Ugubukulo 5
1 Kangi nikalola chitabu muchiwoko cha kulyela cha mwenuyo mweatamili pachigoda cha unkosi, chene chayandikwi mugati na kuvala na kudindwa kwa munemu wenuwo na kudindwa kwa minemu saba? Vidindilu vya mnemu.
I saw that there was a scroll in the right hand of the one who was sitting on the throne. The scroll was written on its outside as well as on its inside, and it was sealed {Someone had written on the outside as well as on the inside of the scroll and sealed it} with seven seals.
2 Nikalola mtumu wa kunani kwa Chapanga mweavi na makakala ikemela kwa lwami luvaha, “Yani mweiyidakiliwa kugagandula chidindilu chitabu chenicho?”
I saw a strong angel who was announcing in a loud voice, “(The person who is worthy to break the seals of the scroll and then to open it should come to do it!/Who is worthy to break the seals of the scroll and then to open it?)” [RHQ]
3 Nambu avi lepi mundu yoyoha kunani kwa Chapanga amala pamulima amala pandima mweahotwili kudindula chitabu icho amala mweahotwili kuchilola mugati.
But no created being in heaven nor any created being on the earth nor any created being under the earth was able to open the scroll and see what was written on it.
4 Hinu nene navembili neju ndava muni avi lepi mundu mweayidakiliwi kuchidindula, amala kuchilola mugati.
I cried loudly because there was no one worthy to do that.
5 Kangi mmonga wa vagogo vala akanijovela, “Kotoka kuvemba! Lola Lihimba wa likabila la Yuda chiveleku cha Daudi, ahotwili. Mwene ihotola kugagandula vidindilu saba vya chitabu chenicho.”
But one of the elders said to me, “Do not cry any longer! Look, the one who is called the Lion from the tribe of Judah, the Messiah who is the descendant of King David, has overcome Satan! As a result, he is worthy to break the seven seals on the scroll and open it!”
6 Kangi nikalola pagati ya chigoda cha Mwanalimbelele ayimili, atindilwi kila pandi na vala viumbi wumi mcheche na vagogo vala. Mwanalimbele uyo awonikini ngati ahinjiwi. Avili na mang'elu saba na mihu saba, ndi mipungu saba ya Chapanga zezapelikwi kila pandu pamulima.
Then I saw Jesus, the one who is like a [MET] sacrificial lamb, standing there. He stood near the throne, in the midst of the four living creatures and the elders. It appeared that he had been killed {that people had killed him}, but he was alive again. He had seven horns [on his head], and he had seven eyes that symbolize the Spirit of God who has all kinds of power (OR, who is also symbolized as seven spirits). [He] sends [God’s] Spirit out into all the earth.
7 Mwanalimbelele akahamba, akatola chitabu chila kuhuma muchiwoko cha kulyela cha yula mweatamili pachigoda cha unkosi.
He came and took the scroll from the right hand of the one who sits on the throne.
8 Bahapo peamali kutola chitabu chenicho, vala viumbi wumi mcheche pamonga na vala vagogo ishilini na mcheche vakagwa chakukupama palongolo ya Mwanalimbelele. Kila mmonga avili na kanjeke na nkeve wa zahabu wewamemili ubani na, ndi mayupu ga vandu va Chapanga.
When he took the scroll, the four living [creatures] and the 24 elders (prostrated themselves/knelt down) before [Jesus], the [one who is like a] lamb, [to worship him]. They each had a harp, and they had golden bowls full of incense that [represents] the prayers of God’s people.
9 Hinu, vakayimba lunyimbu ulu lwa mupya, “Veve wiyidakiliwa kuchitola chitabu chenicho na kudindula vidindilu vyaki. Ndava muni veve uhinjiwi, na kwa ngasi yaku umsangwili Chapanga witu vandu kuhuma kila likabila, luga na lukolo vandu va kila mulima langi ya kila mundu.
The living [creatures] and the elders sang a new song. They sang: You are worthy to receive the scroll and to open its seals, because you were killed, and because you redeemed/bought people for God from every tribe, language [MTY], people-group, and nation with the blood that flowed from your body when you died.
10 Uvahengili unkosi wa vamteta vamhengela Chapanga witu, vene yati vilongosa mulima.”
You have caused them to become a people over whom our God rules, and to become priests who serve him, and they will rule on [MTY] the earth.
11 Panayendalili kulola, nikayuwana lwami lwa vamitumu va kunani kwa Chapanga vamahele neju, vangavalangika. Vayimili kutindila chigoda cha unkosi, na viumbi wumi mcheche na vala vagogo,
As I [continued to] look, I heard the voices of many angels around the throne and around the living [creatures] and the elders. There were millions of them, a [crowd so large that no one could count them].
12 vakajova kwa lwami luvaha: “Mwanalimbelele mweahinjiwi ayidakiliwi kupokela, uhotola vindu vyamahele na luhala na makakala na ukulu ulumba na utopesa.”
They were singing in a loud voice: “The one who is like a lamb was killed {whom his enemies killed} but he became alive again. He is worthy that all created beings acknowledge that he is infinitely powerful, infinitely rich, infinitely wise, and infinitely strong! He is worthy of being honored and praised by all created beings!”
13 Nikayuwana viumbi vyoha kunani kwa Chapanga na pamulima na pahi ya mulima na nyanja, viumbi vyoha pamulima vikajova: “Kwa mwene mweitama pachigoda cha unkosi na kwa Mwanalimbelele, ivya ulumba na utopela na ukulu na unkosi na makakala magono goha gangali mwishu.” (aiōn g165)
I also heard every creature that is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the ocean, every creature in all those places, saying (OR, singing): “We must forever praise and honor the one who sits on the throne and the one who is like a lamb, May they reign with complete power forever!” (aiōn g165)
14 Vala viumbi wumi mcheche vakajova, “Ena!” Na vala vagogo vakagwa chakukupama, vakagundama.
The four living [creatures] said, “(Amen!/May it be so!)” Then the elders prostrated themselves and worshipped [God and Jesus].
