Zvakazarurwa 5

1 Zvino ndakaona muruoko rwerudyi rwaiye wakange agere pachigaro cheushe bhuku rakanyorwa mukati nekunze, rakanamatidzwa nemicherechedzo minomwe.

I saw that there was a scroll in the right hand of the one who was sitting on the throne. The scroll was written on its outside as well as on its inside, and it was sealed {Someone had written on the outside as well as on the inside of the scroll and sealed it} with seven seals.

2 Zvino ndakaona mutumwa ane simba achidanidzira nenzwi guru; achiti: Ndiani wakafanira kuzarura bhuku nekusunungura micherechedzo yaro?

I saw a strong angel who was announcing in a loud voice, “(The person who is worthy to break the seals of the scroll and then to open it should come to do it!/Who is worthy to break the seals of the scroll and then to open it?)” [RHQ]

3 Asi kwakange kusina munhu kudenga kana panyika, kana pasi penyika, wakagona kuzarura bhuku, kana kuritarira.

But no created being in heaven nor any created being on the earth nor any created being under the earth was able to open the scroll and see what was written on it.

4 Zvino ini ndakachema zvikuru, nokuti hakuna kutongowanikwa wakafanira kuzarura nekuverenga bhuku, kana kuritarira.

I cried loudly because there was no one worthy to do that.

5 Zvino umwe wevakuru wakati kwandiri: Usachema; tarira, yakunda Shumba inobva kurudzi rwaJudha, Mudzi waDhavhidhi, kuti izarure bhuku nekusunungura micherechedzo yaro minomwe.

But one of the elders said to me, “Do not cry any longer! Look, the one who is called the Lion from the tribe of Judah, the Messiah who is the descendant of King David, has overcome Satan! As a result, he is worthy to break the seven seals on the scroll and open it!”

6 Zvino ndakaona, uye tarira, pakati pechigaro cheushe nechezvisikwa zvipenyu zvina, nepakati pevakuru, Gwayana rimire serakabaiwa, rine nyanga nomwe nemeso manomwe, ndiyo Mweya minomwe yaMwari yakatumwa kunyika yese.

Then I saw Jesus, the one who is like a [MET] sacrificial lamb, standing there. He stood near the throne, in the midst of the four living creatures and the elders. It appeared that he had been killed {that people had killed him}, but he was alive again. He had seven horns [on his head], and he had seven eyes that symbolize the Spirit of God who has all kinds of power (OR, who is also symbolized as seven spirits). [He] sends [God’s] Spirit out into all the earth.

7 Zvino rakauya, rikatora bhuku kubva muruoko rwerudyi rwaiye wakagara pachigaro cheushe.

He came and took the scroll from the right hand of the one who sits on the throne.

8 Zvino rakati ratora bhuku, zvisikwa zvipenyu zvina nevakuru makumi maviri nevana vakawira pamberi peGwayana, umwe neumwe ane rudimbwa nendiro dzegoridhe dzizere nezvinonhuhwira inova minyengetero yevatsvene.

When he took the scroll, the four living [creatures] and the 24 elders (prostrated themselves/knelt down) before [Jesus], the [one who is like a] lamb, [to worship him]. They each had a harp, and they had golden bowls full of incense that [represents] the prayers of God’s people.

9 Zvino vakaimba rwiyo rutsva, vachiti: Makafanira kutora bhuku, nekuzarura micherechedzo yaro; nokuti makabaiwa, ndokutidzikunurira Mwari neropa renyu kubva kudzinza rese, nekururimi, nekuvanhu, nekurudzi,

The living [creatures] and the elders sang a new song. They sang: You are worthy to receive the scroll and to open its seals, because you were killed, and because you redeemed/bought people for God from every tribe, language [MTY], people-group, and nation with the blood that flowed from your body when you died.

10 makatiitawo kuna Mwari wedu tive madzimambo nevapristi, uye tichatonga panyika.

You have caused them to become a people over whom our God rules, and to become priests who serve him, and they will rule on [MTY] the earth.

11 Zvino ndakaona, uye ndakanzwa inzwi revatumwa vazhinji vakakomberedza chigaro cheushe, nezvisikwa zvipenyu nevakuru; nekuwanda kwazvo kwakange kuri mazana nemazana emazana nemazana, nezvuru zvezvuru,

As I [continued to] look, I heard the voices of many angels around the throne and around the living [creatures] and the elders. There were millions of them, a [crowd so large that no one could count them].

12 vachiti nenzwi guru: Rakafanira Gwayana rakabaiwa kugamuchira simba neufumi nenjere nemasimba nerukudzo nekubwinya nekurumbidzwa.

They were singing in a loud voice: “The one who is like a lamb was killed {whom his enemies killed} but he became alive again. He is worthy that all created beings acknowledge that he is infinitely powerful, infinitely rich, infinitely wise, and infinitely strong! He is worthy of being honored and praised by all created beings!”

13 Nechisikwa chega-chega chiri kudenga, nepanyika, nepasi penyika, nezviri pagungwa nezvese zviri mazviri, ndakanzwa zvichiti: Kuna iye agere pamusoro pechigaro cheushe nekuGwayana ngakuve nekurumbidzwa, nerukudzo, nekubwinya, nesimba kusvikira rinhi narinhi. (aiōn g165)

I also heard every creature that is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the ocean, every creature in all those places, saying (OR, singing): “We must forever praise and honor the one who sits on the throne and the one who is like a lamb, May they reign with complete power forever!” (aiōn g165)

14 Zvino zvisikwa zvipenyu zvina zvakati: Ameni. Nevakuru makumi maviri nevana vakawa, vakanamata iye anorarama kusvika rinhi narinhi.

The four living [creatures] said, “(Amen!/May it be so!)” Then the elders prostrated themselves and worshipped [God and Jesus].