1I saw a mighty angel coming down out of the sky, clothed with a cloud. A rainbow was on his head. His face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.
1Zvino ndakaona mumwe mutumwa une simba achiburuka kubva kudenga, akapfekedzwa gore; nemurarabungu uri pamusoro wake, chiso chake chakaita sezuva, netsoka dzake sembiru dzemoto;
2He had in his hand a little open book. He set his right foot on the sea, and his left on the land.
2uye wakange ane bhuku duku rakazaruka muruoko rwake, akaisa rutsoka rwake rwerudyi pamusoro pegungwa, nerweruboshwe pamusoro penyika;
3He cried with a loud voice, as a lion roars. When he cried, the seven thunders uttered their voices.
3zvino akadanidzira nenzwi guru seshumba inodzvova; iye wakati adanidzira, kutinhira kunomwe kukabudisa manzwi ako.
4When the seven thunders sounded, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from the sky saying, “Seal up the things which the seven thunders said, and don’t write them.”
4Zvino kutinhira kunomwe kwakati kwareva manzwi ako, ndakange ndododa kunyora, ndikanzwa inzwi richibva kudenga richiti kwandiri: Zarira zvarebwa nekutinhira kunomwe usanyora zvinhu izvi.
5The angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to the sky,
5Ipapo mutumwa uya wandakaona amire pamusoro pegungwa nepamusoro penyika, wakasimudzira ruoko rwake kudenga,
6and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things that are in it, the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, that there will no longer be delay,
6akapika naiye mupenyu kusvikira rinhi narinhi, wakasika denga nezvinhu zvirimo, nenyika nezvinhu zvirimo, negungwa nezvinhu zvirimo, kuti nguva haingazovipo.
7but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God is finished, as he declared to his servants, the prophets.
7Asi nemazuva enzwi remutumwa wechinomwe, kana woda kuridza, chakavanzika chaMwari chichapedziswa, sezvaakaparidzira varanda vake vaporofita.
8The voice which I heard from heaven, again speaking with me, said, “Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the land.”
8Zvino inzwi randakanzwa richibva kudenga rakataura kwandirizve rikati: Enda utore bhuku duku rakazaruka riri muruoko rwemutumwa, umire pamusoro pegungwa nepamusoro penyika.
9I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little book. He said to me, “Take it, and eat it up. It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.”
9Ndikabva ndaenda kumutumwa, ndokuti kwaari: Ndipei bhuku duku. Akati kwandiri: Tora uridye; zvino richavavisa dumbu rako, asi mumuromo mako richatapira seuchi.
10I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up. It was as sweet as honey in my mouth. When I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter.
10Zvino ndakatora bhuku duku muruoko rwemutumwa ndikaridya; rikava mumuromo mangu seuchi kutapira; asi ndakangoti ndaridya dumbu rangu rikavava.
11They told me, “You must prophesy again over many peoples, nations, languages, and kings.”
11Akati kwandiri: Unofanira kuporofitazve pamberi pevanhu nendudzi nendimi nemadzimambo.