¹And after these things I saw four messengers, standing upon the four corners of the land, holding the four winds of the land, that the wind may not blow upon the land, nor upon the sea, nor upon any tree;

¹Baada ya hayo nikawaona malaika wanne wamesimama katika pembe nne za dunia wakishika pepo nne za dunia ili upepo usivume hata kidogo: wala katika nchi, wala baharini, wala kwenye miti.

²and I saw another messenger going up from the rising of the sun, having a seal of the living God, and he did cry with a great voice to the four messengers, to whom it was given to injure the land and the sea, saying,

²Kisha nikamwona malaika mwingine akipanda juu kutoka mashariki akiwa na mhuri wa Mungu aliye hai. Akapaaza sauti na kuwaambia hao malaika wanne waliokabidhiwa jukumu la kuiharibu nchi na bahari,

³`Do not injure the land, nor the sea, nor the trees, till we may seal the servants of our God upon their foreheads.`

³"Msiharibu nchi, wala bahari, wala miti, mpaka tutakapokwisha wapiga mhuri watumishi wa Mungu wetu katika paji la uso."

⁴And I heard the number of those sealed, (144 thousands were sealed out of all the tribes of the sons of Israel):

⁴Kisha nikasikia idadi ya hao waliopigwa mhuri: Watu mia moja arobaini na nne elfu wa makabila yote ya watu wa Israeli.

⁵of the tribe of Judah 12 thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Reuben 12 thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Gad 12 thousand were sealed;

⁵Kabila la Yuda walikuwa watu kumi na mbili elfu; kabila la Reubeni, kumi na mbili elfu, kabila la Gadi, kumi na mbili elfu;

⁶of the tribe of Asher 12 thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Naphtali 12 thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Manasseh 12 thousand were sealed;

⁶Kabila la Asheri, kumi na mbili elfu; kabila la Naftali, kumi na mbili elfu; kabila la Manase, kumi na mbili elfu;

⁷of the tribe of Simeon 12 thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Levi 12 thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Issachar 12 thousand were sealed;

⁷kabila la Simeoni, kumi na mbili elfu, kabila la Lawi, kumi na mbili elfu, kabila la Isakari, kumi na mbili elfu;

⁸of the tribe of Zebulun 12 thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Joseph 12 thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Benjamin 12 thousand were sealed.

⁸kabila la Zabuloni, kumi na mbili elfu; kabila la Yosefu, kumi na mbili elfu, na kabila la Benyamini, kumi na mbili elfu.

⁹After these things I saw, and lo, a great multitude, which to number no one was able, out of all nations, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands,

⁹Kisha nikatazama, nikaona umati mkubwa wa watu wasiohesabika: watu wa kila taifa, ukoo, jamaa na lugha. Nao walikuwa wamesimama mbele ya kiti cha enzi na mbele ya Mwanakondoo, wakiwa wamevaa mavazi meupe na kushika matawi ya mitende mikononi mwao.

¹⁰and crying with a great voice, saying, `The salvation [is] to Him who is sitting upon the throne — to our God, and to the Lamb!`

¹⁰Wakapaaza sauti: "Ukombozi wetu watoka kwa Mungu wetu aketiye juu ya kiti cha enzi, na kutoka kwa Mwanakondoo!"

¹¹And all the messengers stood around the throne, and the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell upon their face, and bowed before God,

¹¹Malaika wote wakasimama kukizunguka kiti cha enzi, wazee na vile viumbe hai vinne. Wakaanguka kifudifudi mbele ya kiti cha enzi, wakamwabudu Mungu,

¹²saying, `Amen! the blessing, and the glory, and the wisdom, and the thanksgiving, and the honour, and the power, and the strength, [are] to our God — to the ages of the ages! Amen!`

¹²wakisema, "Amina! Sifa, utukufu, hekima, shukrani, heshima, uwezo na nguvu viwe kwa Mungu wetu, milele na milele! Amina!"

¹³And answer did one of the elders, saying to me, `These, who have been arrayed with the white robes — who are they, and whence came they?`

¹³Mmoja wa hao wazee akaniuliza, "Hawa waliovaa mavazi meupe ni watu gani? Na wametoka wapi?"

¹⁴and I have said to him, `Sir, thou hast known;` and he said to me, `These are those who are coming out of the great tribulation, and they did wash their robes, and they made their robes white in the blood of the Lamb;

¹⁴Nami nikamjibu, "Mheshimiwa, wewe wajua!" Naye akaniambia, "Hawa ni wale waliopita salama katika ule udhalimu mkuu. Waliyaosha mavazi yao katika damu ya Mwanakondoo, yakawa meupe kabisa.

¹⁵because of this are they before the throne of God, and they do service to Him day and night in His sanctuary, and He who is sitting upon the throne shall tabernacle over them;

¹⁵Ndiyo maana wako mbele ya kiti cha enzi cha Mungu. Humtumikia Mungu mchana na usiku katika Hekalu lake; naye aketiye juu ya kiti cha enzi atatandaza hema lake juu yao kuwalinda.

¹⁶they shall not hunger any more, nor may the sun fall upon them, nor any heat,

¹⁶Hawataona tena njaa wala kiu; jua wala joto kali halitawachoma tena,

¹⁷because the Lamb that [is] in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters, and wipe away shall God every tear from their eyes.`

¹⁷kwa sababu Mwanakondoo aliye katikati ya kiti cha enzi atakuwa mchungaji wao, naye atawaongoza kwenye chemchemi za maji ya uzima. Naye Mungu atayafuta machozi yote machoni mwao."