1 Depois disto vi quatro anjos em pé nos quatro cantos da terra, retendo os quatro ventos da terra, para que nenhum vento soprasse sobre a terra, nem sobre o mar, nem contra árvore alguma.
2 E vi outro anjo subir do lado do sol nascente, tendo o selo do Deus vivo; e clamou com grande voz aos quatro anjos, quem fora dado que danificassem a terra e o mar,
3 dizendo: Não danifiques a terra, nem o mar, nem as árvores, até que selemos na sua fronte os servos do nosso Deus.
4 E ouvi o número dos que foram assinalados com o selo, cento e quarenta e quatro mil de todas as tribos dos filhos de Israel:
5 da tribo de Judá havia doze mil assinalados; da tribo de Rúben, doze mil; da tribo de Gade, doze mil;
6 da tribo de Aser, doze mil; da tribo de Naftali, doze mil; da tribo de Manassés, doze mil;
7 da tribo de Simeão, doze mil; da tribo de Levi, doze mil; da tribo de Issacar, doze mil;
8 da tribo de Zabulom, doze mil; da tribo de José, doze mil; da tribo de Benjamim, doze mil assinalados.
9 Depois destas coisas olhei, e eis uma grande multidão, que ninguém podia contar, de todas as nações, tribos, povos e línguas, que estavam em pé diante do trono e em presença do Cordeiro, trajando compridas vestes brancas, e com palmas nas mãos;
10 e clamavam com grande voz: Salvação ao nosso Deus, que está assentado sobre o trono, e ao Cordeiro.
11 E todos os anjos estavam em pé ao redor do trono e dos anciãos e dos quatro seres viventes, e prostraram-se diante do trono sobre seus rostos, e adoraram a Deus,
12 dizendo: Amém. Louvor, e glória, e sabedoria, e ações de graças, e honra, e poder, e força ao nosso Deus, pelos séculos dos séculos. Amém.
13 E um dos anciãos me perguntou: Estes que trajam as compridas vestes brancas, quem são eles e donde vieram?
14 Respondi-lhe: Meu Senhor, tu sabes. Disse-me ele: Estes são os que vêm da grande tribulação, e levaram as suas vestes e as branquearam no sangue do Cordeiro.
15 Por isso estão diante do trono de Deus, e o servem de dia e de noite no seu santuário; e aquele que está assentado sobre o trono estenderá o seu tabernáculo sobre eles.
16 Nunca mais terão fome, nunca mais terão sede; nem cairá sobre eles o sol, nem calor algum;
17 porque o Cordeiro que está no meio, diante do trono, os apascentará e os conduzirá às fontes das águas da vida; e Deus lhes enxugará dos olhos toda lágrima.
1 And after these things I saw four messengers, standing upon the four corners of the land, holding the four winds of the land, that the wind may not blow upon the land, nor upon the sea, nor upon any tree;
2 and I saw another messenger going up from the rising of the sun, having a seal of the living God, and he did cry with a great voice to the four messengers, to whom it was given to injure the land and the sea, saying,
3 `Do not injure the land, nor the sea, nor the trees, till we may seal the servants of our God upon their foreheads.`
4 And I heard the number of those sealed, (144 thousands were sealed out of all the tribes of the sons of Israel):
5 of the tribe of Judah 12 thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Reuben 12 thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Gad 12 thousand were sealed;
6 of the tribe of Asher 12 thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Naphtali 12 thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Manasseh 12 thousand were sealed;
7 of the tribe of Simeon 12 thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Levi 12 thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Issachar 12 thousand were sealed;
8 of the tribe of Zebulun 12 thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Joseph 12 thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Benjamin 12 thousand were sealed.
9 After these things I saw, and lo, a great multitude, which to number no one was able, out of all nations, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands,
10 and crying with a great voice, saying, `The salvation [is] to Him who is sitting upon the throne -- to our God, and to the Lamb!`
11 And all the messengers stood around the throne, and the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell upon their face, and bowed before God,
12 saying, `Amen! the blessing, and the glory, and the wisdom, and the thanksgiving, and the honour, and the power, and the strength, [are] to our God -- to the ages of the ages! Amen!`
13 And answer did one of the elders, saying to me, `These, who have been arrayed with the white robes -- who are they, and whence came they?`
14 and I have said to him, `Sir, thou hast known;` and he said to me, `These are those who are coming out of the great tribulation, and they did wash their robes, and they made their robes white in the blood of the Lamb;
15 because of this are they before the throne of God, and they do service to Him day and night in His sanctuary, and He who is sitting upon the throne shall tabernacle over them;
16 they shall not hunger any more, nor may the sun fall upon them, nor any heat,
17 because the Lamb that [is] in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters, and wipe away shall God every tear from their eyes.`