Zvakazarurwa 13

¹zvino ndakavona chikara chichikwira chichibva mugungwa, chinenyanga dzinegumi nemisoro minomwe; napamusoro penyanga dzacho pakanga panekorona dzinegumi, napamusoro pemisoro yacho mazita okumhura Mwari.And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

²Chikara ichi chandakavona, chakanga chakaita sengwe; netsoka dzacho sedzebere, nomuromo wacho somuromo weshumba; shato ikachipa simba rayo, nechigaro chayo chovushe, namasimba makuru.And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

³Mumwe musoro wacho wakanga wakaita sowakakuvadzwa kusvikira parufu; asi vanga, raifanira kuvuraya, rakanga rapora; nyika yose ikashamiswa ikatevera chikara.And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.

⁴Vakanamata shato, nokuti yakapa chikara masimba; vakanamata chikara, vachiti: Ndianiko wakafanana nechikara? Ndianiko unogona kurwa nacho?And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?

⁵Ipapo chakapiwa muromo unotaura mashoko makuru nezvokumhura; chakapiwa simba kuti chizviite mwedzi inamakumi mana nemiviri.And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.

⁶Chikashamisa muromo wacho kuti chimhure Mwari, nokumhura zita rake netabernakeri yake naivo vanogara kudenga.And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.

⁷Chikapiwa masimba vo kuti chirwe navatsvene, nokuvakunda; chikapiwa masimba vo pamusoro pamarudzi ose, navanhu vose, nendimi dzose, nendudzi dzose.And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.

⁸Vose vanogara panyika vachachinamata, ivo vasinakunyorwa mazita avo mubhuku yeGwaiana rakabayiwa kubva pakusikwa kwenyika.And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

⁹Unenzeve, ngaanzwe.If any man have an ear, let him hear.

¹⁰Kana munhu achitapa, uchatapwa, kana munhu achivuraya nomunondo unofanira kuvurawa nomunondo. Ndipo pano kutsungirira nokutenda kwavatsvene.He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

¹¹Zvino ndakavona chimwe chikara chichikwira, chichibva panyika; chakanga chinenyanga mbiri segwaiana,, chikataura seshato.And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

¹²Chinobata namasimba ose echikara chokutanga pamberi pacho. Chinomanikidza nyika navagere mukati mayo kuti vanamate chikara chokutanga, chiya chinevanga raifanira kuchivuraya.And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

¹³Chinoita zviratidzo zvikuru, zvokuti chinoburusira moto unobva kudenga panyika pamberi pavanhu;And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,

¹⁴chinonyengera vanogara panyika nezviratidzo zvachakapiwa kuti chizviite pamberi pechikara; chichiti kunavanogara panyika kuti vaitire chikara mufananaidzo, chiya chakanga chinevanga romunondo chakararama.And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.

¹⁵Chakapiwa masimba okupa mufananidzo wechikara mweya, kuti mufananidzo wechikara utaure, chiraire kuti vose vasinganamati mufananidzo wechikara vavurawe.And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.

¹⁶Chinomanikidza vose, vaduku navakuru, vafumi navarombo, vakasununguka navaranda, kuti vapiwe chiratidzo muruvoko rwavo rworudyi, kana pahuma yavo;And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

¹⁷kuti munhu arege kuvapo unogona kutenga nokutengesa, asi iye unechiratidzo, iro zita rechikara kana chiverengo chezita racho.And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

¹⁸Ndipo panokuchenjera. Unoziva, ngaaverenge chiverengo chechikara; nokuti chiverengo ndechomunhu; chiverengo chacho ndimazana matanhatu namakumi matanhatu nenhanhatu.Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.