القراءة بلغتين

ورَأَيتُ حَمَلًا واقِفًا على جَبَلِ صِهْيون ومعَه مائَةٌ وأَربَعَةٌ وأَربَعونَ أَلفًا كُتِبَ على جِباهِهِمِ ٱسمُه وٱسمُ أَبيه

وسَمِعتُ صَوتًا مِنَ السَّماءِ كَخريرِ مِياهٍ غَزيرَةٍ وكَدَوِيِّ رَعدٍ قاصِف. وكانَ الصَّوتُ الَّذي سَمِعتُه أَشبَهَ بِالصَّوتِ الَّذي يُخرِجُه العازِفونَ بِالكِنَّاراتِ في عَزفِهم بِكِنَّاراتِهم

وكانوا يُرَتِّلونَ نَشيدًا جَديدًا أَمامَ العَرشِ وأَمامَ الأَحْياءِ الأَربَعَةِ والشُّيوخ. ولَم يَسْتَطِعْ أَحَدٌ أَن يَتَعَلَّمَ النَّشيدَ إِلَّا المائَةُ والأَربَعَةُ والأَربَعونَ أَلفًا الَّذينَ ٱفتُدوا مِنَ الأَرض

هٰؤُلاءِ همُ الَّذينَ لم يَتَنَجَّسوا بِالنِّساء، فهُم أَبْكار. هٰؤُلاءِ همُ الَّذينَ يَتبَعونَ الحَمَلَ أَينَما يَذهَب. هٰؤُلاءِ همُ الَّذينَ ٱفتُدوا مِن بَينِ النَّاسِ باكورةً للهِ والحَمَل

وفي أَفْواهِهم لم يوجَدْ كَذِب، إِنَّهم لا عَيبَ فيهم

ورَأَيتُ مَلاكًا آخَرَ يَطيرُ في كَبِدِ السَّماء، معَه بِشارَةٌ أَبَدِيَّةٌ يُبَشِّرُ بِها المُقيمينَ في الأَرضِ مِن كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ وقَبيلَةٍ ولِسانٍ وشَعْب

فيَقولُ بِأَعْلى صَوتِه: «إِتَّقوا اللهَ ومَجِّدوه، فقَد أَتَت ساعةُ دَينونَتِه، فٱسجُدوا لِمَن خَلَقَ السَّماءَ والبَرَّ والبَحرَ واليَنابيع»

وتَبِعَه مَلاكٌ آخَرُ ثانٍ يَقول: «سَقَطَت، سَقَطَت بابِلُ العَظيمة، الَّتي مِن خَمرَةِ سَورَةِ بَغائِها سَقَت جَميعَ الأُمَم»

وتَبِعَهما مَلاكٌ آخَرُ ثالِثٌ يَقولُ بِأَعْلى صَوتِه: «مَن سَجَدَ لِلوَحشِ وصورَتِه وتَلَقَّى سِمَةً على جَبهَتِه أَو يَدِه

فسيَشرَبُ هو أَيضًا مِن خَمرَةِ سُخطِ الله، مَسْكوبَةً صِرْفًا في كَأسِ غَضَبِه، ويُعاني العَذابَ في النَّارِ والكِبْريتِ أَمامَ المَلائِكَةِ الأَطْهارِ وأَمامَ الحَمَل

ودُخانُ عَذابِهم يَتَصاعَدُ أَبَدَ الدُّهور، ولا راحَةَ في النَّهارِ واللَّيلِ لِلسَّاجِدينَ لِلوَحشِ وصورَتِه ولِمَن يَتَلَقَّى سِمَةَ الوَحْش

هٰذه ساعَةُ ثَباتِ القِدِّيسينَ الَّذينَ يُحافِظونَ على وَصايا اللهِ والإِيمانِ بِيَسوع»

وسَمِعتُ صَوتًا مِنَ السَّماءِ يَقول: «أُكتُبْ: طوبى مُنذُ الآنَ لِلأَمْواتِ الَّذينَ يَموتونَ في الرَّبّ! أَجَل، يَقولُ الرُّوح، فلْيَستَريحوا مِن جُهودِهم، لِأَنَّ أَعْمالَهم تَتبَعُهم»

ورَأَيتُ غَمامَةً بَيضاء، وعلى الغَمامَةِ جالِسًا مَن هو أَشبَهُ بِٱبنِ إِنْسان، على رَأسِه إِكْليلٌ مِن ذَهَب وبِيَدِه مِنجَلٌ مَسْنون

وخَرَجَ مِنَ الهَيكَلِ مَلاكٌ آخَرُ يَصيحُ صِياحًا عالِيًا بِالجالِسِ على الغَمامة: «أَرسِلْ مِنجَلَكَ وٱحصُدْ، لقَد جاءَت ساعَةُ الحِصاد، فقَد نَضِجَ حِصادُ الأَرض»

فأَلْقى الجالِسُ على الغَمامَةِ مِنجَلَه في الأَرضِ فحُصِدَتِ الأَرض

وخَرَجَ مَلاكٌ آخَرُ مِنَ الهَيكَلِ الَّذي في السَّماء، ومَعه هو أَيضًا مِنجَلٌ مَسْنون

وخَرَجَ مِنَ المَذبَحِ مَلاكٌ آخَرُ لَه سُلْطانٌ على النَّار. فصاحَ صِياحًا عالِيًا بِصاحِبِ المِنجَلِ المَسْنون: «أَرسِلْ مِنجَلَكَ المَسْنونَ وٱقطِفْ عَناقيدَ كَرْمِ الأَرض، لِأَنَّ عِنَبَها قد نَضِج»

فأَلْقى المَلاكُ مِنجَلَه في الأَرضِ وقَطَفَ كَرْمَ الأَرضِ وأَلْقى العِنَبَ في مَعصَرَةِ سُخطِ الله، المَعصَرَةِ الكَبيرة

فديسَتِ المَعصَرَةُ بِالأَقْدامِ في خارِجِ المَدينة، فخَرَجَ مِنَ المَعصَرَةِ دَمٌ فٱرتَفَعَ حتَّى بَلَغَ لُجُمَ الخَيلِ على مَدى أَلفٍ وسِتِّمائَةِ غَلوَة

I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him a number, one hundred forty-four thousand, having his name and the name of his Father written on their foreheads.

I heard a sound from heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of a great thunder. The sound which I heard was like that of harpists playing on their harps.

They sing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the one hundred forty-four thousand, those who had been redeemed out of the earth.

These are those who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed by Jesus from among men, the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.

In their mouth was found no lie, for they are blameless.

I saw an angel flying in mid heaven, having an eternal Good News to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation, tribe, language, and people.

He said with a loud voice, “Fear the Lord, and give him glory, for the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and the springs of waters!”

Another, a second angel, followed, saying, “Babylon the great has fallen, which has made all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her sexual immorality.”

Another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a great voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand,

he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger. He will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.

The smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. They have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.

Here is the perseverance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.”

I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their works follow with them.”

I looked, and saw a white cloud, and on the cloud one sitting like a son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

Another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, “Send your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come; for the harvest of the earth is ripe!”

He who sat on the cloud thrust his sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.

Another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven. He also had a sharp sickle.

Another angel came out from the altar, he who has power over fire, and he called with a great voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “Send your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for the earth’s grapes are fully ripe!”

The angel thrust his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vintage of the earth and threw it into the great wine press of the wrath of God.

The wine press was trodden outside of the city, and blood came out of the wine press, up to the bridles of the horses, as far as one thousand six hundred stadia.