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The Two Witnesses

11 Then I was given a measuring stick like a rod. I was told, “Go and measure the temple[a] of God and the altar, and count the number of people worshiping there. But do not measure the yard outside the temple. Leave it alone. It has been given to the people who are not Jews. They will walk on the holy city for 42 months. And I will give power to my two witnesses to prophesy for 1,260 days. They will be dressed in rough cloth to show how sad they are.”

These two witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. If anyone tries to hurt the witnesses, fire comes from their mouths and kills their enemies. Anyone who tries to hurt them will die like this. These witnesses have the power to stop the sky from raining during the time they are prophesying. They have power to make the waters become blood. They have power to send every kind of trouble to the earth. They can do this as many times as they want.

When the two witnesses have finished telling their message, the beast will fight against them. This is the beast that comes up from the bottomless pit. He will defeat them and kill them. The bodies of the two witnesses will lie in the street of the great city. This city is named Sodom[b] and Egypt. These names for the city have a special meaning. It is the city where the Lord was killed. Men from every race of people, tribe, language, and nation will look at the bodies of the two witnesses for three and a half days. They will refuse to bury them. 10 People who live on the earth will be happy because these two are dead. They will have parties and send each other gifts. They will do these things because these two prophets brought much suffering to those who live on the earth.

11 But after three and a half days, God put the breath of life into the two prophets again. They stood on their feet. Everyone who saw them was filled with fear. 12 Then the two prophets heard a loud voice from heaven say, “Come up here!” And they went up into heaven in a cloud. Their enemies watched them go.

13 At that same time there was a great earthquake. A tenth of the city was destroyed. And 7,000 people were killed in the earthquake. Those who did not die were very afraid. They gave glory to the God of heaven.

14 The second great trouble is finished. The third great trouble is coming soon.

The Seventh Trumpet

15 Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet. And there were loud voices in heaven. The voices said:

“The power to rule the world
    now belongs to our Lord and his Christ.
And he will rule forever and ever.”

16 Then the 24 elders[c] bowed down on their faces and worshiped God. These are the elders who sit on their thrones before God. 17 They said:

“We give thanks to you, Lord God All-Powerful.
    You are the One who is and who was.
We thank you because you have used your great power
    and have begun to rule!
18 The people of the world were angry;
    but now is the time for your anger.
    Now is the time for the dead to be judged.
It is time to reward your servants the prophets
    and to reward your holy people,
    all who respect you, great and small.
It is time to destroy those who destroy the earth!”

19 Then God’s temple[d] in heaven was opened. The Ark of the Covenant that holds the agreement that God gave to his people could be seen in his temple. Then there were flashes of lightning, noises, thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.

Footnotes

  1. 11:1 temple God’s house—the place where God’s people worship and serve him. Here, John sees it pictured as the special building in Jerusalem where God commanded the Jews to worship him.
  2. 11:8 Sodom City that God destroyed because the people were so evil.
  3. 11:16 24 elders Elder means “older.” Here the elders probably represent God’s people.
  4. 11:19 temple God’s house—the place where God’s people worship and serve him. John sees the heavenly temple pictured to be like the Temple of God’s people in the Old Testament.

As duas testemunhas

11 E foi-me dada uma cana semelhante a uma vara; e chegou o anjo e disse: Levanta-te e mede o templo de Deus, e o altar, e os que nele adoram. E deixa o átrio que está fora do templo e não o meças; porque foi dado às nações, e pisarão a Cidade Santa por quarenta e dois meses.

E darei poder às minhas duas testemunhas, e profetizarão por mil duzentos e sessenta dias, vestidas de pano de saco. Estas são as duas oliveiras e os dois castiçais que estão diante do Deus da terra. E, se alguém lhes quiser fazer mal, fogo sairá da sua boca e devorará os seus inimigos; e, se alguém lhes quiser fazer mal, importa que assim seja morto. Estas têm poder para fechar o céu, para que não chova nos dias da sua profecia; e têm poder sobre as águas para convertê-las em sangue e para ferir a terra com toda sorte de pragas, quantas vezes quiserem. E, quando acabarem o seu testemunho, a besta que sobe do abismo lhes fará guerra, e as vencerá, e as matará. E jazerá o seu corpo morto na praça da grande cidade que, espiritualmente, se chama Sodoma e Egito, onde o seu Senhor também foi crucificado. E homens de vários povos, e tribos, e línguas, e nações verão seu corpo morto por três dias e meio, e não permitirão que o seu corpo morto seja posto em sepulcros. 10 E os que habitam na terra se regozijarão sobre eles, e se alegrarão, e mandarão presentes uns aos outros; porquanto estes dois profetas tinham atormentado os que habitam sobre a terra. 11 E, depois daqueles três dias e meio, o espírito de vida, vindo de Deus, entrou neles; e puseram-se sobre os pés, e caiu grande temor sobre os que os viram. 12 E ouviram uma grande voz do céu, que lhes dizia: Subi cá. E subiram ao céu em uma nuvem; e os seus inimigos os viram. 13 E naquela mesma hora houve um grande terremoto, e caiu a décima parte da cidade, e no terremoto foram mortos sete mil homens; e os demais ficaram muito atemorizados e deram glória ao Deus do céu.

14 É passado o segundo ai; eis que o terceiro ai cedo virá.

A sétima trombeta

15 E tocou o sétimo anjo a trombeta, e houve no céu grandes vozes, que diziam: Os reinos do mundo vieram a ser de nosso Senhor e do seu Cristo, e ele reinará para todo o sempre. 16 E os vinte e quatro anciãos, que estão assentados em seu trono, diante de Deus, prostraram-se sobre seu rosto e adoraram a Deus, 17 dizendo: Graças te damos, Senhor, Deus Todo-Poderoso, que és, e que eras, e que hás de vir, que tomaste o teu grande poder e reinaste. 18 E iraram-se as nações, e veio a tua ira, e o tempo dos mortos, para que sejam julgados, e o tempo de dares o galardão aos profetas, teus servos, e aos santos, e aos que temem o teu nome, a pequenos e a grandes, e o tempo de destruíres os que destroem a terra.

19 E abriu-se no céu o templo de Deus, e a arca do seu concerto foi vista no seu templo; e houve relâmpagos, e vozes, e trovões, e terremotos, e grande saraiva.