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

¹This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel or, messenger (here and wherever angel is mentioned) to his servant, John,

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

²who testified to God’s word, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, about everything that he saw.

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

³Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written in it, for the time is at hand.

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 God, who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits who 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 firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood;

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

⁶and he made us to be a Kingdom, priests Exodus 19:6; Isaiah 61:6 to his God and Father; to him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

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

⁷Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.

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

⁸ “I am the Alpha and the Omega, TR adds “the Beginning and the End” ” says the Lord God, TR omits “God” “who is and who was and who is to come, 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, your brother and partner with you in oppression, Kingdom, and perseverance in Christ Jesus, was on the isle that is called Patmos because of God’s Word and 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 loud voice, like a trumpet

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

¹¹saying, “ TR adds “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last.” What you see, write in a book and send to the seven assemblies TR adds “which are in Asia” : to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”

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

¹²I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. Having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands.

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

¹³And among the lampstands was one like a son of man, Daniel 7:13 clothed with a robe reaching down to his feet, and with a golden sash around his chest.

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

¹⁴His head and his hair were white as white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire.

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

¹⁵His feet were like burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace. His voice was like the voice 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.

¹⁶He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.

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

¹⁷When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, “Don’t be 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.

¹⁸ and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades or, Hell .

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

¹⁹ Write therefore the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will happen hereafter;

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

²⁰ the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands. The seven stars are the angels or, messengers (here and wherever angels are mentioned) of the seven assemblies. The seven lampstands are seven assemblies.