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.”
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Rooj ntug qheb
1Dhau ntawd kuv ntsia pom ib lub qhov rooj saum ntuj ceeb tsheej qheb lug cia. Thiab lub suab uas kuv tau hnov ntawd hais rau kuv ib yam li lub suab raj xyu hais tias, “Cia li nce tuaj saum no, kuv yuav qhia rau koj paub txog tej uas yuav tsum muaj tshwm los rau thaum dhau no lawd.” 2Tamsim ntawd Vaj Ntsuj Plig kav tag nrho kuv lub siab, kuv txawm pom muaj ib lub zwm txwv nyob saum ntuj thiab muaj ib tug zaum saum lub zwm txwv ntawd. 3Tus uas zaum ntawd saib mas ci zoo li qe zeb hlaws daj thiab qe zeb hlaws liab, thiab muaj zaj sawv puag ncig lub zwm txwv ntawd ci zoo li qe zeb hlaws ntsuab txho. 4Thiab ib ncig lub zwm txwv ntawd muaj nees nkaum plaub lub zwm txwv, thiab muaj nees nkaum plaub tug kev txwj laus nyob saum tej zwm txwv ntawd. Lawv hnav tsoos tsho dawb paug thiab ntoo lub mom kub saum taubhau. 5Muaj xob laim laim liab vog thiab xob nroo xob nthe tawm ntawm lub zwm txwv ntawd tuaj, thiab muaj xya teg tsau cig lam lug rau ntawm lub zwm txwv ntawd sab xubntiag. Tej teg tsau ntawd yog Vajtswv xya tus ntsuj plig, 6thiab ncaj ntawm lub zwm txwv xubntiag muaj ib yam zoo li hiavtxwv ntshiab li iav ci yam li qe zeb dawb. Ib ncig ntawm ob sab lub zwm txwv muaj plaub tug tsiaj ciaj sia, muaj qhov muag puv nkaus sab nrob qaum thiab sab xubntiag. 7Tej tsiaj ciaj sia ntawd tus ib zoo li tsov ntxhuav, tus ob zoo li txiv nyuj, tus peb muaj ntsej muag li neeg, tus plaub zoo li ib tug dav uas tabtom ya. 8Plaub tug tsiaj ciaj sia ntawd txhua tus muaj rau phab kooj tis, thiab muaj qhov muag puv nkaus ib ncig sab saud sab hauv, thiab lawv qw nruab hnub hmo ntuj tsis tu hais tias, “Dawb huv, dawb huv, dawb huv yog Vajtswv uas muaj hwjchim loj kawg nkaus, yog tus uas ib txwm muaj nyob thiab muaj txojsia nyob thiab tseem yuav los.” 9Thaum tej tsiaj ciaj sia hu nkauj qhuas thiab hwm thiab ua tsaug tus uas zaum saum lub zwm txwv, uas yog tus muaj txojsia nyob mus ib txhis tsis kawg, 10ces nees nkaum plaub tug kev txwj laus ntawd txawm khwb nkaus rau ntawm tus uas zaum saum lub zwm txwv xubntiag thiab pe hawm tus uas muaj txojsia nyob mus ib txhis tsis kawg, thiab hle lawv lub mom kub txawb rau ntawm lub zwm txwv lub xubntiag, thiab hais tias, 11“Au tus Tswv uas yog peb tus Vajtswv, koj tsim nyog tau meej mom thiab koob meej thiab hwjchim loj kawg, vim koj tsim ib puas tsav yam, thiab ib puas tsav yam muaj nyob thiab raug tsim los raws li koj twb xav tseg.”