¹And I saw a messenger coming down out of the heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain over his hand,

¹Kisha nikamwona malaika mmoja anashuka kutoka mbinguni akiwa na ufunguo wa kuzimu na mnyororo mkubwa mkononi mwake.

²and he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, who is Devil and Adversary, and did bind him a thousand years,

²Akalikamata lile joka--nyoka wa kale, yaani Ibilisi au Shetani--akalifunga kwa muda wa miaka elfu moja.

³and he cast him to the abyss, and did shut him up, and put a seal upon him, that he may not lead astray the nations any more, till the thousand years may be finished; and after these it behoveth him to be loosed a little time.

³Malaika akalitupa Kuzimu, akaufunga mlango wa kuingilia huko na kuutia mhuri ili lisiweze tena kuyapotosha mataifa mpaka hapo miaka elfu moja itakapotimia. Lakini baada ya miaka hiyo ni lazima lifunguliwe tena, lakini kwa muda mfupi tu.

⁴And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them, and the souls of those who have been beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus, and because of the word of God, and who did not bow before the beast, nor his image, and did not receive the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand, and they did live and reign with Christ the thousand years;

⁴Kisha nikaona viti vya enzi na watu walioketi juu yake; watu hao walipewa mamlaka ya hukumu. Niliona pia roho za wale waliokuwa wamenyongwa kwa sababu ya kumtangaza Yesu na kwa sababu ya neno la Mungu. Hawa hawakumwabudu yule mnyama na sanamu yake, wala hawakupigwa alama yake juu ya paji za nyuso zao, au juu ya mikono yao. Walipata tena uhai, wakatawala pamoja na Kristo kwa muda wa miaka elfu moja.

⁵and the rest of the dead did not live again till the thousand years may be finished; this [is] the first rising again.

⁵(Wale wengine waliokufa hawakupata uhai mpaka miaka elfu moja itimie.) Huu ndio ufufuo wa kwanza.

⁶Happy and holy [is] he who is having part in the first rising again; over these the second death hath not authority, but they shall be priests of God and of the Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

⁶Wameneemeka sana, tena heri yao wote wanaoshiriki ufufuo huu wa kwanza. Kifo cha pili hakitakuwa na nguvu juu yao; watakuwa makuhani wa Mungu na wa Kristo, na watatawala pamoja naye kwa miaka elfu moja.

⁷And when the thousand years may be finished, the Adversary shall be loosed out of his prison,

⁷Wakati miaka elfu mia moja itakapotimia, Shetani atafunguliwa kutoka gerezani mwake.

⁸and he shall go forth to lead the nations astray, that are in the four corners of the earth — Gog and Magog — to gather them together to war, of whom the number [is] as the sand of the sea;

⁸Basi, atatoka nje, ataanza kuyapotosha mataifa yote yaliyotawanyika kila mahali duniani, yaani Gogu na Magogu. Shetani atawakusanya pamoja kwa ajili ya vita; nao watakuwa wengi kama mchanga wa pwani.

⁹and they did go up over the breadth of the land, and did surround the camp of the saints, and the beloved city, and there came down fire from God out of the heaven, and devoured them;

⁹Walitawanyika katika nchi yote, wakaizunguka kambi ya watu wa Mungu na mji wa Mungu aupendao. Lakini moto ulishuka kutoka mbinguni, ukawaangamiza.

¹⁰and the Devil, who is leading them astray, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where [are] the beast and the false prophet, and they shall be tormented day and night — to the ages of the ages.

¹⁰Ibilisi, aliyekuwa anawapotosha, akatupwa ndani ya ziwa linalowaka moto wa kiberiti, walimo yule mnyama na yule nabii wa uongo, nao watateswa mchana na usiku, milele na milele.

¹¹And I saw a great white throne, and Him who is sitting upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven did flee away, and place was not found for them;

¹¹Kisha nikaona kiti cha enzi kikubwa cheupe, na yule aketiye juu yake. Dunia na mbingu vikatoweka mbele ya macho yake, na havikuonekana tena.

¹²and I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and scrolls were opened, and another scroll was opened, which is that of the life, and the dead were judged out of the things written in the scrolls — according to their works;

¹²Kisha nikawaona watu wakubwa na wadogo, wamesimama mbele ya kiti cha enzi, na vitabu vikafunguliwa. Halafu kitabu kingine, yaani kitabu cha uzima, kikafunguliwa pia. Wafu wakahukumiwa kadiri ya matendo yao, kama ilivyoandikwa ndani ya vitabu hivyo.

¹³and the sea did give up those dead in it, and the death and the hades did give up the dead in them, and they were judged, each one according to their works;

¹³Bahari ikawatoa nje wafu waliokuwa ndani yake; kifo na kuzimu vikawatoa nje wafu waliokuwa ndani yao. Kila mmoja akahukumiwa kufuatana na matendo yake.

¹⁴and the death and the hades were cast to the lake of the fire — this [is] the second death;

¹⁴Kisha kifo na kuzimu vikatupwa ndani ya ziwa la moto. Ziwa hili la moto ndicho kifo cha pili.

¹⁵and if any one was not found written in the scroll of the life, he was cast to the lake of the fire.

¹⁵Mtu yeyote ambaye jina lake halikupatikana limeandikwa katika kitabu cha uzima, alitupwa katika ziwa la moto.