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A Song for the 144,000

14 Then I looked, and behold, the Lamb was standing on Mount Zion,[a] and with Him were 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven like the roar of rushing waters and the booming of loud thunder.[b] The voice I heard was like harpists playing on their harps. And they are singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders; and no one is able to learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.

These are the ones who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins.

These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes.

These have been redeemed from among mankind as firstfruits for God and the Lamb.

And in their mouth was found no lie—they are blameless.[c]

Three Angels with Messages

And then I saw another angel flying high in the sky, having a timeless message of good news to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation and tribe and tongue and people. He said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the One who made heaven and earth and sea and springs of water.”

Another angel, a second one, followed, saying,

“Fallen, fallen, is Babylon the great[d]
    she who made all nations drink
    of the wine of the fury of her immorality.”

And another angel, a third one, followed them, saying in a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, 10 he shall also drink the wine of God’s fury, poured full strength into the cup of His wrath.[e] And he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone[f] before the holy angels and before the Lamb. 11 The smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever.[g] Those who worship the beast and its image and those who receive the mark of his name have no rest day or night.”

12 Here is the perseverance of the kedoshim—those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Yeshua.

13 Then I heard a voice from heaven saying,[h]

“Write: How fortunate are the dead—those who die in the Lord from now on!”

“Yes,” says the Ruach, “that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them.”

Time to Harvest the Earth

14 Then I looked, and behold, there was a white cloud—and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man.[i] He had a golden crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand. 15 Then another angel came out of the Temple, crying out with a loud voice to the One seated on the cloud,

“Put in your sickle and reap,
    for the hour to reap has come,
    because the harvest of the earth is fully ripe.”

16 So the One seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.[j]

17 Then another angel came out of the Temple in heaven, and he also had a sharp sickle. 18 Then another angel—the one who has authority over fire—came out from the altar; and he called out with a loud voice to the one holding the sharp sickle, saying, “Put in your sickle and gather the grape clusters from the vineyard of the earth, because her grapes are ripe.” 19 So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the clusters from the vineyard of the earth and threw them into the great winepress of the wrath of God. 20 And the winepress was stomped on outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress as high as a horse’s bridle for 1,600 stadia.[k]

14 Καὶ εἶδον, καὶ ἰδοὺ τὸ ἀρνίον [a]ἑστὸς ἐπὶ τὸ ὄρος Σιών, καὶ μετ’ [b]αὐτοῦ ἑκατὸν τεσσεράκοντα τέσσαρες χιλιάδες ἔχουσαι τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ γεγραμμένον ἐπὶ τῶν μετώπων αὐτῶν. καὶ ἤκουσα φωνὴν ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ὡς φωνὴν ὑδάτων πολλῶν καὶ ὡς φωνὴν βροντῆς μεγάλης, καὶ ἡ φωνὴ ἣν ἤκουσα ὡς κιθαρῳδῶν κιθαριζόντων ἐν ταῖς κιθάραις αὐτῶν. καὶ ᾄδουσιν [c]ὡς ᾠδὴν καινὴν ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου καὶ ἐνώπιον τῶν τεσσάρων ζῴων καὶ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων· καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐδύνατο μαθεῖν τὴν ᾠδὴν εἰ μὴ αἱ ἑκατὸν τεσσεράκοντα τέσσαρες χιλιάδες, οἱ ἠγορασμένοι ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς. οὗτοί εἰσιν οἳ μετὰ γυναικῶν οὐκ ἐμολύνθησαν, παρθένοι γάρ εἰσιν· [d]οὗτοι οἱ ἀκολουθοῦντες τῷ ἀρνίῳ ὅπου ἂν [e]ὑπάγῃ· [f]οὗτοι ἠγοράσθησαν ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἀπαρχὴ τῷ θεῷ καὶ τῷ ἀρνίῳ, καὶ [g]ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν οὐχ εὑρέθη ψεῦδος· [h]ἄμωμοί εἰσιν.

Καὶ εἶδον [i]ἄλλον ἄγγελον πετόμενον ἐν μεσουρανήματι, ἔχοντα εὐαγγέλιον αἰώνιον εὐαγγελίσαι [j]ἐπὶ τοὺς καθημένους ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶν ἔθνος καὶ φυλὴν καὶ γλῶσσαν καὶ λαόν, λέγων ἐν φωνῇ μεγάλῃ· Φοβήθητε τὸν [k]θεὸν καὶ δότε αὐτῷ δόξαν, ὅτι ἦλθεν ἡ ὥρα τῆς κρίσεως αὐτοῦ, καὶ προσκυνήσατε [l]τῷ ποιήσαντι τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν [m]καὶ θάλασσαν καὶ πηγὰς ὑδάτων.

Καὶ ἄλλος [n]δεύτερος ἄγγελος ἠκολούθησεν λέγων· Ἔπεσεν, [o]ἔπεσεν Βαβυλὼν ἡ μεγάλη, [p]ἣ ἐκ τοῦ οἴνου τοῦ θυμοῦ τῆς πορνείας αὐτῆς πεπότικεν πάντα τὰ ἔθνη.

Καὶ ἄλλος ἄγγελος τρίτος ἠκολούθησεν αὐτοῖς λέγων ἐν φωνῇ μεγάλῃ· Εἴ τις προσκυνεῖ τὸ θηρίον καὶ τὴν εἰκόνα αὐτοῦ, καὶ λαμβάνει χάραγμα ἐπὶ τοῦ μετώπου αὐτοῦ ἢ ἐπὶ τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ, 10 καὶ αὐτὸς πίεται ἐκ τοῦ οἴνου τοῦ θυμοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ κεκερασμένου ἀκράτου ἐν τῷ ποτηρίῳ τῆς ὀργῆς αὐτοῦ, καὶ βασανισθήσεται ἐν πυρὶ καὶ θείῳ ἐνώπιον [q]ἀγγέλων ἁγίων καὶ ἐνώπιον τοῦ ἀρνίου. 11 καὶ ὁ καπνὸς τοῦ βασανισμοῦ αὐτῶν εἰς αἰῶνας αἰώνων ἀναβαίνει, καὶ οὐκ ἔχουσιν ἀνάπαυσιν ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτός, οἱ προσκυνοῦντες τὸ θηρίον καὶ τὴν εἰκόνα αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἴ τις λαμβάνει τὸ χάραγμα τοῦ ὀνόματος αὐτοῦ.

12 Ὧδε ἡ ὑπομονὴ τῶν ἁγίων ἐστίν, οἱ τηροῦντες τὰς ἐντολὰς τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τὴν πίστιν Ἰησοῦ.

13 Καὶ ἤκουσα φωνῆς ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ λεγούσης· Γράψον· Μακάριοι οἱ νεκροὶ οἱ ἐν κυρίῳ ἀποθνῄσκοντες ἀπ’ ἄρτι. [r]ναί, λέγει τὸ πνεῦμα, ἵνα [s]ἀναπαήσονται ἐκ τῶν κόπων αὐτῶν, τὰ [t]γὰρ ἔργα αὐτῶν ἀκολουθεῖ μετ’ αὐτῶν.

14 Καὶ εἶδον, καὶ ἰδοὺ νεφέλη λευκή, καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν νεφέλην καθήμενον ὅμοιον [u]υἱὸν ἀνθρώπου, ἔχων ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς αὐτοῦ στέφανον χρυσοῦν καὶ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ δρέπανον ὀξύ. 15 καὶ ἄλλος ἄγγελος ἐξῆλθεν ἐκ τοῦ ναοῦ κράζων ἐν φωνῇ μεγάλῃ τῷ καθημένῳ ἐπὶ τῆς νεφέλης· Πέμψον τὸ δρέπανόν σου καὶ θέρισον, ὅτι ἦλθεν ἡ ὥρα θερίσαι, ὅτι ἐξηράνθη ὁ θερισμὸς τῆς γῆς. 16 καὶ ἔβαλεν ὁ καθήμενος ἐπὶ [v]τῆς νεφέλης τὸ δρέπανον αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ ἐθερίσθη ἡ γῆ.

17 Καὶ ἄλλος ἄγγελος ἐξῆλθεν ἐκ τοῦ ναοῦ τοῦ ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, ἔχων καὶ αὐτὸς δρέπανον ὀξύ. 18 καὶ ἄλλος [w]ἄγγελος ἐκ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου, [x]ὁ ἔχων ἐξουσίαν ἐπὶ τοῦ πυρός, καὶ ἐφώνησεν [y]φωνῇ μεγάλῃ τῷ ἔχοντι τὸ δρέπανον τὸ ὀξὺ λέγων· Πέμψον σου τὸ δρέπανον τὸ ὀξὺ καὶ τρύγησον τοὺς βότρυας τῆς ἀμπέλου τῆς γῆς, ὅτι ἤκμασαν αἱ σταφυλαὶ αὐτῆς. 19 καὶ ἔβαλεν ὁ ἄγγελος τὸ δρέπανον αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν γῆν, καὶ ἐτρύγησεν τὴν ἄμπελον τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἔβαλεν εἰς τὴν ληνὸν τοῦ θυμοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ τὸν μέγαν. 20 καὶ ἐπατήθη ἡ ληνὸς ἔξωθεν τῆς πόλεως, καὶ ἐξῆλθεν αἷμα ἐκ τῆς ληνοῦ ἄχρι τῶν χαλινῶν τῶν ἵππων ἀπὸ σταδίων χιλίων ἑξακοσίων.

Footnotes

  1. ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΙΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ 14:1 ἑστὸς WH Treg NIV ] ἑστηκὸς RP
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  3. ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΙΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ 14:3 ὡς WH Treg NA ] – NIV RP
  4. ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΙΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ 14:4 *οὗτοι WH Treg NIV ] + εἰσιν RP
  5. ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΙΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ 14:4 ὑπάγῃ NIV RP ] ὑπάγει WH Treg
  6. ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΙΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ 14:4 *οὗτοι WH Treg NIV ] + ὑπὸ Ἰησοῦ RP
  7. ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΙΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ 14:5 ἐν … αὐτῶν οὐχ εὑρέθη WH Treg NIV ] οὐχ εὑρέθη ἐν … αὐτῶν RP
  8. ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΙΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ 14:5 ἄμωμοί WH NIV ] + γάρ Treg RP
  9. ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΙΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ 14:6 ἄλλον WH Treg NIV ] – RP
  10. ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΙΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ 14:6 ἐπὶ WH Treg NIV ] – RP
  11. ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΙΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ 14:7 θεὸν WH Treg NIV ] κύριον RP
  12. ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΙΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ 14:7 τῷ ποιήσαντι WH Treg NIV ] αὐτὸν τὸν ποιήσαντα RP
  13. ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΙΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ 14:7 καὶ WH Treg NIV ] + τὴν RP
  14. ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΙΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ 14:8 δεύτερος ἄγγελος WH Treg RP ] ἄγγελος δεύτερος NIV
  15. ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΙΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ 14:8 ἔπεσεν WH Treg NIV ] – RP
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  17. ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΙΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ 14:10 ἀγγέλων ἁγίων WH Treg NIV ] τῶν ἁγίων ἀγγέλων RP
  18. ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΙΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ 14:13 ναί, λέγει WH Treg NIV ] λέγει Ναί RP
  19. ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΙΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ 14:13 ἀναπαήσονται WH Treg NIV ] ἀναπαύσωνται RP
  20. ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΙΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ 14:13 γὰρ WH Treg NIV ] δὲ RP
  21. ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΙΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ 14:14 υἱὸν WH NIV ] υἱῷ Treg RP
  22. ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΙΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ 14:16 τῆς νεφέλης WH Treg NIV ] τὴν νεφέλην RP
  23. ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΙΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ 14:18 ἄγγελος Holmes WHmarg ] + ἐξῆλθεν WH Treg NIV RP
  24. ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΙΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ 14:18 WH NIV ] – Treg RP
  25. ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΙΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ 14:18 φωνῇ WH Treg NIV ] κραυγῇ RP