Ufunuo 20
1 Kisha niliona malaika akishuka kutoka mbinguni, akiwa na ufunguo wa shimo lisilo na mwisho na mnyororo mkubwa mkononi mwake. (Abyssos g12)
I saw an angel coming down from heaven. He had the key to the deep dark pit, and he was carrying a large chain in his hand. (Abyssos g12)
2 Alimshika yule joka, nyoka wa zamani, ambaye ni ibilisi au Shetani, na kumfunga miaka elfu.
He seized the dragon. That dragon is the ancient serpent, the devil, that is, Satan. The angel bound him with the chain. That chain could not be loosed {[No one could loose] that chain} for 1,000 years.
3 Alimtupa kwenye shimo lisilo na mwisho, akalifunga na kulitia mhuri juu yake. Hii ilikuwa hivyo ili kwamba asiwadanganye mataifa tena mpaka miaka elfu itakapoisha. Baada ya hapo, ataachiwa huru kwa muda mchache. (Abyssos g12)
The angel threw him into the deep dark pit. He shut [the door of the pit], locked it, and sealed it [to prevent anyone from opening it]. He did that in order that Satan might no longer deceive [the people of the] nations [MTY], until those 1,000 years are ended. After that [time], Satan must be released {[God/God’s angel] must release Satan} for a short time [in order that he can do what God has planned]. (Abyssos g12)
4 Kisha niliona viti vya enzi. Waliokuwa wamevikalia ni wale ambao walikuwa wamepewa mamlaka ya kuhukumu. Vilevile niliona nafsi za wale ambao walikuwa wamekatwa vichwa kwa ajili ya ushuhuda kuhusu Yesu na kwa neno la Mungu. Walikuwa hawajamwabudu mnyama au sanamu yake, na walikataa kupokea alama juu ya paji za nyuso zao au mkono. Walikuja uzimani, na wakatawala pamoja na Kristo kwa miaka elfu.
I saw thrones on which people were sitting. [They were given] {[God] gave those people} [authority] to judge [other people]. I also saw the souls [of people] whose heads had been {whose heads [others] had} cut off because of [their telling people about] Jesus and declaring God’s message. They were people who refused to worship the beast or its image, and who did not allow [the beast’s agents] to put the beast’s mark on them, either on their foreheads or on their hands. They became alive again, and they ruled with Christ [during those] 1,000 years.
5 Wafu waliobaki hawakuja uzimani mpaka miaka elfu ilipokuwa imeisha. Huu ndio ufufuo wa kwanza.
They were the ones who lived again the first time [that God caused dead people] to live again. The rest of [the believers who] had died did not live again until after those 1,000 years.
6 Mbarikiwa na mtakatifu ni mtu yeyote ambaye achukua nafasi katika ufufuo wa kwanza! Mauti ya pili haina nguvu juu ya watu kama hawa. Patakuwa na makuhani wa Mungu na wa Kristo na watatawala na yeye kwa miaka elfu.
([God] will be pleased with/[How] happy will be) those who live again that first time. God will [consider] them holy. They will not die [PRS] a second time. Instead, they will be priests [who serve] God and Christ, and they will rule with [Christ] during those 1,000 years.
7 Wakati miaka elfu itakapofikia mwisho, Shetani atafunguliwa kutoka gerezani mwake.
When the 1,000 years are ended, Satan will be released {[God’s angel] will release Satan} from [the deep pit] in which he was imprisoned.
8 Atakwenda nje kuwadanganya mataifa katika kona nne za dunia -Gogu na Magogu - kuwaleta pamoja kwa ajili ya vita. Watakuwa wengi kama mchanga wa bahari.
He will go out to deceive [rebellious] people in nations [IDM] all over the earth. [These are the nations that the prophet Ezekiel called] Gog and Magog. Satan will gather them to fight against [God’s people]. There will be [so many of them fighting against God’s people that no one will be able to count them] [SIM], just like [no one can count the grains of] sand on the ocean shore.
9 Walikwenda juu kwenye tambarare ya nchi nao walizunguka kambi ya waumini, mji upendwao. Lakini moto ulikuja kutoka mbinguni na kuwaangamiza.
They will march over the whole earth and surround the camp of God’s people [in Jerusalem], the city that [God] loves. Then [God will send] fire down from heaven, and it will burn them up.
10 Shetani, ambaye aliwadanganya, alitupwa ndani ya ziwa liwakalo kiberiti, ambamo mnyama na nabii wa uongo walikuwa wameshatupwa. Watateswa mchana na usiku milele na milele. (aiōn g165, Limnē Pyr g3041 g4442)
The devil, who had deceived those people, will be thrown {[God’s angel] will throw the devil, who had deceived those people} into the lake of burning sulfur. [This is the same lake] into which both the beast and the false prophet had been [thrown] {[he] had [thrown] both the beast and the false prophet}. [As a result], they will continually suffer severely forever. (aiōn g165, Limnē Pyr g3041 g4442)
11 Kisha niliona kiti cha enzi kikubwa cheupe na yule ambaye alikaa juu yake. Dunia na mbingu zilikimbia mbali kutoka katika uwepo wake, lakini hapakuwako nafasi ya wao kwenda.
Then I saw a huge white throne on which [God] was sitting. He [was so awesome that] the earth and the sky disappeared from his presence completely; they were completely destroyed {[God] completely destroyed them}.
12 Niliwaona waliokufa - hodari na wasio wa muhimu wamesimama katika kiti cha enzi, na vitabu vilifunuliwa. Kisha kitabu kingine kilifunguliwa - Kitabu cha Uzima. Wafu walihukumiwa kwa kile kilichoandikwa ndani ya vitabu, matokeo ya kile walichokifanya.
I saw that the people who had died [but now lived again] were standing in front of the throne. [They included people of] every social status! The books [in which God records what people do] were opened {[God/God’s angel] opened the books [in which God records what people do]}. Another book was opened {[He] opened another book}, which is [called the Book] of Life, [in which God has written the names of people who have eternal life]. [God] judged the people who had died [and now lived again] according to what they had done, just like [he] had recorded it in the books.
13 Bahari iliwatoa wafu ambao walikuwa ndani yake. Kifo na kuzimu viliwatoa wafu ambao walikuwa ndani yake, na wafu walihukumiwa kulingana na walichofanya. (Hadēs g86)
[The people whose bodies were buried in the] sea [became alive again in order to stand before God’s throne]. Everyone who had been buried on the land (OR, Every person who was waiting in the place where dead people stay) [became alive again, in order to stand before the throne]. [God] judged each one of them according to what each one had done. (Hadēs g86)
