¹After these things I saw, and lo, a door opened in the heaven, and the first voice that I heard [is] as of a trumpet speaking with me, saying, `Come up hither, and I will shew thee what it behoveth to come to pass after these things;`

¹Baada ya hayo nilitazama nikaona mlango umefunguliwa mbinguni. Na ile sauti niliyoisikia pale awali ambayo ilikuwa kama sauti ya tarumbeta, ikasema, "Njoo hapa juu nami nitakuonyesha mambo yatakayotukia baadaye."

²and immediately I was in the Spirit, and lo, a throne was set in the heaven, and upon the throne is [one] sitting,

²Mara nikachukuliwa na Roho. Kumbe, huko mbinguni kuna kiti cha enzi na juu yake ameketi mmoja.

³and He who is sitting was in sight like a stone, jasper and sardine: and a rainbow was round the throne in sight like an emerald.

³Huyo aliyeketi juu yake alikuwa kama almasi na jiwe zuri jekundu. Upinde wa mvua ulikuwa unang'aa kama zumaridi na ulikizunguka kiti cha enzi pande zote.

⁴And around the throne [are] thrones twenty and four, and upon the thrones I saw the twenty and four elders sitting, clothed in white garments, and they had upon their heads crowns of gold;

⁴Kulikuwa na duara la viti ishirini na vinne kukizunguka kiti cha enzi, na juu ya viti hivyo wazee ishirini na wanne walikuwa wameketi wamevaa mavazi meupe na taji za dhahabu vichwani.

⁵and out of the throne proceed do lightnings, and thunders, and voices; and seven lamps of fire are burning before the throne, which are the Seven Spirits of God,

⁵Umeme, sauti na ngurumo, vilikuwa vinatoka kwenye hicho kiti cha enzi. Taa saba za moto zilikuwa zinawaka mbele ya hicho kiti cha enzi. Taa hizo ni roho saba za Mungu.

⁶and before the throne [is] a sea of glass like to crystal, and in the midst of the throne, and round the throne, [are] four living creatures, full of eyes before and behind;

⁶Mbele ya kiti cha enzi kulikuwa na kitu kama bahari ya kioo, angavu kama jiwe linga'aalo sana. Katika pande zote za hicho kiti cha enzi na kukizunguka, kilikuwa na viumbe hai vinne. Viumbe hivyo vilikuwa vimejaa macho mbele na nyuma.

⁷and the first living creature [is] like a lion, and the second living creature [is] like a calf, and the third living creature hath the face as a man, and the fourth living creature [is] like an eagle flying.

⁷Kiumbe cha kwanza kulikuwa kama simba, cha pili kama ng'ombe, cha tatu kilikuwa na sura kama mtu, na cha nne kilikuwa kama tai anayeruka.

⁸And the four living creatures, each by itself severally, had six wings, around and within [are] full of eyes, and rest they have not day and night, saying, `Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is coming;`

⁸Viumbe hivyo vinne vilikuwa na mabawa sita kila kimoja, na vilikuwa vimejaa macho, ndani na nje. Usiku na mchana, bila kupumzika huimba: "Mtakatifu, mtakatifu, mtakatifu ni Bwana, Mungu Mwenye Uwezo, aliyekuwako, aliyeko na anayekuja!"

⁹and when the living creatures do give glory, and honour, and thanks, to Him who is sitting upon the throne, who is living to the ages of the ages,

⁹Kila mara viumbe vinne vilipoimba nyimbo za kumtukuza, kumheshimu na kumshukuru huyo aliyeketi juu ya kiti cha enzi, ambaye anaishi milele na milele,

¹⁰fall down do the twenty and four elders before Him who is sitting upon the throne, and bow before Him who is living to the ages of the ages, and they cast their crowns before the throne, saying,

¹⁰wale wazee ishirini na wanne hujiangusha mbele ya huyo aliyeketi juu ya kiti cha enzi na kumwabudu huyo ambaye anaishi milele na milele; na huziweka taji zao mbele ya kiti cha enzi wakisema:

¹¹`Worthy art Thou, O Lord, to receive the glory, and the honour, and the power, because Thou — Thou didst create the all things, and because of Thy will are they, and they were created.`

¹¹"Wewe ni Bwana na Mungu wetu, unastahili utukufu na heshima na nguvu; maana wewe uliumba vitu vyote, na kwa matakwa yako kila kitu kimepewa uhai na uzima."