Singeniso
1Lesi Sembulo saJesu Khristu, lasiniketwa nguNkulunkulu kutsi akhombise tinceku takhe loko lokufanele kwenteke masinyane. Letintfo watembula ngekutfumela ingilosi yakhe encekwini yakhe lenguJohane. 2Nguye futsi lowabhala lelivi laNkulunkulu, afakazela Jesu Khristu ngako konkhe labekubona. 3Ubusisiwe lofundza lamavi alesiphrofetho, babusisiwe nalabo labawevako bese benta loko lokubhalwe kuso, ngobe sikhatsi sesisondzele.
Kubingelelwa kwemabandla lasikhombisa
4Lencwadzi iphuma kuJohane, iya emabandleni lasikhombisa lase-Asiya.
Akube kini umusa nekuthula lokuvela kuye labekhona, nalokhona, nalotako, nakuyo imimoya lesikhombisa lesembikwesihlalo sakhe sebukhosi, 5nakuJesu Khristu, fakazi lowetsembekile, litubulo lalabafile nembusi wemakhosi onkhe emhlaba.
Kuye, lositsandzako nalowasikhulula etonweni tetfu ngengati yakhe, 6wasenta emakhosi nebaphristi kuNkulunkulu uYise, akube ludvumo nebukhosi phakadze naphakadze! Amen.
7Lalelani la, uyeta ngemafu, onkhe emehlo ayawumbona, ngisho nabo bonkhe labamgwaza, nato tonkhe tive temhlaba tiyawukhala tilile ngaye. Yebo, akube njalo. Amen.
8“Mine ngingu-Alfa na-Omega,” kusho iNkhosi, Nkulunkulu, Somandla lokhona, nalabekhona, nalotako.
Johane ubona Khristu ngembono
9Mine Johane, umzalwane wenu, nginesabelo kanye nani kuJesu ekuhlushweni, nasebukhosini, nasekuciniseleni. Ngangisesichingini, lesibitwa ngekutsi yiPhatmose, ngenca yekushumayela livi laNkulunkulu ngekufakaza ngaJesu. 10Ngelilanga leNkhosi ngangikuMoya, ngase ngiva emvakwami livi lelikhulu, shangatsi lelicilongo, 11litsi: “Bhala encwadzini loko lokubonako, bese uyitfumela emabandleni lasikhombisa: lase-Efesu, nelaseSmuna, nelasePhegamu, nelaseThiyathira, nelaseSadesi, nelaseFiladelfiya, nelaseLawodisiya.”
12Ngase ngiyagucuka, ngentela kubona lona labekhuluma kimi; ngatsi nangigucukako, ngabona tibane tegolide letisikhombisa. 13Emkhatsini wato kwakukhona labefanana neNdvodzana yemuntfu, embetse umjiva lomudze, abophe ngembhenso wegolide esifubeni sakhe. 14Inhloko netinwele takhe kwakumhlophe njengeboya betimvu, kumhlophe njengangcocwane; emehlo akhe afanana nelilangabi lemlilo. 15Tinyawo takhe tatifanana nelitfusi lelilolongwe lacoliswa ngemlilo, livi lakhe lalifanana nekudvuma kwemanti lamanyenti. 16Esandleni sakhe sangesekudla abephetse tinkhanyeti letisikhombisa, emlonyeni wakhe kuphuma inkemba leyayikhalipha tinhlangotsi totimbili, buso bakhe bumengetela njengelilanga emini. 17Ngatsi kube ngimbone, ngawa ngasetinyaweni takhe, ngadzimate ngaba njengemuntfu lofile. Wangibamba ngesandla sakhe sangesekudla watsi: “Ungesabi, mine ngiwekucala newekugcina, 18nalophilako. Ngafa, kodvwa ase ubheke nyalo, sengiyaphila, kuze kube phakadze, futsi nginetikhiya tekufa neteHayidesi. 19Manje-ke, bhala konkhe lokubonako: lokukhona nalokutakwenteka ngemvakwaloko. 20Imfihlakalo yaletinkhanyeti letisikhombisa lotibone esandleni sami sangesekudla, naletibane letisikhombisa ngule: Letinkhanyeti letisikhombisa tingilosi temabandla lasikhombisa; naletibane letisikhombisa ngemabandla lasikhombisa.”