Kuyubulula 4
1 Pa cindici ndalabona cimboni mboni nacimbi, ndalabona cishinga ca kwilu cacaluka. Maswi alikunyumfwiketi kulila kwa tolompita ngondali kunyumfwa kamba kuli njameti, “Kwesa kuno ndikuleshe bintu byeti bitatike kwinshika panyuma pa ibi.”
After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after these things.”
2 Mushimu wa Lesa mpowalamfukata, ndalabona cipuna ca Bwami kwilu ne uyo walikuba wekalapo.
At once I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne standing in heaven, with someone seated on it.
3 Uyo walikuba wekala pa cipuna cinso cakendi calikubeketi mabwe akute kukwiweti Yasipi ne Kolinali. Ico cipuna calikuba cashingulukwa ne nkongolo yabeketi mabwe akute kukwiweti Emalodi.
The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.
4 Cipuna cabwami ico calikuba cashingulukwa nebipuna nabimbi makumi abili ne bina apo palikuba pekala bamakulene bali makumi abili ne bana bafwala minjila ituba ne ngowani sha bwami.
Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on these thrones sat twenty-four elders dressed in white, with golden crowns on their heads.
5 Kubyasha kwali kufuma ku cipuna, nako kwilu kwalatatala ne kukunkuma. Pantangu pa cipuna palikuba malampi asanu ne abili alikubangila, iyi emishimu isanu ne ibili ikute kusebensela Lesa.
From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven Spirits of God.
6 Kayi pantangu pa cipuna palikuboneketi lwenje lwabeketi gilasi lwalikubangileti libwe likute kukwiweti Kulistali. Pakati kati kushinguluka cipuna ca bwami cisa, palikuba bya buyumi bina byalikukute menso angi kuntangu ne kunyuma.
And before the throne was something like a sea of glass, as clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, covered with eyes in front and back.
7 Cabuyumi cakutanguna calikuboneketi inkalamu, catubili eti ng'ombe, cabutatu calikukute cinso cilyeti muntu, kayi ca cina calikuboneketi cikumbula laulukunga mwilu.
The first living creature was like a lion, the second like a calf, the third had a face like a man, and the fourth was like an eagle in flight.
8 Cili conse ca bya buyumi bina ibi, calikukute mapepe asanu ne limo alikukute menso paliponse mukati ne kunsa. Munshi ne mashiku kwakubula kulekesha bikute kabimbileti, “Waswepa, waswepa, waswepa ni Mwami Lesa wa Ngofu shonse, ewalikubako, euliko kayi elesanga.”
And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”
9 Bya buyumi ibi bina, bikute kwimbila nyimbo shabulemeneno shakulemekesha kayi ne kulumbanya uyo wekala pa cipuna muyumi kwamuyayaya. (aiōn g165)
And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the One seated on the throne who lives forever and ever, (aiōn g165)
10 Mpobyalikwimbila, bamakulene makumi abili ne bana, balawa panshi pantangu pa uyo wekala pa cipuna ne kumukambilila, uyo ukute buyumi bwamuyayaya. Kabawala ngowani shabo pantangu pa cipuna ca bwami kabambeti, (aiōn g165)
the twenty-four elders fall down before the One seated on the throne, and they worship Him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying: (aiōn g165)
11 “O Mwami Lesa wetu! Mwelela kupewa bulemeneno kulemekeshewa ne kushikayishiwa cebo ca ngofu shenu, Pakwinga mwalabumba bintu byonse, Kayi cebo ca kuyanda kwenu byonse mpobili ni biyumi.”
“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and came to be.”
