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19 După aceea, am auzit(A) în cer ca un glas puternic de gloată multă, care zicea: „Aleluia! Ale Domnului, Dumnezeului nostru, sunt mântuirea(B), slava, cinstea şi puterea! Pentru că judecăţile Lui sunt adevărate(C) şi drepte. El a judecat pe curva cea mare, care strica pământul cu curvia ei, şi a răzbunat(D) sângele robilor Săi din mâna ei.” Şi au zis a doua oară: „Aleluia! Fumul(E) ei se ridică în sus în vecii vecilor!” Şi cei(F) douăzeci şi patru de bătrâni şi cele patru făpturi vii s-au aruncat la pământ şi s-au închinat lui Dumnezeu, care şedea pe scaunul de domnie. Şi au zis: „Amin!(G) Aleluia!” Şi din scaunul de domnie a ieşit un glas care zicea: „Lăudaţi(H) pe Dumnezeul nostru, toţi robii Lui, voi care vă temeţi de El, mici şi(I) mari!” Şi(J) am auzit ca un glas de gloată multă, ca vuietul unor ape multe, ca bubuitul unor tunete puternice, care zicea: „Aleluia! Domnul(K), Dumnezeul nostru Cel Atotputernic, a început să împărăţească. Să ne bucurăm, să ne veselim şi să-I dăm slavă! Căci a(L) venit nunta Mielului; soţia Lui s-a pregătit şi i s-a dat(M) să se îmbrace cu in subţire, strălucitor şi curat.” (Inul(N) subţire sunt faptele neprihănite ale sfinţilor.) Apoi mi-a zis: „Scrie: ‘Ferice(O) de cei chemaţi la ospăţul nunţii Mielului!’ Apoi mi-a zis: ‘Acestea(P) sunt adevăratele cuvinte ale lui Dumnezeu!’ ” 10 Şi m-am(Q) aruncat la picioarele lui ca să mă închin lui, dar el mi-a zis: „Fereşte-te(R) să faci una ca aceasta! Eu sunt un împreună-slujitor cu tine şi cu fraţii tăi care(S) păstrează mărturia lui Isus. Lui Dumnezeu închină-te!” (Căci mărturia lui Isus este duhul prorociei.) 11 Apoi(T) am văzut cerul deschis şi iată că s-a arătat un(U) cal alb! Cel ce sta pe el se cheamă „Cel credincios(V)” şi „Cel adevărat” şi El judecă(W) şi Se luptă cu dreptate. 12 Ochii(X) Lui erau ca para focului; capul(Y) îl avea încununat cu multe cununi împărăteşti şi(Z) purta un nume scris pe care nimeni nu-l ştie, decât numai El singur. 13 Era(AA) îmbrăcat cu o haină muiată în sânge. Numele Lui este: „Cuvântul(AB) lui Dumnezeu”. 14 Oştile(AC) din cer Îl urmau călare pe cai albi, îmbrăcate(AD) cu in subţire, alb şi curat. 15 Din gura(AE) Lui ieşea o sabie ascuţită, ca să lovească neamurile cu ea, pe care(AF) le va cârmui cu un toiag de fier. Şi(AG) va călca cu picioarele teascul vinului mâniei aprinse a atotputernicului Dumnezeu. 16 Pe haină şi pe coapsă avea(AH) scris numele acesta: „Împăratul(AI) împăraţilor şi Domnul domnilor”. 17 Apoi am văzut un înger, care stătea în picioare în soare. El a strigat cu glas tare şi a zis tuturor(AJ) păsărilor, care zburau prin mijlocul cerului: „Veniţi(AK), adunaţi-vă la ospăţul cel mare al lui Dumnezeu, 18 ca(AL) să mâncaţi carnea împăraţilor, carnea căpitanilor, carnea celor viteji, carnea cailor şi a călăreţilor şi carnea a tot felul de oameni, slobozi şi robi, mici şi mari!” 19 Şi(AM) am văzut fiara şi pe împăraţii pământului şi oştile lor, adunate ca să facă război cu Cel ce şedea călare pe cal şi cu oastea Lui. 20 Şi(AN) fiara a fost prinsă. Şi, împreună cu ea, a fost prins prorocul mincinos, care făcuse înaintea ei semnele cu care amăgise pe cei ce primiseră semnul fiarei şi(AO) se închinaseră icoanei ei. Amândoi aceştia(AP) au fost aruncaţi de vii în iazul de foc, care(AQ) arde cu pucioasă. 21 Iar ceilalţi au fost ucişi(AR) cu sabia, care ieşea din gura Celui ce şedea călare pe cal. Şi toate(AS) păsările s-au(AT) săturat din carnea lor.

Threefold Hallelujah Over Babylon’s Fall

19 After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a great multitude(A) in heaven shouting:

“Hallelujah!(B)
Salvation(C) and glory and power(D) belong to our God,
    for true and just are his judgments.(E)
He has condemned the great prostitute(F)
    who corrupted the earth by her adulteries.
He has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”(G)

And again they shouted:

“Hallelujah!(H)
The smoke from her goes up for ever and ever.”(I)

The twenty-four elders(J) and the four living creatures(K) fell down(L) and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne. And they cried:

“Amen, Hallelujah!”(M)

Then a voice came from the throne, saying:

“Praise our God,
    all you his servants,(N)
you who fear him,
    both great and small!”(O)

Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude,(P) like the roar of rushing waters(Q) and like loud peals of thunder, shouting:

“Hallelujah!(R)
    For our Lord God Almighty(S) reigns.(T)
Let us rejoice and be glad
    and give him glory!(U)
For the wedding of the Lamb(V) has come,
    and his bride(W) has made herself ready.
Fine linen,(X) bright and clean,
    was given her to wear.”

(Fine linen stands for the righteous acts(Y) of God’s holy people.)

Then the angel said to me,(Z) “Write this:(AA) Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!”(AB) And he added, “These are the true words of God.”(AC)

10 At this I fell at his feet to worship him.(AD) But he said to me, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers and sisters who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God!(AE) For it is the Spirit of prophecy who bears testimony to Jesus.”(AF)

The Heavenly Warrior Defeats the Beast

11 I saw heaven standing open(AG) and there before me was a white horse, whose rider(AH) is called Faithful and True.(AI) With justice he judges and wages war.(AJ) 12 His eyes are like blazing fire,(AK) and on his head are many crowns.(AL) He has a name written on him(AM) that no one knows but he himself.(AN) 13 He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood,(AO) and his name is the Word of God.(AP) 14 The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen,(AQ) white(AR) and clean. 15 Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword(AS) with which to strike down(AT) the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.”[a](AU) He treads the winepress(AV) of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. 16 On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written:(AW)

king of kings and lord of lords.(AX)

17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all the birds(AY) flying in midair,(AZ) “Come,(BA) gather together for the great supper of God,(BB) 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,(BC) free and slave,(BD) great and small.”(BE)

19 Then I saw the beast(BF) and the kings of the earth(BG) and their armies gathered together to wage war against the rider on the horse(BH) and his army. 20 But the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet(BI) who had performed the signs(BJ) on its behalf.(BK) With these signs he had deluded(BL) those who had received the mark of the beast(BM) and worshiped its image.(BN) The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake(BO) of burning sulfur.(BP) 21 The rest were killed with the sword(BQ) coming out of the mouth of the rider on the horse,(BR) and all the birds(BS) gorged themselves on their flesh.

Footnotes

  1. Revelation 19:15 Psalm 2:9

19 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:

For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

And again they said, Alleluia And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.

And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.

And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.

And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.

10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.

12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.

13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.

14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King Of Kings, And Lord Of Lords.

17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;

18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.

19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.

20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.