Zvakazarurwa 21

¹Zvino ndakavona denga idzva nenyika itsva, nokuti denga rokutanga nenyika yokutanga zvakanga zvapfuvura; negungwa rakanga risisipo.And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

²Ini Johane ndikavona guta dzvene, Jerusarema idzva, richiburuka kudenga richibva kunaMwari, rakagadzirwa somwenga wakashongedzerwa murume wake.And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

³Ndikanzwa inzwi richibva kudenga, richiti: Tarirai, tabernakeri yaMwari iri pakati pavanhu, iye uchagara navo ivo vachava vanhu vake; Mwari amene uchava navo, ave Mwari wavo.And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

⁴Uchapisika misodzi yose pameso avo; rufu haruchavipo, kana kuchema, kana kurira, kana kutambudzika hazvingavipo; nokuti zvokatanga zvapfuvura.And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

⁵Wakanga agere pachigaro chovushe akati: Tarirai, ndinovandudza zvose akati kwandiri nyora: nokuti mashoko awa angatendwa, ndaazvokwadi.And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

⁶Akati kwandiri: Zvaitwa. Ndini Arfa neOmega, kutanga nokuguma. Ini ndichapa unenyota zvinobva patsime remvura yovupenyu asigatengi.And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.

⁷Unokunda uchagara nhaka yezvinhu izvi: ndichava Mwari wake, iye uchava mwanakomana wangu.He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

⁸Asi kana vari vanotya, navasingatendi navanyangadzi, navavurayi, nemhombwe, navaroyi, navanonamata zvifananidzo, navose vanoreva nhema, vachava nemugove wavo mudziva rinopfuta nomoto nesurferi; ndirwo rufu rwechipiri.But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

⁹Zvino mumwe wavatumwa vanomwe vakanga vane ndiro nomwe dzizere namatambudziko manomwe okupedzisira akavuya kwandiri akasvika akataura neni, achiti: Vuya pano, ndigokuratidza mwenga, mukadzi weGwaiana.And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife.

¹⁰Ipapo wakandiisa muMweya kugomo guru refu, akandiratidza guta guru Jerusarema dzvene, richiburuka kudenga, richibva kunaMwari,And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,

¹¹rinokubwinya kwaMwari; chiedza charo chakanga chakaita sebwe rinokosha kwazvo, sebwe rejasipisi, rinovonekera sekiristaro;Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;

¹²rakanga rinorusvingo rukuru, rurefu, rakanga rinamasuvo anegumi namaviri; navatumwa vanegumi navaviri pamusuvo, namazita akanyorwa pamusoro pawo, ari mazita amarudzi anegumi namaviri avana vaIsraeri.And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:

¹³Kumabvazuva kwakanga kunamasuvo matatu; kumusoro masuvo matatu, zasi masuvo matatu, nokumavirira masuvo matatu;On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.

¹⁴rusvingo rweguta rwakanga runenheyo dzinegumi nembiri; napamusoro padzo mazita avaapostora vanegumi navaviri veGwaiana.And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

¹⁵Uyo, wakataura neni, wakanga anorutsanga rwendarama rokuyera guta narwo, namasuvo aro norusingo rwaro.And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.

¹⁶Guta rakanga rakavakwa namativi mana akaenzana, kureba kwaro kwakaenzana nokufara kwaro; akayera guta norutsanga, zvikasvika pamastadia anezvuru zvinegumi nezviviri*; kureba nokufara, nokukwirira kwaro zvakanga zvakaenzana.And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.

¹⁷Akayera rusvingo rwaro, makubiti anezana namakumi mana namana, nechiyero chomunhu, chiri chiyero chomutumwa.And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.

¹⁸Rusvingo rwaro rwakanga rwakavakwa nejaspisi, vuye guta rakanga riri rendarama, yakaisonaka, yakavonekera kwazvo.And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.

¹⁹Nheyo dzorusingo rweguta dzakanga dzakashongedzwa namabwe amarudzi ose anokosha. Nheyo yokutanga yakanga iri yejasipisi; yechipiri yesafiri yetatu yekasidhoni yechina yesimaragidhino;And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;

²⁰yechishanu yesardoniksi; yechitanhatu yesardio; yechinomwe yekrisoriti; yorusere yeberiri; yepfumbamwe yetopasi; yegumi yekirisoprasi; yegumi neimwe yehiakinti; yegumi nembiri yaametesti.The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.

²¹Masuvo anegumi namaviri akanga ari amaparera anegumi namaviri; suvo rimwe nerimwe rakanga riri reparera rimwe; nzira yomuguta yakanga iri yendarama yakaisonaka, inoita seinovonekera.And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.

²²Handina kuvona tembere mukati maro, nokuti Ishe Mwari wamasimba ose neGwaiana itembere yaro.And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.

²³Guta haritsvaki zuva kana mwedzi, kuti rivhenekerwe nazvo; nokuti kubwinya kwaMwari ndiko kwairi vhenekera, nomwenje waro ndiro Gwaiana.And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

²⁴Vuye marudzi avaya vanoponeswa achafamba nechiedza charo, madzimambo enyika achavuyisa kubwinya kwawo nokukudzwa kwawo mariri.And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.

²⁵Masuvo aro haangatongozarirwi masikati, nokuti vusiku habwuchazovipo.And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.

²⁶Vachavuyisa mukati maro kubwinya nokukudzwa kwendudzi.And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.

²⁷Mukati maro hamungatongopindi chinhu chinosvibisa, kana chinonyangadza, kana chinenhema; asi avo bedzi vakanyorwa mubhuku yovupenyu yeGwaiana.And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.