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Revelation 7

English
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After this, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree.

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I saw another angel ascend from the sunrise, having the seal of the living God. He cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was given to harm the earth and the sea,

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saying, “Don’t harm the earth, the sea, or the trees, until we have sealed the bondservants of our God on their foreheads!”

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I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children of Israel:

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of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand were sealed, of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand, of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand,

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of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand, of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand, of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand,

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of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand, of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand, of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand,

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of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand, of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand, and of the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand were sealed.

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After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no man could count, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.

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They cried with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation be to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”

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All the angels were standing around the throne, the elders, and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before his throne, and worshiped God,

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saying, “Amen! Blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and might, be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”

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One of the elders answered, saying to me, “These who are arrayed in the white robes, who are they, and where did they come from?”

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I told him, “My lord, you know.” He said to me, “These are those who came out of the great suffering. They washed their robes and made them white in the Lamb’s blood.

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Therefore they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will spread his tabernacle over them.

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They will never be hungry or thirsty any more. The sun won’t beat on them, nor any heat;

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for the Lamb who is in the middle of the throne shepherds them and leads them to springs of life-giving waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

رؤيا القدّيس يُوحَنّا 7

العربية
1

رَأَيتُ بَعدَ ذٰلك أَربَعَةَ مَلائِكَةٍ قائِمينَ على زَوايا الأَرضِ الأَربَع، يَحبِسونَ رِياحَ الأَرضِ الأَربَع لِكَيلا تَهُبَّ ريحٌ مِنها على البَرِّ ولا على البَحرِ ولا على أَيِّ شَجَرَةٍ مِنَ الأَشْجار

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ورَأَيتُ مَلاكًا آخَرَ يَطلُعُ مِنَ المَشرِقِ ومعَه خَتمُ اللهِ الحَيّ، فنادى بِصَوتٍ جَهيرٍ المَلائِكَةَ الأَربَعَةَ الَّذينَ وُكِلَ إِلَيهم أَن يُنزِلوا الضَّرَرَ بِالبَرِّ والبَحْر، قال

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«لا تُنزِلوا الضَّرَرَ بِالبَرِّ ولا بِالبَحرِ ولا بالشَّجَر، إِلى أَن نَختُمَ عَبيدَ إِلٰهِنا على جِباهِهِم»

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وسَمِعتُ أَنَّ عَدَدَ المَخْتومينَ مائةٌ وأَربَعَةٌ وأَربَعونَ أَلفًا مِن جَميعِ أَسْباطِ بَني إِسْرائيل

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خُتِمَ مِن سِبطِ يَهوذا ٱثْنا عَشَرَ أَلفًا ومِن سِبطِ رَأُوبينَ ٱثْنا عَشَرَ أَلفًا ومِن سِبطِ جادٍ ٱثْنا عَشَرَ أَلفًا

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ومِن سِبطِ آشِرَ ٱثْنا عَشَرَ أَلفًا ومِن سِبطِ نَفْتالِيَ ٱثْنا عَشَرَ أَلفًا ومِن سِبطِ مَنَسَّى ٱثْنا عَشَرَ أَلفًا

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ومِن سِبطِ شِمْعونَ ٱثْنا عَشَرَ أَلفًا ومِن سِبطِ لاوِيَ ٱثْنا عَشَرَ أَلفًا ومِن سِبطِ يَسَّاكَرَ ٱثْنا عَشَرَ أَلفًا

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ومِن سِبطِ زَبولونَ ٱثْنا عَشَرَ أَلفًا ومِن سِبطِ يوسُفَ ٱثْنا عَشَرَ أَلفًا ومِن سِبطِ بَنْيامينَ ٱثنا عَشَرَ أَلفًا

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رَأَيتُ بَعدَ ذٰلِكَ جَمعًا كَثيرًا لا يَستَطيعُ أَحَدٌ أَن يُحصِيَه، مِن كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ وقَبيلَةٍ وشَعبٍ ولِسان، وكانوا قائمينَ أَمامَ العَرشِ وأَمامَ الحَمَل، لابِسينَ حُلَلًا بِيْضًا، بِأَيديهم سَعَفُ النَّخلِ

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وهم يَصيحونَ بِأَعْلى أَصْواتِهم فيَقولون: «الخَلاصُ لإِلٰهِنا الجالِسِ على العَرشِ ولِلحَمَل!»

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وكانَ جَميعُ المَلائِكَةِ قائِمينَ حَولَ العَرشِ والشُّيوخِ والأَحْياءِ الأَربَعَة، فسَقَطوا على وُجوهِهم أَمامَ العَرشِ وسَجَدوا للهِ

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قائِلين: «آمين! لإِلٰهِنا التَّسْبيحُ والمَجدُ والحِكمَةُ والشُّكرُ والإِكْرامُ والقُدرَةُ والقُوَّةُ أَبَدَ الدُّهورِ، آمين!»

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فخاطَبَني أَحَدُ الشُّيوخِ قال: «هٰؤُلاءِ اللَّابِسونَ الحُلَلَ البِيْض، مَن هم ومِن أَينَ أَتَوا؟»

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فقُلتُ لَه: «يا سَيِّدي، أَنتَ أَعلَم». فقالَ لي: «هٰؤُلاءِ هُمُ الَّذينَ أَتَوا مِنَ الشِّدَّةِ الكُبْرى، وقَد غَسَلوا حُلَلَهم وبَيَّضوها بِدَمِ الحَمَل

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لِذٰلك هم أَمامَ عَرشِ اللهِ يَعبُدونَه نَهارًا ولَيلًا في هَيكَلِه، والجالِسُ على العَرشِ يُظَلِّلُهم

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فلَن يَجوعوا ولَن يَعطَشوا ولَن تَلفَحَهمُ الشَّمسُ ولا الحَرّ

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لِأَنَّ الحَمَلَ الَّذي في وَسَطِ العَرشِ سيَرْعاهم وسيَهْديهم إِلى يَنابيعِ ماءِ الحَياة، وسيَمسَحُ اللهُ كُلَّ دَمعَةٍ مِن عُيونِهم»