天上的宝座

这些事以后,我观看,看哪,天上有一个敞开的门。我先前所听见的,那如同号角对我说话的声音就说:“你上到这里来!我要把此后必须发生的事指示给你。”

我立刻就在灵里了,看哪,有一个宝座安放在天上,有一位坐在宝座上。 坐着的那一位,[a]看起来仿佛碧玉和红宝石;又有一道彩虹[b]围着宝座,看起来仿佛绿宝石。 座位[c]的周围,还有二十四个座位[d][e]在那些宝座上,坐着二十四位长老,身穿白衣,头戴金冠冕; 从宝座中发出闪电、声音和雷鸣;在宝座前,有七支燃烧着的火把,就是神的七个灵; 宝座前面,好像玻璃海,仿佛水晶;在宝座中间和宝座周围,有四个活物,遍体前后布满眼睛。 第一个活物仿佛狮子,第二个活物仿佛牛犊,第三个活物有像人一样的脸,第四个活物仿佛飞翔的鹰。 那四个活物,各个都有六个翅膀,遍体内外都布满了眼睛。他们日夜不停地[f]说:

“圣哉!圣哉!圣哉![g]
主、神、全能者,
昔在、今在、将要来临的[h]那一位!”

每当四个活物把荣耀、尊贵和感谢归给坐在宝座上、活到永永远远的那一位时, 10 二十四位长老就俯伏在坐宝座的那一位面前,敬拜活到永永远远的那一位,并且把自己的冠冕放在宝座前,说:

11 “我们的主、我们的神哪[i]
你配接受荣耀、尊贵和权能,
因为你创造了万有;
万有是因着你的旨意而存在、被创造的。”

Footnotes

  1. 启示录 4:3 有古抄本没有“坐着的那一位,”。
  2. 启示录 4:3 彩虹——或译作“光轮”或“光环”。
  3. 启示录 4:4 座位——原文直译“宝座”。
  4. 启示录 4:4 座位——原文直译“宝座”。
  5. 启示录 4:4 有古抄本附“我看见”。
  6. 启示录 4:8 不停地——或译作“不歇息地”。
  7. 启示录 4:8 有古抄本重复“圣哉!”9次。
  8. 启示录 4:8 将要来临的——或译作“以后永在的”。
  9. 启示录 4:11 我们的主、我们的神哪——有古抄本作“主啊”;另有古抄本附“那位神圣的啊”。

约翰看到天堂

此后,在我面前,我看见天堂有一扇敞开的门。我以前听到过的那个号角般的声音对我说∶“你上到这里来,我要把今后必将发生的事情展示给你。” 我立刻就受到灵的支配。在我面前是天堂里的一个宝座。宝座上端坐着一位, 他的面容像碧玉和红宝石一样闪耀,宝座四周被一条绿宝石似的彩虹围绕着。 宝座周围还有二十四个宝座,二十四位长老坐在上面。他们身穿白衣,头戴金冠。 宝座闪闪发光,隆隆作响,电闪雷鸣。宝座前有七支熊熊燃烧的火把,它们是上帝的七个灵。 宝座前如同一片晶莹透亮的玻璃海。

宝座正前方和其它三侧,有四个生物。它们胸前背后长满了眼睛。 第一个生物像狮子。第二个像公牛,第三个有一副人脸,第四个像飞鹰。 四个生物都有六个翅膀,浑身上下长满了眼睛。它们日夜不停地说着:

“主,全能的上帝,
神圣,神圣,神圣,
昔日、现在、未来,他永在。”

每当这些生物把荣耀、尊崇和感谢献给坐在宝座上永生不朽的那位时, 10 二十四名长老 [a]就匍伏在宝座上永生的那位面前,敬拜那位万寿无疆的他。他们把自己的王冠放到宝座前,说:

11 “主,我们的上帝,
荣耀、尊崇和权力,
你受之无愧,
因为您创造了万物,
万物因为您的旨意,
才得以存在和受造。”

Footnotes

  1. 啟 示 錄 4:10 长老: 或许是上帝子民的伟大领袖。也许是犹太人的十二个支派的领袖,再加上耶稣的十二名使徒。

The Throne Room of Heaven(A)

After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing (B)open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a (C)trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.”

Immediately (D)I was in the Spirit; and behold, (E)a throne set in heaven, and One sat on the throne. [a]And He who sat there was (F)like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; (G)and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald. (H)Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, (I)clothed in white [b]robes; and they had crowns of gold on their heads. And from the throne proceeded (J)lightnings, [c]thunderings, and voices. (K)Seven lamps of fire were burning before the throne, which are (L)the[d] seven Spirits of God.

Before the throne there [e]was (M)a sea of glass, like crystal. (N)And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back. (O)The first living creature was like a lion, the second living creature like a calf, the third living creature had a face like a man, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle. The four living creatures, each having (P)six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying:

(Q)“Holy,[f] holy, holy,
(R)Lord God Almighty,
(S)Who was and is and is to come!”

Whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, (T)who lives forever and ever, 10 (U)the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and worship Him who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying:

11 “You(V) are worthy, [g]O Lord,
To receive glory and honor and power;
(W)For You created all things,
And by (X)Your will they [h]exist and were created.”

Footnotes

  1. Revelation 4:3 M omits And He who sat there was, making the following a description of the throne.
  2. Revelation 4:4 NU, M robes, with crowns
  3. Revelation 4:5 NU, M voices, and thunderings.
  4. Revelation 4:5 M omits the
  5. Revelation 4:6 NU, M add something like
  6. Revelation 4:8 M has holy nine times.
  7. Revelation 4:11 NU, M our Lord and God
  8. Revelation 4:11 NU, M existed