Le signe des sept derniers fléaux

15 Puis je vis dans le ciel un autre signe grandiose qui me remplit d’étonnement : sept anges portant sept fléaux, les sept derniers par lesquels se manifeste la colère de Dieu. Je vis aussi comme une mer cristalline mêlée de feu. Ceux qui avaient vaincu la bête, son image et le nombre de son nom se tenaient sur la mer de cristal. S’accompagnant de harpes divines, ils chantaient le cantique de Moïse[a], le serviteur de Dieu, et le cantique de l’Agneau. Ils chantaient :

Seigneur, Dieu, Tout-Puissant,
tes œuvres sont grandes et admirables.
Roi de tous les peuples,
ce que tu fais est juste
et conforme à la vérité !
Qui oserait, Seigneur,
refuser de te craindre
et de te rendre gloire ?
Car toi seul tu es saint ;
tous les peuples viendront
pour se prosterner devant toi,
car il deviendra manifeste
que tes actions sont justes.

Les sept coupes de la colère de Dieu[b]

Après cela je vis s’ouvrir dans le ciel le Temple qui abritait le tabernacle du témoignage.

Les sept anges porteurs des sept fléaux sortirent du Temple. Ils étaient vêtus de tuniques d’un lin pur, éclatant, et leur taille était serrée par une ceinture d’or.

L’un des quatre êtres vivants remit aux sept anges sept coupes d’or remplies de la colère du Dieu qui vit éternellement. Alors la gloire et la puissance de Dieu remplirent le Temple de fumée[c], en sorte que personne ne put y pénétrer tant que les sept fléaux, déclenchés par les sept anges, ne s’étaient pas accomplis.

Footnotes

  1. 15.3 Voir Ex 15.
  2. 15.5 Voir Es 6.4.
  3. 15.8 Comparer Ap 8 et 9. Les fléaux rappellent les plaies d’Egypte.

Seven Angels With Seven Plagues

15 I saw in heaven another great and marvelous sign:(A) seven angels(B) with the seven last plagues(C)—last, because with them God’s wrath is completed. And I saw what looked like a sea of glass(D) glowing with fire and, standing beside the sea, those who had been victorious(E) over the beast(F) and its image(G) and over the number of its name.(H) They held harps(I) given them by God and sang the song of God’s servant(J) Moses(K) and of the Lamb:(L)

“Great and marvelous are your deeds,(M)
    Lord God Almighty.(N)
Just and true are your ways,(O)
    King of the nations.[a]
Who will not fear you, Lord,(P)
    and bring glory to your name?(Q)
For you alone are holy.
All nations will come
    and worship before you,(R)
for your righteous acts(S) have been revealed.”[b]

After this I looked, and I saw in heaven the temple(T)—that is, the tabernacle of the covenant law(U)—and it was opened.(V) Out of the temple(W) came the seven angels with the seven plagues.(X) They were dressed in clean, shining linen(Y) and wore golden sashes around their chests.(Z) Then one of the four living creatures(AA) gave to the seven angels(AB) seven golden bowls filled with the wrath of God, who lives for ever and ever.(AC) And the temple was filled with smoke(AD) from the glory of God and from his power, and no one could enter the temple(AE) until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.

Footnotes

  1. Revelation 15:3 Some manuscripts ages
  2. Revelation 15:4 Phrases in this song are drawn from Psalm 111:2,3; Deut. 32:4; Jer. 10:7; Psalms 86:9; 98:2.

The Seven Angels with Seven Plagues

15 Then (A)I saw another sign in heaven, great and amazing, (B)seven angels with seven plagues, which are the last, for with them the wrath of God is finished.

And I saw (C)what appeared to be a sea of glass mingled with fire—and also those (D)who had conquered the beast and its image and (E)the number of its name, standing beside the sea of glass (F)with harps of God in their hands. And they sing (G)the song of Moses, (H)the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,

(I)“Great and amazing are your deeds,
    O Lord God the Almighty!
(J)Just and true are your ways,
    O King of the nations![a]
(K)Who will not fear, O Lord,
    and glorify your name?
For you alone are (L)holy.
    (M)All nations will come
    and worship you,
for your righteous acts have been revealed.”

After this I looked, and (N)the sanctuary of (O)the tent[b] of witness in heaven was opened, and out of the sanctuary came (P)the seven angels with the seven plagues, clothed in pure, bright (Q)linen, (R)with golden sashes around their chests. And one of (S)the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven (T)golden bowls full of the wrath of God (U)who lives forever and ever, and (V)the sanctuary was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and (W)no one could enter the sanctuary until the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished.

Footnotes

  1. Revelation 15:3 Some manuscripts the ages
  2. Revelation 15:5 Or tabernacle