¹Shure kwaizvozvi ndakaona, zvino tarira, mukova wakazaruka kudenga; nenzwi rekutanga randakanzwa rakaita seraiva rehwamanda richitaura neni; richiti: Kwira pano, ndigokuratidza zvinhu zvinofanira kuitika shure kwaizvozvi.

¹After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

²Pakarepo ndakava muMweya; zvino tarira, chigaro cheushe chakagadzwa kudenga, neumwe agere pachigaro cheushe.

²And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.

³Iye wakange agere wakange akafanana nebwe rejasipisi* neresadhio*; kwakange kune murarabungu wakakomberedza chigaro cheushe, waitaridzika sebwe reemaradhi*.

³And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.

⁴Kwakange kune zvigaro zveushe makumi maviri nezvina zvakange zvakakomberedza chigaro cheushe; nepazvigaro ndakaona vakuru makumi maviri nevana vagere vakapfeka nguvo chena; vakange vane korona dzendarama pamisoro yavo.

⁴And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.

⁵Nepachigaro cheushe pakabuda mheni, nekutinhira nemanzwi; nemwenje minomwe yemoto yakange ichipfuta pamberi pechigaro cheushe, iri Mweya minomwe yaMwari.

⁵And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.

⁶Pamberi pechigaro cheushe pakange pane gungwa regirazi, rakafanana nekrisitaro*; nepakati pechigaro cheushe, nepakapoteredza chigaro cheushe pakange pane zvisikwa zvina zvipenyu, zvizere nemeso mberi neshure.

⁶And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.

⁷Uye chisikwa chipenyu chekutanga chakange chakafanana neshumba, chisikwa chipenyu chechipiri chakafanana nemhuru, chisikwa chipenyu chechitatu chakange chine chiso chemunhu, nechisikwa chipenyu chechina chakange chakafanana negondo rinobururuka.

⁷And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.

⁸Nezvisikwa zvipenyu izvi chimwe nechimwe chakange chine mapapiro matanhatu azere nemeso kunhivi dzose nemukati; haazorori masikati neusiku, achiti: Mutsvene mutsvene mutsvene, iye Ishe Mwari, wemasimba ose, wakange aripo, uripo, neuchazouya.

⁸And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, LORD God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.

⁹Zvino kana zvisikwa zvipenyu izvi zvichimupa rukudzo nekubwinya nekuvongwa iye unogara pachigaro cheushe, iye uri mupenyu kusvikira rinhi narinhi.

⁹And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,

¹⁰Vakuru makumi maviri nevana vakazviwisira pasi pamberi paiye ugere pachigaro cheushe vakamushumira iye uri mupenyu kusvikira rinhi narinhi, vachikandira korona dzavo pamberi pechigaro cheushe, vachiti:

¹⁰The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,

¹¹Imwi, makafanira, Ishe, Mwari wedu, kugamuchira kubwinya, nerukudzo, nesimba, nekuti ndimwi makasika zvinhu zvose, zvakavapo, zvakasikwa nekuda kwenyu.

¹¹Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.