika.
9For when they went up to the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which Yahweh had given them.
9nekuti vakati vakwira kumupata weEshikori, vakaona nyika, vakaodza moyo yavana vaIsiraeri, kuti varege kupinda munyika yavakanga vapiwa naJehovha.
10Yahweh’s anger was kindled in that day, and he swore, saying,
10Jehovha akatsamwa nomusi iwoyo, akapika, akati,
11‘Surely none of the men who came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
11Zvirokwazvo, hakungavi nomumwe wavarume vakabuda Egipita, ana makore makumi maviri nounopfuura, ungandoona nyika yandakapikira Abhurahamu naIsaka naJakove, nekuti havana kunditevera nomoyo wose;
12except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun; because they have followed Yahweh completely.’
12asi Karebhu, mwanakomana waJefune, muKenizi, naJoshua, mwanakomana waNuni, nekuti ivo vakatevera Jehovha nomoyo wose.
13Yahweh’s anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander back and forth in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, who had done evil in the sight of Yahweh, was consumed.
13Jehovha akatsamwira vaIsiraeri, akavadzungairisa murenje makore ana makumi mana, kusvikira rudzi rwose rwakanga rwatadza pamberi paJehovha rwaparadzwa.
14“Behold, you have risen up in your fathers’ place, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of Yahweh toward Israel.
14Zvino tarirai, imwi makamuka panzvimbo yamadzibaba enyu, vana chaivo vavanhu vezvivi, kuti muwedzere kutsamwa kukuru kwaJehovha pamusoro paIsiraeri.
15For if you turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and you will destroy all this people.”
15nekuti kana mukatsauka pakumutevera, uchavasiyazve murenje; imwi muchaparadza vanhu ava vose.
16They came near to him, and said, “We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones:
16Vakaswedera kwaari, vakati, Tichavakira zvipfuwo zvedu matanga navana vedu vaduku maguta pano;
17but we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel, until we have brought them to their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
17asi isu tichazvigadzirira kurwa, kuti titungamirire vana vaIsiraeri, kudzimana tavasvitsa kunzvimbo yavo; vana vedu vachagara mumaguta akakombwa namasvingo nokuda kwavanhu vagere munyika.
18We will not return to our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.
18Hatingadzokeri kudzimba dzedu kudzimana vana vaIsiraeri vose vapiwa nhaka yavo.
19For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan, and forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side of the Jordan eastward.”
19Nekuti hatingagari nhaka pamwechete navo mhiri kwaJoridhani nemberi; nekuti isu tagoverwa nhaka yedu nechouno mhiri kwaJoridhani kurutivi rwamabvazuva.
20Moses said to them, “If you will do this thing, if you will arm yourselves to go before Yahweh to the war,
20Zvino Mozisi akati kwavari, Kana mukaita chinhu ichi, kana mukashonga nhumbi dzenyu dzokurwa, kuti muende pamberi paJehovha kundorwa,
21and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before Yahweh, until he has driven out his enemies from before him,
21mumwe nomumwe wenyu wakashonga akayambuka Joridhani pamberi paJehovha, kudzimana iye adzinga vavengi vake pamberi pake,
22and the land is subdued before Yahweh; then afterward you shall return, and be guiltless towards Yahweh, and towards Israel; and this land shall be to you for a possession before Yahweh.
22nyika ikakundwa pamberi paJehovha, ipapo mungadzoka henyu, hamungavi nemhosva kuna Jehovha nokuvaIsiraeri; nyika ino igova nhaka yenyu pamberi paJehovha.
23“But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against Yahweh; and be sure your sin will find you out.
23Asi kana mukasaita saizvozvo, tarirai matadzira Jehovha, muzive kuti zvivi zvenyu zvichakuwanai.
24Build cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which has proceeded out of your mouth.”
24Vakirai henyu vana venyu maguta namakwai enyu matanga; itai sezvamakataura.
25The children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, “Your servants will do as my lord commands.
25Vana vaGadhi navana vaRubheni vakataura naMozisi, vakati, Varanda venyu vachaita sezvakaraira tenzi wedu.
26Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock, shall be there in the cities of Gilead;
26Vana vedu, navakadzi vedu, nezvipfuwo zvedu, nemombe dzedu dzose, zvichagara mumaguta eGiriyadhi;
27but your servants will pass over, every man who is armed for war, before Yahweh to battle, as my lord says.”
27asi varanda venyu vachayambuka, vose vakazvigadzirira kundorwa, kundorwa pamberi paJehovha, sezvakataurwa natenzi wedu.
28So Moses commanded concerning them to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers’ households of the tribes of the children of Israel.
28Naizvozvo Mozisi akaraira pamusoro pavo Ereazari mupristi, naJoshua, mwanakomana waNuni, navakuru vedzimba dzamadzibaba amarudzi avana vaIsiraeri;
29Moses said to them, “If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man who is armed to battle, before Yahweh, and the land shall be subdued before you; then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:
29Mozisi akati kwavari, Kana vana vaGadhi navana vaRubheni vakayambuka nemi, murume mumwe nomumwe wakazvigadzira kundorwa pamberi paJehovha, nyika ikakundwa pamberi penyu; ipapo munofanira kuvapa nyika yeGiriyadhi, ive yavo.
30but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.”
30Asi kana vasingayambuki nemi, vakashonga nhumbi dzavo dzokurwa, vanofanira kupiwa nhaka yavo pakati penyu panyika yeKanani.
31The children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, “As Yahweh has said to your servants, so will we do.
31Ipapo vana vaGadhi navana vaRubheni vakapindura, vakati, Sezvakareva Jehovha kuvaranda venyu, ndizvo zvatichaita.
32We will pass over armed before Yahweh into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us beyond the Jordan.”
32Tichayambukira pamberi paJehovha kunyika yeKanani, takashonga nhumbi dzedu dzokurwa, kuti tipiwe nhaka yedu nechouno mhiri kwaJoridhani.
33Moses gave to them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, according to its cities and borders, even the cities of the surrounding land.
33Zvino Mozisi akavapa, ivo vana vaGadhi navana vaRubheni, nehafu yorudzi rwaManase, mwanakomana waJosefa, ushe hwaSihoni, mambo wavaAmori, noushe hwaOgi, mambo weBhashani, nyika namaguta ayo nemiganhu yayo, iwo maguta enyika yose yakapoteredza.
34The children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
34Vana vaGadhi vakavaka Dhibhoni, neAtaroti, neAroeri,
35and Atrothshophan, and Jazer, and Jogbehah,
35neAtirotishofani, neJazeri, neJogibheha,
36and Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran: fortified cities, and folds for sheep.
36neBheti-nimura, neBheti-harani, ari maguta akakombwa namasvingo, ana matanga amakwai.
37The children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kiriathaim,
37Vana vaRubheni vakavaka Heshibhoni, neEreari, neKiriataimi,
38and Nebo, and Baal Meon, (their names being changed), and Sibmah: and they gave other names to the cities which they built.
38neNebho, neBhaari-meoni (vashandura mazita awo), neSibhima; vakatumidza maguta avakavaka mamwe mazita.
39The children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were therein.
39Vana vaMakiri, mwanakomana waManase, vakaenda Giriyadhi, vakarikunda, vakadzinga vaAmori vakanga vageremo.
40Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh; and he lived therein.
40Mozisi akapa Makiri, mwanakomana waManase, Giriyadhi, iye akagaramo.
41Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its towns, and called them Havvoth Jair.
41Jairi, mwanakomana waManase, akakunda misha yaro, akaitumidza Misha yaJairi.
42Nobah went and took Kenath, and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
42Nobha akandokunda Kenati, nemisha yaro yakanga yakabatwa naro, akaritumidza Nobha, nezita rake.