Zvakazarurwa 12
1 Zvino kwakaonekwa chiratidzo chikuru kudenga, mukadzi akapfeka zuva, nemwedzi uri pasi petsoka dzake, nepamusoro wake korona yenyeredzi gumi nembiri;
And a great sign was seen in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a diadem of twelve stars.
2 uye wakange ane pamuviri, akadanidzira achirwadziwa nemimba, uye achitambudzwa kupona.
She was with child; and she cried out, travailing in birth, in anguish to be delivered.
3 Zvino kwakaonekwa chimwe chiratidzo kudenga, tarirawo, zibukanana ziguru zidzvuku, rine misoro minomwe nenyanga gumi, nepamisoro yaro korona nomwe.
And another sign was seen in heaven; and lo, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and upon his head seven diadems.
4 Zvino muswe waro wakakweva chetatu chenyeredzi dzekudenga, ndokudzikandira panyika; zibukanana ndokumira pamberi pemukadzi wakange oda kupona, kuti kana apona, agoparadza mwana wake.
His tail drew a third part of the stars of the sky, and dashed them down to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman about to be delivered, so that he might devour her child when she was delivered.
5 Zvino wakapona mwana mukomana, wakange oda kufudza marudzi ese netsvimbo yedare; mwana wake ndokubvutirwa kuna Mwari nekuchigaro chake cheushe.
And she gave birth to a son, a man child, who is to shepherd all the nations with a rod of iron; and her child was caught up unto God and unto his throne.
6 Zvino mukadzi akatizira kurenje, kwaakange ane nzvimbo yakagadzirwa kubva kuna Mwari, kuti vamuriritira ipapo mazuva churu nemazana maviri nemakumi matanhatu.
And the woman fled into the desert, where she has a place prepared by God, in which she is to be nourished for a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
7 Zvino kukava nehondo kudenga; Mikaeri nevatumwa vake vakarwa nezibukanana, zibukanana ndokurwa rine vatumwa varo;
And there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels went forth to war with the dragon; and the dragon also fought, and his angels;
8 asi havana kukunda, uye nzvimbo yaro haina kuzowanikwa zvekare kudenga.
but they failed, nor was their place found any more in heaven.
9 Zvino zibukanana ziguru rakakandwa, nyoka yekare, inonzi Dhiabhorosi uye Satani, anonyengera nyika yese; wakakandirwa panyika, nevatumwa vake vakakandwa pamwe naye.
Now the great dragon was thrown down - that old Serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
10 Zvino ndakanzwa inzwi guru richiti kudenga: Ikozvino ruponeso rwasvika, nesimba, neushe hwaMwari wedu, neumambo hwaKristu wake; nokuti mupomeri wehama dzedu wakandirwa pasi, anovapomera pamberi paMwari wedu masikati neusiku.
And I heard a great voice in heaven, which said. "Now it is come! the salvation and the power, The kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ! For the accuser of our brethren is thrown down, Who accused them before our God, day and night.
11 Zvino ivo vakamukunda neropa reGwayana, uye neshoko reuchapupu hwavo, uye havana kuda upenyu hwavo kusvikira parufu.
And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb, And by the word of their testimony; And they loved not their life, even unto death.
12 Naizvozvi farai, matenga nemwi munogara maari. Mune nhamo vagari venyika negungwa, nokuti dhiabhorosi wakaburukira kwamuri ane kutsamwa kukuru, nokuti anoziva kuti ane nguva diki.
Therefore rejoice, O heavens, And you who dwell therein! Woe to the earth and the sea! For the devil has gone down to you in great fury, Because he knows that he has but little time."
13 Zvino zibukanana rakati raona kuti rakandirwa panyika, rakashusha mukadzi wakapona murume.
When the dragon saw that he was hurled down to the earth, he pursued the woman who gave birth to the man child.
14 Zvino kumukadzi kwakapiwa mapapiro maviri egondo guru, kuti abhururukire kurenje kunzvimbo yake, kwaanonoriritirwa kwenguva nedzimwe nguva nehafu yenguva, abve pauso hwenyoka.
But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle, so that she might fly into the desert to her place where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
15 Zvino nyoka yakabudisa mvura mumuromo mayo yakaita serwizi shure kwemukadzi kuti imukonzerese kukukurwa nerwizi.
And the serpent poured water from his mouth after the woman, water like a river, so that he might cause her to be carried off by the stream.
16 Zvino nyika yakabatsira mukadzi, nyika ndokushamisa muromo wayo, ikamedza rwizi zibukanana rwarakabudisa mumuromo maro.
But the earth came to the rescue of the woman and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed up the river that the dragon had poured forth from his mouth.
17 Zvino zibukanana rakatsamwira mukadzi, rikaenda kunoita hondo nevakasara vembeu yake, vanochengeta mirairo yaMwari, vane uchapupu hwaJesu Kristu.
And the dragon was enraged at the woman, and went away to make war upon the rest of her children who keep the commandments of God, and hold fast the testimony of Jesus. And he stood upon the sand of the sea.
