Ufunuo 1
1 Huu ni ufunuo wa Yesu Kristo ambao Mungu alimpa ili kuwaonesha watumishi wake mambo ambayo lazima yatokee karibuni. Aliyafanya yajulikane kwa kumtuma malaika wake kwa mtumishi wake Yohana.
A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify [it], having sent through his messenger to his servant John,
2 Yohana alitoa ushuhuda wa kila kitu alichoona kuhusiana na neno la Mungu na kwa ushuhuda uliotolewa kuhusu Yesu Kristo.
who did testify the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ, as many things also as he did see.
3 Amebarikiwa yeye asomaye kwa sauti na wale wote wanaoyasikia maneno ya unabii huu na kutii kilichoandikwa humo, kwa sababu muda umekaribia.
Happy is he who is reading, and those hearing, the words of the prophecy, and keeping the things written in it — for the time is nigh!
4 Yohana, kwa makanisa saba yaliyoko Asia: neema iwe kwenu na amani kutoka kwake aliyepo, aliyekuwepo, na atakayekuja, na kutoka kwa roho saba walio mbele ya kiti chake cha enzi,
John to the seven assemblies that [are] in Asia: Grace to you, and peace, from Him who is, and who was, and who is coming, and from the Seven Spirits that are before His throne,
5 na kutoka kwa Yesu Kristo ambaye ni shahidi mwaminifu, mzaliwa wa kwanza wa waliokufa, na mtawala wa wafalme wa dunia hii. Kwake yeye atupendaye na ametuweka huru kutoka katika dhambi zetu kwa damu yake,
and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first-born out of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth; to him who did love us, and did bathe us from our sins in his blood,
6 ametufanya kuwa ufalme, makuhani wa Mungu na Baba yake - kwake kuwa utukufu na nguvu milele daima. Amina. (aiōn g165)
and did make us kings and priests to his God and Father, to him [is] the glory and the power to the ages of the ages! Amen. (aiōn g165)
7 Tazama, anakuja na mawingu; kila jicho litamwona, pamoja na wote waliomchoma. Na kabila zote za dunia wataomboleza kwake. Ndiyo, Amina.
Lo, he doth come with the clouds, and see him shall every eye, even those who did pierce him, and wail because of him shall all the tribes of the land. Yes! Amen!
8 “Mimi ni Alfa na Omega,” asema Bwana Mungu, “Yeye aliyepo, na aliyekuwepo, na ambaye anakuja, Mwenye nguvu.”
'I am the Alpha and the Omega, beginning and end, saith the Lord, who is, and who was, and who is coming — the Almighty.'
9 Mimi, Yohana - ndugu yenu na mmoja anayeshiriki pamoja nanyi katika mateso na ufalme na uvumilivu thabiti ulio katika Yesu; nilikuwa katika kisiwa kiitwacho Patimo kwa sababu ya neno la Mungu na ushuhuda kuhusu Yesu.
I, John, who also [am] your brother, and fellow-partner in the tribulation, and in the reign and endurance, of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, because of the word of God, and because of the testimony of Jesus Christ;
10 Nilikuwa katika Roho siku ya Bwana. Nilisikia nyuma yangu sauti ya juu kama ya tarumbeta,
I was in the Spirit on the Lord's-day, and I heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, saying,
11 ikisema, “andika katika kitabu unayo yaona, na uyatume kwa makanisa saba, kwenda Efeso, kwenda Smirna, kwenda Pergamo, kwenda Thiatira, kwenda Sardi, kwenda Philadelphia, na kwenda Laodikia.”
'I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last;' and, 'What thou dost see, write in a scroll, and send to the seven assemblies that [are] in Asia; to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.'
12 Nikageuka kuona ni sauti ya nani aliyekuwa akiongea nami, na nilipogeuka niliona kinara cha dhahabu cha taa saba.
And I did turn to see the voice that did speak with me, and having turned, I saw seven golden lamp-stands,
13 Katikati ya kinara cha taa alikuwemo mmoja kama Mwana wa Adamu, amevaa kanzu ndefu iliyofika chini ya miguu yake, na mkanda wa dhababu kuzunguka kifua chake.
and in the midst of the seven lamp-stands, [one] like to a son of man, clothed to the foot, and girt round at the breast with a golden girdle,
14 Kichwa chake na nywele zake zilikuwa nyeupe kama sufu nyeupe kama theluji, na macho yake yalikuwa kama mwali wa moto.
and his head and hairs white, as if white wool — as snow, and his eyes as a flame of fire;
15 Nyayo zake zilikuwa kama shaba iliyosuguliwa sana, kama shaba ambayo imekwisha pitishwa katika moto, na sauti yake ilikuwa kama sauti ya maji mengi yanayotiririka kwa kasi.
and his feet like to fine brass, as in a furnace having been fired, and his voice as a sound of many waters,
16 Alikuwa ameshikilia nyota saba katika mkono wake wa kuume, na kutoka kinywani mwake kulikuwa na upanga mkali wenye makali kuwili. Uso wake ulikuwa uking'aa kama mwanga mkali wa jua.
and having in his right hand seven stars, and out of his mouth a sharp two-edged sword is proceeding, and his countenance [is] as the sun shining in its might.
17 Nilipomwona, nikaanguka miguuni pake kama mtu aliyekufa. Akaweka mkono wake wa kulia juu yangu na kusema, “Usiogope! Mimi ni wa kwanza na wa Mwisho,
And when I saw him, I did fall at his feet as dead, and he placed his right hand upon me, saying to me, 'Be not afraid; I am the First and the Last,
19 Kwa hiyo, yaandike uliyoyaona, yaliyopo sasa, na yale yatakayotokea baada ya haya.
'Write the things that thou hast seen, and the things that are, and the things that are about to come after these things;
20 Kwa maana iliyojificha kuhusu nyota saba ulizoziona katika mkono wangu wa kuume, na kile kinara cha dhahabu cha taa saba: nyota saba ni malaika wa yale makanisa saba, na kinara cha taa saba ni yale makanisa saba.”
the secret of the seven stars that thou hast seen upon my right hand, and the seven golden lamp-stands: the seven stars are messengers of the seven assemblies, and the seven lamp-stands that thou hast seen are seven assemblies.
