¹Chakazarurwa chaJesu Kristu, Mwari chaakapa kwaari, kuti aratidze kuvaranda vake zvinhu izvo zvinofanira kukurumidza kuitika, akazvituma nemutumwa wake, ndokuratidza muranda wake Johwani,

¹A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify [it], having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

²wakapupura shoko raMwari, neuchapupu hwaJesu Kristu, nezvinhu zvose zvaakaona.

²who did testify the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ, as many things also as he did see.

³Wakaropafadzwa uyo unoverenga, neavo vanonzwa mashoko echiporofita ichi vachichengeta zvinhu izvo zvakanyorwa mazviri, nekuti nguva yava pedo.

³Happy is he who is reading, and those hearing, the words of the prophecy, and keeping the things written in it — for the time is nigh!

⁴Johwani; kukereke nomwe dziri paAsia: Nyasha kwamuri, nerugare zvinobva kuna iye uripo, uye wakange aripo, neuchazouya; nekumweya minomwe iri pamberi pechigaro chake cheushe;

⁴John to the seven assemblies that [are] in Asia: Grace to you, and peace, from Him who is, and who was, and who is coming, and from the Seven Spirits that are before His throne,

⁵nekuna Jesu Kristu, chapupu chakatendeka, dangwe revakafa, mutungamiriri wemadzishe enyika. Kuna iye wakatida akatisuka kubva pazvivi zvedu muropa rake;

⁵and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first-born out of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth; to him who did love us, and did bathe us from our sins in his blood,

⁶akatiita madzimambo nevapristi kuna Mwari naBaba vake, kwaari ngakuve kubwinya nesimba kusvikira rinhi narinhi. Ameni.

⁶and did make us kings and priests to his God and Father, to him [is] the glory and the power to the ages of the ages! Amen.

⁷Tarira, unouya pamwe nemakore, uye ziso rose richamuona, naivo vakamubaya; nemarudzi ose enyika achachema nekuda kwake. Hongu. Ameni.

⁷Lo, he doth come with the clouds, and see him shall every eye, even those who did pierce him, and wail because of him shall all the tribes of the land. Yes! Amen!

⁸Ini ndini Arifa naOmega, kutanga nekuguma, ndizvo zvinoreva Ishe, uripo, wakange aripo, neuchazouya, Wemasimbaose.

⁸`I am the Alpha and the Omega, beginning and end, saith the Lord, who is, and who was, and who is coming — the Almighty.`

⁹Ini Johwani ndiri hama yenyuwo, uye mufambidzani pakutambudzika, nemuushe, nekutsungirira kwaJesu Kristu, ndakange ndiri pachiwi chinonzi Patimosi nekuda kweshoko raMwari nekweuchapupu hwaJesu Kristu.

⁹I, John, who also [am] your brother, and fellow-partner in the tribulation, and in the reign and endurance, of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, because of the word of God, and because of the testimony of Jesus Christ;

¹⁰Ndakange ndiri muMweya nezuva raIshe, ndikanzwa shure kwangu inzwi guru, serinenge rehwamanda,

¹⁰I was in the Spirit on the Lord`s-day, and I heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, saying,

¹¹richiti: Ndini Arifa naOmega kutanga nekupedzisira; nekuti: Zvaunoona, nyora mubhuku utumire kukereke nomwe, dziri muAsia, paEfeso, nepaSimina, nepaPegamo, nepaTiatira, nepaSadhisi, nepaFiradhefia, nepaRaodhikia.

¹¹`I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last;` and, `What thou dost see, write in a scroll, and send to the seven assemblies that [are] in Asia; to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.`

¹²Ndikatendeuka kuona inzwi rakataura neni. Zvino ndatendeuka ndakaona zvigadziko zvemwenje zvendarama zvinomwe;

¹²And I did turn to see the voice that did speak with me, and having turned, I saw seven golden lamp-stands,

¹³nepakati pezvigadziko zvemwenje, mumwe wakaita seMwanakomana wemunhu, akafuka nguvo yakasvikira kutsoka, akazvisunga kupoteredza chifuva nebhanhire rendarama.

¹³and in the midst of the seven lamp-stands, [one] like to a son of man, clothed to the foot, and girt round at the breast with a golden girdle,

¹⁴Musoro wake nemavhudzi zvakanga zvakachena semakushe amakwai, semagada echando; uye meso ake semurazvo wemoto;

¹⁴and his head and hairs white, as if white wool — as snow, and his eyes as a flame of fire;

¹⁵uye tsoka dzake dzakafanana nendarira inopenya, sedzinenge dzakapiswa muvira; neinzwi rake senzwi remvura zhinji.

¹⁵and his feet like to fine brass, as in a furnace having been fired, and his voice as a sound of many waters,

¹⁶Uye wakange ane muruoko rwake rwerudyi nyeredzi nomwe; zvino mumuromo make makabuda munondo unopinza unocheka mativi maviri; uye chiso chake chaiva sezuva rinopenya musimba raro.

¹⁶and having in his right hand seven stars, and out of his mouth a sharp two-edged sword is proceeding, and his countenance [is] as the sun shining in its might.

¹⁷Zvino ndakati ndichimuona, ndakawira patsoka dzake sewakafa; akaisa ruoko rwake rwerudyi pamusoro pangu achiti kwandiri: Usatya, ndini wekutanga newekupedzisira.

¹⁷And when I saw him, I did fall at his feet as dead, and he placed his right hand upon me, saying to me, `Be not afraid; I am the First and the Last,

¹⁸naiye mupenyu; uye ndakange ndakafa, zvino tarira, ndiri mupenyu kusvikira rinhi narinhi. Ameni. Uye ndine kiyi dzegehena nedzerufu.

¹⁸and he who is living, and I did become dead, and, lo, I am living to the ages of the ages. Amen! and I have the keys of the hades and of the death.

¹⁹Nyora zvinhu zvawaona, nezvinhu zviripo, nezvinhu zvichazovapo shure kwaizvozvi.

¹⁹`Write the things that thou hast seen, and the things that are, and the things that are about to come after these things;

²⁰Chakavanzika chenyeredzi nomwe dzawaona muruoko rwangu rwerudyi, nezvigadziko zvemwenje zvinomwe zvendarama. Nyeredzi nomwe ndivo vatumwa vekereke nomwe; nezvigadziko zvemwenje zvinomwe zvawaona ndidzo kereke nomwe.

²⁰the secret of the seven stars that thou hast seen upon my right hand, and the seven golden lamp-stands: the seven stars are messengers of the seven assemblies, and the seven lamp-stands that thou hast seen are seven assemblies.