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Worship in Heaven

Then as I looked, I saw a door standing open in heaven, and the same voice I had heard before spoke to me like a trumpet blast. The voice said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after this.” And instantly I was in the Spirit,[a] and I saw a throne in heaven and someone sitting on it. The one sitting on the throne was as brilliant as gemstones—like jasper and carnelian. And the glow of an emerald circled his throne like a rainbow. Twenty-four thrones surrounded him, and twenty-four elders sat on them. They were all clothed in white and had gold crowns on their heads. From the throne came flashes of lightning and the rumble of thunder. And in front of the throne were seven torches with burning flames. This is the sevenfold Spirit[b] of God. In front of the throne was a shiny sea of glass, sparkling like crystal.

In the center and around the throne were four living beings, each covered with eyes, front and back. The first of these living beings was like a lion; the second was like an ox; the third had a human face; and the fourth was like an eagle in flight. Each of these living beings had six wings, and their wings were covered all over with eyes, inside and out. Day after day and night after night they keep on saying,

“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty—
    the one who always was, who is, and who is still to come.”

Whenever the living beings give glory and honor and thanks to the one sitting on the throne (the one who lives forever and ever), 10 the twenty-four elders fall down and worship the one sitting on the throne (the one who lives forever and ever). And they lay their crowns before the throne and say,

11 “You are worthy, O Lord our God,
    to receive glory and honor and power.
For you created all things,
    and they exist because you created what you pleased.”

Footnotes

  1. 4:2 Or in spirit.
  2. 4:5 Greek They are the seven spirits.

¶ Apre sa, mwen fè yon lòt vizyon, mwen wè yon pòt louvri nan sièl la. Vwa ki t'ap sonnen nan zòrèy mwen tankou yon klewon an, menm vwa ki t'ap pale avè m' anvan an, di m' konsa: Moute bò isit, m'a fè ou wè sa ki gen pou rive apre sa.

Lamenm, Lespri Bondye a fè m' fè yon vizyon, mwen wè yon fòtèy nan sièl la ak yon moun chita sou li.

Figi moun lan te klere tankou piè bijou yo rele jasp la ak sa yo rele sadwan lan. Fòtèy la menm te nan mitan yon gwo lakansièl ki te klere tankou yon piè emwòd.

Tout arebò fòtèy la te gen vennkat lòt fòtèy ak vennkat granmoun chita sou yo. Granmoun yo te gen rad tout blan sou yo, ak yon kouwòn an lò sou tèt yo chak.

Kout zèklè t'ap pati soti nan fòtèy la ansanm ak mizik ak kout loraj. Te gen sèt flanbo limen ki t'ap boule devan fòtèy la; se sèt Lespri Bondye yo.

Devan fòtèy la tou te gen yon bagay ki te sanble yon lanmè an glas ki klere kou kristal. Toupre fòtèy la, te gen kat bèt vivan kanpe yonn nan chak direksyon. Yo te gen anpil je devan kou dèyè.

Premie a te sanble ak yon lyon. Dezyèm lan te sanble ak yon jenn ti towo bèf. Twazièm lan te gen yon figi ki te sanble ak figi moun. Katriyèm lan te sanble ak yon gwo malfini k'ap vole.

¶ Yo chak yo te gen sis zèl. Tout kò yo se te je andedan kou deyò. Lajounen kou lannwit y'ap chante san rete: Wi, li sen, li sen, li sen vre, Bondye sèl Mèt ki gen tout pouvwa a, Li menm ki te la, ki la koulye a, ki gen pou vini an.

Kat bèt vivan yo t'ap chante pou fè lwanj moun ki chita sou fòtèy la, pou rann li onè, pou di l' mèsi, li menm ki vivan pou tout tan an. Chak fwa yo pran chante,

10 vennkat granmoun yo tonbe ajenou fas atè devan moun ki chita sou fòtèy la, yo adore moun ki vivan pou tout tan an. Yo jete kouwòn yo devan fòtèy la. Yo di:

11 O Bondye, Mèt nou, ou merite pou ou resevwa lwanj, respè ak pouvwa. Se ou menm ki fè tout bagay. Si yo la, si yo gen lavi, se paske ou vle l'.