¹Zvino ndakaona Gwayana parakazarura chimwe chezvisimbiso, ndikanzwa chimwe chezvisikwa zvipenyu zvina chichiti nenzwi seremutinhiro: Uya uone.

¹And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.

²Zvino ndikaona, tarira, bhiza jena, naiye wakaritasva, wakange ane uta; uye korona ikapiwa kwaari, akabuda achikunda, uye kuti akunde.

²And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.

³Zvino wakati azarura mucherechedzo wechipiri, ndikanzwa chisikwa chipenyu chechipiri chichiti: Uya uone.

³And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.

⁴Ipapo rimwe bhiza rakabuda riri dzvuku; wakaritasva akapiwa simba kuti abvise rugare panyika, kuti vaurayane; kukapiwa kwaari munondo mukuru.

⁴And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.

⁵Zvino wakati azarura mucherechedzo wechitatu, ndakanzwa chisikwa chipenyu chechitatu chichiti: Uya uone. Uye ndikaona, zvino tarira, bhiza dema; wakange akaritasva wakange ane chiyereso muruoko rwake.

⁵And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.

⁶Ndikanzwa inzwi pakati pezvisikwa zvipenyu zvina, richiti: Chiyero chezviyo chichatengwa nedhenari*, nezviyero zvitatu zvebhari* nedhenari; usatadzira mafuta newaini.

⁶And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

⁷Wakati azarura mucherechedzo wechina, ndakanzwa inzwi rechisikwa chipenyu chechina richiti: Uya uone.

⁷And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.

⁸Uye ndikaona, zvino tarira, bhiza rakachenuruka; newakange akaritasva zita rake raiva Rufu; uye Hadhesi rakamutevera. Simba rikapiwa kwaari pamusoro pechechina chenyika, kuti aauraye nemunondo, nenzara, nerufu, nezvikara zvenyika.

⁸And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

⁹Zvino wakati azarura chisimbiso chechishanu, endikaona pasi pearitari mweya yaivo vakang vashinjwa nekuda kweshoko raMwari, uye neuchapupu hwavaiva nahwo;

⁹And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

¹⁰Zvino vakadana nenzwi guru vachiti: Kusvikira rinhi Tenzi mutsvene wechokwadi, muchirega kutonga nekutsiva ropa redu pane vanogara panyika?

¹⁰And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

¹¹Zvino umwe neumwe wavo wakapiwa nguvo chena; zvikanzi kwavari vambozorora chinguva chiduku, kusvikira vamwe varanda pamwe navo nehama dzavo, dzaifanira kuurawa saivo varinganiswa.

¹¹And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

¹²Zvino ndakaona paakange azarura mucherechedzo wechitanhatu, zvino tarira, kwakava nekudengenyeka kwenyika kukuru, zuva rikasviba sesaga remvere, mwedzi ukaita seropa;

¹²And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;

¹³nenyeredzi dzedenga dzakawira pasi, kunyange semuonde unozuza masvosva awo, kana uchizuzwa nemututu mukuru.

¹³And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.

¹⁴Denga rikabva serugwaro rwakapetwa, kana rwuchipeterwa pamwe; negomo roga roga nechiwi zvakabviswa panzvimbo dzazvo.

¹⁴And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

¹⁵Nemadzimambo enyika, nevanhu vakuru, navafumi, nevatungamiriri vehondo, navanhu vane simba, nenhapwa dzose, nevakasununguka vose vakandovanda mumapako nemumabwe emakomo;

¹⁵And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

¹⁶vakati kumakomo nemabwe: Tiwirei, mutivige pachiso chaiye unogara pachigaro cheushe, nepakutsamwa kweGwayana;

¹⁶And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

¹⁷Nekuti zuva guru rekutsamwa kwaro rasvika; zvino ndiani uchagona kumira?

¹⁷For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?