¹Kisha katika mkono wa kulia wa huyo aliyeketi juu ya kiti cha enzi, nikaona kitabu; nacho kilikuwa kimeandikwa ndani na nje na kufungwa na mihuri saba.

¹I saw, in the right hand of him who sat on the throne, a book written inside and outside, sealed shut with seven seals.

²Tena nikamwona malaika mwenye nguvu akitangaza kwa sauti kubwa: "Nani anayestahili kuvunja hiyo mihuri na kukifungua kitabu hicho?"

²I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the book, and to break its seals?”

³Lakini hakupatikana mtu yeyote mbinguni, wala duniani, wala chini Kuzimu, aliyeweza kukifungua hicho kitabu au kukitazama ndani.

³No one in heaven above, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look in it.

⁴Basi, mimi nikalia sana kwa sababu hakupatikana mtu aliyestahili kukifungua, au kukitazama ndani.

⁴And I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open the book, or to look in it.

⁵Kisha mmoja wa wale wazee akaniambia, "Usilie! Tazama! Simba wa kabila la Yuda, mjukuu maarufu wa Daudi, ameshinda. Yeye anaweza kuivunja mihuri yake saba na kukifungua hicho kitabu."

⁵One of the elders said to me, “Don’t weep. Behold, the Lion who is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome; he who opens the book and its seven seals.”

⁶Kisha nikaona pale katikati ya kiti cha enzi Mwana kondoo amesimama, akizungukwa kila upande na vile viumbe hai vinne, na wale wazee. Huyo Mwanakondoo alionekana kana kwamba amechinjwa. Alikuwa na pembe saba na macho saba ambayo ni roho saba za Mungu zilizokuwa zimepelekwa kila mahali duniani.

⁶I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, having seven horns, and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.

⁷Mwanakondoo akaenda, akakitwaa hicho kitabu kutoka mkono wa kulia wa yule aliyeketi juu ya kiti cha enzi.

⁷Then he came, and he took it out of the right hand of him who sat on the throne.

⁸Mara tu alipokwisha twaa hicho kitabu, vile viumbe hai vinne pamoja na wale wazee ishirini na wanne walianguka kifudifudi mbele ya Mwanakondoo. Kila mmoja, alikuwa na kinubi na bakuli za dhahabu zilizojaa ubani, ambao ni sala za watu wa Mungu.

⁸Now when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

⁹Basi, wakaimba wimbo huu mpya: "Wewe unastahili kukitwaa hicho kitabu na kuivunja mihuri yake. Kwa sababu wewe umechinjwa, na kwa damu yako umemnunulia Mungu watu kutoka katika kila kabila, lugha, jamaa na taifa.

⁹They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood, out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,

¹⁰Wewe umewafanya wawe ufalme wa makuhani wamtumikie Mungu wetu nao watatawala duniani."

¹⁰and made us kings and priests to our God, and we will reign on earth.”

¹¹Kisha nikatazama, nikasikia sauti ya malaika wengi sana, idadi isiyohesabika, maelfu na maelfu. Walikuwa wamekaa kuzunguka kiti cha enzi, vile viumbe hai vinne na wale wazee;

¹¹I saw, and I heard something like a voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands, and thousands of thousands;

¹²wakasema kwa sauti kuu: "Mwanakondoo aliyechinjwa anastahili kupokea uwezo, utajiri, hekima, nguvu, utukufu na sifa."

¹²saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who has been killed to receive the power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and blessing!”

¹³Nikasikia viumbe vyote mbinguni, duniani, chini kuzimuni na baharini--viumbe vyote ulimwenguni--vikisema: "Kwake yeye aketiye katika kiti cha enzi, na kwa Mwanakondoo, iwe sifa na heshima na utukufu na enzi milele na milele."

¹³I heard every created thing which is in heaven, on the earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb be the blessing, the honor, the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever! Amen! TR omits “Amen!” ”

¹⁴Na vile viumbe vinne hai vikasema, "Amina!" Na wale wazee wakaanguka kifudifudi, wakaabudu.

¹⁴The four living creatures said, “Amen!” The TR adds “twenty-four” elders fell down and worshiped. TR adds “the one living forever and ever”