1 Então vi quatro anjos em pé nos quatro cantos da terra, impedindo os quatro ventos de soprarem na terra, no mar e em qualquer árvore. 2 E vi outro anjo que subia do leste e trazia o selo do Deus vivo. Ele gritou aos quatro anjos que haviam recebido poder para danificar a terra e o mar: 3 "Esperem! Não façam mal à terra, nem ao mar, nem às árvores, até que tenhamos colocado o selo de Deus na testa de seus servos".

4 E ouvi o número dos que foram marcados com o selo de Deus. Eram 144 mil, de todas as tribos 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 disso, vi uma imensa multidão, grande demais para ser contada, de todas as nações, tribos, povos e línguas, em pé diante do trono e diante do Cordeiro. Usavam vestes brancas e seguravam ramos de palmeiras. 10 E gritavam com grande estrondo:

"A salvação vem de nosso Deus,

que está sentado no trono,

e do Cordeiro!".

11 E todos os anjos estavam em pé ao redor do trono, dos anciãos e dos quatro seres vivos. Prostraram-se com o rosto em terra diante do trono e adoraram a Deus, 12 cantando:

"Amém! Louvor e glória e sabedoria,

gratidão e honra,

força e poder pertencem a nosso Deus,

para todo o sempre. Amém!".

13 Então um dos anciãos me perguntou: "Quem são estes vestidos de branco? De onde vieram?".

14 Eu lhe respondi: "Senhor, tu sabes".

E ele disse: "São aqueles que vieram da grande tribulação. Lavaram e branquearam suas vestes no sangue do Cordeiro.

15 "Por isso estão diante do trono de Deus

e dia e noite o servem em seu templo.

E aquele que se senta no trono

lhes dará abrigo.

16 Nunca mais terão fome, nem sede,

e o calor do sol nunca mais os queimará.

17 Pois o Cordeiro que está no centro do trono

será seu Pastor.

Ele os guiará às fontes de água viva,

e Deus enxugará de seus olhos toda lágrima".

1 And after this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, so that a wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.2 Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God. And he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it had been granted to harm the earth and the sea,3 saying, "Do not harm the earth, nor the sea, nor the trees, until we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads."4 And I heard the number of those having been sealed, one hundred and forty-four thousand having been sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel:5 of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand having been sealed; of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand; of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand;6 of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand; of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand; of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand;7 of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand; of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand; of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand;8 of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand; of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand; of the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand, having been sealed.9 After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no man could number, out of every nation, and [from] tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, having been clothed in long white robes, with palm branches in their hands.10 And they cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Salvation [belongs] to our God, to Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!"11 And all the angels stood around the throne, and the elders and the four living beings, and they fell down on their faces before His throne and they worshipped God,12 saying: "Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom, and thanksgiving and honor and power and might, [be] to our God forever and ever. Amen."13 Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, "Who are these arrayed in long white robes, and where did they come from?"14 And I said to him, "My lord, you know."So he said to me, "These are those who come out of the Great Tribulation, and have washed their robes and they made them white in the blood of the Lamb.15 Therefore they are before the throne of God, and they serve Him day and night in His temple. And He that sits on the throne shall dwell among them.16 They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; nor shall the sun by any means strike them, nor any scorching heat;17 because the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne shepherds them, and He leads them to [the ]springs of [the] waters of life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."