1Dhau ntawd kuv saib pum ib lub qhov rooj sau ntuj ceeb tsheej qheb quas lug ca. Hab lub suab kws kuv tau nov ntawd has rua kuv ib yaam le lub suab raaj xyu has tas, “Ca le nce tuaj sau nuav, kuv yuav qha rua koj paub txug tej kws yuav tsum muaj tshwm lug rua thaus dhau nuav lawd.” 2Taamswm ntawd Vaaj Ntsuj Plig kaav taag nrho kuv lub sab, kuv txawm pum muaj ib lub zwm txwv nyob sau ntuj hab muaj ib tug nyob tsawg sau lub zwm txwv ntawd. 3Tug kws nyob tsawg hov saib mas ci zoo le qai zeb hlaws daaj hab qai zeb hlaws lab, hab muaj zaaj sawv puag ncig lub zwm txwv hov ci zoo le qai zeb hlaws ntsuab txho. 4Hab ib ncig lub zwm txwv ntawd muaj neeg nkaum plaub lub zwm txwv, hab muaj neeg nkaum plaub tug kev txwj quas laug nyob sau tej zwm txwv hov. Puab naav tsoog tsho dawb paug hab ntoo lub mom kub sau taubhau. 5Muaj tsag lig xub laim lab quas vog hab xub nroo xub nthe tawm ntawm lub zwm txwv hov tuaj, hab muaj xyaa teg tsau cig laam lug rua ntawm lub zwm txwv ntawd saab xubndag. Tej teg tsau hov yog Vaajtswv xyaa tug ntsuj plig, 6hab ncaaj ntawm lub zwm txwv xubndag muaj ib yaam zoo le havtxwv ntshab le av ci yaam le qai zeb dawb. Ib ncig ntawm ob saab lub zwm txwv muaj plaub tug tsaj caj sa, muaj qhov muag puv nkaus saab nraus qaum hab saab xubndag. 7Tej tsaj caj sa hov tug ib zoo le tsuv ntxhuav, tug ob zoo le txwv nyuj, tug peb muaj ntsej muag le tuabneeg, tug plaub zoo le ib tug daav kws saamswm yaa. 8Plaub tug tsaj caj sa hov txhua tug muaj rau phob kauj tis, hab muaj qhov muag puv nkaus ib ncig saab sau saab huv, hab puab qw nruab nub mo ntuj tsw tu has tas, “Dawb huv, dawb huv, dawb huv yog Vaajtswv kws muaj fwjchim luj kawg nkaus, yog tug kws ib txwm muaj nyob hab muaj txujsa nyob hab tseed yuav lug.” 9Thaus tej tsaj caj sa hu nkauj qhuas hab fwm hab ua tsaug tug kws nyob tsawg sau lub zwm txwv, kws yog tug muaj txujsa nyob moog ib txhws tsw kawg, 10tes neeg nkaum plaub tug kev txwj quas laug hov txawm khwb nkaus rua ntawm tug kws nyob sau lub zwm txwv xubndag hab pe hawm tug kws muaj txujsa nyob moog ib txhws tsw kawg, hab hle puab lub mom kub txawb rua ntawm lub zwm txwv lub xubndag, hab has tas, 11“Au tug Tswv kws yog peb tug Vaajtswv, koj tswm nyog tau meej mom hab koob meej hab fwjchim luj kawg, vem koj tswm ib puas tsaav yaam, hab ib puas tsaav yaam muaj nyob hab raug tswm lug lawv le koj tub xaav tseg.”
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The Throne in Heaven
1After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.”2At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it. 3And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like an emerald encircled the throne. 4Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads. 5From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. In front of the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits⚓ of God. 6Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back. 7The 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. 8Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under its wings. Day and night they never stop saying:
9Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever, 10the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne 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, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.”