¹Kisha nikamwona malaika mmoja anashuka kutoka mbinguni akiwa na ufunguo wa kuzimu na mnyororo mkubwa mkononi mwake.

¹And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

²Akalikamata lile joka--nyoka wa kale, yaani Ibilisi au Shetani--akalifunga kwa muda wa miaka elfu moja.

²And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

³Malaika akalitupa Kuzimu, akaufunga mlango wa kuingilia huko na kuutia mhuri ili lisiweze tena kuyapotosha mataifa mpaka hapo miaka elfu moja itakapotimia. Lakini baada ya miaka hiyo ni lazima lifunguliwe tena, lakini kwa muda mfupi tu.

³And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

⁴Kisha nikaona viti vya enzi na watu walioketi juu yake; watu hao walipewa mamlaka ya hukumu. Niliona pia roho za wale waliokuwa wamenyongwa kwa sababu ya kumtangaza Yesu na kwa sababu ya neno la Mungu. Hawa hawakumwabudu yule mnyama na sanamu yake, wala hawakupigwa alama yake juu ya paji za nyuso zao, au juu ya mikono yao. Walipata tena uhai, wakatawala pamoja na Kristo kwa muda wa miaka elfu moja.

⁴And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

⁵(Wale wengine waliokufa hawakupata uhai mpaka miaka elfu moja itimie.) Huu ndio ufufuo wa kwanza.

⁵But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

⁶Wameneemeka sana, tena heri yao wote wanaoshiriki ufufuo huu wa kwanza. Kifo cha pili hakitakuwa na nguvu juu yao; watakuwa makuhani wa Mungu na wa Kristo, na watatawala pamoja naye kwa miaka elfu moja.

⁶Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

⁷Wakati miaka elfu mia moja itakapotimia, Shetani atafunguliwa kutoka gerezani mwake.

⁷And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,

⁸Basi, atatoka nje, ataanza kuyapotosha mataifa yote yaliyotawanyika kila mahali duniani, yaani Gogu na Magogu. Shetani atawakusanya pamoja kwa ajili ya vita; nao watakuwa wengi kama mchanga wa pwani.

⁸And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

⁹Walitawanyika katika nchi yote, wakaizunguka kambi ya watu wa Mungu na mji wa Mungu aupendao. Lakini moto ulishuka kutoka mbinguni, ukawaangamiza.

⁹And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.

¹⁰Ibilisi, aliyekuwa anawapotosha, akatupwa ndani ya ziwa linalowaka moto wa kiberiti, walimo yule mnyama na yule nabii wa uongo, nao watateswa mchana na usiku, milele na milele.

¹⁰And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

¹¹Kisha nikaona kiti cha enzi kikubwa cheupe, na yule aketiye juu yake. Dunia na mbingu vikatoweka mbele ya macho yake, na havikuonekana tena.

¹¹And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

¹²Kisha nikawaona watu wakubwa na wadogo, wamesimama mbele ya kiti cha enzi, na vitabu vikafunguliwa. Halafu kitabu kingine, yaani kitabu cha uzima, kikafunguliwa pia. Wafu wakahukumiwa kadiri ya matendo yao, kama ilivyoandikwa ndani ya vitabu hivyo.

¹²And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

¹³Bahari ikawatoa nje wafu waliokuwa ndani yake; kifo na kuzimu vikawatoa nje wafu waliokuwa ndani yao. Kila mmoja akahukumiwa kufuatana na matendo yake.

¹³And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

¹⁴Kisha kifo na kuzimu vikatupwa ndani ya ziwa la moto. Ziwa hili la moto ndicho kifo cha pili.

¹⁴And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

¹⁵Mtu yeyote ambaye jina lake halikupatikana limeandikwa katika kitabu cha uzima, alitupwa katika ziwa la moto.

¹⁵And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.