1 这事以后， 我看见四位天使站在地的四极， 掌握着地上的四风， 不使风吹在地上、海上和任何树上。 2 我又看见另外一位天使， 从日出之地上来， 拿着永活 神的印， 向那四位得了权柄可以伤害地和海的天使， 大声呼喊， 3 说： "你们不要伤害地、海和树木， 等我们在 神众仆人的额上先盖上了印。" 4 我听见被盖印的人的数目， 以色列子孙各支派中被盖印的共有十四万四千人： 5 犹大支派中被盖印的， 一万二千人， 流本支派中， 一万二千人； 迦得支派中， 一万二千人； 6 亚设支派中， 一万二千人； 拿弗他利支派中， 一万二千人； 玛拿西支派中， 一万二千人； 7 西缅支派中， 一万二千人； 利未支派中， 一万二千人； 以萨迦支派中， 一万二千人； 8 西布伦支派中， 一万二千人； 约瑟支派中， 一万二千人； 便雅悯支派中， 一万二千人。 9 这些事以后， 我观看， 见有一大群人， 没有人能数得过来， 是从各邦国、各支派、各民族、各方言来的。他们都站在宝座和羊羔面前， 身穿白袍， 手里拿着棕树枝。 10 他们大声呼喊， 说： "愿救恩归给那坐在宝座上我们的 神， 也归给羊羔！ " 11 所有的天使都站在宝座、众长老和四个活物的四周。他们在宝座前， 面伏在地上敬拜 神， 12 说： "阿们！ 愿颂赞、荣耀、智慧、感谢、尊贵、权能、力量， 都归给我们的 神， 直到永永远远。阿们！ " 13 长老中有一位问我： "这些身穿白袍的是谁？他们是从哪里来的呢？" 14 我对他说： "我主啊， 你是知道的。"他告诉我： "这些人是从大患难中出来的。他们用羊羔的血， 把自己的衣袍洗洁白了。 15 因此， 他们可以在 神的宝座前， 并且日夜在他的圣所里事奉他。那坐在宝座上的必展开帐幕覆庇他们。 16 他们必不再饿， 也不再渴； 太阳和一切炎热必不伤害他们。 17 因为在宝座中间的羊羔必牧养他们， 领他们到生命水的泉源那里。 神也必抹去他们的一切眼泪。"

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.`