¹Zvino ndakaona, tarira, Gwayana rimire pagomo Ziyoni, rine zvuru zana nemakumi mana nevana, vane zita raBaba varo rakanyorwa pahuma dzavo.

¹I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him a number, one hundred forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.

²Ipapo ndakanzwa inzwi richibva kudenga senzwi remvura zhinji, uye senzwi remutinhiro mukuru; ndikanzwa inzwi revaridzi veudimbwa vachiridza udimbwa hwavo.

²I heard a sound from heaven, like the sound of many waters, and like the sound of a great thunder. The sound which I heard was like that of harpists playing on their harps.

³Vakaimba sezvinonzi rwaiva rwiyo rutsva pamberi pechigaro cheushe, nepamberi pezvisikwa zvipenyu zvina, nevakuru; uyo hakuna wakagona kudzidza rwiyo, asi zvuru zana nemakumi mana nevana, vakadzikinurwa panyika.

³They sing a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the one hundred forty-four thousand, those who had been redeemed out of the earth.

⁴Ndivo vasina kusvibiswa nevakadzi; nekuti imhandara. Ndivo avo vanotevera Gwayana kose kwarinoenda. Ndivo vakadzikinurwa kubva pakati pevanhu, zvibereko zvekutanga kuna Mwari nekuGwayana.

⁴These are those who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed by Jesus from among men, the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.

⁵Mumuromo mavo hamuna kuwanikwa kunyengera, nekuti havana chavangapomerwa pamberi pechigaro cheushe chaMwari.

⁵In their mouth was found no lie, for they are blameless. TR adds “before the throne of God”

⁶Zvino ndakaona umwe mutumwa achibhururuka pakati pedenga, ane evhangeri yekusingaperi, kuti aiparidzire avo vanogara panyika, nekurudzi rwose, nedzinza, nerurimi, nevanhu.

⁶I saw an angel flying in mid heaven, having an eternal Good News to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth, and to every nation, tribe, language, and people.

⁷Achiti nenzwi guru: Ityai Mwari, mupe rumbidzo kwaari; nekuti nguva yekutonga kwake yasvika; uye namatai iye wakasika denga nenyika negungwa nezvitubu zvemvura.

⁷He said with a loud voice, “Fear the Lord, and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and the springs of waters!”

⁸Zvino umwe mutumwa wakatevera achiti: Rawa, Rawa, Bhabhironi, guta guru, rakamwisa marudzi ose waini yekutsamwa koupombwe hwaro.

⁸Another, a second angel, followed, saying, “Babylon the great has fallen, which has made all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her sexual immorality.”

⁹Zvino mutumwa wechitatu wakavatevera achiti nenzwi guru: Kana pane unonamata chikara nemufananidzo wacho, nekugamuchira mucherechedzo pahuma yake kana paruoko rwake.

⁹Another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a great voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead, or on his hand,

¹⁰ndiye uchamwa waini yekutsamwa kwaMwari, yakadirwa isina kuvhenganiswa mumukombe wekutsamwa kwake; uye ucharwadziswa nemoto nesarufa pamberi pevatumwa vatsvene, nepamberi peGwayana.

¹⁰he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger. He will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.

¹¹Zvino utsi hwokurwadziwa kwavo hwunokwira kusvikira rinhi narinhi; zvekare havana zororo masikati neusiku ivo vanonamata chikara nemufananidzo wacho, nani nani unogamuchira mucherechedzo wezita racho.

¹¹The smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. They have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.

¹²Hekuno kutsungirira kwevatsvene, hevano vanochengeta mirairo yaMwari nerutendo rwaJesu.

¹²Here is the patience of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”

¹³Zvino ndakanzwa inzwi richibva kudenga richiti kwandiri: Nyora, uti: Vakaropafadzwa vakafa, vanofira muna Ishe kubva ikozvino. Hongu, ndizvo zvinotaura Mweya, kuti vazorore pakushingaira kwavo, nemabasa avo anovatevera.

¹³I heard the voice from heaven saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.”

¹⁴Zvino ndakaona, tarira, gore jena, nepamusoro pegore pakagara wakaita seMwanakomana wemunhu, ane korona yendarama pamusoro wake, neparuoko rwake jeko rinopinza.

¹⁴I looked, and behold, a white cloud; and on the cloud one sitting like a son of man, Daniel 7:13 having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

¹⁵Zvino umwe mutumwa wakabuda mutembere, achidanidzira nenzwi guru kuna iye wakange agere pamusoro pegore, achiti: Tumai jeko renyu mukohwe; nekuti nguva yekuti mukohwe yasvika, nekuti kukohwa kwenyika kwaibva.

¹⁵Another angel came out from the temple, crying with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, “Send forth your sickle, and reap; for the hour to reap has come; for the harvest of the earth is ripe!”

¹⁶Ipapo wakange agere pamusoro pegore akakandira jeko rake panyika, nenyika ikakohwewa.

¹⁶He who sat on the cloud thrust his sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.

¹⁷Zvino umwe mutumwa wakabuda mutembere iri kudenga, iyewo ane jeko rinopinza.

¹⁷Another angel came out from the temple which is in heaven. He also had a sharp sickle.

¹⁸Neumwe mutumwa akabuda muaritari, wakange ane simba pamusoro pemoto, akadanidzira nenzwi guru kuna iye wakange ane jeko rinopinza, achiti: Tumai jeko renyu rinopinza, muunganidze masumbu emuzambiringa wenyika, nekuti mazambiringa awo aibva.

¹⁸Another angel came out from the altar, he who has power over fire, and he called with a great voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “Send forth your sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for the earth’s grapes are fully ripe!”

¹⁹Zvino mutumwa wakakandira jeko rake panyika, akaunganidza mazambiringa enyika, akakandira muchisviniro chewaini chikuru chekutsamwa kwaMwari.

¹⁹The angel thrust his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vintage of the earth, and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.

²⁰Asi chisvinuro chewaini chakatsikwa-tsikwa kunze kweguta, ropa rikabuda muchisviniro chewaini kusvikira rasvika pamatomu amabhiza, rikasvika mastadhia* churu mazana matanhatu.

²⁰The winepress was trodden outside of the city, and blood came out from the winepress, even to the bridles of the horses, as far as one thousand six hundred stadia. 1600 stadia = 296 kilometers or 184 miles