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Baada ya hayo naliona, na tazama, mlango ukafunguka mbinguni, na sauti ile ya kwanza niliyoisikia kama sauti ya baragumu ikinena nami, ikisema, Panda hata huku, nami nitakuonyesha mambo ambayo hayana budi kuwako baada ya hayo.
After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after these things.”
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Na mara nalikuwa katika Roho; na tazama, kiti cha enzi kimewekwa mbinguni na mmoja ameketi juu ya kile kiti;
At once I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne standing in heaven, with someone seated on it.
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na yeye aliyeketi alionekana mithili ya jiwe la yaspi na akiki, na upinde wa mvua ulikizunguka kile kiti cha enzi, ukionekana mithili ya zumaridi.
The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.
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Na viti ishirini na vinne vilikizunguka kile kiti cha enzi, na juu ya vile viti naliona wazee ishirini na wanne, wameketi, wamevikwa mavazi meupe; na juu ya vichwa vyao walikuwa na taji za dhahabu.
Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on these thrones sat twenty-four elders dressed in white, with golden crowns on their heads.
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Na katika kile kiti cha enzi kunatoka umeme na sauti na ngurumo. Na taa saba za moto zilikiwaka mbele ya kile kiti cha enzi, ndizo Roho saba za Mungu.
From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven spirits of God.
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Na mbele ya kile kiti cha enzi kulikuwa na mfano wa bahari ya kioo, kama bilauri; na katikati ya kile kiti cha enzi, na pande zote za kile kiti, walikuwako wenye uhai wanne, wamejaa macho mbele na nyuma.
And before the throne was something like a sea of glass, as clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, covered with eyes in front and back.
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Na huyo mwenye uhai wa kwanza alikuwa mfano wa simba; na mwenye uhai wa pili alikuwa mfano wa ndama; na mwenye uhai wa tatu alikuwa na uso kama uso wa mwanadamu; na mwenye uhai wa nne alikuwa mfano wa tai arukaye.
The first living creature was like a lion, the second like a calf, the third had a face like a man, and the fourth was like an eagle in flight.
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Na hawa wenye uhai wanne, kila mmoja alikuwa na mabawa sita; na pande zote na ndani wamejaa macho, wala hawapumziki mchana wala usiku, wakisema, Mtakatifu, Mtakatifu, Mtakatifu, Bwana Mungu Mwenyezi, aliyekuwako na aliyeko na atakayekuja.
And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”
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Na hao wenye uhai wanapompa yeye aketiye juu ya kiti cha enzi utukufu, na heshima, na shukrani, yeye aliye hai hata milele na milele,
And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the One seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever,
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ndipo hao wazee ishirini na wanne huanguka mbele zake yeye aketiye juu ya kile kiti cha enzi, nao humsujudia yeye aliye hai hata milele na milele, nao huzitupa taji zao mbele ya kile kiti cha enzi, wakisema,
the twenty-four elders fall down before the One seated on the throne, and they worship Him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying:
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Umestahili wewe, Bwana wetu na Mungu wetu, kuupokea utukufu na heshima na uweza; kwa kuwa wewe ndiwe uliyeviumba vitu vyote, na kwa sababu ya mapenzi yako vilikuwako, navyo vikaumbwa.</p>
“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and were created.”