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 بعد هذا نظرت واذا باب مفتوح في السماء والصوت الاول الذي سمعته كبوق يتكلم معي قائلا اصعد الى هنا فأريك ما لا بدّ ان يصير بعد هذا.2 وللوقت صرت في الروح واذا عرش موضوع في السماء وعلى العرش جالس.3 وكان الجالس في المنظر شبه حجر اليشب والعقيق وقوس قزح حول العرش في المنظر شبه الزمرد.4 وحول العرش اربعة وعشرون عرشا. ورأيت على العروش اربعة وعشرين شيخا جالسين متسربلين بثياب بيض وعلى رؤوسهم اكاليل من ذهب.5 ومن العرش يخرج بروق ورعود واصوات. وامام العرش سبعة مصابيح نار متّقدة هي سبعة ارواح الله.6 وقدّام العرش بحر زجاج شبه البلور. وفي وسط العرش وحول العرش اربعة حيوانات مملوءة عيونا من قدام ومن وراء.7 والحيوان الاول شبه اسد والحيوان الثاني شبه عجل والحيوان الثالث له وجه مثل وجه انسان والحيوان الرابع شبه نسر طائر.8 والاربعة الحيوانات لكل واحد منها ستة اجنحة حولها ومن داخل مملوءة عيونا ولا تزال نهارا وليلا قائلة قدوس قدوس قدوس الرب الاله القادر على كل شيء الذي كان والكائن والذي يأتي.9 وحينما تعطي الحيوانات مجدا وكرامة وشكرا للجالس على العرش الحي الى ابد الآبدين10 يخرّ الاربعة والعشرون شيخا قدام الجالس على العرش ويسجدون للحي الى ابد الآبدين ويطرحون اكاليلهم امام العرش قائلين11 انت مستحق ايها الرب ان تأخذ المجد والكرامة والقدرة لانك انت خلقت كل الاشياء وهي بارادتك كائنة وخلقت