Zvakazarurwa 12

¹Zvino kudenga kwakavonekwa chiratidzo chikuru ichi: Mukadzi, wakanga akapfeka zuva, mwedzi uri pasi petsoka dzake, napamusoro wake korona inenyeredzi dzinegumi nembiri;And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:

²iye wakanga anemimba, akadanidzira pakupona kwake, achitambudzika pakuzvara.And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.

³Ipapo kudenga kwakavonekwa chimwe chiratidzo ichi: Tarira, shato huru tsvuku inemisoro minomwe, nenyanga dzinegumi, napamisoro yayo korona nomwe.And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.

⁴Rumhinda rwayo rwakakweva chetatu chenyeredzi dzokudenga, ndokudzikandira pasi panyika; shato iyo ikamira pamberi pomukadzi wakanga ozvara, kuti iparadze mwana wake kana azvara.And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.

⁵Akazvara mwana womukomana, unozofudza marudzi ose netsimbo yedare; mwana wake ndokutorwa kunaMwari, nokuchigaro chake chovushe.And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.

⁶Mukadzi akatizira kurenje, paakagadzirirwa nzvimbo naMwari, kuti vamuchengetepo mazuva anechuru chinamazana maviri namakumi matanhatu.And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

⁷Zvino kurwa kwakavapo kudenga; Mikaeri navatumwa vake vakarwa neshato, shato ikarwa inavatumwa vayo;And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,

⁸vakasakunda, nenzvimbo yavo hainakuzowanikwa kudenga.And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.

⁹Zvino shato huru yakakandirwa pasi, iyo nyoka yekare, inonzi Dhiyabhorosi, naSatani, munyengeri wenyika yose; yakakandirwa panyika, navatumwa vayo vakakandirwa pasi pamwe chete nayo.And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

¹⁰Ndikanzwa inzwi guru kudenga, richiti: Zvino ruponeso rwasvika, nesimba, novushe bwaMwari wedu, novumambo bwaKristu wake; nokuti mupomeri wehama dzedu wakakandirwa pasi, wakavapomera pamberi paMwari we du masikati novusiku.And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

¹¹ivo vakamukunda neropa reGwaiana, vuye neshoko rokupupura kwavo; havana kuda vupenyu bwavo kusvikira parufu.And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

¹²Saka farai kudenga nemi munogara’ko. Munenhamo imi nyika navanogara panyika negungwa, nokuti mweya wakaipa wakaburukira kwamuri, akatsamwa kwazvo, nokuti unoziva kuti uchinenguva duku.Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

¹³Shato yakati yavona kuti yakandirwa pasi panyika, ikatambudza mukadzi wakazvara mwana womukomana.And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.

¹⁴Ipapo mukadzi akapiwa mapapiro maviri egondo guru, kuti abururukire kurenje kunzvimbo yake, kwaanochengeterwa nguva nedzimwe nguva nehafu yenguva, kwaasingavonekwi nenyoka.And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

¹⁵Ipapo nyoka yakabudisa mvura mumuromo mayo, yakaita sorwizi shure kwomukadzi kuti akukurwe norwizi.And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.

¹⁶Ipapo nyika yakabatsira mukadzi, nyika ikashamisa muromo wayo, ikamedza rwizi rwakabudiswa neshato mumuromo mayo.And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

¹⁷Ikamira pajecha regungwa.And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.