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The Throne Room of Heaven

After this I looked, and there in heaven was an open door. The first voice that I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet(A) said, ‘Come up here,(B) and I will show you what must take place after this.’(C)

Immediately I was in the Spirit,(D) and there was a throne in heaven(E) and someone was seated on it. The one seated[a] there had the appearance of jasper and carnelian stone.(F) A rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald surrounded the throne.(G)

Round the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones sat twenty-four elders(H) dressed in white clothes,(I) with golden crowns on their heads.(J)

Flashes of lightning and rumblings and peals of thunder came from the throne.(K) Seven fiery torches were burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God.(L) Something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal, was also before the throne.(M)

Four living creatures covered with eyes in front and behind were round the throne on each side. The first living creature was like a lion; the second living creature was like an ox; the third living creature had a face like a man; and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle.(N) Each of the four living creatures had six wings;(O) they were covered with eyes around and inside. Day and night(P) they never stop,[b] saying,

Holy, holy, holy,
Lord God, the Almighty,
who was, who is, and who is to come.(Q)

Whenever the living creatures give glory, honour, and thanks to the one seated on the throne, the one who lives for ever and ever,(R) 10 the twenty-four elders fall down before the one seated on the throne(S) and worship the one who lives for ever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne and say,

11 Our Lord and God,[c]
you are worthy(T) to receive
glory and honour and power,(U)
because you have created all things,(V)
and by your will

they exist and were created.

Footnotes

  1. 4:3 Other mss omit The one seated
  2. 4:8 Or rest
  3. 4:11 Some mss add the Holy One; other mss read Lord

El trono en el cielo

Al levantar la vista, contemplé en el cielo una puerta abierta; y la voz que había escuchado antes, estridente como toque de trompeta, me dijo: «Sube acá y te mostraré lo que va a ocurrir después de esto». Al instante vino sobre mí el Espíritu y vi un trono colocado en el cielo y a alguien sentado en él. El que estaba sentado fulguraba como lustroso diamante o reluciente rubí. Alrededor del trono había un arco iris brillante como la esmeralda, y veinticuatro tronos ocupados por veinticuatro ancianos vestidos de blanco y con coronas de oro. Del trono salían relámpagos, truenos y estruendos. Delante del trono ardían siete lámparas de fuego que representaban a los siete espíritus de Dios, y había un mar como de cristal reluciente.

En medio y alrededor del trono había cuatro seres vivientes, llenos de ojos por detrás y por delante.

El primero de aquellos seres vivientes tenía forma de león; el segundo, de toro; el tercero tenía un rostro humano, y el cuarto parecía un águila en pleno vuelo. Cada uno de ellos tenía seis alas y estaba cubierto de ojos por dentro y por fuera. Y día y noche decían:

«Santo, santo, santo es el Señor Dios Todopoderoso, el que era, que es y que ha de venir».

Y cada vez que los seres vivientes daban gloria, honra y acción de gracias al que estaba sentado en el trono, al que vive para siempre, 10 los veinticuatro ancianos se postraban en adoración delante del que vive eternamente y tiraban sus coronas delante del trono, al tiempo que cantaban:

11 «Señor, eres digno de recibir la gloria, la honra y el poder, porque tú creaste el universo. Lo que existe, existe porque tú quisiste crearlo».