白马骑士

11 我看见天开了,有一匹白马出来,马上的骑士名叫“诚信真实”,祂凭公义审判、作战。 12 祂的双目如火焰,头上戴了许多冠冕,写着一个只有祂自己才明白的名字。 13 祂穿着被鲜血浸透的衣服,祂的名字是“上帝的道”。 14 众天军穿着洁白的细麻衣,骑着白马跟随祂。 15 祂口中吐出一把利剑,可以攻击列国。祂必用铁杖统治他们,踩踏盛满全能上帝之烈怒的榨酒池。 16 祂的衣服和大腿上都写着祂的名号:“万王之王,万主之主。”

17 我又看见一位天使站在太阳里,对空中飞翔的鸟大声呼唤: 18 “来吧!一起来参加上帝的盛宴,一同享用君王、将军、勇士、马匹、骑士、自由人、奴隶和尊卑老少的肉吧!”

19 我看见那怪兽、地上的众王及其军队聚集起来,要与白马骑士和祂的军队作战。 20 后来,怪兽被俘虏了,在怪兽面前行奇迹的假先知也一同被擒了。这假先知曾用奇迹欺骗那些盖了兽印、敬拜兽像的人。他和怪兽一同被活活地扔进硫磺火湖里。 21 怪兽的残兵纷纷被白马骑士口中的利剑所杀,飞鸟饱餐了他们的肉。

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The Heavenly Warrior Defeats the Beast

11 I saw heaven standing open(A) and there before me was a white horse, whose rider(B) is called Faithful and True.(C) With justice he judges and wages war.(D) 12 His eyes are like blazing fire,(E) and on his head are many crowns.(F) He has a name written on him(G) that no one knows but he himself.(H) 13 He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood,(I) and his name is the Word of God.(J) 14 The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen,(K) white(L) and clean. 15 Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword(M) with which to strike down(N) the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.”[a](O) He treads the winepress(P) of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. 16 On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written:(Q)

king of kings and lord of lords.(R)

17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all the birds(S) flying in midair,(T) “Come,(U) gather together for the great supper of God,(V) 18 so that you may eat the flesh of kings, generals, and the mighty, of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all people,(W) free and slave,(X) great and small.”(Y)

19 Then I saw the beast(Z) and the kings of the earth(AA) and their armies gathered together to wage war against the rider on the horse(AB) and his army. 20 But the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet(AC) who had performed the signs(AD) on its behalf.(AE) With these signs he had deluded(AF) those who had received the mark of the beast(AG) and worshiped its image.(AH) The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake(AI) of burning sulfur.(AJ) 21 The rest were killed with the sword(AK) coming out of the mouth of the rider on the horse,(AL) and all the birds(AM) gorged themselves on their flesh.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 19:15 Psalm 2:9