Uppenbarelseboken 14
Svenska Folkbibeln 2015
Lammet på Sions berg
14 (A) Och jag såg, och se: Lammet stod på Sions berg, och med honom etthundrafyrtiofyra tusen som hade hans namn och hans Fars namn skrivet på sina pannor. 2 (B) Och jag hörde en röst från himlen, som bruset av väldiga vatten och dånet av kraftig åska. Rösten jag hörde var som när harpspelare spelar på sina harpor.
3 (C) De sjöng en ny sång inför tronen och inför de fyra varelserna och de äldste, och ingen kunde lära sig den sången utom dessa etthundrafyrtiofyra tusen som är friköpta från jorden. 4 (D) Det är de som inte har befläckat sig med kvinnor. De är jungfrur, dessa som följer Lammet vart det än går. De är friköpta från människorna som en förstlingsfrukt åt Gud och Lammet. 5 (E) I deras mun har det inte funnits någon lögn. De är fläckfria.
De tre änglarna
6 Och jag såg en annan ängel flyga uppe på himlen. Han hade ett evigt evangelium att förkunna för jordens invånare, för alla folk och stammar och språk och länder, 7 (F) och han sade med stark röst: "Vörda Gud och ge honom äran! Stunden för hans dom har kommit. Tillbe honom som har gjort himlen och jorden, havet och vattenkällorna."
8 (G) En annan ängel följde efter, och han sade: "Fallet, fallet är det stora Babylon, som gav alla folk att dricka av sin otukts vredesvin."
9 (H) En tredje ängel följde dem och sade med stark röst: "Om någon tillber vilddjuret och dess bild och tar emot märket på sin panna eller hand, 10 (I) då ska han själv få dricka av Guds vredes vin som oblandat hälls i Guds vredes bägare. Han ska plågas i eld och svavel inför de heliga änglarna och inför Lammet. 11 (J) Röken från deras plåga stiger i evigheters evighet. De har ingen ro vare sig dag eller natt, de som tillber vilddjuret och dess bild och som tar emot märket med dess namn. 12 (K) Här visar sig de heligas uthållighet: de håller fast vid Guds bud och tron på Jesus."
13 (L) Och jag hörde en röst från himlen: "Skriv: Saliga är de döda som härefter dör i Herren. Ja, säger Anden, de får vila sig från sina mödor, för deras gärningar följer dem."
Skörden är mogen
14 (M) Och jag såg, och se: ett vitt moln, och på molnet satt en som liknade en människoson. På sitt huvud hade han en krona av guld, och i sin hand en skarp skära.[a] 15 (N) Och en annan ängel kom ut från templet och ropade med stark röst till honom som satt på molnet: "Räck ut din skära och skörda, för skördetiden har kommit och jordens skörd är mogen." 16 Han som satt på molnet lät då sin skära gå över jorden, och jorden skördades.
17 En annan ängel kom ut från templet i himlen, också han med en skarp skära. 18 Och ännu en ängel kom ut från altaret, han som hade makt över elden. Han ropade med stark röst till ängeln med den skarpa skäran: "Räck ut din skarpa skära och skörda druvklasarna från jordens vinstock, för dess druvor är mogna." 19 (O) Och ängeln lät sin skära gå över jorden och skördade druvorna från jordens vinstock och kastade dem i Guds vredes stora vinpress. 20 Vinpressen trampades utanför staden, och blod flöt från pressen och nådde upp till betslen på hästarna ettusen sexhundra stadier[b] bort.
Revelation 14
New Century Version
The Song of the Saved
14 Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb standing on Mount Zion.[a] With him were one hundred forty-four thousand people who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads. 2 And I heard a sound from heaven like the noise of flooding water and like the sound of loud thunder. The sound I heard was like people playing harps. 3 And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the new song except the one hundred forty-four thousand who had been bought from the earth. 4 These are the ones who did not do sinful things with women, because they kept themselves pure. They follow the Lamb every place he goes. These one hundred forty-four thousand were bought from among the people of the earth as people to be offered to God and the Lamb. 5 They were not guilty of telling lies; they are without fault.
The Three Angels
6 Then I saw another angel flying high in the air. He had the eternal Good News to preach to those who live on earth—to every nation, tribe, language, and people. 7 He preached in a loud voice, “Fear God and give him praise, because the time has come for God to judge all people. So worship God who made the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the springs of water.”
8 Then the second angel followed the first angel and said, “Ruined, ruined is the great city of Babylon! She made all the nations drink the wine of the anger of her adultery.”
9 Then a third angel followed the first two angels, saying in a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast and his idol and gets the beast’s mark on the forehead or on the hand, 10 that one also will drink the wine of God’s anger, which is prepared with all its strength in the cup of his anger. And that person will be put in pain 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 his idol or who get the mark of his name.” 12 This means 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 saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die from now on in the Lord.”
The Spirit says, “Yes, they will rest from their hard work, and the reward of all they have done stays with them.”
The Earth Is Harvested
14 Then I looked, and there before me was a white cloud, and sitting on the white cloud was One who looked like a Son of Man.[b] He had a gold crown on his head and a sharp sickle[c] in his hand. 15 Then another angel came out of the temple and called out in a loud voice to the One who was sitting on the cloud, “Take your sickle and harvest from the earth, because the time to harvest has come, and the fruit of 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, and he also had a sharp sickle. 18 And then another angel, who has power over the fire, came from the altar. This angel called to the angel with the sharp sickle, saying, “Take your sharp sickle and gather the bunches of grapes from the earth’s vine, because its grapes are ripe.” 19 Then 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 They were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed out of the winepress as high as horses’ bridles for a distance of about one hundred eighty miles.
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.
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