¹Zvino ndakamira pamusoro pejecha regungwa ndikaona chikara chichikwira chichibva mugungwa, chine misoro minomwe nenyanga gumi; nepamusoro penyanga dzacho, korona gumi, nepamusoro pemisoro yacho zita rekunyomba.

¹And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

²Zvino chikara ichi chandakaona chakange chakaita sengwe; netsoka dzacho sedzebheya*, nemuromo wacho semuromo weshumba; zibukanana rikachipa simba raro, nechigaro charo cheushe, nesimba guru.

²And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

³Zvino ndakazoona umwe wemisoro yacho wakange wakaita sowakakuvadzwa kusvikira parufu; asi vanga raifanira kuuraya rakange rapora; nyika yose ikashamisika ichitevera chikara.

³And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.

⁴Vakanamata zibukanana rakapa simba kuchikara; vakanamata chikara, vachiti: Ndiani wakafanana nechikara? Ndianiko unogona kuita hondo nacho?

⁴And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?

⁵Zvino kukapiwa kwachiri muromo unotaura zvinhu zvikuru nekunyomba; kukapiwa kwachiri simba kuti chizviite mwedzi makumi mana nemiviri.

⁵And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.

⁶Ndokubva chashamisa muromo wacho kuti chinyombe Mwari, nekunyomba zita rake netende rake naivo vanogara kudenga.

⁶And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.

⁷Zvino kwakapiwa kwachiri kuti chiite hondo nevatsvene, nekuvakunda; simba rikapiwawo kwachiri pamusoro perudzi rwose nerurimi nerudzi.

⁷And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.

⁸Uye vose vanogara panyika vachachinamata, vane mazita asina kunyorwa mubhuku reupenyu reGwayana rakabayiwa kubva pakuvambwa kwenyika.

⁸And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

⁹Kana munhu ane nzeve, ngaanzwe.

⁹If any man have an ear, let him hear.

¹⁰Kana munhu achitapa, unoenda muutapwa, unouraya nemunondo unofanira kuurawa nemunondo. Ndipo pane kutsungirira nerutendo rwevatsvene.

¹⁰He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

¹¹Zvino ndakaona chimwe chikara chichikwira chichibva panyika; uye chakange chine nyanga mbiri segwayana, chikataura sezibukanana.

¹¹And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

¹²Uye chakashandisa simba rose rechikara chekutanga pamberi pacho. Chinomanikidza nyika nevagere mukati mayo kuti vanamate chikara chekutanga, chiya chine vanga rinouraya rakaporeswa.

¹²And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

¹³Chinoita zvishamiso zvikuru, zvekuti chinoburusira moto kubva kudenga panyika pamberi pevanhu.

¹³And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,

¹⁴Zvino chinonyengera avo vanogara panyika nezvishamiso zvachakapiwa kuti chizviite pamberi pechikara; chichiti kune vanogara panyika kuti vaitire mufananaidzo chikara chakange chine vanga remunondo chikararama.

¹⁴And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.

¹⁵Chikapiwa simba kuti chipe mufananidzo wechikara mweya, kuti mufananidzo wechikara utaure, chiraire kuti vose vasinganamati mufananidzo wechikara vaurawe.

¹⁵And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.

¹⁶Chinokonzera vose, zvose vaduku nevakuru, vafumi nevarombo, vakasununguka nevakasungwa, kuti vapiwe mucherechedzo muruoko rwavo rwerudyi, kana pahuma dzavo,

¹⁶And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

¹⁷uye kuti kusava neunogona kutenga kana kutengesa, kunze kwaiye une mucherechedzo, kana zita rechikara kana nhamba yezita racho.

¹⁷And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

¹⁸Hehwuno uchenjeri. Unonzwisisa ngaaverenge nhamba yechikara; nekuti inhamba yemunhu; uye nhamba yacho ndimazana matanhatu nemakumi matanhatu nenhanhatu.

¹⁸Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.