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."

1 Depois destas coisas, olhei, e eis que estava uma porta aberta no céu; e a primeira voz que, como de trombeta, ouvira falar comigo, disse: Sobe aqui, e mostrar-te-ei as coisas que depois destas devem acontecer.2 E logo fui arrebatado no Espírito, e eis que um trono estava posto no céu, e um assentado sobre o trono.3 E o que estava assentado era, na aparência, semelhante à pedra jaspe e sardônica; e o arco celeste estava ao redor do trono, e parecia semelhante à esmeralda.4 E ao redor do trono havia vinte e quatro tronos; e vi assentados sobre os tronos vinte e quatro anciãos vestidos de vestes brancas; e tinham sobre suas cabeças coroas de ouro.5 E do trono saíam relâmpagos, e trovões, e vozes; e diante do trono ardiam sete lâmpadas de fogo, as quais são os sete espíritos de Deus.6 E havia diante do trono um mar de vidro, semelhante ao cristal. E no meio do trono, e ao redor do trono, quatro animais cheios de olhos, por diante e por detrás.7 E o primeiro animal era semelhante a um leão, e o segundo animal semelhante a um bezerro, e tinha o terceiro animal o rosto como de homem, e o quarto animal era semelhante a uma águia voando.8 E os quatro animais tinham, cada um de per si, seis asas, e ao redor, e por dentro, estavam cheios de olhos; e não descansam nem de dia nem de noite, dizendo: Santo, Santo, Santo, é o Senhor Deus, o Todo-Poderoso, que era, e que é, e que há de vir.9 E, quando os animais davam glória, e honra, e ações de graças ao que estava assentado sobre o trono, ao que vive para todo o sempre,10 Os vinte e quatro anciãos prostravam-se diante do que estava assentado sobre o trono, e adoravam o que vive para todo o sempre; e lançavam as suas coroas diante do trono, dizendo:11 Digno és, Senhor, de receber glória, e honra, e poder; porque tu criaste todas as coisas, e por tua vontade são e foram criadas.