1 Pärast seda ma nägin taevas avatud ust! Ja pasunaheli taoline hääl, mida ma olin esmalt kuulnud minuga rääkivat, ütles: „Tule siia üles ja ma näitan sulle, mis peab sündima pärast kõike seda!" 2 Sedamaid olin ma vaimus: ennäe, taevas seisis troon ja troonil istus keegi, 3 kelle välimus meenutas jaspise- ja karneoolikivi, ja trooni ümber oli vikerkaar, mis helkis nagu smaragd. 4 Trooni ümber oli veel kakskümmend neli trooni ning neil troonidel istus kakskümmend neli vanemat, valged rõivad seljas ja peas kuldpärjad. 5 Troonist tuli välgusähvatusi, mürinat ja kõuekõminat, ja seitse tõrvikut põles trooni ees, need on Jumala seitse vaimu, 6 ja trooni ees oli midagi, mis oli kui kristallselge klaasmeri.

Keskel, trooni ümber oli neli olevust, eest ja tagant üleni silmi täis. 7 Esimene olevus oli lõvi sarnane, teine olevus härja sarnane, kolmandal oli otsekui inimese nägu ja neljas sarnanes lendava kotkaga. 8 Ja neil neljal olevusel oli igaühel kuus tiiba, väljast ja seestpoolt silmi täis. Nad ei lakanud ööl ega päeval hüüdmast:

„Püha, püha, püha

on Issand Jumal, Kõigeväeline,

kes oli, kes on ja kes tuleb!"

9 Ja iga kord, kui need olevused andsid austust, kiitust ja tänu sellele, kes istub troonil ja elab igavesest ajast igavesti, 10 langesid kakskümmend neli vanemat troonil istuja ette ning kummardasid teda, kes elab igavesest ajast igavesti ja heitsid oma pärjad trooni ette, hüüdes:

11 „Sina, meie Issand ja Jumal, oled väärt

võtma vastu austust, kiitust ja väge,

sest sina oled loonud kõik,

see kõik on tekkinud ja loodud sinu tahtel!"

1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter. 2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. 3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. 4 And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. 5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. 6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. 7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. 8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. 9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, 10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, 11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.