to him who sits upon the throne, to him who lives forever and ever,
(10)the twenty-four elders will fall down before him who sits upon the
throne, and will worship him who lives forever and ever, and will cast
their crowns before the throne, saying: (11)Worthy art thou, our Lord
and our God, to receive the glory, and the honor, and the power;
because thou didst create all things, and because of thy will they
were, and were created.
V.
AND I saw, on the right hand of him who sat on the throne, a book
written within and on the back side, sealed up with seven seals.
(2)And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice: Who is
worthy to open the book, and to loose its seals?
(3)And no one was able, in heaven, nor on the earth, nor under the
earth, to open the book, nor to look thereon. (4)And I wept much,
because no one was found worthy to open the book, nor to look thereon.
(5)And one of the elders says to me: Weep not; behold, the Lion that
is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, prevailed to open the
book, and its seven seals.
(6)And I saw, in the midst of the throne and of the four animals, and
in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing, as if having been slain,
having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God
sent forth into all the earth. (7)And he came, and has taken the book
out of the right hand of him who sits upon the throne.
(8)And when he took the book, the four animals, and the twenty-four
elders, fell down before the Lamb, having each one a harp, and golden
cups full of odors, which are the prayers of saints. (9)And they sing
a new song, saying: Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open its
seals; because thou wast slain, and didst redeem to God by thy blood
out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation; (10)and didst
make them unto our God[5:10] a kingdom and priests, and they will
reign on the earth.
(11)And I saw, and I heard a voice of many angels, around the throne
and the animals and the elders, and the number of them was ten
thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, (12)saying
with a loud voice: Worthy is the Lamb that has been slain, to receive
the power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory,
and blessing. (13)And every creature which is in heaven, and on the
earth, and under the earth, and on the sea, and all that are in them,
I heard saying: To him who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb, be
the blessing, and the honor, and the glory, and the dominion, forever
and ever. (14)And the four animals said: Amen. And the elders fell
down and worshiped.
VI.
AND I saw, when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard
one of the four animals saying, as a voice of thunder: Come! (2)And I
saw, and behold a white horse, and he who sat on him having a bow; and
a crown was given to him; and he went forth conquering, and to
conquer.
(3)And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second animal
saying: Come! (4)And there went forth another horse that was red. And
to him who sat thereon it was given to take away peace from the earth,
and that they should slay one another; and there was given to him a
great sword.
(5)And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third animal saying:
Come! And I saw, and behold a black horse, and he who sat on him
having a balance in his hand. (6)And I heard a voice in the midst of
the four animals, saying: A quart of wheat[6:6] for a denary, and
three quarts of barley for a denary; and: Hurt not the oil and the
wine.
(7)And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth
animal saying: Come! (8)And I saw, and behold a pale horse; and he who
sat on him, his name was Death, and the underworld followed with him.
And authority was given to them over the fourth part of the earth, to
kill with sword, and with famine, and with death, and by the beasts of
the earth.
(9)And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls
of those slain on account of the word of God, and on account of the
testimony which they had. (10)And they cried with a loud voice,
saying: How long, O Master, the holy and true, dost thou not judge and
avenge our blood on those who dwell upon the earth? (11)And a white
robe was given to each one of them; and it was said to them, that they
should rest yet a little time, until also their fellow-servants and
their brethren, who are about to be killed as they were, should be
fully numbered.
(12)And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great
earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the
moon became all as blood; (13)and the stars of heaven fell to the
earth, as a fig-tree casts its untimely figs, when shaken by a great
wind; (14)and the heaven parted asunder as a scroll rolled together;
and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. (15)And
the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the chief captains, and
the rich men, and the strong men, and every bondman and freeman, hid
themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains; (16)and
they say to the mountains and to the rocks: Fall upon us, and hide us
from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the
Lamb; (17)because the great day of his wrath is come, and who is able
to stand?
VII.
AND after this, I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the
earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that no wind should blow
on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
(2)And I saw another angel coming up from the rising of the sun,
having the seal of the living God; and he cried with a loud voice to
the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
(3)saying: Hurt not the earth, nor the sea, nor the trees, till we
have sealed the servants of our God upon their foreheads.
(4)And I heard the number of the sealed. A hundred and forty-four
thousand were sealed, out of every tribe of the sons of Israel. (5)out
of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand; out of the tribe of
Reuben, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand;
(6)out of the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of
Naphtali, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Manasseh, twelve
thousand; (7)out of the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand; out of the
tribe of Levi, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Issachar, twelve
thousand; (8)out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand; out of the
tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Benjamin, twelve
thousand, were sealed.
(9)After these things I saw, and behold a great multitude, which no
one could number, out of every nation and all tribes and peoples and
tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed in
white robes, and palms in their hands. (10)And they cry with a loud
voice, saying: Salvation to our God, who sits upon the throne, and to
the Lamb. (11)And all the angels were standing round the throne and
the elders and the four animals, and fell before the throne on their
faces, and worshiped God, (12)saying: Amen; the blessing, and the
glory, and the wisdom, and the thanksgiving, and the honor, and the
power, and the might, be to our God forever and ever. Amen.
(13)And one of the elders answered, saying to me: These who are
clothed in the white robes, who are they, and whence came they?
(14)And I said to him: Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me: These are
they who come out of the great affliction, and they washed their
robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. (15)Therefore are
they before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his
temple; and he who sits on the throne will spread his tabernacle over
them[7:15]. (16)They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more;
neither shall the sun fall upon them, nor any heat; (17)because the
Lamb which is in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and
will lead them to the fountains of the waters of life; and God will
wipe away every tear from their eyes.
VIII.
AND when he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about
half an hour.
(2)And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and there were
given to them seven trumpets. (3)And another angel came and stood over
the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given to him much
incense, that he should give it to the prayers of all the saints, upon
the golden altar which is before the throne. (4)And there went up the
smoke of the incense to the prayers of the saints, out of the hand of
the angel, before God.
(5)And the angel has taken the censer; and he filled it out of the
fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth. And there followed
thunders, and lightnings, and voices, and an earthquake.
(6)And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared
themselves, that they might sound.
(7)The first sounded; and there followed hail and fire mingled with
blood, and they were cast into the earth, and the third part of the
earth was burnt up, and the third part of the trees was burnt up, and
all green grass was burnt up.
(8)And the second angel sounded; and as it were a great mountain
burning with fire was cast into the sea, and the third part of the sea
became blood; (9)and the third part of the creatures that are in the
sea, that have life, died; and the third part of the ships were
destroyed.
(10)And the third angel sounded; and there fell out of heaven a great
star, burning as a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the
rivers, and upon the fountains of the waters. (11)And the name of the
star is called Wormwood. And the third part of the waters became
wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made
bitter.
(12)And the fourth angel sounded; and the third part of the sun was
smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the
stars, that the third part of them might be darkened, and the day not
shine for a third part of it, and the night in like manner.
(13)And I saw, and heard an eagle flying in mid-heaven, saying with a
loud voice: Woe, woe, woe, to those who dwell upon the earth, by
reason of the remaining voices of the trumpet of the three angels who
are about to sound!
IX.
AND the fifth angel sounded; and I saw a star fallen out of heaven to
the earth, and there was given to him the key of the pit of the abyss.
(2)And he opened the pit of the abyss, and there went up a smoke out
of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air
were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. (3)And out of the
smoke went forth locusts into the earth; and there was given to them
power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. (4)And it was said to
them, that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green
thing, nor any tree, but only the men who have not the seal of God
upon their foreheads. (5)And it was given to them, that they should
not kill them, but that they shall be tormented five months. And their
torment is as the torment of a scorpion, when it has smitten a man.
(6)And in those days men will seek death, and shall not find it; and
they will desire to die, and death flees from them.
(7)And the shapes of the locusts were like to horses prepared for
battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their
faces were as the faces of men. (8)And they had hair as the hair of
women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. (9)And they had
breastplates, as breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings
was as the sound of chariots of many horses running into battle.
(10)And they have tails like to scorpions, and stings; and in their
tails is their power to hurt men, five months. (11)They have over them
a king, the angel of the abyss. His name in the Hebrew tongue is
Abaddon; but in the Greek tongue he has for a name, Apollyon.
(12)The first woe is past; behold, there come yet two woes, after
these things.
(13)And the sixth angel sounded; and I heard a voice out of the four
horns of the golden altar which is before God, (14)saying to the sixth
angel who had the trumpet: Loose the four angels who are bound, by the
great river Euphrates. (15)And the four angels were loosed, who had
been prepared for the hour, and day, and month, and year, that they
may slay the third part of men. (16)And the number of the armies of
the horsemen was two hundred thousand thousand. I heard the number of
them.
(17)And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those who sat on
them, having breastplates of fire, and of hyacinth, and like
brimstone; and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions, and
out of their mouths issue fire, and smoke, and brimstone. (18)By these
three plagues was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and the
smoke, and the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths. (19)For
the power of the horses is in their mouth, and in their tails; for
their tails are like to serpents, having heads, and with them they do
hurt. (20)And the rest of men, who were not killed in these plagues,
repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship
demons, and idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone,
and of wood, which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk; (21)and they
repented not of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their
fornication, nor of their thefts.
X.
AND I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with
a cloud, and the rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as the
sun, and his feet as pillars of fire. (2)And he had in his hand a
little book opened. And he set his right foot upon the sea, and the
left upon the land; (3)and he cried with a loud voice, as a lion
roars; and when he cried, the seven thunders uttered their voices.
(4)And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write; and I
heard a voice out of heaven saying to me: Seal up the things which the
seven thunders spoke, and write them not. (5)And the angel, whom I saw
standing upon the sea and upon the land, lifted up his right hand to
heaven, (6)and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created
heaven and the things therein, and the earth and the things therein,
and the sea and the things therein, that there shall be time[10:6] no
longer; (7)but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he
is about to sound, then is the mystery of God finished, as he gave the
joyful message to his servants the prophets.
(8)And the voice which I heard out of heaven [I heard] again speaking
to me, and saying: Go, take the little book which lies opened in the
hand of the angel, who stands upon the sea and upon the land. (9)And I
went to the angel, telling him to give me the little book. And he said
to me: Take, and eat it up; and it will make thy belly bitter, but in
thy mouth it will be sweet as honey.
(10)And I took the little book out of the hand of the angel, and ate
it up; and it was in my mouth as honey, sweet; and when I had eaten
it, my belly became bitter. (11)And they say to me: Thou must again
prophesy of many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.
XI.
AND there was given me a reed, like to a staff, saying: Rise, and
measure the temple of God, and the altar, and those who worship
therein. (2)And the court which is without the temple leave out, and
measure it not; because it was given to the Gentiles, and they will
tread down the holy city forty-two months. (3)And I will give [power]
to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred
and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.
(4)These are the two olive-trees, and the two lamp-stands, which stand
before the Lord of the earth. (5)And if any one desires to hurt them,
fire goes forth out of their mouth, and devours their enemies; and if
any one desires to hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
(6)These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of
their prophecy; and have power over the waters to turn them to blood,
and to smite the earth with every plague, as often as they will.
(7)And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that
comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and will overcome
them, and will kill them. (8)And their remains are on the street of
the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where
their Lord also was crucified. (9)And some out of the peoples, and
tribes, and tongues, and nations, look on their remains three days and
a half, and suffer not their dead bodies to be put into a tomb.
(10)And they who dwell on the earth rejoice ever them, and are glad;
and they will send gifts to one another, because these two prophets
tormented those who dwell on the earth.
(11)And after three days and a half, the spirit of life from God
entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell
upon those who beheld them. (12)And they heard a loud voice out of
heaven, saying to them: Come up hither. And they went up into heaven
in the cloud, and their enemies beheld them.
(13)And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and the tenth part
of the city fell; and in the earthquake were slain of men seven
thousand names; and the rest became afraid, and gave glory to the God
of heaven.
(14)The second woe is past; behold, the third woe comes quickly.
(15)And the seventh angel sounded; and there followed loud voices in
heaven, saying: The kingdom of the world is become our Lord's, and his
Christ's; and he will reign forever and ever. (16)And the twenty-four
elders, who sit before God on their thrones, fell upon their faces,
and worshiped God, (17)saying: We give thanks to thee, O Lord God the
Almighty, who art, and who wast; because thou hast taken thy great
power, and didst reign. (18)And the nations were enraged, and thy
wrath came, and the time of the dead to be judged, and to give the
reward to thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and to those
who fear thy name, the small and the great; and to destroy those who
destroy the earth.
(19)And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of his
covenant was seen in his temple; and there were lightnings, and
voices, and thunders, and an earthquake, and a great hail.
XII.
AND a great sign was seen in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and
the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars.
(2)And being with child she cries out, travailing in birth, and pained
to be delivered.
(3)And another sign was seen in heaven; and behold a great red dragon,
having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven crowns.
(4)And his tail drags the third part of the stars of heaven; and it
cast them to the earth.
And the dragon stands before the woman who was about to bring forth,
that when she has brought forth, he may devour her child. (5)And she
brought forth a man-child, who will rule all nations with a rod of
iron; and her child was caught up to God, and to his throne. (6)And
the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by
God, that they may nourish her there a thousand two hundred and sixty
days.
(7)And there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting with
the dragon. And the dragon fought, and his angels, (8)and prevailed
not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
(9)And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, called the
Devil and Satan, who leads astray the whole world; he was cast down to
the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.
(10)And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying: Now is come the
salvation, and the strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the
authority of his Christ; because the accuser of our brethren is cast
down, who accused them before our God day and night. (11)And they
overcame him, because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the
word of their testimony; and they loved not their life, unto the
death. (12)For this cause rejoice, ye heavens, and they who dwell in
them. Woe to the earth and the sea! For the Devil is come down to you,
having great wrath, knowing that he has little time.
(13)And when the dragon saw that he was cast down to the earth, he
persecuted the woman who brought forth the man-child. (14)And there
were given to the woman the two wings of the great eagle, that she
might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished
for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
(15)And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the
woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood.
(16)And the earth helped the woman; and the earth opened her mouth,
and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
(17)And the dragon was enraged at the woman; and he departed to make
war with the rest of her seed, who keep the commandments of God, and
have the testimony of Jesus.
XIII.
AND I stood [13:1a] upon the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast
coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and upon
his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads names of blasphemy[1:16b];
(2)(and the beast which I saw was like to a leopard, and his feet as
of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion, and the dragon gave
to him his power, and his throne, and great authority;) (3)and one of
his heads as it were wounded unto death. And his deadly wound was
healed; and all the world wondered after the beast. (4)And they
worshiped the dragon, because he gave the authority to the beast; and
they worshiped the beast, saying: Who is like to the beast, and who is
able to make war with him?
(5)And there was given to him a mouth speaking great and blasphemous
things; and power was given him to work forty-two months. (6)And he
opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name,
and his tabernacle, those who tabernacle in heaven. (7)And it was
given him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them; and power
was given him over every tribe, and tongue, and nation. (8)And all who
dwell upon the earth will worship him, whose names are not written in
the book of life of the Lamb which is slain, from the foundation of
the world.
(9)If any one has an ear, let him hear.
(10)If any one is for captivity, he goes into captivity; if any to be
killed with the sword, he must be killed with the sword. Here is the
patience and the faith of the saints.
(11)And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two
horns like a lamb, and he spoke as a dragon. (12)And he exercises all
the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth
and those who dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly
wound was healed. (13)And he does great signs, so that also he causes
fire to come down out of heaven on the earth, in the sight of men;
(14)and he leads astray those who dwell on the earth, because of the
signs which it was given him to do in the presence of the beast;
saying to those who dwell on the earth, that they should make an image
to the beast, which has the wound of the sword, and lived. (15)And it
was given him to give breath[13:15] to the image of the beast, that
the image of the beast should also speak, and should cause that as
many as worship not the image of the beast should be killed. (16)And
he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and
the free and the bond, to receive a mark[13:16] on their right hand,
or on their forehead; (17)and that no one should be able to buy or
sell, save he that has the mark, the name of the beast, or the number
of his name.
(18)Here is wisdom. Let him that has understanding count up the number
of the beast, for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six
hundred and sixty-six.
XIV.
AND I saw, and behold, the Lamb stood on the mount Zion, and with him
a hundred and forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of
his Father written on their foreheads.
(2)And I heard a voice out of heaven, as the voice of many waters, and
as the voice of loud thunder; the voice which I heard was as that of
harpers, harping with their harps. (3)And they sing as it were a new
song before the throne, and before the four animals and the elders;
and no one was able to learn the song, except the hundred and
forty-four thousand, who are redeemed from the earth. (4)These are
they who were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are
they who follow the Lamb, whithersoever he goes. These were redeemed
from men, a first-fruits to God and to the Lamb. (5)And in their mouth
was found no falsehood; for they are blameless.
(6)And I saw another angel flying in mid-heaven, having the
everlasting gospel[14:6] to preach to those who dwell on the earth,
and to every nation, and tribe, and tongue, and people; (7)saying with
a loud voice: Fear God, and give glory to him, because the hour of his
judgment is come; and worship him who made heaven and earth, and sea,
and fountains of waters.
(8)And another, a second angel followed, saying: Babylon the great is
fallen, is fallen, because she has made all the nations drink of the
wine of the wrath of her fornication.