Zvakazarurwa 17

¹Zvino mumwe wavatumwa vanomwe, vakanga vanendiro nomwe, akavuya akataura neni, achiti: Vuya pano ndichakuratidza kutongwa kwemhombwe huru, inogara pamsoro pemvura zhinji;And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:

²madzimambo enyika akaita vupomwe nayo, navanogara panyika vakabatwa newaini yovupobwe bwayo.With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

³Ipapo wakandiisa kurenje mumweya, ndikavona mukadzi akatasva chikara chitsvuku, chizere namazita okumhura Mwari, chinemisoro minomwe nenyanga gumi.So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

⁴Mukadzi wakanga akapfeka nguvo tsvuku neshava, akashonga ndarama namabwe anokosha, namaparera, nomuruvoko rwake makanga munomudziyo wendarama uzere nezvinonyangadza netsvina yovupombwe bwake.And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:

⁵Pahuma yake pakanga pakanyorwa zita rakavanzika iri: BABHIRONI, GUTA GURU, MAI VEMHOMBWE NAVEZVINONYANGADZA ZVENYIKA.And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

⁶Ipapo ndakavona mukadzi akabatwa neropa ravatsvene, vuye neropa rezvapupu zvaJesu; ndikati ndichimuvona ndikashamiswa nokushamiswa kukuru.And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

⁷Ipapo mutumwa akati kwandiri: Washamiswa neiko? Ndichakuvudza zvakavanzika zvomukadzi, nezvechikara chinomutakura chinemisoro minomwe nenyanga dzinegumi.And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.

⁸Chikara chawavona, chaiva po, hachichipo; chodokukwira chichibva mugomba rakadzikadzika kundoparadzwa; vanogara panyika vasina kunyorwa mazita avo mubhuku yovupenyu kubva pakusikwa kwenyika, vachashamiswa kana vachivona chikara, kuti chaivapo, hachichipo, vuye chichazovapo.The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

⁹Ndipo panokufunga kunenjere. Misoro minomwe ndiwo makomo manomwe, anogarwa nomukadzi.And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.

¹⁰Ndiwo madzimambo manomwe; vashanu vawa, mumwe uripo, mumwe ugere kusvika; kana achisvika, unofanira kugara chinguva chiduku.And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.

¹¹Chikara chaivapo, chisisipo, ndiye worusere, mumwe wavanomwe, unondoparadzwa.And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.

¹²Nyanga dzinegumi dzawavona, ndiwo madzimambo anegumi, achigere kupiwa vushe asi uchapiwa simba samadzimambo pamwe chete nechikara nguva imwe.And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.

¹³Ivo vane ndangariro imwe, vanopa chikara simba ravo nevushe bwavo.These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.

¹⁴Ava vacharwa negwaiana, gwaiana richavakunda; nokuti iro ndiro Ishe wamadziShe, namambo wamadzimambo; naivo vanaro ndivanhu vakadanwa vatsvene vakatendeka.These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.

¹⁵Zvino akati kwandiri: mvura yawavona inogarwa nemhobwe,ndivo vanhu, navazhinji namarudzi, nendimi.And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

¹⁶Nyanga dzinegumi dzawavona nechikara ndivo vachavenga mhobwe, vachaiparadza nokuitorera nguvo; vachadya nyama yayo, nokuipisa nomoto.And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.

¹⁷Nokuti Mwari wakaisa mumoyo yavo kuti vaite kurangarira kwake, vave nokurangarira kumwe, vape chikara vushe bwavo, kusvikira mashoko aMwari aitika.For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

¹⁸Mukadzi wawavona ndiro guta guru, rinobata vushe bwamadzimambo enyika.And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.