¹Zvino kwakauya umwe wevatumwa vanomwe, vakange vane ndiro nomwe akataura neni achiti kwandiri: Uya pano, ndicharatidza kwauri kutongwa kwemhombwe huru igere pamusoro pemvura zhinji;

¹And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:

²madzimambo enyika akaita upomwe nayo, nevagari vepanyika vakadhakiswa newaini yeupombwe hwayo.

²With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

³Zvino wakandisengera kurenje mumweya, uye ndakaona mukadzi akatasva chikara chitsvuku, chizere nemazita ekunyomba, chine misoro minomwe nenyanga gumi.

³So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

⁴Zvino mukadzi wakange akapfeka zvine ruvara rwehute nezvitsvuku, uye akashonga ndarama nemabwe anokosha nemaparera*, ane mukombe wendarama muruoko rwake uzere nezvinosemesa netsvina yeupombwe hwake.

⁴And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:

⁵Nepahuma yake pakange pakanyorwa zita rekuti: CHAKAVANZIKA, BHABHIRONI GURU, MAI VEMHOMBWE NEZVINOSEMESA ZVENYIKA.

⁵And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

⁶Zvino ndakaona mukadzi akadhakwa neropa revatsvene, uye neropa rezvapupu zvaJesu; zvino ndakati ndamuona ndikashamisika nekushamisika kukuru.

⁶And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

⁷Zvino mutumwa akati kwandiri: Washamisika nei? Ndichakuudza chakavanzika chemukadzi, nechechikara chinomutakura chine misoro minomwe nenyanga gumi.

⁷And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.

⁸Chikara chawaona, chaivapo, uye chisisisipo; uye choda kukwira chichibva mugomba risina chigadziko chichienda kundoparadzwa; uye vanogara panyika vasina kunyorwa mazita avo mubhuku reupenyu kubva pakuvambwa kwenyika vachashamisika vachiona chikara chaivapo uye chisisisipo uye kunyange chiripo.

⁸The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

⁹Zvino hekuno kufunga kune njere. Misoro minomwe makomo manomwe pamusoro pawo pagere mukadzi,

⁹And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.

¹⁰uye ndiwo madzimambo manomwe; vashanu vawa, umwe uripo, umwe uchigere kusvika; uye kana achisvika, unofanira kugara chinguva chiduku.

¹⁰And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.

¹¹Uye chikara chaivapo uye chisisisipo naiye ndiyewo werusere, uye unobva pavanomwe, achienda mukuparadzwa.

¹¹And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.

¹²Nenyanga gumi dzawaona, ndiwo madzimambo gumi achigere kugamuchira ushe, asi achagamuchira simba semadzimambo pamwe nechikara awa rimwe.

¹²And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.

¹³Ivo vane ndangariro imwe, uye vanopa simba ravo neutongi hwavo kuchikara .

¹³These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.

¹⁴Ava vachaita hondo neGwayana, uye Gwayana richavakunda; nekuti iro ndiro Ishe wemadzishe, naMambo wemadzimambo; naivo vanaro ndevakadamwa nevakasarudzwa nevakatendeka.

¹⁴These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.

¹⁵Zvino akati kwandiri: mvura yawaona inogarwa nemhobwe, ndivo vanhu, nezvaunga nemarudzi, nendimi.

¹⁵And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

¹⁶Uye nyanga gumi dzawaona pamusoro pechikara ndivo vachavenga mhombwe, uye vachaiparadza nekuifukura; uye vachadya nyama yayo, nekuipisa nemoto.

¹⁶And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.

¹⁷Nekuti Mwari wakaisa mumoyo yavo kuti vaite fungwa dzake, vave nekufunga kumwe, vape chikara ushe hwavo, kusvikira mashoko aMwari apedzeredzwa.

¹⁷For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

¹⁸Zvino mukadzi wawaona ndiro guta guru, rinotonga pamusoro pemadzimambo enyika.

¹⁸And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.