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十四万四千以色列人受印

¹此后，我看见四位天使站在地的四角，执掌地上四方的风，使风不吹在地上、海上和各种树上。 ²我又看见另有一位天使从日出之地上来，拿着永生上帝的印。他向那得到权柄能伤害地和海的四位天使大声喊着， ³说：“你们不可伤害地、海和树林，等我们在我们上帝众仆人的额上盖了印。” ⁴我听见以色列人各支派中受印的数目有十四万四千；
⁵犹大支派中受印的有一万二千；
吕便支派中有一万二千；
迦得支派中有一万二千；
⁶亚设支派中有一万二千；
拿弗他利支派中有一万二千；
玛拿西支派中有一万二千；
⁷西缅支派中有一万二千；
利未支派中有一万二千；
以萨迦支派中有一万二千；
⁸西布伦支派中有一万二千；
约瑟支派中有一万二千；
便雅悯支派中受印的有一万二千。

无数的人从各国而来

⁹此后，我观看，看见有许多人，没有人能计算，是从各邦国、各支派、各民族、各语言来的，站在宝座和羔羊面前，身穿白衣，手拿棕树枝， ¹⁰大声喊着说：
“愿救恩归于坐在宝座上我们的上帝，
也归于羔羊！”
¹¹众天使都站在宝座和众长老，以及四个活物的周围，俯伏在宝座前，敬拜上帝， ¹²说：
“阿们！颂赞、荣耀、智慧、
感谢、尊贵、权能、
力量都归于我们的上帝，
直到永永远远。阿们！”
¹³长老中有一位回应我说：“这些穿白衣的是谁？是从哪里来的？” ¹⁴我对他说：“我主啊，你是知道的。”他向我说：“这些人是从大患难中出来的，他们曾用羔羊的血把衣裳洗得洁白。
¹⁵所以，他们在上帝宝座前，
昼夜在他殿中事奉他；
那坐在宝座上的要用帐幕覆庇他们。
¹⁶他们不再饥，不再渴；
太阳必不伤害他们，
任何炎热也不伤害他们，
¹⁷因为宝座中的羔羊必牧养他们，
领他们到生命水的泉源；
上帝必擦去他们一切的眼泪。”

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The Sealed of Israel

¹After these things I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, ⚓holding the four winds of the earth, ⚓that the wind should not blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree. ²Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God. And he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea, ³saying, ⚓“Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God ⚓on their foreheads.” ⁴⚓And I heard the number of those who were sealed. ⚓One hundred and forty-four thousand ⚓of all the tribes of the children of Israel were sealed:
⁵of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand were sealed;
of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand were sealed;
of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand were sealed;
⁶of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand were sealed;
of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand were sealed;
of the tribe of Manassehtwelve thousand were sealed;
⁷of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand were sealed;
of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand were sealed;
of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand were sealed;
⁸of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand were sealed;
of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand were sealed;
of the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand were sealed.

A Multitude from the Great Tribulation

⁹After these things I looked, and behold, ⚓a great multitude which no one could number, ⚓of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, ⚓clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, ¹⁰and crying out with a loud voice, saying, ⚓“Salvation belongs to our God ⚓who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” ¹¹⚓All the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and fell on their faces before the throne and ⚓worshiped God, ¹²⚓saying:
“Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom,
Thanksgiving and honor and power and might,
Be to our God forever and ever.
Amen.”
¹³Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “Who are these arrayed in ⚓white robes, and where did they come from?”
¹⁴And I said to him, “Sir, you know.”
So he said to me, ⚓“These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and ⚓washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. ¹⁵Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple. And He who sits on the throne will ⚓dwell among them. ¹⁶⚓They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; ⚓the sun shall not strike them, nor any heat; ¹⁷for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne ⚓will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters. ⚓And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”