Revelation 11
1 Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count the number of worshipers there.
Nilipewa mwanzi wa kutumia kama fimbo ya kupimia. Niliambiwa, “Ondoka na ukapime hekalu la Mungu na madhabahu, na wale wanaoabudu ndani yake.
2 But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.
Lakini usipime eneo la ua wa nje ya hekalu, kwa kuwa wamepewa watu wa Mataifa. Wataukanyaga mji mtakatifu kwa muda wa miezi arobaini na miwili.
3 And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”
Nitawapa mashahidi wangu wawili mamlaka ya kutabiri kwa muda wa siku 1, 260, wakiwa wamevaa magunia.”
4 These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.
Hawa mashahidi ni miti miwili ya mizeituni na vinara viwili ambavyo vimesimama mbele ya Bwana wa dunia.
5 If anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouths and devours their enemies. In this way, anyone who wants to harm them must be killed.
Kama mtu yeyote ataamua kuwadhuru, moto hutoka vinywani mwao na kuwadhuru adui zao. Yeyote anayetaka kuwadhuru lazima auawe kwa njia hii.
6 These witnesses have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall during the days of their prophecy, and power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.
Hawa mashahidi wana uwezo wa kufunga anga ili kwamba mvua isinyeshe wakati wanatabiri. Wana nguvu ya kubadili maji kuwa damu na kuipiga nchi kwa kila aina ya pigo wakati wowote wakitaka.
7 When the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill them. (Abyssos g12)
Wakati watakapokuwa wamemaliza ushuhuda wao, yule mnyama anayetoka kwenye shimo lisilo na mwisho atafanya vita dhidi yao. Atawashinda na kuwaua. (Abyssos g12)
8 Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified.
Miili yao italala katika mtaa wa mji mkuu (ambao kimfano unaitwa Sodoma na Misri) ambapo Bwana wao alisulubiwa.
9 For three and a half days all peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will view their bodies and will not permit them to be laid in a tomb.
Kwa siku tatu na nusu baadhi kutoka katika jamaa za watu, kabila, lugha na kila taifa watatazama miili yao na hawatatoa kibali kuwekwa katika kaburi.
10 And those who dwell on the earth will gloat over them, and will celebrate and send one another gifts, because these two prophets had tormented them.
Wale wanaoishi katika nchi watafurahi kwa ajili yao na kushangilia, hata kutumiana zawadi kwa sababu hao manabii wawili waliwatesa wale walioishi katika nchi.
11 But after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered the two witnesses, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell upon those who saw them.
Lakini baada ya siku tatu na nusu pumzi ya uhai kutoka kwa Mungu itawaingia nao watasimama kwa miguu yao. Hofu kuu itawaangukia wale wanaowaona.
12 And the witnesses heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Come up here.” And they went up to heaven in a cloud as their enemies watched them.
Kisha watasikia sauti kuu kutoka mbinguni ikiwaambia, “Njoni huku!” Nao watakwenda juu mbinguni katika wingu, wakati adui zao wakitazama.
13 And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand were killed in the quake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
Katika saa hiyo kutakuwepo na tetemeko kuu la ardhi na moja ya kumi ya mji itaanguka. Watu elfu saba watauawa katika tetemeko na watakaobaki hai wataogopeshwa na kumpa utukufu Mungu wa mbinguni.
14 The second woe has passed. Behold, the third woe is coming shortly.
Ole ya pili imepita. Angalia! Ole ya tatu inakuja upesi.
15 Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.” (aiōn g165)
Kisha malaika wa saba alipiga tarumbeta yake, na sauti kubwa zilinena mbinguni na kusema, “Ufalme wa dunia umeshakuwa ufalme wa Bwana wetu na wa Kristo wake. Atatawala milele na milele.” (aiōn g165)
16 And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God,
Kisha wazee ishirini na wanne waliokuwa wameketi kwenye viti vya enzi mbele ya Mungu walianguka wenyewe chini kwenye ardhi, nyuso zao zimeinama chini, nao walimwabudu Mungu.
17 saying: “We give thanks to You, O Lord God Almighty, the One who is and who was, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign.
Walisema, “Twatoa shukrani zetu kwako, Bwana Mungu, mtawala juu ya vyote, ambaye upo na ambaye ulikuwepo, kwa sababu umetwaa nguvu yako kuu na kuanza kutawala.
18 The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your name, both small and great— and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”
Mataifa walikasirika, lakini gadhabu yako imekuja. Wakati umefika kwa wafu kuhukumiwa na wewe kuwazawadia watumishi wako manabii, waamini na wale walio na hofu ya jina lako, wote wawili wasiofaa kitu na wenye nguvu. Na wakati wako umefika wa kuwaharibu wale ambao wamekuwa wakiiharibu dunia.”
19 Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.
Kisha hekalu la Mungu mbinguni lilifunuliwa na sanduku la agano lake lilionekana ndani ya hekalu lake. Kulikuwa na miali ya mwanga, kelele, ngurumo za radi, tetemeko la ardhi na mawe ya mvua.
