Ufunuo 11
Biblia Takatifu (Swahili): New Testament portions
Berean Standard Bible
1Kisha nikapewa mwanzi uliokuwa kama kijiti cha kupimia, nikaambiwa, “Inuka, ukalipime Hekalu la Mungu, madhabahu ya kufukizia ubani, na ukawahesabu watu wanaoabudu ndani ya Hekalu.
1Then 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.
2Lakini uache ukumbi ulio nje ya Hekalu; usiupime, maana huo umekabidhiwa watu wa mataifa mengine, ambao wataukanyanga mji Mtakatifu kwa muda wa miezi arobaini na miwili.
2But 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.
3Nami nitawatuma mashahidi wangu wawili ili watangaze ujumbe wa Mungu kwa muda huo wa siku elfu moja mia mbili na sitini wakiwa wamevaa mavazi ya magunia.”
3And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”
4Hao mashahidi wawili ni miti miwili ya Mizeituni na taa mbili zinazosimama mbele ya Bwana wa dunia.
4These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.
5Kama mtu akijaribu kuwadhuru, moto hutoka kinywani mwao na kuwaangamiza adui zao; na kila mtu atakayejaribu kuwadhuru atakufa namna hiyo.
5If 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.
6Hao wanayo mamlaka ya kufunga anga, mvua isinyeshe wakati wanapotangaza ujumbe wa Mungu. Tena wanayo mamlaka ya kuzigeuza chemchemi zote za maji ziwe damu, na ya kusababisha maafa ya kila namna duniani kila mara wapendavyo.
6These 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.
7Lakini wakisha maliza kutangaza ujumbe huo, mnyama atokaye shimoni kuzimu atapigana nao, atawashinda na kuwaua.
7When 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.
8Maiti zao zitabaki katika barabara za mji mkuu ambapo Bwana wao alisulubiwa; jina la kupanga la mji huo ni Sodoma au Misri.
8Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified.
9Watu wa kila kabila, lugha, taifa na rangi wataziangalia maiti hizo kwa muda wa siku tatu na nusu, na hawataruhusu zizikwe.
9For 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.
10Watu waishio duniani watafurahia kifo cha hao wawili. Watafanya sherehe na kupelekeana zawadi maana manabii hawa wawili walikuwa wamewasumbua mno watu wa dunia.
10And those who dwell on the earth will gloat over them, and will celebrate and send one another gifts, because these two prophets had tormented them.
11Lakini baada ya zile siku tatu na nusu pumzi ya uhai kutoka kwa Mungu iliwaingia, nao wakasimama; wote waliowaona wakaingiwa na hofu kuu.
11But 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.
12Kisha hao manabii wawili wakasikia sauti kubwa kutoka mbinguni ikiwaambia, “Njoni hapa juu!” Nao wakapanda juu mbinguni katika wingu, maadui wao wakiwa wanawatazama.
12And 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.
13Wakati huohuo, kukatokea tetemeko kubwa la ardhi, sehemu moja ya kumi ya ardhi ikaharibiwa. Watu elfu saba wakauawa kwa tetemeko hilo la ardhi. Watu waliosalia wakaogopa sana, wakamtukuza Mungu wa mbinguni.
13And 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.
14Maafa ya pili yamepita; lakini tazama! Maafa ya tatu yanafuata hima.
14The second woe has passed. Behold, the third woe is coming shortly.
15Kisha malaika wa saba akapiga tarumbeta yake. Na sauti kuu zikasikika mbinguni zikisema, “Sasa utawala juu ya ulimwengu ni wa Bwana wetu na Kristo wake. Naye atatawala milele na milele!”
15Then 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.”
16Kisha wale wazee ishirini na wanne walioketi mbele ya Mungu katika viti vyao vya enzi, wakaanguka kifudifudi, wakamwabudu Mungu,
16And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God,
17wakisema: “Bwana Mungu Mwenye uwezo, uliyeko na uliyekuwako! Tunakushukuru, maana umetumia nguvu yako kuu ukaanza kutawala!
17saying: “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.
18Watu wa mataifa waliwaka hasira, maana wakati wa ghadhabu yako umefika, wakati wa kuwahukumu wafu. Ndio wakati wa kuwatuza watumishi wako manabii, watu wako na wote wanaolitukuza jina lako, wakubwa kwa wadogo. Ni wakati wa kuwaangamiza wale wanaoangamiza dunia.”
18The 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.”
19Hekalu la Mungu mbinguni likafunguliwa, na Sanduku la Agano lake likaonekana Hekaluni mwake. Kisha kukatokea umeme, sauti, ngurumo, tetemeko la ardhi, na mvua kubwa ya mawe.
19Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.
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