Zvakazarurwa 17

1 Zvino kwakauya umwe wevatumwa vanomwe vakange vane ndiro nomwe, ndokutaura neni, achiti kwandiri: Uya pano, ndicharatidza kwauri mutongo wemhombwe huru igere pamusoro pemvura zhinji;

And there came one of the seven angels that had the seven bowls, and spake with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the judgment of the great harlot that sitteth upon many waters;

2 madzimambo enyika aakaita upombwe nayo, nevagari vepanyika vakadhakiswa newaini yeupombwe hwayo.

with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and they that dwell in the earth were made drunken with the wine of her fornication.

3 Zvino wakandisengera kurenje mumweya, uye ndakaona mukadzi akatasva chikara chitsvuku, chizere nemazita ekunyomba, chine misoro minomwe nenyanga gumi.

And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness: and I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet-coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

4 Zvino mukadzi wakange akamonera zvine ruvara rwehute nezvitsvuku, uye akashonga goridhe nemabwe anokosha nemaparera, ane mukombe wegoridhe muruoko rwake uzere nezvinosemesa netsvina yeupombwe hwake.

And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stone and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations, even the unclean things of her fornication,

5 Nepahuma yake pakange pakanyorwa zita rekuti: CHAKAVANZIKA, BHABHIRONI GURU, MAI VEMHOMBWE NEZVINOSEMESA ZVENYIKA.

and upon her forehead a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

6 Zvino ndakaona mukadzi akararadza neropa revatsvene, uye neropa rezvapupu zvaJesu. Zvino ndakati ndamuona ndikashamisika nekushamisika kukuru.

And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I wondered with a great wonder.

7 Zvino mutumwa akati kwandiri: Washamisika nei? Ini ndichakuudza chakavanzika chemukadzi, nechechikara chinomutakura, chine misoro minomwe nenyanga gumi.

And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou wonder? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and the ten horns.

8 Chikara chawakaona, chaivapo, uye chisipo; uye choda kukwira chichibva mugomba risina chigadziko, chichienda mukuparadzwa; uye vanogara panyika vasina kunyorwa mazita avo mubhuku reupenyu kubva pakuvambwa kwenyika vachashamisika vachiona chikara chaivapo uye chisipo, kunyange chiripo. (Abyssos g12)

The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss, and to go into perdition. And they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, [they] whose name hath not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast, how that he was, and is not, and shall come. (Abyssos g12)

9 Zvino heino fungwa ine njere. Misoro minomwe ndiwo makomo manomwe mukadzi paagere pamusoro pawo,

Here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth:

10 uye ndiwo madzimambo manomwe; vashanu vawa, uye umwe aripo, umwe haasati asvika; uye kana achisvika, anofanira kugara chinguvana.

and they are seven kings; the five are fallen, the one is, the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a little while.

11 Uye chikara chaivapo, uye chisipo, ndiyewo werusere, uye anobva pavanomwe, uye anoenda mukuparadzwa.

And the beast that was, and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is of the seven; and he goeth into perdition.

12 Nenyanga gumi dzawaona, ndiwo madzimambo gumi, asati agamuchira ushe, asi achagamuchira simba semadzimambo pamwe nechikara awa rimwe.

And the ten horns that thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but they receive authority as kings, with the beast, for one hour.

13 Ava vane fungwa imwe, uye vanopa simba neutongi hwavo kuchikara.

These have one mind, and they give their power and authority unto the beast.

14 Ava vacharwa neGwayana, uye Gwayana richavakunda, nokuti ndiIshe wemadzishe naMambo wemadzimambo; nevanaro ndevakadanwa nevakasarudzwa nevakatendeka.

These shall war against the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings; and they [also shall overcome] that are with him, called and chosen and faithful.

15 Zvino akati kwandiri: Mvura yawaona, pagere mhombwe, ndivo vanhu nezvaunga nemarudzi nendimi.

And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

16 Uye nyanga gumi dzawaona pamusoro pechikara, avo vachavenga mhombwe, uye vachaiparadza nekuifukura, uye vachadya nyama yayo, nekuipisa nemoto.

And the ten horns which thou sawest, and the beast, these shall hate the harlot, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and shall burn her utterly with fire.

17 Nokuti Mwari wakaisa mumoyo yavo kuti vaite fungwa yake, vaite fungwa imwe, nekupa chikara ushe hwavo, kusvikira mashoko aMwari apedzeredzwa.

For God did put in their hearts to do his mind, and to come to one mind, and to give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God should be accomplished.

18 Zvino mukadzi wawaona ndiro guta guru, rine umambo pamusoro pemadzimambo enyika.

And the woman whom thou sawest is the great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.