Apocalipsa 4
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
4 După aceste lucruri, m-am uitat şi iată că o uşă era deschisă în cer. Glasul(A) cel dintâi, pe care-l auzisem ca sunetul unei trâmbiţe şi care vorbea cu mine, mi-a zis: „Suie-te(B) aici şi-ţi(C) voi arăta ce are să se întâmple după aceste lucruri!” 2 Numaidecât am(D) fost răpit în Duhul. Şi iată că în cer era pus un scaun(E) de domnie, şi pe scaunul acesta de domnie şedea Cineva. 3 Cel ce şedea pe el avea înfăţişarea unei pietre de iaspis şi de sardiu şi scaunul de domnie era înconjurat cu un curcubeu(F) ca o piatră de smarald la vedere. 4 Împrejurul(G) scaunului de domnie stăteau douăzeci şi patru de scaune de domnie; şi pe aceste scaune de domnie stăteau douăzeci şi patru de bătrâni, îmbrăcaţi(H) în haine albe şi(I) pe capete aveau cununi de aur. 5 Din scaunul de domnie ieşeau fulgere(J), glasuri şi tunete.
Înaintea scaunului de domnie ardeau(K) şapte lămpi de foc, care sunt cele(L) şapte Duhuri ale lui Dumnezeu. 6 În faţa scaunului de domnie, mai este un fel de mare(M) de sticlă, asemenea cu cristalul. În(N) mijlocul scaunului de domnie şi împrejurul scaunului de domnie stau patru făpturi vii, pline cu ochi pe dinainte şi(O) pe dinapoi. 7 Cea(P) dintâi făptură vie seamănă cu un leu; a doua seamănă, cu un viţel; a treia are faţa ca a unui om; şi a patra seamănă cu un vultur care zboară. 8 Fiecare din aceste patru făpturi vii avea câte şase(Q) aripi şi erau pline cu ochi de jur împrejur şi pe dinăuntru(R). Zi şi noapte ziceau fără încetare: „Sfânt(S), Sfânt, Sfânt este Domnul(T) Dumnezeu, Cel(U) Atotputernic, care era, care este, care vine!” 9 Când aceste făpturi vii aduceau slavă, cinste şi mulţumiri Celui ce şedea pe scaunul de domnie şi care(V) este viu în vecii vecilor, 10 cei(W) douăzeci şi patru de bătrâni cădeau înaintea Celui ce şedea pe scaunul de domnie şi(X) se închinau Celui ce este viu în vecii vecilor, îşi(Y) aruncau cununile înaintea scaunului de domnie şi ziceau: 11 „Vrednic(Z) eşti Doamne şi Dumnezeul nostru să primeşti slava, cinstea şi puterea, căci(AA) Tu ai făcut toate lucrurile şi prin voia Ta stau în fiinţă şi au fost făcute!”
Revelation 4
Easy-to-Read Version
John Sees Heaven
4 Then I looked, and there before me was an open door in heaven. And I heard the same voice that spoke to me before. It was the voice that sounded like a trumpet. It said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after this.” 2 Immediately the Spirit took control of me, and there in heaven was a throne with someone sitting on it. 3 The one sitting there was as beautiful as precious stones, like jasper and carnelian. All around the throne was a rainbow with clear colors like an emerald.
4 In a circle around the throne were 24 other thrones with 24 elders sitting on them. The elders were dressed in white, and they had golden crowns on their heads. 5 Lightning flashes and noises of thunder came from the throne. Before the throne there were seven lamps burning, which are the seven Spirits of God. 6 Also before the throne there was something that looked like a sea of glass, as clear as crystal.
In front of the throne and on each side of it there were four living beings. They had eyes all over them, in front and in back. 7 The first living being was like a lion. The second was like a bull. The third had a face like a man. The fourth was like a flying eagle. 8 Each of these four living beings had six wings. They were covered all over with eyes, inside and out. Day and night they never stopped saying,
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God All-Powerful.
He always was, he is, and he is coming.”
9 These living beings were giving glory and honor and thanks to the one who sits on the throne, the one who lives forever and ever. And every time they did this, 10 the 24 elders bowed down before the one who sits on the throne. They worshiped him who lives forever and ever. They put their crowns down before the throne and said,
11 “Our Lord and God!
You are worthy to receive glory and honor and power.
You made all things.
Everything existed and was made because you wanted it.”
Revelation 4
English Standard Version
The Throne in Heaven
4 After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me (A)like a trumpet, said, (B)“Come up here, and (C)I will show you what must take place after this.” 2 At once (D)I was in the Spirit, and behold, (E)a throne stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne. 3 And he who sat there had the appearance of (F)jasper and carnelian, and around the throne was (G)a rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald. 4 Around the throne were (H)twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders, (I)clothed in white garments, with (J)golden crowns on their heads. 5 From the throne came (K)flashes of lightning, and rumblings[a] and peals of thunder, and before the throne were burning (L)seven torches of fire, (M)which are the seven spirits of God, 6 and before the throne there was (N)as it were a sea of glass, like crystal.
And around the throne, on each side of the throne, are (O)four living creatures, (P)full of eyes in front and behind: 7 (Q)the first living creature like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature with the face of a man, and the fourth living creature like an eagle in flight. 8 And the four living creatures, (R)each of them with six wings, are (S)full of eyes all around and within, and (T)day and night they never cease to say,
9 And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who is seated on the throne, (W)who lives forever and ever, 10 the twenty-four elders (X)fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever. They cast (Y)their crowns before the throne, saying,
11 (Z)“Worthy are you, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,
for (AA)you created all things,
and (AB)by your will they existed and were created.”
Footnotes
- Revelation 4:5 Or voices, or sounds
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