启示录 11
Chinese Standard Bible (Simplified)
两位见证人
11 接着，我被赐予了一根仿佛量杖的芦苇。有声音对我[a]说[b]：“起来，量一量神的圣所和祭坛，数一数在那里敬拜的人。 2 不过要排除圣所外面的院子，不要测量它，因为那里已经给了外邦人。外邦人将要践踏圣城四十二个月[c]。 3 我将赐能力[d]给我的两个见证人，他们将披着麻衣，做先知传道[e]一千二百六十天[f]。” 4 这两个人就是站在大地之主[g]面前的那两棵橄榄树、那两座灯台。 5 如果有人想要伤害他们，火就从他们的口中出来，吞灭他们的敌人；如果有人想要伤害他们，就必定这样被杀。 6 这两个人[h]有权柄闭塞天空，使雨水在他们做先知传道[i]的日子不降下来；又有权柄统管众水，使水变成血，并且能随时随意用各样灾害击打大地。
见证人殉道
7 他们做完了见证以后，那从无底坑里上来的兽将与他们作战，并且将胜过他们，把他们杀死。 8 他们的尸体会被抛[j]在大城的街道[k]上。这大城按属灵的意思叫做所多玛，又叫做埃及，也就是他们的主被钉十字架的地方。 9 来自各民族、各支派、各语言群体和各国家的人，都要观看他们的尸体三天半，又不准人把他们的尸体安放在坟墓里。 10 住在地上的人都因他们的死[l]而欢喜、庆祝，并且要彼此送礼，因为这两位先知曾使住在地上的人受痛苦。
见证人复活
11 可是三天半之后，有从神而来的生命气息[m]进入他们里面，他们就站立起来了。于是强烈的恐惧临到那些观看他们的人。 12 随后，两位先知[n]听见一个大声音从天上传来，对他们说：“上到这里来！”他们就在云中升到天上去了，他们的敌人也看见了。 13 就在那时刻，发生了大地震，那城的十分之一倒塌了，在地震中死去的有七千人。其余的人都感到害怕，把荣耀归给天上的神。 14 第二个灾祸过去了。看哪，第三个灾祸快要来临了。
吹第七支号
15 第七位天使吹响号角，天上就有大声音说：
“世上的国度已经属于
我们主和他的基督；
他将做王，直到永永远远！”
16 于是，那些在神面前坐在自己座位[o]上的二十四位长老，就把脸伏在地上，敬拜神， 17 说：
“主、神、全能者啊，今在、昔在[p]的那一位啊！我们感谢你！
因为你得了你的大权能，做王了。
18 列国发怒了，可是你的震怒临到了，
你审判死人的时候到了，
你向你的奴仆先知们、圣徒们、敬畏你名的人，
无论卑微尊贵，赐报偿的时候到了，
你毁灭那些败坏大地之人的时候也到了。”
19 随后，神在天上的圣所开了，他的约柜[q]在他圣所中显现。接着有闪电、声音、雷鸣、地震[r]和大冰雹。
Footnotes
- 启示录 11:1 有声音对我——辅助词语。
- 启示录 11:1 有声音对我说——有古抄本作“那天使站着说”。
- 启示录 11:2 四十二个月——或译作“一年，两年，又半年”；等于“3年半”或“1,260天”；参本书11:3；13:5；《但以理书》7:25；12:7。
- 启示录 11:3 能力——辅助词语。
- 启示录 11:3 做先知传道——原文直译“说预言”。
- 启示录 11:3 一千二百六十天——或译作“一年，两年，又半年”；等于“3年半”或“42个月”；参本书11:2；13:5；《但以理书》7:25；12:7。
- 启示录 11:4 主——有古抄本作“神”。
- 启示录 11:6 这两个人——原文直译“这些人”。
- 启示录 11:6 做先知传道——原文直译“说预言”。
- 启示录 11:8 会被抛——辅助词语。
- 启示录 11:8 街道——或译作“广场”。
- 启示录 11:10 的死——辅助词语。
- 启示录 11:11 气息——或译作“灵”。
- 启示录 11:12 两位先知——原文直译“他们”；有古抄本作“我”。
- 启示录 11:16 座位——原文直译“宝座”。
- 启示录 11:17 有古抄本附“将要来临”或“以后永在”。
- 启示录 11:19 他的约柜——有古抄本作“主的约柜”。
- 启示录 11:19 有古抄本没有“地震”。
Revelation 11
Living Bible
11 Now I was given a measuring stick and told to go and measure the temple of God, including the inner court where the altar stands, and to count the number of worshipers.[a] 2 “But do not measure the outer court,” I was told, “for it has been turned over to the nations. They will trample the Holy City for forty-two months.[b] 3 And I will give power to my two witnesses to prophesy 1,260 days clothed in sackcloth.”
4 These two prophets are the two olive trees,[c] and two candlesticks standing before the God of all the earth. 5 Anyone trying to harm them will be killed by bursts of fire shooting from their mouths. 6 They have power to shut the skies so that no rain will fall during the three and a half years they prophesy, and to turn rivers and oceans to blood, and to send every kind of plague upon the earth as often as they wish.
7 When they complete the three and a half years of their solemn testimony, the tyrant who comes out of the bottomless pit[d] will declare war against them and conquer and kill them; 8-9 and for three and a half days their bodies will be exposed in the streets of Jerusalem (the city fittingly described as “Sodom” or “Egypt”)—the very place where their Lord was crucified. No one will be allowed to bury them, and people from many nations will crowd around to gaze at them. 10 And there will be a worldwide holiday—people everywhere will rejoice and give presents to each other and throw parties to celebrate the death of the two prophets who had tormented them so much!
11 But after three and a half days, the spirit of life from God will enter them, and they will stand up! And great fear will fall on everyone. 12 Then a loud voice will shout from heaven, “Come up!” And they will rise to heaven in a cloud as their enemies watch.
13 The same hour there will be a terrible earthquake that levels a tenth of the city, leaving 7,000 dead. Then everyone left will, in their terror, give glory to the God of heaven.
14 The second woe is past, but the third quickly follows:
15 For just then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices shouting down from heaven, “The Kingdom of this world now belongs to our Lord, and to his Christ; and he shall reign forever and ever.”[e]
16 And the twenty-four Elders sitting on their thrones before God threw themselves down in worship, saying, 17 “We give thanks, Lord God Almighty, who is and was, for now you have assumed your great power and have begun to reign. 18 The nations were angry with you, but now it is your turn to be angry with them. It is time to judge the dead and reward your servants—prophets and people alike, all who fear your Name, both great and small—and to destroy those who have caused destruction upon the earth.”
19 Then, in heaven, the temple of God was opened and the ark of his covenant could be seen inside. Lightning flashed and thunder crashed and roared, and there was a great hailstorm, and the world was shaken by a mighty earthquake.
Footnotes
- Revelation 11:1 a measuring stick . . . and to count the number of worshipers, literally, “Rise and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.”
- Revelation 11:2 forty-two months, three and a half years, as in Daniel 12:7; also for 1,260 days in v. 3.
- Revelation 11:4 two olive trees, see Zechariah 4:3, 11.
- Revelation 11:7 the bottomless pit, see 9:11.
- Revelation 11:15 The Kingdom of this world now belongs to our Lord, and to his Christ; and he shall reign forever and ever, or “The Lord and his Anointed shall now rule the world from this day to eternity.”
Revelation 11
King James Version
11 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
11 And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.
15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
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