¹Zvino ndakaona denga idzva nenyika itsva, nekuti denga rekutanga nenyika yekutanga zvakange zvapfuura; uye gungwa rakange risisipo.

¹And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth did pass away, and the sea is not any more;

²Zvino ini Johwani ndakaona guta dzvene, Jerusarema idzva richiburuka kudenga richibva kuna Mwari, rakagadzirirwa semwenga wakashongedzerwa murume wake.

²and I, John, saw the holy city — new Jerusalem — coming down from God out of the heaven, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband;

³Zvino ndakanzwa inzwi guru richibva kudenga, richiti: Tarira, tende raMwari riri pavanhu, iye uchagara navo, uye ivo vachava vanhu vake; naMwari amene uchava navo, ave Mwari wavo.

³and I heard a great voice out of the heaven, saying, `Lo, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and He will tabernacle with them, and they shall be His peoples, and God Himself shall be with them — their God,

⁴Uye Mwari uchapusika misodzi yose kubva pameso avo; nerufu haruchazovipo, kana kushungurudzika, kana kurira, kana kurwadziwa hazvingavipo; nekuti zvinhu zvekutanga zvapfuura.

⁴and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.`

⁵Zvino wakange agere pachigaro cheushe akati: Tarira, ndinovandudza zvinhu zvose. Akati kwandiri: Nyora; nekuti mashoko awa akatendeka, uye ndeechokwadi.

⁵And He who is sitting upon the throne said, `Lo, new I make all things; and He saith to me, `Write, because these words are true and stedfast;`

⁶Zvino akati kwandiri: Zvaitwa. Ndini Arifa naOmega, kutanga nokuguma. Ini ndichapa kuna iye une nyota zvinobva pachitubu chemvura yeupenyu pachena.

⁶and He said to me, `It hath been done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End; I, to him who is thirsting, will give of the fountain of the water of the life freely;

⁷Unokunda uchagara nhaka yezvinhu zvose: uye ndichava Mwari wake, naiye uchava mwanakomana wangu.

⁷he who is overcoming shall inherit all things, and I will be to him — a God, and he shall be to me — the son,

⁸Asi kana vari vanotya, nevasingatendi nevanyangadzi, nemhondi, nemhombwe, nevaroyi, nevanonamata zvifananidzo, nevose varevi venhema, vachava nemugove wavo mudziva rinopfuta nomoto nesarufa; runova ndirwo rufu rwechipiri.

⁸and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part [is] in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.`

⁹Zvino kwakauya kwandiri umwe wevatumwa vanomwe vakange vane ndiro nomwe dzizere nematambudziko manomwe ekupedzisira akataura neni, achiti: Uya pano ndigokuratidza mwenga, mukadzi weGwayana.

⁹And there came unto me one of the seven messengers, who have the seven vials that are full of the seven last plagues, and he spake with me, saying, `Come, I will shew thee the bride of the Lamb — the wife,`

¹⁰Zvino wakanditakurira muMweya kugomo uye guru refu, akandiratidza guta guru riya Jerusarema dzvene, richiburuka kudenga kuna Mwari,

¹⁰and he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and did shew to me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, coming down out of the heaven from God,

¹¹rine kubwinya kwaMwari; uye chiedza charo chakaita sebwe rinokoshesesa, sebwe rejasipisi*, rinoonekera sekiristaro*;

¹¹having the glory of God, and her light [is] like a stone most precious, as a jasper stone clear as crystal,

¹²zvino rakange rine rusvingo rukuru uye rurefu, rine masuwo gumi nemaviri; nevatumwa gumi nevaviri pamusuwo, nemazita akanyorwa paari, ari emarudzi gumi nemaviri evana vaIsraeri.

¹²having also a wall great and high, having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve messengers, and names written thereon, which are [those] of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel,

¹³Kumabvazuva masuwo matatu; kumaodzanyemba masuwo matatu, kuchamhembe masuwo matatu, nekumavirira masuwo matatu;

¹³at the east three gates, at the north three gates, at the south three gates, at the west three gates;

¹⁴zvino rusvingo rweguta rwakange rwune nheyo gumi nembiri; nepadziri mazita evaapositori gumi nevaviri veGwayana.

¹⁴and the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

¹⁵Zvino uyo wakataura neni wakange ane rutsanga rwendarama kuti ayere guta, namasuwo aro, nerusingo rwaro

¹⁵And he who is speaking with me had a golden reed, that he may measure the city, and its gates, and its wall;

¹⁶Zvino guta rakange rakavakwa nemativi mana akaenzana, kureba kwakaenzana nekufara; ndokuyera guta nerutsanga, rikasvika pamastadhia* zvuru gumi nezviviri; kureba nekufara, nekukwirira kwaro zvakaenzana

¹⁶and the city lieth square, and the length of it is as great as the breadth; and he did measure the city with the reed — furlongs twelve thousand; the length, and the breadth, and the height, of it are equal;

¹⁷Zvino akayera rusvingo rwaro, mbimbi zana nemakumi mana nemana, nechiyero chemunhu, chinova chemutumwa.

¹⁷and he measured its wall, an hundred forty-four cubits, the measure of a man, that is, of the messenger;

¹⁸Uye chivakwa cherusvingo rwaro chakange chiri jasipisi*, uye guta riri ndarama yakakwana, yakafanana negirazi rakachenesesa.

¹⁸and the building of its wall was jasper, and the city [is] pure gold — like to pure glass;

¹⁹Nenheyo dzerusvingo rweguta dzakashongedzwa nemarudzi ose emabwe anokosha. Nheyo yekutanga iri jasipisi*; yepiri safiri* yetatu kasidhoni* yechina emaradhi*;

¹⁹and the foundations of the wall of the city with every precious stone have been adorned; the first foundation jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;

²⁰yeshanu sadhonikisi*; yetanhatu sadhio*; yechinomwe krisoriti*; yerusere bheriri*; yepfumbamwe topasi*; yegumi kirisopirasi*; yegumi neimwe hiasindi*; yegumi nembiri ametesiti*.

²⁰the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprasus; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.

²¹Uye masuwo gumi nemaviri ari maparera gumi nemaviri; suwo rimwe nerimwe rakange riri reparera rimwe; uye nzira yemuguta iri ndarama yakakwana, segirazi rinoonekera.

²¹And the twelve gates [are] twelve pearls, each several one of the gates was of one pearl; and the broad-place of the city [is] pure gold — as transparent glass.

²²Zvino handina kuona tembere mukati maro, nekuti Ishe Mwari Wemasimbaose neGwayana itembere yaro.

²²And a sanctuary I did not see in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty, is its sanctuary, and the Lamb,

²³Zvino guta haritsvaki zuva kana mwedzi kuvhenekera mariri; nekuti kubwinya kwaMwari kunoivhenekera, nemwenje waro iGwayana;

²³and the city hath no need of the sun, nor of the moon, that they may shine in it; for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp of it [is] the Lamb;

²⁴zvino marudzi evaya vanoponeswa achafamba muchiedza charo, nemadzimambo enyika achauyisa kubwinya kwawo nerukudzo rwawo mariri.

²⁴and the nations of the saved in its light shall walk, and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it,

²⁵Masuwo aro haangatongopfigwi masikati, nekuti usiku hahwuchazovipo.

²⁵and its gates shall not at all be shut by day, for night shall not be there;

²⁶Uye vachauyisa kubwinya nerukudzo rwendudzi mukati maro.

²⁶and they shall bring the glory and the honour of the nations into it;

²⁷Uye hamungatongopindi chinhu chinosvibisa mukati maro, kana chinosemesa, kana chine nhema; asi avo vakanyorwa mubhuku reupenyu reGwayana.

²⁷and there may not at all enter into it any thing defiling and doing abomination, and a lie, but — those written in the scroll of the life of the Lamb.