1
Nikapewa mwanzi kama fimbo; na mmoja akaniambia, Inuka, ukalipime hekalu la Mungu, na madhabahu, na hao wasujuduo humo.
Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count the number of worshipers there.
2
Na behewa iliyo nje ya hekalu uiache nje wala usiipime, kwa maana Mataifa wamepewa hiyo, nao wataukanyaga mji mtakatifu miezi arobaini na miwili.
But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.
3
Nami nitawaruhusu mashahidi wangu wawili, nao watatoa unabii siku elfu na mia mbili na sitini, hali wamevikwa magunia.
And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”
4
Hao ndio ile mizeituni miwili na vile vinara viwili visimamavyo mbele za Bwana wa nchi.
These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.
5
Na mtu akitaka kuwadhuru, moto hutoka katika vinywa vyao na kuwala adui zao. Na mtu akitaka kuwadhuru, hivyo ndivyo impasavyo kuuawa.
If anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouths and devours their enemies. In this way, anyone who wants to harm them must be killed.
6
Hao wana amri ya kuzifunga mbingu, ili mvua isinyeshe katika siku za unabii wao. Nao wana amri juu ya maji kuyageuza kuwa damu, na kuipiga nchi kwa kila pigo, kila watakapo.
These witnesses have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall during the days of their prophecy, and power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.
7
Hata watakapoumaliza ushuhuda wao, yule mnyama atokaye katika kuzimu atafanya vita nao, naye atawashinda na kuwaua.
When the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill them.
8
Na mizoga yao itakuwa katika njia ya mji ule mkuu, uitwao kwa jinsi ya roho Sodoma, na Misri, tena ni hapo Bwana wao aliposulibiwa.
Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified.
9
Na watu wa hao jamaa na kabila na lugha na taifa waitazama mizoga yao siku tatu u nusu, wala hawaiachi mizoga yao kuwekwa kaburini.
For three and a half days all peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will view their bodies and will not permit them to be laid in a tomb.
10
Nao wakaao juu ya nchi wafurahi juu yao na kushangilia. Nao watapelekeana zawadi wao kwa wao, kwa kuwa manabii hao wawili waliwatesa wao wakaao juu ya nchi.
And those who dwell on the earth will gloat over them and celebrate and send one another gifts, because these two prophets had tormented them.
11
Na baada ya siku hizo tatu u nusu, roho ya uhai itokayo kwa Mungu ikawaingia, wakasimama juu ya miguu yao; na hofu kuu ikawaangukia watu waliowatazama.
But after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered the two witnesses, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell upon those who saw them.
12
Wakasikia sauti kuu kutoka mbinguni ikiwaambia, Pandeni hata huku. Wakapanda mbinguni katika wingu, adui zao wakiwatazama.
And the witnesses heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Come up here.” And they went up to heaven in a cloud as their enemies watched them.
13
Na katika saa ile palikuwa na tetemeko kuu la nchi, na sehemu ya kumi ya mji ikaanguka; wanadamu elfu saba wakauawa katika tetemeko lile. Na waliosalia wakaingiwa na hofu, wakamtukuza Mungu wa mbingu.
And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand were killed in the quake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
14
Ole wa pili umekwisha pita, tazama ole wa tatu unakuja upesi.
The second woe has passed. Behold, the third woe is coming shortly.
15
Malaika wa saba akapiga baragumu, pakawa na sauti kuu katika mbingu, zikisema, Ufalme wa dunia umekwisha kuwa ufalme wa Bwana wetu na wa Kristo wake, naye atamiliki hata milele na milele.
Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”
16
Na wale wazee ishirini na wanne waketio mbele za Mungu katika viti vya enzi vyao wakaanguka kifulifuli, wakamsujudia Mungu
And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God,
17
wakisema, Tunakushukuru wewe, Bwana Mungu Mwenyezi, uliyeko na uliyekuwako, kwa sababu umeutwaa uweza wako ulio mkuu, na kumiliki.
saying: “We give thanks to You, O Lord God Almighty, the One who is and who was, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign.
18
Na mataifa walikasirika, hasira yako nayo ikaja, na wakati ukaja wa kuhukumiwa waliokufa, na wa kuwapa thawabu yao watumwa wako manabii na watakatifu, na hao walichao jina lako, wadogo kwa wakubwa, na wa kuwaharibu hao waiharibuo nchi.
The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your name, both small and great—and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”
19
Kisha Hekalu la Mungu lililoko mbinguni likafunguliwa, na sanduku la agano lake likaonekana ndani ya hekalu lake. Kukawa na umeme, na sauti, na radi, na tetemeko la nchi, na mvua ya mawe nyingi sana.
Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.