Zvakaratidzwa 1:9-19

Ndini Johani hama yenyu ndinoshamwaridzana nemi muna Jesu munhamo uye tiri pasi poumambo humwechete uyezve mukutsungirira kutirira. Ndakanga ndiri pachitsuwa chinonzi Patimosi pamusana peshoko raMwari uye pamusana pokupupurira Jesu. Ndaiva naMweya pazuva raTenzi ndikanzwa necheshure kwangu kurira kukuru kunenge kwebhosvo richiti, “Nyora mubhuku zvauchaona uzvitumire kumasangano manomwe aya anoti, reEfesusi nereSimuna nerePerigamumu nereTiatira nereSadhisi nereFiradefia nereRaodhekia.” Ndipo pandakatendeuka kuti ndione kuti izwi rani raitaura neni. Pandakatendeuka ndakaona zvigadzikiro zvomwenje zvendarama zvinomwe. Pakati pezvigadzikiro zvinomwe zviya ndakaona akaita soMwanakomana womunhu akanga akapfeka gemenzi rakareba nomudya wendarama padundundu pake. Musoro wake nevhudzi rake zvakanga zvakachena sewuru chena, uye zvakachena samazaya echando. Maziso ake akanga akaita serimi romoto. Tsoka dzake dzakanga dzakaita somundarira wakakwenenzverwa mubisiro zvokutsvedzerera, izwi rake richiita seruzha rwemvura zhinji. Muruoko rwake rworudyi akanga akabata nyenyedzi nomwe. Mumuromo make makabuda bakatwa romucheka kose rinopinza, uso hwake hwaiita sezuva huchibwinya zvikuru. Pandakamuona ndakawira pasi patsoka dzake sokunge ndafa, asi iye akaisa ruoko rwake rworudyi pandiri achiti, “Usatye, ndini Wokutanga noWokupedzisira. Ndini mupenyu uya, hongu ndakambofa zvangu asi tarisa uone ndava mupenyu nokusingaperi uye ndine kii dzorufu nedzokunzvimbo yavafi. Zvino chipota uchinyora zvaunoona zviripo nezvichazovapo.