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 seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, Come.

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 thereon had a bow; and there was given unto him a crown: and he came forth conquering, and to conquer.

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

³And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, Come.

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

⁴And another [horse] came forth, a red horse: and to him that sat thereon it was given to take peace from the earth, and that they should slay 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 opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, Come. And I saw, and behold, a black horse; and he that sat thereon had a balance in his hand.

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

⁶And I heard as it were a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, A measure of wheat for a shilling, and three measures of barley for a shilling; and the oil and the wine hurt thou not.

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

⁷And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, Come.

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 saw, and behold, a pale horse: and he that sat upon him, his name was Death; and Hades followed with him. And there was given unto them authority over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with famine, and with death, and by the wild 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 opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of them that had been 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 great voice, saying, How long, O Master, the 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 there was given them to each one a white robe; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little time, until their fellow-servants also and their brethren, who should be killed even as they were, should have fulfilled [their course].

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

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

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

¹³and the stars of the heaven fell unto the earth, as a fig tree casteth her unripe figs when she is shaken of a great wind.

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

¹⁴And the heaven was removed as a scroll when it is rolled up; 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 princes, and the chief captains, and the rich, and the strong, and every bondman and freeman, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains;

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

¹⁶and they say to the mountains and to the 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 their wrath is come; and who is able to stand?