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Ang Awit ng mga Tinubos

14 Pagkatapos, nakita ko ang Tupa na nakatayo sa bundok ng Zion. Kasama niya ang 144,000 tao. Nakasulat sa noo nila ang pangalan ng Tupa at ng kanyang Ama. Nakarinig ako ng ingay mula sa langit, na parang lagaslas ng talon o dagundong ng malakas na kulog. At para ring tugtugan ng mga manunugtog ng alpa. Ang 144,000 tao ay umaawit sa harap ng trono, ng apat na buhay na nilalang, at ng mga namumuno. Bago ang kanilang awit at walang nakakaalam maliban sa kanila na 144,000 na tinubos mula sa mundo. Sila ang mga lalaking hindi sumiping sa babae at hindi nag-asawa. Sumunod sila sa Tupa kahit saan siya pumunta. Tinubos sila mula sa mga tao upang maging unang handog sa Dios at sa Tupa. Hindi sila nagsinungaling kailanman at wala silang anumang kapintasan.

Ang Tatlong Anghel

At nakita ko ang isa pang anghel na lumilipad sa himpapawid. Dala niya ang walang kupas na Magandang Balita upang ipangaral sa mga tao sa buong mundo, sa lahat ng bansa, angkan, wika, at lahi. Ito ang isinisigaw niya, “Matakot kayo sa Dios, at purihin ninyo siya, dahil dumating na ang oras na hahatulan niya ang lahat. Sambahin ninyo ang Dios na lumikha ng langit, lupa, dagat at mga bukal.”

Kasunod namang lumipad ang pangalawang anghel na sumisigaw, “Bumagsak na! Bumagsak na ang dakilang lungsod ng Babilonia! Ang mga mamamayan nito ang humikayat sa mga tao sa buong mundo na sumunod sa imoralidad nila na kinamumuhian ng Dios.”

Sumunod pa ang isang anghel sa dalawang anghel na nauna. Sumisigaw din siya, “Ang lahat ng sumamba sa halimaw at sa imahen nito, at tumanggap ng tatak nito sa noo o sa kanang kamay, 10 ay makakaranas ng galit ng Dios. Sapagkat parurusahan sila sa nagniningas na apoy at asupre sa harapan ng Tupa at ng mga anghel ng Dios. 11 Ang usok ng apoy na magpapahirap sa kanila ay papailanlang magpakailanman. Araw-gabi ay wala silang pahinga sa kanilang paghihirap, dahil sinamba nila ang halimaw at ang imahen nito at nagpatatak ng pangalan nito.”

12 Kaya kayong mga pinabanal[a] ng Dios na sumusunod sa kanyang mga utos at patuloy na sumasampalataya kay Jesus, kinakailangang maging matiisin kayo.

13 Pagkatapos, may narinig akong tinig mula sa langit na nagsasabi, “Isulat mo ito: Mapalad ang mga taong namatay na naglilingkod sa Panginoon. Mula ngayon, makakapagpahinga na sila sa mga paghihirap nila, dahil tatanggapin na nila ang gantimpala para sa mabubuti nilang gawa. At ito ay pinatotohanan mismo ng Banal na Espiritu.”

Ang Pag-ani sa Mundo

14 Pagkatapos, nakakita ako ng maputing ulap na may nakaupong parang tao.[b] May gintong korona siya at may hawak na isang matalim na karit. 15 At may isa pang anghel na lumabas mula sa templo at sumigaw sa nakaupo sa ulap, “Gamitin mo na ang karit mo, dahil panahon na ito ng pag-aani. Hinog na ang aanihin sa lupa!” 16 Kaya ginapas na ng nakaupo sa ulap ang aanihin sa lupa.

17 Nakita ko ang isa pang anghel na lumabas sa templo roon sa langit, at may karit din siyang matalim.

18 At mula sa altar ay lumabas ang isa pang anghel. Siya ang anghel na namamahala sa apoy doon sa altar. Sumigaw siya sa anghel na may matalim na karit, “Gamitin mo na ang karit mo at anihin mo na ang mga ubas sa lupa dahil hinog na!” 19 Kaya inani niya ito at inilagay doon sa malaking pisaan ng ubas. Ang pisaang iyon ay ang parusa ng Dios. 20 Pinisa ang mga ubas sa labas ng lungsod, at umagos mula sa pisaan ang dugo na bumaha ng hanggang 300 kilometro ang layo at isang dipa ang lalim.

Footnotes

  1. 14:12 pinabanal: Tingnan ang “footnote” sa 5:8.
  2. 14:14 parang tao: o, parang Anak ng Tao.

Chapter 14

The Lamb’s Companions.[a] Then I looked and there was the Lamb standing on Mount Zion,[b] and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.(A) I heard a sound from heaven like the sound of rushing water or a loud peal of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps. They were singing [what seemed to be] a new hymn before the throne, before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn this hymn except the hundred and forty-four thousand who had been ransomed from the earth.(B) These are they who were not defiled with women; they are virgins[c] and these are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been ransomed as the firstfruits of the human race for God and the Lamb.(C) On their lips no deceit[d] has been found; they are unblemished.(D)

The Three Angels.[e] Then I saw another angel flying high overhead, with everlasting good news[f] to announce to those who dwell on earth, to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people. He said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, for his time has come to sit in judgment. Worship him who made heaven and earth and sea and springs of water.”(E)

A second angel followed, saying:

“Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great,(F)
    that made all the nations drink
    the wine of her licentious passion.”[g]

A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice, “Anyone who worships the beast or its image, or accepts its mark on forehead or hand, 10 will also drink the wine of God’s fury,[h] poured full strength into the cup of his wrath, and will be tormented in burning sulfur before the holy angels and before the Lamb. 11 The smoke of the fire that torments them will rise forever and ever, and there will be no relief day or night for those who worship the beast or its image or accept the mark of its name.”(G) 12 Here is what sustains the holy ones who keep God’s commandments(H) and their faith in Jesus.[i]

13 (I)I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Yes,” said the Spirit, “let them find rest from their labors, for their works accompany them.”[j]

The Harvest of the Earth.[k] 14 Then I looked and there was a white cloud, and sitting on the cloud one who looked like a son of man, with a gold crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.(J) 15 Another angel came out of the temple, crying out in a loud voice to the one sitting on the cloud, “Use your sickle and reap the harvest, for the time to reap has come, because the earth’s harvest is fully ripe.”(K) 16 So the one who was sitting on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.

17 Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven who also had a sharp sickle. 18 Then another angel [came] from the altar,[l] [who] was in charge of the fire, and cried out in a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, “Use your sharp sickle and cut the clusters from the earth’s vines, for its grapes are ripe.” 19 So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and cut the earth’s vintage. He threw it into the great wine press of God’s fury.(L) 20 The wine press was trodden outside the city and blood poured out of the wine press to the height of a horse’s bridle for two hundred miles.[m]

Footnotes

  1. 14:1–5 Now follows a tender and consoling vision of the Lamb and his companions.
  2. 14:1 Mount Zion: in Jerusalem, the traditional place where the true remnant, the Israel of faith, is to be gathered in the messianic reign; cf. 2 Kgs 19:30–31; Jl 3:5; Ob 17; Mi 4:6–8; Zep 3:12–20. A hundred and forty-four thousand: see note on Rev 7:4–9. His Father’s name…foreheads: in contrast to the pagans who were marked with the name or number of the beast (Rev 13:16–17).
  3. 14:4 Virgins: metaphorically, because they never indulged in any idolatrous practices, which are considered in the Old Testament to be adultery and fornication (Rev 2:14–15, 20–22; 17:1–6; cf. Ez 16:1–58; 23:1–49). The parallel passages (Rev 7:3; 22:4) indicate that the 144,000 whose foreheads are sealed represent all Christian people.
  4. 14:5 No deceit: because they did not deny Christ or do homage to the beast. Lying is characteristic of the opponents of Christ (Jn 8:44), but the Suffering Servant spoke no falsehood (Is 53:9; 1 Pt 2:22). Unblemished: a cultic term taken from the vocabulary of sacrificial ritual.
  5. 14:6–13 Three angels proclaim imminent judgment on the pagan world, calling all peoples to worship God the creator. Babylon (Rome) will fall, and its supporters will be tormented forever.
  6. 14:6 Everlasting good news: that God’s eternal reign is about to begin; see note on Rev 10:7.
  7. 14:8 This verse anticipates the lengthy dirge over Babylon (Rome) in Rev 18:1–19:4. The oracle of Is 21:9 to Babylon is applied here.
  8. 14:10–11 The wine of God’s fury: image taken from Is 51:17; Jer 25:15–16; 49:12; 51:7; Ez 23:31–34. Eternal punishment in the fiery pool of burning sulfur (or “fire and brimstone”; cf. Gn 19:24) is also reserved for the Devil, the beast, and the false prophet (Rev 19:20; 20:10; 21:8).
  9. 14:12 In addition to faith in Jesus, the seer insists upon the necessity and value of works, as in Rev 2:23; 20:12–13; 22:12; cf. Mt 16:27; Rom 2:6.
  10. 14:13 See note on Rev 1:3. According to Jewish thought, people’s actions followed them as witnesses before the court of God.
  11. 14:14–20 The reaping of the harvest symbolizes the gathering of the elect in the final judgment, while the reaping and treading of the grapes symbolizes the doom of the ungodly (cf. Jl 4:12–13; Is 63:1–6) that will come in Rev 19:11–21.
  12. 14:18 Altar: there was only one altar in the heavenly temple; see notes above on Rev 6:9; 8:3; 11:1.
  13. 14:20 Two hundred miles: literally sixteen hundred stades. The stadion, a Greek unit of measurement, was about 607 feet in length, approximately the length of a furlong.