Kuzarurwa kwaJesu
Kuzarurwa kwaJesu Kristu nomugumo wenhau—kutonga, kuwa kwezvakaipa, nedenga idzva nenyika itsva apo Baba vedu vanogara navana vavo nokusingaperi.
1 1Kuzarurwa kwaJesu Kristu, uko Baba vedu vakamupa kuti aratidze varanda vake zvinofanira kukurumidza kuitika. Jesu akazvizivisa nokutuma mutumwa wake kumuranda wake Johani, 2uyo akapupura shoko raBaba vedu nouchapupu hwaJesu Kristu—zvose zvaakaona.
3Akaropafadzwa uyo anoverenga chiprofita ichi nenzwi guru, uye vakaropafadzwa avo vanonzwa uye vanochengeta zvakanyorwa machiri—nguva yava pedyo.
Nyasha kuKereke Nomwe
4Johani, kukereke nomwe dziri muAsia: nyasha norugare kwamuri zvinobva kuna Iye aripo, akanga aripo, uye ari kuuya, nokubva kumweya minomwe iri pamberi pechigaro chake choushe, a a v4 “Mweya minomwe” iri pamberi pechigaro choushe haisi zvisikwa zvinomwe asi Mweya Mutsvene mumwe chete muzara kwake kwakapetwa kanomwe, kuzadzisa kukwazisa kunobva kuna Baba vedu, Mweya, naJesu. 5uye nokubva kuna Jesu Kristu, chapupu chakatendeka, dangwe kubva kuvakafa, mutongi wamadzimambo enyika. Kuna iye anotida uye akatisunungura kubva kuzvivi zvedu neropa rake, 6uye akatiita umambo, vaprista kuna Baba vake—kwaari ngakuve nokubwinya nesimba nokusingaperi-peri. Ameni.
7Tarirai, ari kuuya nemakore—ziso rimwe nerimwe richamuona, kunyange avo vakamubaya—uye marudzi ose enyika achamuchema. Hongu, ameni.
8“Ndini Arifa naOmega,” anotaura Mwari Changamire, “aripo akanga aripo uye ari kuuya, Wamasimba Ose.”
Johani paPatmosi
9Ini, Johani, hama yenyu nomumwe wenyu mukutambudzika, umambo, nokutsungirira zvatinazvo muna Jesu, ndakanga ndiri pachitsuwa chinonzi Patmosi nokuda kweshoko raBaba vedu nouchapupu hwaJesu. 10Ndakanga ndiri muMweya pazuva raShe uye ndakanzwa shure kwangu inzwi guru rakaita sehwamanda,
11richiti, “Nyora zvaunoona mubhuku romupumburu ugozvitumira kukereke nomwe—Efeso, Simina, Pegamo, Tiyatira, Sadhisi, Firadherifia, naRaodhikea.”
12Ipapo ndakatendeuka kuti ndione inzwi raitaura kwandiri, uye pandakatendeuka ndakaona zvigadziko zvemwenje zvinomwe zvegoridhe, 13pakati pezvigadziko zvemwenje, mumwe akaita somwanakomana womunhu—Jesu—akapfeka nguo yakasvika kutsoka dzake, aine bhanhire regoridhe pachipfuva chake. b b v13 Johani anoona Jesu akatakura zviratidzo zviviri zvaDhanieri 7 panguva imwe chete—“mumwe akaita somwanakomana womunhu” (Dhanieri 7:13) nokuoneka kwaIye Akare Pamazuva (Dhanieri 7:9, zvakatsanangurwa muvhesi inotevera). Vhudzi rakachena, zvakamira zvechigaro choushe, simba pamusoro pamarudzi—izvo Dhanieri zvaakaona zviri zvezviratidzo zviviri, Johani anozviona zvakabatana muna Jesu. 14Vhudzi romusoro wake rakanga rakachena, semvere dzegwai, sechando; meso ake akaita sorimi romoto. 15Tsoka dzake dzakanga dzakaita sendarira inopenya, yakanatswa muvira romoto; inzwi rake rakaita semvura zhinji inotinhira. 16Akanga akabata nyeredzi nomwe muruoko rwake rworudyi, uye mumuromo make makabuda bakatwa rinopinza rinocheka kumativi maviri, uye chiso chake chaipenya sezuva pasimba raro rizere.
17Pandakamuona, ndakawira patsoka dzake sendakafa. Akaisa ruoko rwake rworudyi pamusoro pangu, achiti, “Usatya. Ndini wokutanga nowokupedzisira, c c v17 “Wokutanga nowokupedzisira” ndiro zita rinozvitorera Baba vedu kuburikidza naIsaya (Isaya 44:6); Jesu anorizvitorera pachake pano—Mwanakomana anogovana nokuvapo kusingaperi kwaBaba. 18mupenyu. Ndakanga ndakafa—tarira, ndiri mupenyu nokusingaperi-peri! Ndakabata kiyi dzoRufu nedzeguva. 19Naizvozvo nyora zvawaona, zviripo zvino, nezvichaitika shure kwaizvozvi. 20Ichi ndicho chakavanzika chenyeredzi nomwe dzawakaona muruoko rwangu rworudyi, nezvigadziko zvemwenje zvinomwe zvegoridhe: nyeredzi nomwe ndivo vatumwa vekereke nomwe, uye zvigadziko zvemwenje zvinomwe ndidzo kereke nomwe.”