Revelation 9
1 The fifth angel blew his trumpet. Then I saw [an evil angel. He was like] a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. He was given {[Someone] gave him} the key to the shaft [that descended] ([to] the underworld/[to] the deep dark pit). (Abyssos g12)
Zvino mutumwa wechishanu wakaridza, zvino ndakaona nyeredzi ichibva kudenga ichiwira panyika, ndokupiwa kwaari kiyi yegomba risina chigadziko. (Abyssos g12)
2 When he opened that shaft, smoke arose from it like smoke from a huge burning furnace. The smoke prevented [anyone from seeing] the sky and the light of the sun. (Abyssos g12)
Zvino yakazarura gomba risina chigadziko, utsi ndokusimuka kubva mugomba seutsi hwevira guru, nezuva nedenga zvikasvibiswa nekuda kweutsi hwegomba. (Abyssos g12)
3 Locusts came out of the smoke onto the earth. [They were given] {[God] gave them} power [to sting people], like scorpions [sting people].
Zvino muutsi mukabuda mhashu dzikauya panyika, ndokupiwa kwadziri simba, sezvinyavada zvenyika zvine simba.
4 [God] told the locusts that they should not harm grass, nor any plants, nor any tree. [God said that they should harm only] those people who did not have a mark on the forehead [to show that they belonged to God].
Kukanzi kwadziri dzirege kutadzira uswa hwenyika, kana chipi zvacho chinyoro, kana muti upi, asi vanhu chete vasina mucherechedzo waMwari pahuma dzavo.
5 [God] did not allow the locusts to kill those people. Instead, [he] allowed them to continue torturing people for five months. When they tortured people, the pain those people felt was like the pain a scorpion causes when it stings someone.
Zvino kwakapiwa kwadziri kuti dzisavauraya, asi kuti varwadziswe mwedzi mishanu; uye kurwadzisa kwadzo kwaiita sekurwadzisa kwechinyavada kana chichiruma munhu.
6 During the time [when the locusts torture rebellious people, the pain will be so bad that] people will want to find a way to die, but they will not be able to [PRS].
Zvino pamazuva iwayo vanhu vachatsvaka rufu, asi havangaruwani; uye vachashuva kufa, asi rufu rwuchavatiza.
7 The locusts looked like horses that are ready for battle. They had on their heads what looked like golden crowns. Their faces were like the faces of people.
Uye zvimiro zvemhashu zvakaita semabhiza akagadzirirwa hondo; nepamisoro yadzo pane zvakaita sekorona dzakafanana negoridhe, nezviso zvadzo sezviso zvevanhu.
8 They had [long] hair like the [long] hair of women. Their teeth were [strong], like lions’ teeth.
Zvino dzakange dzine vhudzi sevhudzi revakadzi, nemeno adzo akaita seeshumba.
9 They wore metal breastplates. [When they were flying], their wings made a noise like the roar when many horses [pull chariots as they are] rushing into battle.
Zvino dzakange dzine zvidzitiro zvechifuva zvakaita sezvidzitiro zvechifuva zvedare, nekutinhira kwemapapiro adzo sekutinhira kwengoro dzemabhiza mazhinji achimhanyira kuhondo.
10 They had tails like scorpions have. With their tails they stung [people] for five months.
Zvino dzakange dzine miswe yakafanana nezvinyavada, uye pakange pane umborera pamiswe yadzo, nesimba radzo rekukuvadza vanhu mwedzi mishanu.
11 The king who ruled over them was the angel of the underworld. His name in the Hebrew language is Abaddon. In the Greek language it is Apollyon. [Both of] those names [mean ‘Destroyer’]. (Abyssos g12)
Zvino dzakange dzina mambo pamusoro padzo, mutumwa wegomba risina chigadziko, zita rake nechiHebheru riri Abhadhoni, uye nechiGiriki ane zita Aporioni. (Abyssos g12)
12 That was the end of the first terrible event. [Be aware that] two tragic events are still to come.
Nhamo imwe yapfuura; tarira, kuchiri kuuya nhamo mbiri shure kweizvi.
13 The sixth angel blew his trumpet. Then I heard a voice from the four corners of the golden altar that is in God’s presence.
Zvino mutumwa wechitanhatu wakaridza, zvino ndakanzwa inzwi kubva panyanga ina dzearitari yegoridhe iri pamberi paMwari,
14 It was saying to the sixth angel, the one who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels whom [I] have bound at the great river Euphrates!”
richiti kumutumwa wechitanhatu wakange ane hwamanda: Sunungura vatumwa vana vakasungwa parwizi rukuru Yufuratesi.
15 The four angels were released, those who had been {[He] released the four angels, whom [God] had} kept ready for that [exact] hour of that day, of that month, of that year. They were released {[He] released them} in order that they might enable [their soldiers to] kill a third of the [rebellious] people.
Zvino vakasunungurwa vatumwa vana vakange vakagadzirirwa awa nezuva nemwedzi negore, kuti vauraye chetatu chevanhu.
16 The number of the soldiers riding on horses who did that was 200 million. I heard [someone say] how many there were.
Zvino uwandu hwehondo dzevatasvi vemabhiza hwaiva makumi ezvuru maviri emakumi ezvuru; ndakanzwawo uwandu hwavo.
17 In the vision I saw what the horses and the [beings] that rode them looked like. They [wore] breastplates that were [red] like fire, [dusky blue] like smoke, and [yellow] like sulfur. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions. From their mouths came fire, smoke, and [fumes of burning] sulfur.
Zvino saizvozvo ndakaona mabhiza muchiratidzo, nevakange vakaatasva, vane zvidzitiro zvechifuva zvemoto, nezvehiasindo, nezvesarufa, nemisoro yemabhiza semisoro yeshumba, nemumiromo yawo makabuda moto neutsi nesarufa.
18 Those three things—the fire, the smoke, and the [burning] sulfur from [the horses’] mouths—killed a third of the [rebellious] people.
Neizvi zvitatu kwakaurawa chetatu chevanhu, nemoto uye neutsi uye nesarufa, zvakabuda mumiromo yawo.
19 The horses had power with their mouths and with their tails. Their tails have heads like snakes by which they harm people.
Nokuti simba rawo riri mumuromo wawo, nemumiswe yawo; nokuti miswe yawo yakaita senyoka uye ine misoro; uye anokuvadza nayo.
20 The rest of the [rebellious] people, those who were not killed by these plagues of [fire and smoke and burning sulfur], did not turn from their sinful behavior. [They did not stop worshipping] the idols that they had made with their own hands. They did not stop worshipping demons and idols [that were made] of gold, of silver, of bronze, of stone, and of wood, [even though they are idols] that can neither see nor hear nor walk.
Zvino vakasara vevanhu, vasina kuurawa pamatambudziko awa, havana kutendeuka pamabasa emaoko avo, kuti varege kunamata madhimoni, nezvifananidzo zvegoridhe nesirivheri nezvendarira nezvemabwe nezvematanda, zvisingagoniwo kuona, zvisinganzwiwo, uye zvisingafambi;
21 They did not stop murdering people, or practicing sorcery, or acting in sexually immoral ways, or stealing [things].
uye havana kutendeuka paumhondi hwavo, kana pauroyi hwavo, kana paupombwe hwavo, kana paumbavha hwavo.
