Revelation 1
1 Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, to shew to his bondmen what must shortly take place; and he signified [it], sending by his angel, to his bondman John,
Chakazarurwa chaJesu Kristu, Mwari chaakapa kwaari, kuti aratidze kuvaranda vake zvinhu zvinofanira kukurumidza kuitika, zvino azvituma nemutumwa wake wakaratidza muranda wake Johwani,
2 who testified the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ, all things that he saw.
iye wakapupura shoko raMwari uye uchapupu hwaJesu Kristu, nezvese zvaakaona.
3 Blessed [is] he that reads, and they that hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things written in it; for the time [is] near.
Wakaropafadzwa anoverenga, nevanonzwa mashoko echiporofita ichi vachichengeta zvakanyorwa machiri; nokuti nguva yava pedo.
4 John to the seven assemblies which [are] in Asia: Grace to you and peace from [him] who is, and who was, and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits which [are] before his throne;
Johwani kumakereke manomwe ari muAsia: Nyasha kwamuri nerugare zvinobva kuna iye aripo uye wakange aripo neachazouya; nekuMweya minomwe iri pamberi pechigaro chake cheushe;
5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and has washed us from our sins in his blood,
nekuna Jesu Kristu, chapupu chakatendeka, dangwe kubva kune vakafa, nemutungamiriri wemadzimambo enyika. Kuna iye wakatida, akatisuka kubva pazvivi zvedu muropa rake;
6 and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father: to him [be] the glory and the might to the ages of ages. Amen. (aiōn g165)
akatiitawo madzimambo nevapristi kuna Mwari naBaba vake; kwaari ngakuve kubwinya nesimba kusvikira rinhi narinhi. Ameni. (aiōn g165)
7 Behold, he comes with the clouds, and every eye shall see him, and they which have pierced him, and all the tribes of the land shall wail because of him. Yea. Amen.
Tarira, anouya pamwe nemakore, uye ziso rese richamuona, neavo vakamubaya; nemarudzi ese enyika achachema nekuda kwake. Hongu. Ameni.
8 I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith [the] Lord God, he who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.
Ini ndini Arifa naOmega, Kutanga neKupedzisira, anoreva Ishe, aripo, newakange aripo, neachazouya, Wemasimbaose.
9 I John, your brother and fellow-partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and patience, in Jesus, was in the island called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus.
Ini Johwani, ndiri hama yenyuwo, uye mufambidzani pakutambudzika nemuushe nekutsungirira kwaJesu Kristu, ndakange ndiri pachiwi chinonzi Patimosi, nekuda kweshoko raMwari uye nekuda kweuchapupu hwaJesu Kristu.
10 I became in [the] Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a great voice as of a trumpet,
Ndakange ndiri muMweya nezuva raIshe, zvino ndakanzwa shure kwangu inzwi guru, serehwamanda,
11 saying, What thou seest write in a book, and send to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.
richiti: Ndini Arifa naOmega, Wekutanga neWekupedzisira; uye kuti: Zvaunoona, nyora mubhuku, uye tumira kumakereke manomwe ari muAsia, kuEfeso, nekuSimirina, nekuPerigamo, nekuTiatira, nekuSaridhisi, nekuFiradhefia, nekuRaodhikia.
12 And I turned back to see the voice which spoke with me; and having turned, I saw seven golden lamps,
Zvino ndikatendeuka kuona inzwi rakataura neni. Ndatendeukawo ndakaona zvigadziko zvemwenje zvegoridhe zvinomwe,
13 and in the midst of the [seven] lamps [one] like [the] Son of man, clothed with a garment reaching to the feet, and girt about at the breasts with a golden girdle:
nepakati pezvigadziko zvemwenje zvinomwe, mumwe wakaita seMwanakomana wemunhu, akapfeka nguvo yakasvikira kutsoka, uye akazvisunga kupoteredza chifuva nebhanhire regoridhe.
14 his head and hair white like white wool, as snow; and his eyes as a flame of fire;
Nemusoro wake nemavhudzi zvakachena semakushe emakwai machena, semagada echando; uye meso ake semurazvo wemoto;
15 and his feet like fine brass, as burning in a furnace; and his voice as the voice of many waters;
uye tsoka dzake dzakafanana nendarira yakakwenenzverwa, sedzinenge dzakapiswa muvira remoto; neinzwi rake seinzwi remvura zhinji.
16 and having in his right hand seven stars; and out of his mouth a sharp two-edged sword going forth; and his countenance as the sun shines in its power.
Uye wakange ane muruoko rwake rwerudyi nyeredzi nomwe; zvino mumuromo make makabuda munondo unopinza unocheka mativi maviri; uye chiso chake chaiva sezuva rinopenya musimba raro.
17 And when I saw him I fell at his feet as dead; and he laid his right hand upon me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last,
Zvino pandakamuona, ndakawira patsoka dzake sewakafa; ndokuisa ruoko rwake rwerudyi pamusoro pangu, achiti kwandiri: Usatya; ndini wekutanga newekupedzisira;
19 Write therefore what thou hast seen, and the things that are, and the things that are about to be after these.
Nyora zvawaona, nezvinhu zviripo, nezvinhu zvichazovapo shure kweizvi.
20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou hast seen on my right hand, and the seven golden lamps. — The seven stars are angels of the seven assemblies; and the seven lamps are seven assemblies.
Chakavanzika chenyeredzi nomwe dzawaona paruoko rwangu rwerudyi, nezvigadziko zvemwenje zvinomwe zvegoridhe. Nyeredzi nomwe ndivo vatumwa vekereke nomwe; nezvigadziko zvemwenje zvinomwe zvawaona ndidzo kereke nomwe.
