1 Depois destas coisas, olhei, e eis não somente uma porta aberta no céu, como também a primeira voz que ouvi, como de trombeta ao falar comigo, dizendo: Sobe para aqui, e te mostrarei o que deve acontecer depois destas coisas. 2 Imediatamente, eu me achei em espírito, e eis armado no céu um trono, e, no trono, alguém sentado; 3 e esse que se acha assentado é semelhante, no aspecto, a pedra de jaspe e de sardônio, e, ao redor do trono, há um arco-íris semelhante, no aspecto, a esmeralda. 4 Ao redor do trono, há também vinte e quatro tronos, e assentados neles, vinte e quatro anciãos vestidos de branco, em cujas cabeças estão coroas de ouro. 5 Do trono saem relâmpagos, vozes e trovões, e, diante do trono, ardem sete tochas de fogo, que são os sete Espíritos de Deus. 6 Há diante do trono um como que mar de vidro, semelhante ao cristal, e também, no meio do trono e à volta do trono, quatro seres viventes cheios de olhos por diante e por detrás. 7 O primeiro ser vivente é semelhante a leão, o segundo, semelhante a novilho, o terceiro tem o rosto como de homem, e o quarto ser vivente é semelhante à águia quando está voando. 8 E os quatro seres viventes, tendo cada um deles, respectivamente, seis asas, estão cheios de olhos, ao redor e por dentro; não têm descanso, nem de dia nem de noite, proclamando:

Santo, Santo, Santo

é o Senhor Deus, o Todo-Poderoso,

aquele que era, que é e que há de vir.

9 Quando esses seres viventes derem glória, honra e ações de graças ao que se encontra sentado no trono, ao que vive pelos séculos dos séculos, 10 os vinte e quatro anciãos prostrar-se-ão diante daquele que se encontra sentado no trono, adorarão o que vive pelos séculos dos séculos e depositarão as suas coroas diante do trono, proclamando:

11 Tu és digno, Senhor e Deus nosso,

de receber a glória, a honra e o poder,

porque todas as coisas tu criaste,

sim, por causa da tua vontade vieram a existir e foram criadas.

1 After these things I saw, and behold, a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, a voice as of a trumpet speaking with me, one saying, Come up hither, and I will show thee the things which must come to pass hereafter. 2 Straightway I was in the Spirit: and behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and one sitting upon the throne; 3 and he that sat was to look upon like a jasper stone and a sardius: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, like an emerald to look upon. 4 And round about the throne were four and twenty thrones: and upon the thrones I saw four and twenty elders sitting, arrayed in white garments; and on their heads crowns of gold. 5 And out of the throne proceed lightnings and voices and thunders. And there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God; 6 and before the throne, as it were a sea of glass like unto crystal; and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, four living creatures full of eyes before and behind. 7 And the first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face as of a man, and the fourth creature was like a flying eagle. 8 And the four living creatures, having each one of them six wings, are full of eyes round about and within: and they have no rest day and night, saying,

Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come.

9 And when the living creatures shall give glory and honor and thanks to him that sitteth on the throne, to him that liveth for ever and ever, 10 the four and twenty elders shall fall down before him that sitteth on the throne, and shall worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and shall cast their crowns before the throne, saying,

11 Worthy art thou, our Lord and our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power: for thou didst create all things, and because of thy will they were, and were created.

1 After 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."

2 At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it.

3 And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like an emerald encircled the throne.

4 Surrounding 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.

5 From 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.

6 Also 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.

7 The 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.

8 Each 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: "'Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty,' "who was, and is, and is to come."

9 Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever,

10 the 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."