Revelation 4
International Children’s Bible
John Sees Heaven
4 After this I looked, and there before me was an open door in heaven. And I heard the same voice that spoke to me before. It was the voice that sounded like a trumpet. The voice said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after this.” 2 Then the Spirit took control of me. There before me was a throne in heaven. Someone was sitting on the throne. 3 The One who sat on the throne looked like precious stones, like jasper and carnelian. All around the throne was a rainbow the color of an emerald. 4 Around the throne there were 24 other thrones. There were 24 elders[a] sitting on the 24 thrones. The elders were dressed in white, and they had golden crowns on their heads. 5 Lightning flashes and noises of thunder came from the throne. Before the throne there were seven lamps burning. These lamps are the seven spirits of God. 6 Also before the throne there was something that looked like a sea of glass. It was clear like crystal.
Around the throne, on each side, there were four living things. These living things had eyes all over them, in front and in back. 7 The first living thing was like a lion. The second was like a calf. The third had a face like a man. The fourth was like a flying eagle. 8 Each of these four living things had six wings. The living things were covered all over with eyes, inside and out. Day and night they never stop saying:
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God All-Powerful.
He was, he is, and he is coming.”
9 These living things give glory and honor and thanks to the One who sits on the throne. He is the One who lives forever and ever. And every time the living things do this, 10 the 24 elders bow down before the One who sits on the throne. The elders worship him who lives forever and ever. They put their crowns down before the throne and say:
11 “Our Lord and God! You are worthy
to receive glory and honor and power.
You made all things.
Everything existed and was made
because you wanted it.”
Footnotes
- 4:4 24 elders Elder means “older.” Here the elders probably represent God’s people.
Revelation 4
King James Version
4 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
4 And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,
10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
Pahayag 4
Ang Bagong Tipan: Filipino Standard Version
4 Pagkatapos nito ay tumingin ako, at doon sa langit ay may isang pintong nakabukas! Ang unang tinig na narinig kong nagsasalita sa akin ay parang isang trumpeta, na nagsasabi, “Umakyat ka rito at ipakikita ko sa iyo kung ano ang kailangang mangyari pagkatapos ng mga bagay na ito.” 2 At (A) agad akong kinasihan ng espiritu, at doon sa langit ay may isang tronong may nakaupo! 3 At ang nakaupo doon ay nagniningning tulad ng batong jasper at sardio, at sa paligid ng trono ay may bahagharing parang esmeralda. 4 Sa paligid ng trono ay may dalawampu't apat pang trono at sa mga ito ay may nakaupong dalawampu't apat na matatanda na nakaputing damit, at sa kanilang mga ulo ay nakaputong ang mga gintong korona. 5 Mula (B) sa trono ay may nanggagaling na mga siklab ng kidlat, mga ingay at mga dagundong ng kulog. At sa harapan ng trono ay may pitong nag-aapoy na sulo. Ang mga ito'y ang pitong espiritu ng Diyos; 6 at sa (C) (D) harapan ng trono ay may tila dagat na salamin tulad ng kristal.
Sa paligid ng trono, sa bawat gilid nito ay may apat na buháy na nilalang, na puno ng mga mata sa harap at sa likod. 7 Parang leon ang unang buhay na nilalang, isang baka ang katulad ng ikalawa, ang ikatlong nilalang ay may mukhang tulad ng sa tao, at ang ikaapat ay parang isang lumilipad na agila. 8 Ang (E) bawat isa sa apat na nilalang ay may anim na pakpak, sa paligid at loob ay puno ng mga mata. Araw at gabi'y hindi sila tumitigil sa pagsasabi,
“Banal, banal, banal, ang Panginoong Diyos na Makapangyarihan sa lahat, na siyang noon, ngayon, at darating.”
9 At tuwing magbibigay ng kaluwalhatian, karangalan, at pasasalamat ang mga buháy na nilalang sa kanyang nakaupo sa trono, siyang nabubuhay magpakailanman, 10 lumuluhod ang dalawampu't apat na matatanda sa harap ng nakaupo sa trono at sumasamba sa kanyang nabubuhay magpakailanman; at inihahagis nila sa harap ng trono ang kanilang mga korona, na nagsasabi,
11 “Karapat-dapat ka, Panginoon naming Diyos,
na tumanggap ng kaluwalhatian, karangalan, at kapangyarihan,
sapagkat nilikha mo ang lahat ng bagay, at sa pamamagitan ng iyong kalooban,
sila'y nalikha at pinaiiral.”
The Holy Bible, International Children’s Bible® Copyright© 1986, 1988, 1999, 2015 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission.
Ang Bagong Tipan: Filipino Standard Version, Copyright © Philippine Bible Society 2009.
