1 Depois disto, vi quatro anjos em pé nos quatro cantos da terra, conservando seguros os quatro ventos da terra, para que nenhum vento soprasse sobre a terra, nem sobre o mar, nem sobre árvore alguma. 2 Vi outro anjo que subia do nascente do sol, tendo o selo do Deus vivo, e clamou em grande voz aos quatro anjos, aqueles aos quais fora dado fazer dano à terra e ao mar, 3 dizendo: Não danifiqueis nem a terra, nem o mar, nem as árvores, até selarmos na fronte os servos do nosso Deus. 4 Então, ouvi o número dos que foram selados, que era cento e quarenta e quatro mil, de todas as tribos dos filhos de Israel: 5 da tribo de Judá foram selados doze mil; 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 Zebulom, doze mil; da tribo de José, doze mil; da tribo de Benjamim foram selados doze mil.

9 Depois destas coisas, vi, e eis grande multidão que ninguém podia enumerar, de todas as nações, tribos, povos e línguas, em pé diante do trono e diante do Cordeiro, vestidos de vestiduras brancas, com palmas nas mãos; 10 e clamavam em grande voz, dizendo:

Ao nosso Deus, que se assenta no trono,

e ao Cordeiro,

pertence a salvação.

11 Todos os anjos estavam de pé rodeando o trono, os anciãos e os quatro seres viventes, e ante o trono se prostraram sobre o seu rosto, e adoraram a Deus, 12 dizendo:

Amém! O louvor, e a glória,

e a sabedoria, e as ações de graças,

e a honra, e o poder, e a força

sejam ao nosso Deus,

pelos séculos dos séculos. Amém!

13 Um dos anciãos tomou a palavra, dizendo: Estes, que se vestem de vestiduras brancas, quem são e donde vieram? 14 Respondi-lhe: meu Senhor, tu o sabes. Ele, então, me disse: São estes os que vêm da grande tribulação, lavaram suas vestiduras e as alvejaram no sangue do Cordeiro, 15 razão por que se acham diante do trono de Deus e o servem de dia e de noite no seu santuário; e aquele que se assenta no trono estenderá sobre eles o seu tabernáculo. 16 Jamais terão fome, nunca mais terão sede, não cairá sobre eles o sol, nem ardor algum, 17 pois o Cordeiro que se encontra no meio do trono os apascentará e os guiará para as fontes da água da vida. E Deus lhes enxugará dos olhos toda lágrima.

1 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth. They were holding back the four winds of the earth so that no wind could blow on the land, on the sea, or on any tree.2 I saw another angel coming from the east having the seal of the living God. He cried out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been permitted to harm the land and sea,3 "Don't harm the land, the sea, or the trees until we have marked the servants of our God with a seal on their foreheads."4 I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000. Those who were sealed were from every tribe of Israel:5 12,000 from the tribe of Judah were sealed, 12,000 from the tribe of Reuben, 12,000 from the tribe of Gad,6 12,000 from the tribe of Asher, 12,000 from the tribe of Naphtali, 12,000 from the tribe of Manasseh,7 12,000 from the tribe of Simeon, 12,000 from the tribe of Levi, 12,000 from the tribe of Issachar,8 12,000 from the tribe of Zebulun, 12,000 from the tribe of Joseph, and 12,000 from the tribe of Benjamin were sealed.9 After these things I looked, and there was a large crowd that no one was able to count! They were from every nation, tribe, people, and language. They were standing in front of the throne and the lamb and were wearing white robes, with palm branches in their hands.10 They cried out in a loud voice, "Salvation belongs to our God,who sits on the throne,and to the lamb!"11 All the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell on their faces in front of the throne and worshiped God,12 saying, "Amen! Praise, glory, wisdom, thanks, honor, power, and strengthbe to our God forever and ever! Amen!"13 Then one of the elders said to me, "Who are these people wearing white robes, and where did they come from?"14 I said to him, "Sir, you know."Then he told me, "These are the people who are coming out of the terrible suffering. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the lamb.15 That is why: "They are in front of the throne of Godand worship him night and day in his temple. The one who sits on the throne will shelter them.16 They will never be hungry or thirsty again.Neither the sun nor any burning heat will ever strike them,17 for the lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. He will lead them to springs filled with the water of life,and God will wipe every tear from their eyes."