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 I saw out of the sea a beast coming up, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon its horns ten diadems, and upon its heads a name of evil speaking,

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 that I saw was like to a leopard, and its feet as of a bear, and its mouth as the mouth of a lion, and the dragon did give to it his power, and his throne, 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 its heads as slain to death, and its deadly stroke was healed, and all the earth did wonder after the beast,

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

⁴and they did bow before the dragon who did give authority to the beast, and they did bow before the beast, saying, `Who [is] like to the beast? who is able to war with it?`

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

⁵And there was given to it a mouth speaking great things, and evil-speakings, and there was given to it authority to make war forty-two months,

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

⁶and it did open its mouth for evil-speaking toward God, to speak evil of His name, and of His tabernacle, and of those who in the heaven tabernacle,

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

⁷and there was given to it to make war with the saints, and to overcome them, and there was given to it authority over every tribe, and tongue, and nation.

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

⁸And bow before it shall all who are dwelling upon the land, whose names have not been written in the scroll of the life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world;

⁹Kana munhu ane nzeve, ngaanzwe.

⁹if any one hath an ear — let him hear:

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

¹⁰if any one a captivity doth gather, into captivity he doth go away; if any one by sword doth kill, it behoveth him by sword to be killed; here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.

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

¹¹And I saw another beast coming up out of the land, and it had two horns, like a lamb, and it was speaking 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 all the authority of the first beast doth it do before it, and it maketh the land and those dwelling in it that they shall bow before the first beast, whose deadly stroke was healed,

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

¹³and it doth great signs, that fire also it may make to come down from the heaven to the earth before 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 it leadeth astray those dwelling on the land, because of the signs that were given it to do before the beast, saying to those dwelling upon the land to make an image to the beast that hath the stroke of the sword and did live,

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

¹⁵and there was given to it to give a spirit to the image of the beast, that also the image of the beast may speak, and [that] it may cause as many as shall not bow before the image of the beast, that they may be killed.

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

¹⁶And it maketh all, the small, and the great, and the rich, and the poor, and the freemen, and the servants, that it may give to them a mark upon their right hand or upon their foreheads,

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

¹⁷and that no one may be able to buy, or to sell, except he who is having 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 the wisdom! He who is having the understanding, let him count the number of the beast, for the number of a man it is, and its number [is] 666.