¹Zvino ndakaona Gwayana parakazarura chimwe chezvisimbiso, ndikanzwa chimwe chezvisikwa zvipenyu zvina chichiti nenzwi seremutinhiro: Uya uone.

¹I saw that 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 and see!”

²Zvino ndikaona, tarira, bhiza jena, naiye wakaritasva, wakange ane uta; uye korona ikapiwa kwaari, akabuda achikunda, uye kuti akunde.

²And behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow. A crown was given to him, and he came forth conquering, and to conquer.

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

³When 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.

⁴Another came forth, a red horse. To him who sat on it was given power to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another. There was given to 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.

⁵When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, “Come and see!” And behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a balance in his hand.

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

⁶I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A choenix A choenix is a dry volume measure that is a little more than a litre (a little more than a quart). of wheat for a denarius, and three choenix of barley for a denarius! Don’t damage the oil and the wine!”

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

⁷When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living creature saying, “Come and see!”

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 behold, a pale horse, and he who sat on it, his name was Death. Hades or, Hell followed with him. Authority over one fourth of the earth, to kill with the sword, with famine, with death, and by the wild animals of the earth was given to him.

⁹Zvino wakati azarura chisimbiso chechishanu, endikaona pasi pearitari mweya yaivo vakang vashinjwa nekuda kweshoko raMwari, uye neuchapupu hwavaiva nahwo;

⁹When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had.

¹⁰Zvino vakadana nenzwi guru vachiti: Kusvikira rinhi Tenzi mutsvene wechokwadi, muchirega kutonga nekutsiva ropa redu pane vanogara panyika?

¹⁰They cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, Master, the holy and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on those who 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.

¹¹A long white robe was given to each of them. They were told that they should rest yet for a while, until their fellow servants and their brothers, The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.” who would also be killed even as they were, should complete their course.

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

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

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

¹³The stars of the sky fell to the earth, like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when it is shaken by a great wind.

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

¹⁴The sky was removed like a scroll when it is rolled up. 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;

¹⁵The kings of the earth, the princes, the commanding officers, the rich, the strong, and every slave and free person, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains.

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

¹⁶They told the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits 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 his wrath has come; and who is able to stand?”