¹ Zvino ndakaona chikara chichibva mugungwa, chiine nyanga gumi nemisoro minomwe; nepamusoro penyanga dzake paiwa nekorona gumi, pamusoro umwe nemumwe paiwa nezita ekutuka Mwari. ² Chikara chandakawona ichi chandakaona chakanga chakaita se sengwe; netsoka dzacho sedzebere, nemuromo wacho wakaita seshumba. Shato ikachipa simba raiyo, nechigaro chacho, chewushe nemasimba makuru ekutonga. ³ Mumwe wemisoro yechikara wakanga wakaita sewakakwadzwa kuswikira parufu, asi ronda rakapora. Nyika yose ikashamisika ikatewera chikara. ⁴ Wakanamata shato, nekuti yakapa chikara masimba. Wakanamata chikara, achiti. Ndianiko wakafanana nechikara?'' Uye ndianiko anorwa nacho?'' ⁵ Chikara chakapuwa murumo wekutaura mashoko ekuzvikudza ekushora. Chikapiwa simba kuti chizviite mwedzi inemakumi mana, nemiwiri. ⁶ Chikashamisa muromo wacho, kuti chitaure zvekushora Mwari: nekushora zita rake netabernakeri yake, naiwo wanokara Kudenga. ⁷ Chakatenderwa chikara kuti chirwe newatswene, nekuwakunda, chikapiw masimbawo pamusoro pemarudzi ose, nendimi dzose nendudzi dzose. ⁸ Wese wakagara panyika wakachinamata, iwo wasina kunyorerwa zita rawo mubuku, yeGwaiana rakabaiwa kubva pakusikwa kwenyika. ⁹ Unenzewe, ngaadzwe. ¹⁰ Kana munhu akatorwa,akatapxa; kana munhu achiuraya nemunhondo unofanira kuwuraya nemunondo, Ndipo pane kuchingirira kwewatswene. ¹¹ Saka ndakawona chimwe chikara chechibva panyika, chakanga chine nyanga dziyiri segwaiana, uye chaitaura seshato. ¹² Chayifundira masimba ese echikara chekutanga pamberi pacho uye chayiita kuti nyika newagari wayo wanamate chikara chekutanga, chakanga chapora chironda chekuurayiwa kwacho. ¹³ Uye chayiita zviratidzo zvikuru, zvekuti chaidzikisa moto kubva kudenga nepanyika, pamberi peanhu. ¹⁴ Chinonyegedza wanogara panyika nezviratidzo zvechakapuwa kuti chiziite pamberi pechikara, chichiti kwawari waitire chikara mufananidzo chakanga chakwadzwa nemunondo, asi chikararama ¹⁵ Chikapuwa masimba ekupa mweya mufananidzo wechikara, kuti chifananidzo chitaure uye chiraire kuti wese wasinganamati mufananidzo wechikara wauraiwe. ¹⁶ Icho chikamanikidza wese, wadoko newakuru, wafumi uye newarombo, wakasununguka newaranda, kuti wapuwe chiratidzo mumuwoko wawo werudyi kana pahuma. ¹⁷ kuti munhu asatenge kana kutengesa, asi iye unechiratidzo, iro zita rechikara kana chiyerengo chezita racho. ¹⁸ Pano ndipo panekuchenjera. uya unoziya ngayerenge chiyerengo chechikara, nekuti chiyerengo chechikara ndechemunhu, uye chiyerengo chacho ndimazana matanhatu nemakumi matanhatu nematanhatu.