Zvakazarurwa 8

¹Wakati azarura chisimbiso chichinomwe, kunyarara kukavapo kudenga kunenge sehafu yenguva.And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.

²Ipapo ndakavona vatumwa vanomwe vamire pamberi paMwari; vakapiwa hwamanda nomwe.And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.

³Zvino mumwe mutumwa wakavuya, akamira paaritari, anomudziyo wendarama wezvinonhuwira; akapiwa zvinonhuwira zvizhinji kuti azviise pamwe chete neminyengetero yavatsvene vose pamusoro pearitari yendarama, yakanga iri pamberi pechigaro chovushe.And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.

⁴Vutsi bwezvinonhuwira bwukakwira pamberi paMwari bwuchibva muruvoko rwomutumwa pamwe chete neminyengetero yavatsvene.And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand.

⁵Mutumwa akatora mudziyo wezvinonhuwira, akauzadza nomoto wearitari, akaukandira panyika; ipapo kwakavuya kutinhira, namanzwi, nemheni, nokudengenyeka kwenyika.And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.

⁶Ipapo vatumwa vanomwe, vakanga vanehwamanda nomwe, vakazvigadzira kuti varidze.And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.

⁷Wokutanga wakaridza, kukavuya chimvuramabwe nomoto zvakavhenganiswa neropa, zvikakandirwa panyika; ipapo chetatu chenyika chikatsva, nechetatu chemiti chikatsva,novuswa, bwutema bwose bwakatswa.The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

⁸Zvino mutumwa wechipiri wakaridza, chimwe chakaita segomo guru rinopfuta nomoto chikakandwa mugungwa; ipapo chetatu chegungwa chikashanduka ropa;And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;

⁹chetatu chezvisikwa zvakanga zviri mugungwa zvikafa, izvo, zvakanga zvinovupenyu; nechetatu chezvikepe chikaparadzwa.And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.

¹⁰Zvino mutumwa wechitatu wakaridza, nyeredzi huru, yakapfuta sezhenje, ikawa kudenga, ikawira pamusoro pechetatu chenzizi napamatsime emvura;And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;

¹¹zita renyeredzi rakanga richinzi, Chinovava; ipapo chetatu chemvura chikavaviswa, vanhu vazhinji vakafa nemvura, nokuti yakanga yavaviswa.And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

¹²Zvino mutumwa wechina wakaridza, chetatu chezuva chikarobwa, nechetatu chomwedzi, nechetatu chenyeredzi, kuti chetatu chazvo chisvibiswe, vuye kuti chetatu chamasikati chirege kuvhenekera, novusiku saizvozvo.And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.

¹³Ipapo ndakatarira, ndikanzwa mutumwa achibhururuka pakati pedenga, achiti nenzwi guru: Nhamo, nhamo, nhamo, kunavanogara panyika, nokuda kwamanzwi mamwe ehwamanda avatumwa vatatu vachazoridza.And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!