Zvakazarurwa 12
1 Zvino kwakaonekwa chiratidzo chikuru kudenga, mukadzi akapfeka zuva, nemwedzi uri pasi petsoka dzake, nepamusoro wake korona yenyeredzi gumi nembiri;
Then something very unusual appeared in the sky. It was a woman, whose [appearance and] clothing were [MET] as bright as the sun. The moon was under her feet. On her head was a crown [that was made] of twelve stars.
2 uye wakange ane pamuviri, akadanidzira achirwadziwa nemimba, uye achitambudzwa kupona.
She was pregnant. Then, as she was about to give birth, she cried out because she was suffering pain.
3 Zvino kwakaonekwa chimwe chiratidzo kudenga, tarirawo, zibukanana ziguru zidzvuku, rine misoro minomwe nenyanga gumi, nepamisoro yaro korona nomwe.
Something else very unusual appeared in the sky. It was a huge red dragon. It had seven heads and ten horns. On each of its heads was a royal crown.
4 Zvino muswe waro wakakweva chetatu chenyeredzi dzekudenga, ndokudzikandira panyika; zibukanana ndokumira pamberi pemukadzi wakange oda kupona, kuti kana apona, agoparadza mwana wake.
The dragon’s tail dragged a third of the stars from the sky and threw them to the earth. The dragon set himself in front of the woman who was about to give birth, in order that he might eat her child as soon as it was born.
5 Zvino wakapona mwana mukomana, wakange oda kufudza marudzi ese netsvimbo yedare; mwana wake ndokubvutirwa kuna Mwari nekuchigaro chake cheushe.
The woman gave birth to a son, who [is destined] to rule all the nations with [complete authority as if he was using] [MET] an iron rod [MET]. [God] snatched away her child and took him to [rule from] his throne.
6 Zvino mukadzi akatizira kurenje, kwaakange ane nzvimbo yakagadzirwa kubva kuna Mwari, kuti vamuriritira ipapo mazuva churu nemazana maviri nemakumi matanhatu.
The woman fled to a desert. She has a place there that God has prepared for her, in order that [the angels] may take care of her for 1,260 days.
7 Zvino kukava nehondo kudenga; Mikaeri nevatumwa vake vakarwa nezibukanana, zibukanana ndokurwa rine vatumwa varo;
[In the vision I saw that] there was a battle in heaven. Michael and the angels that he [commanded] fought against the dragon. The dragon and his angels fought back [against Michael and his angels].
8 asi havana kukunda, uye nzvimbo yaro haina kuzowanikwa zvekare kudenga.
But the dragon did not win the battle, so [God] did not allow the dragon and his angels to stay in heaven any longer.
9 Zvino zibukanana ziguru rakakandwa, nyoka yekare, inonzi Dhiabhorosi uye Satani, anonyengera nyika yese; wakakandirwa panyika, nevatumwa vake vakakandwa pamwe naye.
The huge dragon was thrown {[Michael and his angels] threw the huge dragon} out [of heaven]. The dragon is the ancient serpent, [the one] who is called the Devil and Satan. He is the one who deceives [people all over] the earth. He was thrown down to the earth, along with all his angels.
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.
Then I heard [someone] in heaven shout loudly, saying, Now our God has saved his people by his power, and he rules everyone! Now the Messiah, the one who is the supreme ruler whom God appointed, has authority to rule all people, because our God has thrown out of heaven the one who accuses our fellow believers! The dragon is the one who accuses them day and night before our God, saying that they have sinned and that God ought to punish them.
11 Zvino ivo vakamukunda neropa reGwayana, uye neshoko reuchapupu hwavo, uye havana kuda upenyu hwavo kusvikira parufu.
Our fellow believers overcame the dragon because they never stopped trusting (OR, never stopped telling people about) Jesus, and because they trusted in what Jesus, the one who is like a lamb, accomplished when his blood flowed when he died. Even though those believers wanted to live, they were willing to let people kill them for speaking the truth about him.
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.
So, all you angels living [MTY] in heaven, rejoice! But terrible things will happen to you ungodly people who [MTY] live on the earth and on the ocean, because the devil has come down to you! He is very angry because he knows that he has only a short time during which he can harm people.
13 Zvino zibukanana rakati raona kuti rakandirwa panyika, rakashusha mukadzi wakapona murume.
When the dragon realized that he had been thrown {that [the angels] had thrown him} down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to a son.
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 two wings like the wings of a very large eagle, in order that she might fly to a desolate place. That is a place [that God] has prepared for her. There she was taken care of {[God’s angels] took care of her} for three and a half years. The serpent, [that is, the dragon], was not able to reach her there.
15 Zvino nyoka yakabudisa mvura mumuromo mayo yakaita serwizi shure kwemukadzi kuti imukonzerese kukukurwa nerwizi.
The serpent spewed water like a river from his mouth in the direction of the woman, in order that the water might sweep her away.
16 Zvino nyika yakabatsira mukadzi, nyika ndokushamisa muromo wayo, ikamedza rwizi zibukanana rwarakabudisa mumuromo maro.
But the ground helped the woman [by] opening up and swallowing the river that the dragon spewed out from his mouth!
17 Zvino zibukanana rakatsamwira mukadzi, rikaenda kunoita hondo nevakasara vembeu yake, vanochengeta mirairo yaMwari, vane uchapupu hwaJesu Kristu.
Then the dragon was very angry with the woman, so he went away to fight against [the people who are like] the rest of her descendants. They are the people who obey God’s commandments and who tell other people about Jesus (OR, hold fast to what Jesus taught them).
