Mapembedzedwe a Kumpando Waufumu Kumwamba
1Kenaka, nditayangʼana patsogolo panga ndinaona khomo lotsekuka la kumwamba. Ndipo liwu lija ndinalimva poyamba lokhala ngati lipenga linati, “Bwera kuno, ndipo ndidzakuonetsa zimene zichitike zikatha izi.” 2Nthawi yomweyo ndinatengedwa ndi Mzimu Woyera, ndipo patsogolo panga ndinaona mpando waufumu wina atakhalapo. 3Ndipo amene anakhalapoyo anali wa maonekedwe ngati miyala ya jasipa ndi sardiyo. Utawaleza wooneka ngati simaragido unazinga mpando waufumuwo. 4Kuzungulira mpando waufumuwu panalinso mipando ina yaufumu yokwana 24 ndipo panakhala akuluakulu 24 atavala zoyera ndipo anavala zipewa zaufumu zagolide pamutu. 5Kumpando waufumuwo kunkatuluka mphenzi, phokoso ndi mabingu. Patsogolo pake pa mpando waufumuwo panali nyale zisanu ndi ziwiri zoyaka. Iyi ndiyo mizimu isanu ndi iwiri ya Mulungu. 6Patsogolo pa mpando waufumu pomwepo panalinso ngati nyanja yagalasi yonyezimira ngati mwala wa krustalo.
Pakatinʼpakati, kuzungulira mpando waufumuwo panali zamoyo zinayi zokhala ndi maso ponseponse, kutsogolo ndi kumbuyo komwe. 7Chamoyo choyamba chinali ngati mkango, chachiwiri chinali ngati mwana wangʼombe, chachitatu chinali ndi nkhope ngati munthu, chachinayi chinali ngati chiwombankhanga chowuluka. 8Chamoyo chilichonse chinali ndi mapiko asanu ndi limodzi, ndipo chinali ndi maso ponseponse ndi mʼkati mwa mapiko momwe. Usana ndi usiku zimanena mosalekeza kuti,
“Woyera, woyera, woyera
ndi Ambuye Mulungu Wamphamvuzonse,
amene munali, amene muli ndi amene mukubwera.”
9Nthawi zonse zamoyozo zimapereka ulemerero, ulemu ndi mayamiko kwa uja wokhala pa mpando waufumu, amene ali ndi moyo wamuyaya. 10Izi zikamachitika akuluakulu 24 aja amadzigwetsa pansi pamaso pa wokhala pa mpando waufumuyo, namupembedza wokhala ndi moyo wamuyayayo. Iwo amaponya pansi zipewa zawo zaufumu patsogolo pa mpando waufumu nati:
11“Ndinu woyeneradi kulandira ulemerero ndi ulemu ndi mphamvu,
Ambuye ndi Mulungu wathu,
pakuti munalenga zinthu zonse,
ndipo mwakufuna kwanu
zinalengedwa monga zilili.”
1After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter. 2And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. 3And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. 4And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. 5And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. 6And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. 7And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. 8And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. 9And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, 10The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, 11Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
