Zvakazarurwa 1
1 Zvakazarurwa zvaJesu Kristu, zvaakapiwa naMwari kuti aratidze varanda vake zvinofanira kuitika nokukurumidza. Akazvizivisa nokutumira kwaakaita mutumwa wake kumuranda wake Johani,
This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,
2 iye anopupura zvose zvaakaona, iro shoko raMwari uye nouchapupu hwaJesu Kristu.
who testified to God's word, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, about everything that he saw.
3 Akaropafadzwa uyo anoverenga mashoko ouprofita uhu, uye vakaropafadzwa avo vanohunzwa uye vagochengeta pamwoyo yavo zvakanyorwa imomo, nokuti nguva yava pedyo.
Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written in it, for the time is near.
4 Johani, kukereke nomwe dziri mudunhu reEzhia: Nyasha norugare ngazvive nemi zvinobva kuna iye aripo, uye akanga aripo, naiye achazouya, nokumweya minomwe iri pamberi pechigaro chake choushe,
John, to the seven churches that 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 who are before his throne;
5 nokuna Jesu Kristu, iye chapupu chakatendeka, dangwe kubva kuvakafa, nomutongi wamadzimambo enyika. Kuna iye anotida uye akatisunungura kubva kuzvivi zvedu neropa rake,
and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and freed us from our sins by his blood;
6 uye akatiita ushe nouprista kuti tishumire Mwari naBaba vake, ngaave nokubwinya nesimba nokusingaperi-peri! Ameni. (aiōn g165)
and he made us to be a Kingdom, priests to his God and Father; to him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
7 Tarirai, ari kuuya namakore, uye meso ose achamuona, kunyange naivo vakamubaya; uye marudzi ose enyika achachema nokuda kwake.
Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.
8 “Ndini Arifa naOmega,” ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Mwari, “iye aripo, akanga aripo, uye achazouya, Wamasimba Ose.”
"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
9 Ini Johani, hama yenyu nomufambidzani wenyu mumatambudziko, muumambo, nomukutsungirira nomwoyo murefu wedu muna Jesu, ndakanga ndiri pachitsuwa chePatimosi nokuda kweshoko raMwari uye nouchapupu hwaJesu.
I John, your brother and fellow-partner with you in persecution, Kingdom, and patient endurance in Jesus, was on the island that is called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.
10 Pazuva raShe, ndakanga ndiri muMweya, uye ndikanzwa mushure mangu inzwi guru rinenge rehwamanda,
I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like a trumpet
11 richiti, “Nyora mubhuku rakapetwa zvaunoona ugozvitumira kukereke nomwe: dzokuEfeso, Simina, Pegamo, Tiatira, Sadhisi, Firadherifia neRaodhikea.”
saying, "What you see, write on a scroll and send to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea."
12 Ndakatendeuka ndikatarisa kuti ndione inzwi rakanga richitaura kwandiri. Uye ndakatendeuka ndikaona zvigadziko zvemwenje,
I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. Having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands.
13 uye pakati pezvigadziko zvemwenje pakanga pano mumwe akanga “akaita somwanakomana womunhu,” akafuka nguo yaisvika kutsoka dzake uye ane bhanhire regoridhe pachipfuva chake.
And among the lampstands was one like a son of man, clothed with a robe reaching down to his feet, and with a golden sash around his chest.
14 Musoro wake nebvudzi rake zvakanga zvakachena samakushe, zvakachena sechando, uye meso ake akanga akaita somurazvo womoto.
His head and his hair were white as white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire.
15 Tsoka dzake dzakanga dzakaita sendarira inopenya muvira romoto, uye inzwi rake rakanga rakaita somubvumo wemvura zhinji.
His feet were like burnished bronze, as if it had been refined in a furnace. His voice was like the voice of many waters.
16 Akanga akabata nyeredzi nomwe muruoko rwake rworudyi, uye mumuromo make makabuda munondo unopinza, unocheka mativi ose. Chiso chake chakanga chakaita sezuva rinopenya nokupenya kwaro kwose.
He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.
17 Pandakamuona, ndakawira patsoka dzake kunge ndafa. Ipapo akaisa ruoko rwake rworudyi pamusoro pangu akati, “Usatya. Ndini Wokutanga neWokupedzisira.
When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, "Do not be afraid. I am the first and the last,
19 “Naizvozvo, nyora zvawaona, zviripo zvino nezvichazoitika shure kwaizvozvi.
Write therefore the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will happen hereafter;
20 Chakavanzika chenyeredzi nomwe dzawaona muruoko rwangu rworudyi nechezvigadziko zvinomwe zvemwenje ndechichi: Nyeredzi nomwe ndivo vatumwa vekereke nomwe, uye zvigadziko zvinomwe zvemwenje ndidzo kereke nomwe.
the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches. The seven lampstands are seven churches.
