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啟 示 錄 1-5
Chinese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version
啟 示 錄 1-5
Chinese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version
约翰谈论此书
1 这是来自耶稣基督的启示，这启示是上帝赐给他的，为的是要把一些不久即将发生的事情，展示给基督的仆人。耶稣基督派遣他的天使，通过迹象把这些事情告知给他的仆人约翰。 2 约翰证实了他所看见的一切，也就是上帝的信息和耶稣基督告诉他的真理。 3 读到这些预言的人是有福的；听到这些预言并且遵守书中所记载的事情的人是有福的，因为这个日子就要来临了。
约翰写信给这些教会
4 约翰致亚西亚 [a]省七个教会的信：
愿来自昔日、现在和未来的上帝以及上帝宝座前的七位灵的恩典与和平属于你们； 5 愿来自那忠实的见证者，即首先从死里复活的长子、地上诸王的统治者、耶稣基督的恩典与和平属于你们。
他爱我们，他用自己的鲜血把我们从罪恶中解救出来。 6 他使我们成为一个王国，使我们成为侍奉他父-上帝的祭司。愿光荣与权力永远属于耶稣！阿们！
7 看那！基督驾云而来，所有的人都会看见他，连刺他的人也会看到他的。地上所有的民族都因为他而悲伤痛哭。的确如此！阿们！
8 主上帝说∶“我是阿拉法，我是俄梅戛 。 [b]现在、过去和将来我永远是全能的。”
9 我是约翰，是你们的兄弟。在基督里，我与你们一起分担患难、共享王国，并一同忍耐。我因为传播上帝的信息和耶稣的真理，被驱逐到了拔摩岛。 10 在主日那天，当圣灵附体时，我听到一个号角般宏亮的声音在我身后响起！ 11 那声音说∶“把你所看到的写在书上，并把它发送给这七个教会：以弗所、士每拿、别迦摩、推雅推喇、撒狄、非拉铁非及老底嘉。”
12 我转身去看是谁在对我说话，于是我看见了七个金灯台， 13 灯台中间，站着一个酷似“人子”的人。他身穿垂到脚的长袍，胸前系着一根金带。 14 他的头和头发白的像白羊毛，像白雪，他的双眼像燃烧着的火焰， 15 双脚像经过千锤百炼的青铜，他的声音尤如洪水的波涛声。 16 他右手拿着七颗星星，口吐一把双刃利剑，脸像正午的太阳那样金光闪闪。
17 我一看见他，立刻像死去一样倒在他的脚下。他把右手放在我的身上说，“不要害怕，我是第一位，也是最后一位。 18 我是永生的那位。我死过，但是，看吧：现在我活着，并将永远活着。我掌管着死亡和阴间的钥匙。 19 你要把你所看见的、现在发生的和将要发生的一切都写下来。 20 你看到我右手拿着的这七颗星和这七个灯台的隐意是：七颗星是七个教会的天使，那七个灯台就是七个教会。”
耶稣致以弗所教会的信
2 “给以弗所教会天使的信，要这样写：
“右手拿着七颗星，走在七个金灯台之间的他说： 2 我知道你的事迹、辛勤和恒心。我还知道你不能容忍邪恶之人。你考验那些自称是使徒，但实际却不是的人，认出他们只不过是骗子而已。 3 为了我，你吃苦耐劳，不知疲倦。
4 “但是，有一件事，我要责备你：你已抛弃了当初的爱心。 5 想一想，你是在哪儿跌倒的。忏悔吧！当初怎么做，现在还那样做吧！如果你不忏悔，我就要到你这里来，把你的灯台拿走。 6 不过，你还有一些可取之处，你和我一样憎恨尼哥拉人 [c]的行为。
7 “有耳能听的人，都应该听听圣灵对教会说的话。对于胜利者，我要给他们权力，吃上帝乐园的生命树的果实。”
耶稣致士每拿教会的信
8 “给士每拿教会天使的信，要这样写：
“那位即是开始、又是结束、从死里复活的他说： 9 ‘我知道你受苦受穷，但实际上你很富有。我也知道你遭到了自称是犹太人的诽谤（其实他们并不是），他们实际上是撒旦的党羽。 10 不要害怕你将要遭受到的苦难。听着，魔鬼会把你们中的一些人投入监狱，去考验你们。你们要受十天的苦难，但是，你要忠贞不渝，视死如归，我会赐给你永生的桂冠。
11 “有耳能听的人，都应该听圣灵对教会讲的话。获胜的人绝不会受到第二次死亡的伤害。’”
耶稣致别迦摩教会的信
12 “给别迦摩教会天使的信，要这样写：
“有双刃利剑的他说： 13 ‘我知道你住在哪里，你住在撒旦宝座所在之地。我还知道你一直坚持对我的名字的信仰，即使是在我忠实的见证人、安提帕斯在你们的城市里，即撒旦所在之地，被杀害的日子里，你也没有放弃对我的信仰。
14 “然而有些事情我要责备你：你们中间有些人，追随巴兰木的教导。 [d]巴兰木曾教唆巴勒克去引诱以色列人，让他们犯罪，吃祭偶像的食品，并犯有不道德的性行为。 [e] 15 同样，你们中间还有一些人追随尼哥拉的教导。 16 忏悔吧！不然我很快就会到你们这儿来，用我口中的利剑与你们作战。
17 “有耳能听的人，都应该听圣灵对教会说的话。
“我要赐给获胜的人隐藏的吗哪 [f]，并赐给他一块白石，上面写着一个新名字，只有得到它的人才能知道那名字是什么。’”
耶稣致推雅推喇教会的信
18 “给推雅推喇教会天使的信，要这样写：
“上帝之子双眼像燃烧的火焰，双脚像闪亮的青铜，他说： 19 我知道你的行为、爱心、信仰、勤劳和耐力。我知道你现在做的事比刚开始时做的要好。 20 然而，有一件事我要责备你：你容忍了那个自称是女先知的耶洗别。她的教唆使我的仆人误入歧途，导致他们淫行堕落，吃祭过偶像的食物。 21 我给了她时间去忏悔，但是，她并没有为自己的淫乱而忏悔。 22 所以我要把她扔在痛苦的床上。那些和她通奸的人，也要遭受到大灾大难，除非他们为自己和她在一起的淫乱行为而忏悔。 23 我要杀死跟随她的人，让所有的教会都知道，我洞悉人们的想法与意识，我要按照你们的行为，报应你们每个人。
24 “你们在推雅推喇其余的人，没有追随邪说，也没有学撒旦所谓的深邃的秘密。我要告诉你们，我不会给你们任何其它的负担， 25 但是，你们一定要坚持你们已有的，直到我的来临。
26 “对于那些获胜的人和一直坚持遵守我的命令到底的人，我要赐给他统治万国的权柄：
27 ‘他将用铁棒来统治他们，
把他们像瓦罐一样打得粉碎。’ (A)
28 就像我从我父亲手中得到这个权力一样，我还要赐给这个人一颗晨星。 29 有耳能听的人，都应该听圣灵对教会所说的话。”
耶稣致撒狄教会的信
3 “给撒狄教会天使的信，要这样写：
“‘有上帝的七个灵和七颗星星的他说：我知道你的所作所为，你有虽生犹死的的名声， 2 振作起来！在你还没有彻底死之前，加强你所剩下的生机吧。因为，在我的上帝面前，我找不出你配得上我的上帝的行为。 3 因此切记你所听到和领受到的教导，要服从它。忏悔把！如果你不醒悟过来，我就会像小偷一样，出其不意地降临，而你是不会知道我在什么时候来临。 4 不过，在撒狄还是有一些洁身自好的人，这些人配得上穿白衣与我同行。 5 获胜的人会像这样穿上白衣服。我不会把他从生命册中删名，我要在我父和天使面前，承认他的名字。 6 有耳能听的人，都应该听灵对教会所说的话。’”
耶稣致非拉铁非教会的信
7 “给非拉铁非教会天使的信，要这样写：
“真实、神圣的他，掌管着大卫的钥匙。如果他打开一扇门，就没有人能把它关上；他若关上一扇门，也就没有人能把它打开。他说： 8 我知道你的行为，看那，我在你面前放了一扇打开的门，没有人能把它关上。我知道，尽管你的力气单薄，但是，你还是坚持了我的教导，没有否认我的名字。 9 听着，那些撒旦的党羽和实际上不是但却自称是犹太人的骗子，我要让他们来跪拜在你的脚下，让他们知道我爱你。 10 因为你遵循了我的命令，耐心地忍受着，所以，当地上所有的人接受即将来临的考验时，我会让你免于考验。
11 “我就要来了，你要坚持你所有的，不要让人夺走你的桂冠。 12 那得胜者，我要让他成为上帝大殿里的一根支柱，从此不再离开那里。我要在他的身上，写上我的上帝的名字和我的上帝之城的名字，此城就是那从天而降、来自我的上帝的新耶路撒冷。我也要在他的身上写下我的新名字。 13 有耳能听的人，都应该听圣灵对教会讲的话。”
耶稣致老底嘉教会的信
14 “给老底嘉教会天使的信，要这样写：
“‘那位被称为阿们的，即那位忠诚真实的证人，上帝所造的万物的统治者说道： 15 我知道你的表现，你既不冷也不热。我倒是愿你或冷或热， 16 可你却是不冷不热的温吞水，我要把你从我的嘴里吐出去！ 17 你说∶“我很富，我已经很富有了，不再需要任何东西了。”但是，你却没有意识到自己是多么地悲惨、可怜、贫穷眼瞎和赤身露体。 18 我建议你从我这儿买些经过烈火锤炼的金子，这样，你便可以真正地富裕起来。再买些白衣服穿上，以便掩盖你那令人羞耻的裸体，再买些眼药抹在你的眼睛里，使你能够看见。
19 “对我所爱的人，我要严加管教。因此，你们要满腔热情，要忏悔！ 20 看哪，我站在门口，在敲门。如果有人听见我的声音，并打开门，我会进去和他共进晚餐。
21 “我要赐权力给获胜的人，让他与我一同坐在我的宝座上，就像已获胜的我与我父同坐在他的宝座上一样。 22 有耳能听的人，都应该听圣灵对教会所说的话。”
约翰看到天堂
4 此后，在我面前，我看见天堂有一扇敞开的门。我以前听到过的那个号角般的声音对我说∶“你上到这里来，我要把今后必将发生的事情展示给你。” 2 我立刻就受到灵的支配。在我面前是天堂里的一个宝座。宝座上端坐着一位， 3 他的面容像碧玉和红宝石一样闪耀，宝座四周被一条绿宝石似的彩虹围绕着。 4 宝座周围还有二十四个宝座，二十四位长老坐在上面。他们身穿白衣，头戴金冠。 5 宝座闪闪发光，隆隆作响，电闪雷鸣。宝座前有七支熊熊燃烧的火把，它们是上帝的七个灵。 6 宝座前如同一片晶莹透亮的玻璃海。
宝座正前方和其它三侧，有四个生物。它们胸前背后长满了眼睛。 7 第一个生物像狮子。第二个像公牛，第三个有一副人脸，第四个像飞鹰。 8 四个生物都有六个翅膀，浑身上下长满了眼睛。它们日夜不停地说着：
“主，全能的上帝，
神圣，神圣，神圣，
昔日、现在、未来，他永在。”
9 每当这些生物把荣耀、尊崇和感谢献给坐在宝座上永生不朽的那位时， 10 二十四名长老 [g]就匍伏在宝座上永生的那位面前，敬拜那位万寿无疆的他。他们把自己的王冠放到宝座前，说：
11 “主，我们的上帝，
荣耀、尊崇和权力，
你受之无愧，
因为您创造了万物，
万物因为您的旨意，
才得以存在和受造。”
谁能打开起封开卷
5 然后，我看到坐在宝座上的人，右手拿着一卷正反两面都写着字、并用七个印封住的书轴。 2 我又看见一个强壮的天使高声问道∶“谁配启封开卷？” 3 可是天上、地上、地下没有一个人能打开卷轴，阅读它，因为没人有资格启封开卷并阅读它。 4 对此，我痛哭不己。 5 随后一位长老对我说∶“别哭了。看！犹大支派的狮子，大卫的后代获胜了，他能揭开七个印，打开那书卷。”
6 接着，我看见一只羔羊站在宝座前，那四个生物和长老围绕着它。羔羊看上去好像已被祭献过了。它长着七只角，七只眼，代表着被派到地上去的上帝的七个灵。 7 然后，这羔羊走过来，从坐在宝座上的那位的右手中接过卷轴。 8 羔羊一拿到卷轴，四个生物和二十四个长老都跪在羔羊面前。他们每人手拿一把竖琴和盛满香的金碗，这香就是上帝子民的祷告。 9 他们唱着一首新歌：
“你配拿卷轴，并开启封印，
因为你做为祭物被杀；
用鲜血为上帝赎回了子民，
他们来自各支派，说各种语言，
属于不同的民族和国家。
10 你让他们组成一个王国，
并使他们成为供职上帝的祭司。
在地上执掌王权。”
11 接着，我看到，并听到众多天使的声音，他们围绕在宝座、四个生物和长老的周围，天使的数目有成千上万个，数不胜数。 12 他们齐声高呼：
“被杀害的羔羊配得上
权力、财富、智慧、力量、尊崇、荣耀和赞美！”
13 然后，我又听到天上、地上，地下和水中一切被造之物－整个宇宙的生物说：
“赞美、尊崇、荣耀和权力永远属于
坐在宝座上的他和这只羔羊。”
14 四个生物回答道∶“阿们！”长老们纷纷俯伏敬拜。
Footnotes
- 啟 示 錄 1:4 亚西亚： 土耳其。
- 啟 示 錄 1:8 阿拉法，俄梅戛： 是希腊字母表中开头和结尾的两个字母。所以，上帝既是开始，又是结束。
- 啟 示 錄 2:6 尼哥拉： 宗教团体，追随错误的思想。
- 啟 示 錄 2:14 《民数记》22:20-25:5。
- 啟 示 錄 2:14 以色列人对偶像的崇拜，在精神的角度常被认为是卖淫。耶利米书3:6-10；5:7，《以西结书》16:1-43。
- 啟 示 錄 2:17 吗哪： 曾是上帝赐给旷野里的以色列人的食物.《出埃及记》16:4-36《希伯来书》9:4。
- 啟 示 錄 4:10 长老： 或许是上帝子民的伟大领袖。也许是犹太人的十二个支派的领袖，再加上耶稣的十二名使徒。
Revelation 1-5
New International Version
Revelation 1-5
New International Version
Prologue
1 The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave(A) him to show his servants what must soon take place.(B) He made it known by sending his angel(C) to his servant John,(D) 2 who testifies to everything he saw—that is, the word of God(E) and the testimony of Jesus Christ.(F) 3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it,(G) because the time is near.(H)
Greetings and Doxology
4 John,
To the seven churches(I) in the province of Asia:
Grace and peace to you(J) from him who is, and who was, and who is to come,(K) and from the seven spirits[a](L) before his throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness,(M) the firstborn from the dead,(N) and the ruler of the kings of the earth.(O)
To him who loves us(P) and has freed us from our sins by his blood,(Q) 6 and has made us to be a kingdom and priests(R) to serve his God and Father(S)—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.(T)
7 “Look, he is coming with the clouds,”[b](U)
and “every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him”;(V)
and all peoples on earth “will mourn(W) because of him.”[c]
So shall it be! Amen.
8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,”(X) says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come,(Y) the Almighty.”(Z)
John’s Vision of Christ
9 I, John,(AA) your brother and companion in the suffering(AB) and kingdom(AC) and patient endurance(AD) that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God(AE) and the testimony of Jesus.(AF) 10 On the Lord’s Day(AG) I was in the Spirit,(AH) and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,(AI) 11 which said: “Write on a scroll what you see(AJ) and send it to the seven churches:(AK) to Ephesus,(AL) Smyrna,(AM) Pergamum,(AN) Thyatira,(AO) Sardis,(AP) Philadelphia(AQ) and Laodicea.”(AR)
12 I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands,(AS) 13 and among the lampstands(AT) was someone like a son of man,[d](AU) dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet(AV) and with a golden sash around his chest.(AW) 14 The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire.(AX) 15 His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace,(AY) and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters.(AZ) 16 In his right hand he held seven stars,(BA) and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword.(BB) His face was like the sun(BC) shining in all its brilliance.
17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet(BD) as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me(BE) and said: “Do not be afraid.(BF) I am the First and the Last.(BG) 18 I am the Living One; I was dead,(BH) and now look, I am alive for ever and ever!(BI) And I hold the keys of death and Hades.(BJ)
19 “Write, therefore, what you have seen,(BK) what is now and what will take place later. 20 The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand(BL) and of the seven golden lampstands(BM) is this: The seven stars are the angels[e] of the seven churches,(BN) and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.(BO)
To the Church in Ephesus
2 “To the angel[f] of the church in Ephesus(BP) write:
These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand(BQ) and walks among the seven golden lampstands.(BR) 2 I know your deeds,(BS) your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested(BT) those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false.(BU) 3 You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name,(BV) and have not grown weary.
4 Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first.(BW) 5 Consider how far you have fallen! Repent(BX) and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand(BY) from its place. 6 But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans,(BZ) which I also hate.
7 Whoever has ears, let them hear(CA) what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious,(CB) I will give the right to eat from the tree of life,(CC) which is in the paradise(CD) of God.
To the Church in Smyrna
8 “To the angel of the church in Smyrna(CE) write:
These are the words of him who is the First and the Last,(CF) who died and came to life again.(CG) 9 I know your afflictions and your poverty—yet you are rich!(CH) I know about the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not,(CI) but are a synagogue of Satan.(CJ) 10 Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you,(CK) and you will suffer persecution for ten days.(CL) Be faithful,(CM) even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown.(CN)
11 Whoever has ears, let them hear(CO) what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who is victorious will not be hurt at all by the second death.(CP)
To the Church in Pergamum
12 “To the angel of the church in Pergamum(CQ) write:
These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword.(CR) 13 I know where you live—where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me,(CS) not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness,(CT) who was put to death in your city—where Satan lives.(CU)
14 Nevertheless, I have a few things against you:(CV) There are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam,(CW) who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols(CX) and committed sexual immorality.(CY) 15 Likewise, you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.(CZ) 16 Repent(DA) therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.(DB)
17 Whoever has ears, let them hear(DC) what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious,(DD) I will give some of the hidden manna.(DE) I will also give that person a white stone with a new name(DF) written on it, known only to the one who receives it.(DG)
To the Church in Thyatira
18 “To the angel of the church in Thyatira(DH) write:
These are the words of the Son of God,(DI) whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze.(DJ) 19 I know your deeds,(DK) your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first.
20 Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel,(DL) who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols.(DM) 21 I have given her time(DN) to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling.(DO) 22 So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery(DP) with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways. 23 I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds,(DQ) and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.(DR)
24 Now I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets, ‘I will not impose any other burden on you,(DS) 25 except to hold on to what you have(DT) until I come.’(DU)
26 To the one who is victorious(DV) and does my will to the end,(DW) I will give authority over the nations(DX)— 27 that one ‘will rule them with an iron scepter(DY) and will dash them to pieces like pottery’[g](DZ)—just as I have received authority from my Father. 28 I will also give that one the morning star.(EA) 29 Whoever has ears, let them hear(EB) what the Spirit says to the churches.
To the Church in Sardis
3 “To the angel[h] of the church in Sardis(EC) write:
These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits[i](ED) of God and the seven stars.(EE) I know your deeds;(EF) you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.(EG) 2 Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God. 3 Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent.(EH) But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief,(EI) and you will not know at what time(EJ) I will come to you.
4 Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes.(EK) They will walk with me, dressed in white,(EL) for they are worthy. 5 The one who is victorious(EM) will, like them, be dressed in white.(EN) I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life,(EO) but will acknowledge that name before my Father(EP) and his angels. 6 Whoever has ears, let them hear(EQ) what the Spirit says to the churches.
To the Church in Philadelphia
7 “To the angel of the church in Philadelphia(ER) write:
These are the words of him who is holy(ES) and true,(ET) who holds the key of David.(EU) What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. 8 I know your deeds.(EV) See, I have placed before you an open door(EW) that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.(EX) 9 I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan,(EY) who claim to be Jews though they are not,(EZ) but are liars—I will make them come and fall down at your feet(FA) and acknowledge that I have loved you.(FB) 10 Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you(FC) from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world(FD) to test(FE) the inhabitants of the earth.(FF)
11 I am coming soon.(FG) Hold on to what you have,(FH) so that no one will take your crown.(FI) 12 The one who is victorious(FJ) I will make a pillar(FK) in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God(FL) and the name of the city of my God,(FM) the new Jerusalem,(FN) which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name. 13 Whoever has ears, let them hear(FO) what the Spirit says to the churches.
To the Church in Laodicea
14 “To the angel of the church in Laodicea(FP) write:
These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness,(FQ) the ruler of God’s creation.(FR) 15 I know your deeds,(FS) that you are neither cold nor hot.(FT) I wish you were either one or the other! 16 So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. 17 You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’(FU) But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.(FV) 18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire,(FW) so you can become rich; and white clothes(FX) to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness;(FY) and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.
19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline.(FZ) So be earnest and repent.(GA) 20 Here I am! I stand at the door(GB) and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door,(GC) I will come in(GD) and eat with that person, and they with me.
21 To the one who is victorious,(GE) I will give the right to sit with me on my throne,(GF) just as I was victorious(GG) and sat down with my Father on his throne. 22 Whoever has ears, let them hear(GH) what the Spirit says to the churches.”
The Throne in Heaven
4 After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open(GI) in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet(GJ) said, “Come up here,(GK) and I will show you what must take place after this.”(GL) 2 At once I was in the Spirit,(GM) and there before me was a throne in heaven(GN) with someone sitting on it. 3 And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper(GO) and ruby.(GP) A rainbow(GQ) that shone like an emerald(GR) encircled the throne. 4 Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders.(GS) They were dressed in white(GT) and had crowns of gold on their heads. 5 From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder.(GU) In front of the throne, seven lamps(GV) were blazing. These are the seven spirits[j](GW) of God. 6 Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass,(GX) clear as crystal.
In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures,(GY) and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back.(GZ) 7 The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle.(HA) 8 Each of the four living creatures(HB) had six wings(HC) and was covered with eyes all around,(HD) even under its wings. Day and night(HE) they never stop saying:
9 Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne(HH) and who lives for ever and ever,(HI) 10 the twenty-four elders(HJ) fall down before him(HK) who sits on the throne(HL) and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:
11 “You are worthy, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,(HM)
for you created all things,
and by your will they were created
and have their being.”(HN)
The Scroll and the Lamb
5 Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne(HO) a scroll with writing on both sides(HP) and sealed(HQ) with seven seals. 2 And I saw a mighty angel(HR) proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?” 3 But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it. 4 I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside. 5 Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion(HS) of the tribe of Judah,(HT) the Root of David,(HU) has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
6 Then I saw a Lamb,(HV) looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures(HW) and the elders.(HX) The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes,(HY) which are the seven spirits[l](HZ) of God sent out into all the earth. 7 He went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne.(IA) 8 And when he had taken it, the four living creatures(IB) and the twenty-four elders(IC) fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp(ID) and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers(IE) of God’s people. 9 And they sang a new song, saying:(IF)
“You are worthy(IG) to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
because you were slain,
and with your blood(IH) you purchased(II) for God
persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.(IJ)
10 You have made them to be a kingdom and priests(IK) to serve our God,
and they will reign[m] on the earth.”(IL)
11 Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand.(IM) They encircled the throne and the living creatures(IN) and the elders.(IO) 12 In a loud voice they were saying:
“Worthy is the Lamb,(IP) who was slain,(IQ)
to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength
and honor and glory and praise!”(IR)
13 Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth(IS) and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying:
“To him who sits on the throne(IT) and to the Lamb(IU)
be praise and honor and glory and power,
for ever and ever!”(IV)
14 The four living creatures(IW) said, “Amen,”(IX) and the elders(IY) fell down and worshiped.(IZ)
Footnotes
- Revelation 1:4 That is, the sevenfold Spirit
- Revelation 1:7 Daniel 7:13
- Revelation 1:7 Zech. 12:10
- Revelation 1:13 See Daniel 7:13.
- Revelation 1:20 Or messengers
- Revelation 2:1 Or messenger; also in verses 8, 12 and 18
- Revelation 2:27 Psalm 2:9
- Revelation 3:1 Or messenger; also in verses 7 and 14
- Revelation 3:1 That is, the sevenfold Spirit
- Revelation 4:5 That is, the sevenfold Spirit
- Revelation 4:8 Isaiah 6:3
- Revelation 5:6 That is, the sevenfold Spirit
- Revelation 5:10 Some manuscripts they reign
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