¹Zvino shure kwezvinhu izvi ndakaona mumwe mutumwa achiburuka kubva kudenga, ane simba guru, nyika ikavhenekerwa nokubwinya kwake.

¹After these things I saw another angel coming down out of heaven, having great authority; and the earth was lightened with his glory.

²Akadanidzira nesimba nenzwi guru, achiti: Rawa, rawa Bhabhironi guru, uye rava ugaro hwemadhimoni, nejere remweya yose yetsvina, nedendere reshiri dzose dzine tsvina dzinovengwa.

²And he cried with a mighty voice, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and is become a habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hateful bird.

³Nekuti marudzi ose akamwazve waini yehasha dzeupombwe hwaro, nemadzimambo enyika akaita upombwe naro, nevatengesi venyika vakafuma nekuwanda kwefuma yaro.

³For by the wine of the wrath of her fornication all the nations are fallen; and the kings of the earth committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth waxed rich by the power of her wantonness.

⁴Zvino ndakanzwa rimwe inzwi richibva kudenga, richiti: Budai mariri vanhu vangu, kuti murege kugovana pazvivi zvaro, uye kuti murege kugamuchira zvematambudziko aro.

⁴And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come forth, my people, out of her, that ye have no fellowship with her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues:

⁵Nekuti zvivi zvaro zvasvika kudenga, naMwari warangarira zvisakarurama zvaro.

⁵for her sins have reached even unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.

⁶Muritsive sezvarakakutsivai imwi, muchiripamhidzira kaviri pakupamhidzira kwaro zvichienderana nemabasa aro; mumudziyo iwoyo marakasanganisa iro, murisanganisire kakapamhidzirwa.

⁶Render unto her even as she rendered, and double [unto her] the double according to her works: in the cup which she mingled, mingle unto her double.

⁷Parakazvikudza napo nekurarama muumbozha, murirwadzise nekurishungurudza saizvozvo; nekuti rinoti mumoyo maro: Ndinogara ndiri mambokadzi, handisi chirikadzi, uye handingatongooni kuchema.

⁷How much soever she glorified herself, and waxed wanton, so much give her of torment and mourning: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall in no wise see mourning.

⁸Naizvozvo matambudziko aro achasvika nezuva rimwe, rufu nekuchema nenzara; uye richapiswa kwazvo nemoto, nekuti une simba Ishe Mwari unoritonga.

⁸Therefore in one day shall her plagues come, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire; for strong is the Lord God who judged her.

⁹Nemadzimambo enyika akaita upombwe nekurarama paumbozha naro acharira pamusoro paro nekuchema pamusoro paro pavachaona utsi hwekupiswa kwaro;

⁹And the kings of the earth, who committed fornication and lived wantonly with her, shall weep and wail over her, when they look upon the smoke of her burning,

¹⁰vamire kure nekutya kurwadzwa kwaro, vachiti: Nhamo, nhamo, guta guru Bhabhironi, iro guta rakasimba, nekuti kutongwa kwako kwakasvika neawa rimwe.

¹⁰standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.

¹¹Uye vatengesi venyika vacharira nekuchema pamusoro paro, nekuti hakuchina munhu uchatenga nhumbizve dzavo;

¹¹And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, for no man buyeth their merchandise any more;

¹²nhumbi dzendarama, nesirvheri, nemabwe anokosha, nedzamaparera* nedzemucheka werineni, nezvine ruvara rwehute, nesiriki*, nezvitsvuku nematanda ako ose, nemarudzi ose emidziyo yenyanga dzenzou, nemarudzi ose emidziyo yematanda anokosha, nedzendarira, nedare, nemabwe machena;

¹²merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stone, and pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet; and all thyine wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel made of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble;

¹³nekinamoni*, nezvinonhuhwira, namafuta ekuzora, nemafuta ekusaodza, newaini, nemafuta, neupfu hwakatsetseka, nezviyo, nemombe, namakwai, nemabhiza, nengoro, nenhapwa, nemweya yavanhu.

¹³and cinnamon, and spice, and incense, and ointment, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep; and [merchandise] of horses and chariots and slaves; and souls of men.

¹⁴Zvino michero yaichiviwa nemoyo wako yakabva kwauri, nezvinhu zvose zvakanaka nezvinopenya zvakabva kwauri, haungatongozviwanizve.

¹⁴And the fruits which thy soul lusted after are gone from thee, and all things that were dainty and sumptuous are perished from thee, and [men] shall find them no more at all.

¹⁵Vatengesi vezvinhu izvi vakange vafumiswa naro vachamira kure nekutya kurwadzwa kwaro, vachichema nekurira,

¹⁵The merchants of these things, who were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning;

¹⁶uye vachiti: Nhamo, nhamo, guta guru, rakange rakapfeka rineni yakapfava, nezvine ruvara rwehute nezvitsvuku, rakashongedzwa nendarama nemabwe anokosha nemaparera!

¹⁶saying, Woe, woe, the great city, she that was arrayed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stone and pearl!

¹⁷Nekuti neora rimwe fuma huru yakadai yaparadzwa. Uye mufambisi wezvikepe umwe neumwe, nevose vanofamba nezvikepe, nevafambi vemuchikepe nevabati vose vepagungwa vakamira kure,

¹⁷for in an hour so great riches is made desolate. And every shipmaster, and every one that saileth any wither, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood afar off,

¹⁸vakadanidzira vachiona utsi hwekutsva kwaro, vachiti: Guta rakafanana neguta iri guru nderipi?

¹⁸and cried out as they looked upon the smoke of her burning, saying, What [city] is like the great city?

¹⁹Zvino vakadira guruva pamisoro yavo, vakadanidzira vachirira nekuchema, vachiti: Nhamo, nhamo, guta guru iro, kwaifumiswa nezvinokosha zvaro vose vaiva nezvikepe zvavo pagungwa nefuma yavo; nekuti rakaparadzwa neawa rimwe.

¹⁹And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and mourning, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, wherein all that had their ships in the sea were made rich by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

²⁰Fara pamusoro paro iwe denga, nevaapositori vatsvene nevaporofita, nekuti Mwari wakakutsivira kwariri.

²⁰Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye saints, and ye apostles, and ye prophets; for God hath judged your judgment on her.

²¹Zvino umwe mutumwa une simba wakasimudza ibwe rakaita seguyo guru, akakandira mugungwa, achiti: Saizvozvo nechisimba guta guru Bhabhironi richaputsirwa pasi rikasatozongowanikwazve.

²¹And a strong angel took up a stone as it were a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with a mighty fall shall Babylon, the great city, be cast down, and shall be found no more at all.

²²Nenzwi revaridzi veudimbwa nevaimbi nevaridzi venyere nevaridzi vehwamanda, harichatongonzwikwizve mauri, nemhizha yeumhizha hwupi nehwupi haichatongowanikwi mauri, nenzwi rose reguyo harichatongonzwiki mauri;

²²And the voice of harpers and minstrels and flute-players and trumpeters shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft, shall be found any more at all in thee; and the voice of a mill shall be heard no more at all in thee;

²³uye chiedza chemwenje hachichatongovhenekeri mauri, nenzwi remuwani neremwenga harichatongonzwikwizve mauri; nekuti vatengesi vako vaiva vanhu vakuru venyika; nekuti neuroyi hwako marudzi ose akatsauswa.

²³and the light of a lamp shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the princes of the earth; for with thy sorcery were all the nations deceived.

²⁴Mukati maro mukawanikwa ropa revaporofita nerevatsvene, nerevose vakashinjwa panyika.

²⁴And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all that have been slain upon the earth.