Apocalypse 11
La Bible du Semeur
Les deux témoins[a]
11 Je reçus un roseau, une sorte de baguette d’arpenteur, avec cet ordre :
Debout, prends les mesures du temple de Dieu, de l’autel et de ceux qui se prosternent là dans l’adoration[b]. 2 Mais laisse de côté le parvis extérieur du Temple, ne le mesure donc pas, car il a été abandonné aux peuples étrangers. Ils fouleront aux pieds la ville sainte pendant quarante-deux mois. 3 Je confierai à mes deux témoins la mission de prophétiser, habillés de vêtements de deuil, pendant mille deux cent soixante jours. 4 Ces deux témoins sont les deux oliviers et les deux chandeliers qui se tiennent devant le Seigneur de la Terre. 5 Si quelqu’un veut leur faire du mal, un feu jaillit de leur bouche et consume leurs ennemis. Oui, si quelqu’un veut leur faire du mal, c’est ainsi qu’il lui faudra mourir[c].
6 Ces deux témoins ont le pouvoir de fermer le ciel pour empêcher la pluie de tomber durant tout le temps où ils prophétiseront. Ils ont aussi le pouvoir de changer les eaux en sang et de frapper la terre de toutes sortes de plaies, aussi souvent qu’ils le voudront[d].
7 Mais lorsqu’ils auront achevé de rendre leur témoignage, la bête qui monte de l’abîme combattra contre eux, elle les vaincra et les tuera. 8 Leurs cadavres resteront exposés sur la place de la grande ville qui s’appelle symboliquement Sodome et Egypte[e], c’est la ville où leur Seigneur a été crucifié. 9 Des gens de tout peuple, de toute tribu, de toute langue et de toute nation regarderont leurs cadavres pendant trois jours et demi et s’opposeront à leur ensevelissement. 10 Tous les habitants de la terre seront dans la joie à cause de leur mort, ils s’en réjouiront et échangeront des cadeaux, car ces deux prophètes leur auront causé bien des tourments.
11 Mais au bout de ces trois jours et demi, un esprit de vie venu de Dieu entra en eux, et ils se dressèrent sur leurs pieds. La terreur s’empara de tous les assistants. 12 Une voix puissante venant du ciel cria aux deux témoins : « Montez ici ! » ; ils montèrent au ciel dans la nuée sous les regards de leurs ennemis. 13 Au même instant se produisit un grand tremblement de terre qui fit s’effondrer la dixième partie de la ville et, dans ce tremblement de terre, sept mille personnes périrent. Les survivants furent saisis d’effroi, et rendirent hommage au Dieu du ciel.
14 Le deuxième malheur est passé ; voici, le troisième malheur vient rapidement.
La septième trompette : la venue du royaume de Christ
15 Le septième ange sonna de la trompette, et des voix retentirent dans le ciel : Le royaume du monde a passé maintenant aux mains de notre Seigneur et de son Messie. Il régnera éternellement.
16 Et les vingt-quatre représentants du peuple de Dieu qui siègent devant Dieu sur leurs trônes se prosternèrent la face contre terre, et adorèrent Dieu 17 en disant :
Seigneur Dieu tout-puissant
qui es et qui étais,
nous te disons
notre reconnaissance
car tu as mis en œuvre
ton immense puissance
pour établir ton règne.
18 Les autres peuples s’étaient soulevés
dans leur fureur,
mais ta colère est arrivée.
L’heure est venue
où tous les morts seront jugés,
et où tes serviteurs les prophètes,
et les membres du peuple saint,
eux qui te craignent,
petits et grands,
seront récompensés.
C’est aussi le moment
où ceux qui détruisent la terre
seront détruits.
Les sept signes ou visions
19 Alors s’ouvrit le temple de Dieu qui est dans le ciel, et le coffre de son alliance y apparut. Il y eut des éclairs, des voix, des coups de tonnerre, un tremblement de terre et une forte grêle.
Footnotes
- 11.0 Scène inspirée d’Ez 40.1-5 et Za 2.5-7 ; 4.
- 11.1 Cette formule suggère que ce sont les adorateurs qui constituent le temple à mesurer.
- 11.5 Voir 2 R 1.
- 11.6 Allusion à Elie (1 R 17.1) et à Moïse (Ex 7.17-21).
- 11.8 Sodome, ville connue pour son immoralité ; Egypte, pays de l’esclavage dont Dieu a libéré son peuple sous la conduite de Moïse.
Revelation 11
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
The Two Witnesses
11 Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, “Come and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there,(A) 2 but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample over the holy city for forty-two months.(B) 3 And I will grant my two witnesses authority to prophesy for one thousand two hundred sixty days, wearing sackcloth.”(C)
4 These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.(D) 5 And if anyone wants to harm them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes; anyone who wants to harm them must be killed in this manner.(E) 6 They have authority to shut the sky, so that no rain may fall during the days of their prophesying, and they have authority over the waters to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague, as often as they desire.(F)
7 When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the bottomless pit will wage war on them and conquer them and kill them,(G) 8 and their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city that is prophetically[a] called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.(H) 9 For three and a half days members of the peoples and tribes and languages and nations will gaze at their dead bodies and refuse to let them be placed in a tomb, 10 and the inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and celebrate and exchange presents, because these two prophets tormented the inhabitants of the earth.(I)
11 But after the three and a half days, the breath[b] of life from God entered the two witnesses,[c] and they stood on their feet, and those who saw them were terrified.(J) 12 Then they[d] heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here!” And they went up to heaven in a cloud while their enemies watched them.(K) 13 At that moment there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell; seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.(L)
14 The second woe has passed. The third woe is coming very soon.(M)
The Seventh Trumpet
15 Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying,
“The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord
and of his Messiah,[e]
and he will reign forever and ever.”(N)
16 Then the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God,(O) 17 singing,
“We give you thanks, Lord God Almighty,
who are and who were,
for you have taken your great power
and begun to reign.(P)
18 The nations raged,
but your wrath has come,
and the time for judging the dead,
for rewarding your servants, the prophets
and saints and all who fear your name,
both small and great,
and for destroying those who destroy the earth.”(Q)
19 Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple, and there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.(R)
Revelation 11
Tree of Life Version
Two Witnesses
11 Then a measuring rod like a staff was given to me, saying, “Get up and measure the Temple of God and the altar, and count those worshiping in it. [a] 2 But do not measure the court outside the Temple—leave it out, because it has been given to the nations, and they shall trample the holy city for forty-two months. [b] 3 And I will grant authority to My two witnesses and they will prophesy for 1,260 days,[c] dressed in sackcloth.”
4 These are the two olive trees and the two menorot that are standing before the Lord of the earth. [d] 5 If anyone wishes to harm them, fire comes out of their mouths and consumes their enemies. If anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this way. [e] 6 These two have the power to shut the heavens, so that no rain may fall during the days of their prophesying.[f] And they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.[g]
7 When they have finished their testimony, the beast that rises from the abyss will make war on them, and overcome them and kill them. [h] 8 And their corpses will lie in the open street[i] of the great city that figuratively is called Sodom and Egypt—where also their[j] Lord was crucified. 9 Some from the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will look at their corpses for three and a half days, not allowing them to be placed into a grave. [k] 10 Those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them. They will celebrate and send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.
11 But after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood up on their feet;[l] and great fear fell on those who were watching them. 12 Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here!” And they went up to heaven in a cloud, while their enemies watched them.[m]
13 At that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city collapsed.[n] Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
14 The second woe is past. The third woe is coming soon.
The Seventh Trumpet
15 Then the seventh angel trumpeted, and there were loud voices in heaven saying,
“The kingdom of this world has become the kingdom of our Lord
and of His Anointed One.
And He shall reign forever and ever!”[o]
16 And the twenty-four elders seated on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God, 17 saying,
“We thank you, Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot,[p]
who is and who was,
because You have taken Your great power
and begun to reign.
18 The nations were enraged,
but Your wrath has come[q]
and the time for the dead to be judged—
to reward Your servants,
the prophets and kedoshim,
and those who fear Your name,
the small and the great,
and to destroy the destroyers of the earth.”[r]
19 Then the Temple of God in heaven was opened, and the Ark of His Covenant appeared in His Temple. And there were flashes of lightning and rumblings and clashes of thunder and an earthquake and heavy hail.[s]
Footnotes
- Revelation 11:2 cf. Ezek. 40-42; Zech. 2:1.
- Revelation 11:3 cf. Isa. 52:1; Dan. 7:25; 12:7.
- Revelation 11:3 cf. Dan. 7:25; 12:7; Zech. 4:2-14.
- Revelation 11:5 cf. Zech. 4:3, 11, 14.
- Revelation 11:6 cf. 2 Kings 1:10-12; Jer. 5:14.
- Revelation 11:6 cf. 1 Kings 17:1.
- Revelation 11:6 cf. Exod. 7:17-21.
- Revelation 11:8 cf. Dan. 7:21.
- Revelation 11:8 cf. Isa. 66:24.
- Revelation 11:8 Some mss. say our.
- Revelation 11:10 cf. Ps. 79:2-3.
- Revelation 11:11 cf. Gen. 2:7; Ezek. 37:5, 10.
- Revelation 11:12 cf. 2 Kings 2:11.
- Revelation 11:13 cf. Isa. 29:6; Ezek. 38:19.
- Revelation 11:15 cf. Isa. 37:16; Dan. 2:44; 7:14, 27.
- Revelation 11:17 Grk. Kurie o Theos o Pantokrator (O Lord God Almighty).
- Revelation 11:18 cf, Ps. 2:5; 110:5.
- Revelation 11:18 cf. Dan. 7:10; 12:2.
- Revelation 11:19 cf. Ex 9:23; 19:16.
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