启示录 7
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
为上帝的仆人盖印
7 这些事情之后,我看见四位天使分别站在地的四个角落控制着四面的风,使风不再吹向地面、海洋和树木。 2 我又看见一位天使从东方日出之地上来,手里拿着永活上帝的印。他对那领受权柄能伤害地和海的四位天使大声说: 3 “我们还没在上帝的奴仆额上盖印之前,你们不可伤害地、海和树木。” 4 我听见以色列各支派中盖了印的共有十四万四千人: 5 犹大支派有一万二千,吕便支派有一万二千,迦得支派有一万二千, 6 亚设支派有一万二千,拿弗他利支派有一万二千,玛拿西支派有一万二千, 7 西缅支派有一万二千,利未支派有一万二千,以萨迦支派有一万二千, 8 西布伦支派有一万二千,约瑟支派有一万二千,便雅悯支派有一万二千。
劫后余生的上帝子民
9 后来我又看见一大群人,多得不可胜数。他们来自各国家、各部落、各民族、各语言族群,身穿白袍,手拿棕树枝,站在宝座和羔羊面前, 10 大声呼喊说:“救恩来自我们坐在宝座上的上帝,也来自羔羊!” 11 众天使都站在宝座、众长老和四个活物的周围,在宝座前俯伏敬拜上帝,说: 12 “阿们!愿颂赞、荣耀、智慧、感谢、尊贵、权柄、能力都归给我们的上帝,直到永永远远。阿们!”
13 长老中有一位问我:“这些身穿白袍的人是谁?他们从哪里来?”
14 我回答说:“先生,你知道答案。”
他便说:“这些都是经过大灾难的人,他们用羔羊的血将衣裳洗得纯净洁白。 15 因此,他们在宝座前,在圣殿中不分昼夜地事奉上帝。坐在宝座上的那位要庇护他们。 16 他们不会再受饥饿和干渴的折磨,也不会再受太阳和酷热的煎熬, 17 因为在宝座中央的羔羊要做他们的牧人,引导他们到生命之泉那里,上帝要擦干他们所有的眼泪。”
Openbaring 7
Het Boek
De 144.000 voor Gods troon
7 Daarna zag ik vier engelen op de vier hoeken van de aarde staan. Zij hielden de vier winden vast, zodat er nergens een zuchtje wind was. De zee was zo glad als een spiegel en er ritselde geen blad aan de bomen. 2 Uit het oosten zag ik een andere engel opkomen, die het zegel van de levende God bij zich had. Hij riep naar de vier engelen die van God macht hadden gekregen om de aarde en de zee schade toe te brengen: 3 ‘Wacht! Breng nog geen schade toe aan de aarde, de zee en de bomen, want wij moeten eerst het zegel van onze God op het voorhoofd van zijn dienaren drukken.’ 4 En ik hoorde hoeveel mensen het zegel kregen: honderdvierenveertigduizend uit het volk van Israël: 5 twaalfduizend uit elk van de twaalf stammen, dus uit Juda, Ruben en Gad, 6 uit Aser, Naftali en Manasse, 7 uit Simeon, Levi en Issaschar, 8 uit Zebulon, Jozef en Benjamin.
9 Daarna zag ik een ontelbare menigte mensen. Zij kwamen uit alle rassen, volken, stammen en taalgroepen. Zij stonden voor de troon en voor het Lam, met witte kleren aan en palmtakken in de hand. 10 Zij riepen luid: ‘Onze redding komt van onze God, die op de troon zit en van het Lam!’ 11 Alle engelen stonden om de troon, de ouderlingen en de vier levende wezens. Zij lieten zich voor de troon op de knieën vallen, met hun hoofd voorover en aanbaden God. 12 ‘Amen,’ zeiden zij. ‘Alle lof, heerlijkheid, wijsheid en dank, alle eer, macht en kracht is voor onze God, voor altijd en eeuwig. Amen.’
13 Een van de ouderlingen vroeg mij: ‘Wie zijn die mensen in witte kleren? En waar komen zij vandaan?’ 14 Ik antwoordde: ‘Ik weet het niet, maar ú wel. Wilt u het mij zeggen?’ En hij zei tegen mij: ‘Dat zijn de mensen die de grote verdrukking hebben doorstaan. Zij hebben hun kleren wit gewassen in het bloed van het Lam. 15 Daarom staan zij voor de troon van God en dienen zij Hem dag en nacht in zijn tempel. Hij die op de troon zit, zal bij hen wonen. 16 Zij zullen geen honger of dorst meer hebben en ook niet meer door de brandende zon en de verzengende hitte gehinderd worden, 17 want het Lam, dat voor de troon staat, zal hun herder zijn en hen naar de waterbronnen van het leven brengen. En God zal alle tranen van hun ogen afwissen.’
Revelation 7
New International Version
144,000 Sealed
7 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners(A) of the earth, holding back the four winds(B) of the earth to prevent(C) any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree. 2 Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal(D) of the living God.(E) He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea:(F) 3 “Do not harm(G) the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads(H) of the servants of our God.” 4 Then I heard the number(I) of those who were sealed: 144,000(J) from all the tribes of Israel.
5 From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed,
from the tribe of Reuben 12,000,
from the tribe of Gad 12,000,
6 from the tribe of Asher 12,000,
from the tribe of Naphtali 12,000,
from the tribe of Manasseh 12,000,
7 from the tribe of Simeon 12,000,
from the tribe of Levi 12,000,
from the tribe of Issachar 12,000,
8 from the tribe of Zebulun 12,000,
from the tribe of Joseph 12,000,
from the tribe of Benjamin 12,000.
The Great Multitude in White Robes
9 After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language,(K) standing before the throne(L) and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes(M) and were holding palm branches in their hands. 10 And they cried out in a loud voice:
11 All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders(P) and the four living creatures.(Q) They fell down on their faces(R) before the throne and worshiped God, 12 saying:
“Amen!
Praise and glory
and wisdom and thanks and honor
and power and strength
be to our God for ever and ever.
Amen!”(S)
13 Then one of the elders asked me, “These in white robes(T)—who are they, and where did they come from?”
14 I answered, “Sir, you know.”
And he said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes(U) and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.(V) 15 Therefore,
“they are before the throne of God(W)
and serve him(X) day and night in his temple;(Y)
and he who sits on the throne(Z)
will shelter them with his presence.(AA)
16 ‘Never again will they hunger;
never again will they thirst.(AB)
The sun will not beat down on them,’[a]
nor any scorching heat.(AC)
17 For the Lamb at the center of the throne
will be their shepherd;(AD)
‘he will lead them to springs of living water.’[b](AE)
‘And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’[c]”(AF)
Footnotes
- Revelation 7:16 Isaiah 49:10
- Revelation 7:17 Isaiah 49:10
- Revelation 7:17 Isaiah 25:8
Revelation 7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 7[a]
The 144,000 Sealed. 1 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth,[b] holding back the four winds of the earth so that no wind could blow on land or sea or against any tree.(A) 2 Then I saw another angel come up from the East,[c] holding the seal of the living God. He cried out in a loud voice to the four angels who were given power to damage the land and the sea, 3 “Do not damage the land or the sea or the trees until we put the seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.”(B) 4 I heard the number of those who had been marked with the seal, one hundred and forty-four thousand marked[d] from every tribe of the Israelites:(C) 5 twelve thousand were marked from the tribe of Judah,[e] twelve thousand from the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand from the tribe of Gad, 6 twelve thousand from the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand from the tribe of Naphtali, twelve thousand from the tribe of Manasseh, 7 twelve thousand from the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand from the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand from the tribe of Issachar, 8 twelve thousand from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand from the tribe of Joseph, and twelve thousand were marked from the tribe of Benjamin.
Triumph of the Elect. 9 After this I had a vision of a great multitude, which no one could count, from every nation, race, people, and tongue. They stood before the throne and before the Lamb, wearing white robes and holding palm branches[f] in their hands. 10 They cried out in a loud voice:
“Salvation comes from[g] our God, who is seated on the throne,
and from the Lamb.”
11 All the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They prostrated themselves before the throne, worshiped God, 12 and exclaimed:
“Amen. Blessing and glory, wisdom and thanksgiving,
honor, power, and might
be to our God forever and ever. Amen.”
13 Then one of the elders spoke up and said to me, “Who are these wearing white robes, and where did they come from?” 14 I said to him, “My lord, you are the one who knows.” He said to me, “These are the ones who have survived the time of great distress;[h] they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.(D)
15 “For this reason they stand before God’s throne
and worship him day and night in his temple.
The one who sits on the throne will shelter them.
16 They will not hunger or thirst anymore,
nor will the sun or any heat strike them.(E)
17 For the Lamb who is in the center of the throne will shepherd them
and lead them to springs of life-giving water,[i]
and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”(F)
Footnotes
- 7:1–17 An interlude of two visions precedes the breaking of the seventh seal, just as two more will separate the sixth and seventh trumpets (Rev 10). In the first vision (Rev 7:1–8), the elect receive the seal of the living God as protection against the coming cataclysm; cf. Rev 14:1; Ez 9:4–6; 2 Cor 1:22; Eph 1:13; 4:30. The second vision (Rev 7:9–17) portrays the faithful Christians before God’s throne to encourage those on earth to persevere to the end, even to death.
- 7:1 The four corners of the earth: the earth is seen as a table or rectangular surface.
- 7:2 East: literally, “rising of the sun.” The east was considered the source of light and the place of paradise (Gn 2:8). Seal: whatever was marked by the impression of one’s signet ring belonged to that person and was under his protection.
- 7:4–9 One hundred and forty-four thousand: the square of twelve (the number of Israel’s tribes) multiplied by a thousand, symbolic of the new Israel (cf. Rev 14:1–5; Gal 6:16; Jas 1:1) that embraces people from every nation, race, people, and tongue (Rev 7:9).
- 7:5–8 Judah is placed first because of Christ; cf. “the Lion of the tribe of Judah” (Rev 5:5). Dan is omitted because of a later tradition that the antichrist would arise from it.
- 7:9 White robes…palm branches: symbols of joy and victory; see note on Rev 3:5.
- 7:10 Salvation comes from: literally, “(let) salvation (be ascribed) to.” A similar hymn of praise is found at the fall of the dragon (Rev 12:10) and of Babylon (Rev 19:1).
- 7:14 Time of great distress: fierce persecution by the Romans; cf. Introduction.
- 7:17 Life-giving water: literally, “the water of life,” God’s grace, which flows from Christ; cf. Rev 21:6; 22:1, 17; Jn 4:10, 14.
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