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¹Zvino Jehovha akataura naMozisi murenje reSinai, patende rokusangana, nezuva rokutanga romwedzi wechipiri negore rechipiri rokubuda kwavo Ijipiti, akati,And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

²Verenga ungano yose yavana vaIsiraeri, mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avarume vose, mumwe nomumwe.Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;

³Iwe naAroni muverenge mapoka avo, vana makore ana makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose pakati pavaIsiraeri vanogona kundorwa.From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.

⁴Munofanira kuenda nomurume worudzi rumwe norumwe, mukuru weimba yamadzibaba ake.And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.

⁵Ndiwo mazita avarume vanofanira kukubatsirai: WokwaRubheni, Erizuri, mwanakomana waShedheuri.And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.

⁶WokwaSimiyoni, Sherumieri, mwanakomana waZurishadhai.Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

⁷WokwaJudha, Nashoni, mwanakomana waAminadhabhu.Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

⁸WokwaIsakari, Netaneri, mwanakomana waZuari.Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar.

⁹WokwaZebhuruni, Eriabhu, mwanakomana waHeroni.Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon.

¹⁰Vokuvana vaJosefa: WokwaEfuremu, Erishama, mwanakomana waAmihudhi; wokwaManase, Gamarieri, mwanakomana waPedhazuri.Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

¹¹WokwaBhenjamini, Abhidhani, mwanakomana waGidheoni.Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.

¹²WokwaDhani, Ahiezeri, mwanakomana waAmishadhai.Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

¹³WokwaAsheri, Pagieri, mwanakomana waOkirani.Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran.

¹⁴WokwaGadhi, Eriasafi, mwanakomana waDheueri.Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

¹⁵WokwaNafutari, Ahira, mwanakomana waEnani.Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.

¹⁶Ndivo vakadanwa paungano, ari machinda amarudzi amadzibaba avo, vakuru vedzimba dzavaIsiraeri.These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.

¹⁷Zvino Mozisi naAroni vakatora varume ava varehwa mazita avo,And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names:

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.And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.

¹⁹Akavaverenga murenje reSinai, sezvakanga zvarairwa Mozisi naJehovha.As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.

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 kundorwa,And the children of Reuben, Israel’s eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

²¹vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaRubheni vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi mana nezvitanhatu namazana mashanu.Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.

²²Vokuvana vaSimiyoni, namarudzi avo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, vose vakaverengwa kwavari namazita avo, vose vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

²³vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaSimiyoni, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi mashanu nezvipfumbamwe namazana matatu.Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.

²⁴Vokuvana vaGadhi, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vose vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

²⁵vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaGadhi, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi mana nezvishanu namazana matanhatu namakumi mashanu.Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.

²⁶Vokuvana vaJudha, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

²⁷vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaJudha, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi manomwe nezvina namazana matanhatu.Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.

²⁸Vokuvana vaIsakari, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

²⁹vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaIsakari, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi mashanu namazana mana.Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.

³⁰Vokuvana vaZebhuruni, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

³¹vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaZebhuruni, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi mashanu nezvinomwe namazana mashanu.Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.

³²Vokuvana vaJosefa, ivo vana vaEfuremu, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri, vose vaigona kundorwa,Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

³³vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaEfuremu, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi mana namazana mashanu.Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred.

³⁴Vokuvana vaManase, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

³⁵vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaManase, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi matatu nezviviri namazana maviri.Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.

³⁶Vokuvana vaBhenjamini, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

³⁷vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaBhenjamini, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi matatu nezvishanu namazana mana.Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.

³⁸Vokuvana vaDhani, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

³⁹vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaDhani, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi matanhatu namazana manomwe.Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.

⁴⁰Vokuvana vaAsheri, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

⁴¹vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaAsheri, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi mana nechiuru chimwe, namazana mashanu.Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.

⁴²Vokuvana vaNafutari, navana vavo, vakaverengwa mhuri dzavo, nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, namazita avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa,Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

⁴³vakaverengwa kwavari, vorudzi rwaNafutari, vakasvika zviuru zvina makumi mashanu nezvitatu namazana mana.Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.

⁴⁴Ndivo vakaverengwa, vakaverengwa naMozisi naAroni, namachinda avaIsiraeri, vaiva varume vane gumi navaviri, mumwe nomumwe panzvimbo yeimba yababa vake.These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers.

⁴⁵Naizvozvo vose vakaverengwa vavana vaIsiraeri nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, vakanga vana makore makumi maviri navanopfuura, vose vaigona kundorwa pakati pavaIsiraeri,So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;

⁴⁶vose vakaverengwa vakasvika zviuru zvina mazana matanhatu nezvitatu namazana mashanu namakumi mashanu.Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

⁴⁷Asi vaRevhi, norudzi rwamadzibaba avo, havana kuverengwa pakati pavo.But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.

⁴⁸Nokuti Jehovha akanga ataura naMozisi akati,For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying,

⁴⁹Asi vorudzi rwaRevhi voga usavaverenga, usavaverengera pakati pavana vaIsiraeri,Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:

⁵⁰asi vaRevhi uvagadze, vave varitariri vetabhenakeri yechipupuriro, nenhumbi dzayo dzose, nezvose zvayo; ndivo vanofanira kutakura tabhenakeri, nenhumbi dzayo dzose, nekushumirapo, nokukomba tabhenakeri nemisasa yavo.But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.

⁵¹Zvino kana tabhenakeri ichipfuura mberi, vaRevhi ndivo vanofanira kuibvisa; uye kana tabhenakeri ichidzikwazve, vaRevhi ndivo vanofanira kuivaka; munhu asina kufanira anoswederako, anofanira kuurawa.And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

⁵²Vana vaIsiraeri vanofanira kudzika matende avo, mumwe nomumwe pamisasa yovokwake, mumwe nomumwe pamureza wovokwake, vachiita mapoka avo.And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.

⁵³Asi vaRevhi vanofanira kudzika matende avo vachikomba tabhenakeri yechipupuriro, kuti rudzi rwavana vaIsiraeri rurege kutsamwirwa; vaRevhi vanofanira kubata mabasa etabhenakeri yechipupuriro.But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.

⁵⁴Vana vaIsiraeri vakaita saizvozvo; Mozisi sezvaakarairwa naJehovha, ndizvo zvavakaita.And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.