Kuvumbulutsidwa kwa Yesu
Kuvumbulutsidwa kwa Yesu Khristu ndi mapeto a nkhani—chiweruzo, kugwa kwa choipa, ndi kumwamba kwatsopano ndi dziko lapansi latsopano kumene Atate wathu amakhala ndi ana Ake kwamuyaya.
1 1Chivumbulutso cha Yesu Khristu, chimene Atate wathu anampatsa kuti awaonetse atumiki ake zinthu zimene ziyenera kuchitika posachedwa. Yesu anachidziwitsa potumiza mngelo wake kwa mtumiki wake Yohane, 2amene anachitira umboni mau a Atate wathu ndi umboni wa Yesu Khristu—zonse zimene anaziona.
3Wodala munthu amene awerenga mokweza mau a uneneri uwu, ndipo odala amene amamva ndi kusunga zimene zalembedwa mkati mwake—nthawi yayandikira.
Chisomo kwa Mipingo Isanu ndi Iwiri
4Yohane, kwa mipingo isanu ndi iwiri ya ku Asiya: chisomo ndi mtendere zikhale ndi inu zochokera kwa Iye amene alipo, amene analipo, ndi amene akudza, ndiponso kuchokera kwa mizimu isanu ndi iwiri imene ili pamaso pa mpando wake wachifumu, a a v4 “Mizimu isanu ndi iwiri” imene ili pamaso pa mpando wachifumu si zolengedwa zisanu ndi iwiri, koma ndi Mzimu Woyera mmodzi mu kudzala kwake kwa kasanu ndi kawiri, kukwaniritsa moni wochokera kwa Atate wathu, Mzimu, ndi Yesu. 5ndiponso kuchokera kwa Yesu Khristu, mboni yokhulupirika, woyamba kubadwa pakati pa akufa, wolamulira mafumu a dziko lapansi. Kwa Iye amene amatikonda ndipo anatimasula ku machimo athu ndi mwazi wake, 6ndipo anatisandutsa ufumu, ansembe kwa Atate wake—kwa Iye kukhale ulemerero ndi ulamuliro ku nthawi zonse za muyaya. Ameni.
7Taonani, akudza ndi mitambo—diso lililonse lidzamuona Iye, ngakhalenso iwo amene anamubaya—ndipo mitundu yonse ya dziko lapansi idzamulira maliro. Inde, ameni.
8“Ine ndine Alufa ndi Omega,” akutero Mulungu Wolamulira Zonse, “amene alipo ndi amene analipo ndi amene akudza, Wamphamvuzonse.”
Yohane pa Patimo
9Ine Yohane, mbale wanu ndi mnzanu mu masautso, ufumu, ndi kupirira zimene tili nazo mwa Yesu, ndinali pa chilumba chotchedwa Patimo chifukwa cha mau a Atate wathu ndi umboni wa Yesu. 10Ndinali mu Mzimu pa tsiku la Ambuye ndipo ndinamva kumbuyo kwanga mau okweza ngati lipenga,
11nati, “Lemba zimene ukuona m'mpukutu ndipo utumize kwa mipingo isanu ndi iwiri—Efeso, Simurna, Pergamo, Tiyatira, Sarde, Filadelfiya, ndi Laodikaya.”
12Ndipo ndinatembenuka kuti ndione mau amene anali kuyankhula ndi ine, ndipo pamene ndinatembenuka ndinaona zoikapo nyale zisanu ndi iwiri zagolide, 13pakati pa zoikapo nyalezo, wina wonga mwana wa munthu—Yesu—wovala mkanjo wofika kumapazi ake, ndi lamba wagolide pa chifuwa chake. b b v13 Yohane akuona Yesu atanyamula zithunzi ziwiri za Danieli 7 nthawi imodzi—“wonga mwana wa munthu” (Danieli 7:13) ndi maonekedwe a Wokhalapo Kuyambira Kale (Danieli 7:9, otchulidwa mu vesi lotsatira). Tsitsi loyera, mpando wachifumu, ulamuliro pa mitundu ya anthu—zimene Danieli anaona kuti ndi za zithunzi ziwiri, Yohane akuziona zili zogwirizana mwa Yesu. 14Tsitsi la mutu wake linali loyera, ngati ubweya, ngati matalala; maso ake anali ngati lawi la moto. 15Mapazi ake anali ngati mkuwa wonyezimira, woyengedwa mu ng'anjo; mau ake anali ngati kugunda kwa madzi ambiri. 16Anagwira nyenyezi zisanu ndi iwiri m'dzanja lake lamanja, ndipo lupanga lakuthwa konsekonse linatuluka m'kamwa mwake, ndipo nkhope yake inawala ngati dzuwa pa mphamvu yake yonse.
17Pamene ndinamuona Iye, ndinagwa pa mapazi ake ngati wakufa. Anaika dzanja lake lamanja pa ine, nati, “Usaope. Ine ndine woyamba ndi wotsiriza, c c v17 “Woyamba ndi wotsiriza” ndi dzina limene Atate wathu amalitenga kudzera mwa Yesaya (Yesaya 44:6); Yesu akulitenga pa Iye mwini pano—Mwana amagawana ndi Atate kukhalapo kwawo kosatha. 18Ine ndine wamoyo. Ndinali wakufa—taona, ndine wamoyo ku nthawi zonse za muyaya! Ndili ndi makiyi a Imfa ndi a manda. 19Choncho lemba zimene waona, zimene zilipo tsopano, ndi zimene zidzachitike pambuyo pa izi. 20Ichi ndi chinsinsi cha nyenyezi zisanu ndi iwiri zimene unaziona m'dzanja langa lamanja, ndi zoikapo nyale zisanu ndi iwiri zagolide: nyenyezi zisanu ndi iwiri ndi angelo a mipingo isanu ndi iwiri, ndipo zoikapo nyale zisanu ndi iwiri ndi mipingo isanu ndi iwiri.”