Revelation 14
Easy-to-Read Version
God’s People Sing a New Song
14 Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, who was standing on Mount Zion.[a] There were 144,000 people with him. They all had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.
2 And I heard a sound from heaven as loud as the crashing of floodwaters or claps of thunder. But it sounded like harpists playing their harps. 3 The people sang a new song before the throne and before the four living beings and the elders. The only ones who could learn the new song were the 144,000 who had been bought from the earth. No one else could learn it.
4 These are the ones who did not do sinful things with women. They kept themselves pure. Now they follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were bought from among the people of the earth as the first to be offered to God and the Lamb. 5 They are not guilty of telling lies; they are without fault.
The Three Angels
6 Then I saw another angel flying high in the air. The angel had the eternal Good News to announce to the people living on earth—to every nation, tribe, language, and race of people. 7 The angel said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give him praise. The time has come for God to judge all people. Worship God. He made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and the springs of water.”
8 Then the second angel followed the first angel and said, “She is destroyed! The great city of Babylon is destroyed! She made all the nations drink the wine of her sexual sin and of God’s anger.”
9 A third angel followed the first two angels. This third angel said in a loud voice, “God will punish all those who worship the beast and the beast’s idol and agree to have the beast’s mark on their forehead or on their hand. 10 They will drink the wine of God’s anger. This wine is prepared with all its strength in the cup of God’s anger. They will be tortured with burning sulfur before the holy angels and the Lamb. 11 And the smoke from their burning pain will rise forever and ever. There will be no rest, day or night, for those who worship the beast and its idol or who wear the mark of its name.” 12 This means that God’s holy people must be patient. They must obey God’s commands and keep their faith in Jesus.
13 Then I heard a voice from heaven. It said, “Write this: From now on there are great blessings for those who belong to the Lord when they die.”
The Spirit says, “Yes, that is true. They will rest from their hard work. What they have done will stay with them.”
The Earth Is Harvested
14 I looked and there before me, sitting on a white cloud, was one who looked like the Son of Man. He had a gold crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. 15 Then another angel came out of the temple. This angel called to the one who was sitting on the cloud, “Take your sickle and gather from the earth. The time to harvest has come, and the fruit on the earth is ripe.” 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. This angel also had a sharp sickle. 18 And then another angel, one with power over the fire, came from the altar. He called to the angel with the sharp sickle and said, “Take your sharp sickle and gather the bunches of grapes from the earth’s vine. The earth’s grapes are ripe.” 19 The angel swung his sickle over the earth. He gathered the earth’s grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God’s anger. 20 The grapes were squeezed in the winepress outside the city. Blood flowed out of the winepress. It rose as high as the heads of the horses for a distance of 200 miles.[b]
Footnotes
- Revelation 14:1 Mount Zion Another name for Jerusalem, here meaning the spiritual city where God’s people live with him.
- Revelation 14:20 200 miles Literally, “1600 stadia,” a little less than 300 km.
Revelation 14
King James Version
14 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.
2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
20 And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
Apocalisse 14
Nuova Riveduta 1994
L'Agnello e i suoi redenti
14 (A)Poi guardai e vidi l'Agnello che stava in piedi sul monte *Sion e con lui erano centoquarantaquattromila persone che avevano il suo nome e il nome di suo Padre scritto sulla fronte. 2 Udii una voce dal cielo simile a un fragore di grandi acque e al rumore di un forte tuono; e la voce che udii era come il suono prodotto da arpisti che suonano le loro arpe. 3 Essi cantavano un cantico nuovo davanti al trono, davanti alle quattro creature viventi e agli anziani. Nessuno poteva imparare il cantico se non i centoquarantaquattromila, che sono stati riscattati dalla terra. 4 Essi sono quelli che non si sono contaminati con donne, poiché sono vergini. Essi sono quelli che seguono l'Agnello dovunque vada. Essi sono stati riscattati tra gli uomini per esser primizie a Dio e all'Agnello. 5 Nella bocca loro non è stata trovata menzogna: sono irreprensibili.
Tre angeli proclamano i giudizi di Dio
6 (B)Poi vidi un altro angelo che volava in mezzo al cielo, recante il *vangelo eterno per annunziarlo a quelli che abitano sulla terra, a ogni nazione, tribú, lingua e popolo. 7 Egli diceva con voce forte: «Temete Dio e dategli gloria, perché è giunta l'ora del suo giudizio. Adorate colui che ha fatto il cielo, la terra, il mare e le fonti delle acque».
8 Poi un secondo angelo seguí dicendo: «Caduta, caduta è *Babilonia[a] la grande, che ha fatto bere a tutte le nazioni il vino dell'ira della sua prostituzione».
9 Seguí un terzo angelo, dicendo a gran voce: «Chiunque adora la *bestia e la sua immagine, e ne prende il marchio sulla fronte o sulla mano, 10 egli pure berrà il vino dell'ira di Dio versato puro nel calice della sua ira; e sarà tormentato con fuoco e zolfo davanti ai santi angeli e davanti all'Agnello». 11 Il fumo del loro tormento sale nei secoli dei secoli[b]. Chiunque adora la bestia e la sua immagine e prende il marchio del suo nome, non ha riposo né giorno né notte.
12 Qui è la costanza dei santi che osservano i comandamenti di Dio e la fede in Gesú.
13 E udii una voce dal cielo che diceva: «Scrivi: beati i morti che da ora innanzi muoiono nel Signore. Sí, dice lo Spirito, essi si riposano dalle loro fatiche perché le loro opere li seguono».
La mèsse e la vendemmia
14 (C)Poi guardai e vidi una nube bianca; e sulla nube stava seduto uno, simile a un *figlio d'uomo, che aveva sul capo una corona d'oro e in mano una falce affilata. 15 Un altro angelo uscí dal *tempio, gridando a gran voce a colui che stava seduto sulla nube: «Metti mano alla tua falce e mieti; poiché è giunta l'ora di mietere, perché la mèsse della terra è matura[c]». 16 Colui che era seduto sulla nube lanciò la sua falce sulla terra e la terra fu mietuta.
17 Poi dal tempio, che è nel cielo, uscí un altro angelo; anch'egli aveva una falce affilata. 18 E un altro angelo, che aveva potere sul fuoco, uscí dall'altare e gridò a gran voce a quello che aveva la falce affilata: «Metti mano alla tua falce affilata e vendemmia i grappoli della vigna della terra, perché le sue uve sono mature». 19 L'angelo lanciò la sua falce sulla terra e vendemmiò la vigna della terra e gettò l'uva nel grande tino dell'ira di Dio. 20 Il tino fu pigiato fuori della città e dal tino uscí tanto sangue che giungeva fino al morso dei cavalli, per una distesa di milleseicento *stadi[d].
Footnotes
- Apocalisse 14:8 +Is 21:9.
- Apocalisse 14:11 +Is 34:10.
- Apocalisse 14:15 +Gl 3:13.
- Apocalisse 14:20 Milleseicento stadi, equivalgono a 296 chilometri (uno stadio corrisponde a 185 metri).
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