1 Depois disso, vi quatro Anjos que se conservavam em pé nos quatro cantos da terra, detendo os quatro ventos da terra, para que nenhum vento soprasse sobre a terra, sobre o mar ou sobre árvore alguma.
2 Vi ainda outro anjo subir do oriente; trazia o selo de Deus vivo, e pôs-se a clamar com voz retumbante aos quatro Anjos, aos quais fora dado danificar a terra e o mar, dizendo:
3 Não danifiqueis a terra, nem o mar, nem as árvores, até que tenhamos assinalado os servos de nosso Deus em suas frontes.
4 Ouvi então o número dos assinalados: cento e quarenta e quatro mil assinalados, de toda tribo dos filhos de Israel;
5 da tribo de Judá, doze mil assinalados; da tribo de Rubem, doze mil; da tribo de Gad, doze mil;
6 da tribo de Aser, doze mil; da tribo de Neftali, 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 Zabulon, doze mil; da tribo de José, doze mil; da tribo de Benjamim, doze mil assinalados.
9 Depois disso, vi uma grande multidão que ninguém podia contar, de toda nação, tribo, povo e língua: conservavam-se em pé diante do trono e diante do Cordeiro, de vestes brancas e palmas na mão,
10 e bradavam em alta voz: A salvação é obra de nosso Deus, que está assentado no trono, e do Cordeiro.
11 E todos os Anjos estavam ao redor do trono, dos Anciãos e dos quatro Animais; prostravam-se de face em terra diante do trono e adoravam a Deus, dizendo:
12 Amém, louvor, glória, sabedoria, ação de graças, honra, poder e força ao nosso Deus pelos séculos dos séculos! Amém.
13 Então um dos Anciãos falou comigo e perguntou-me: Esses, que estão revestidos de vestes brancas, quem são e de onde vêm?
14 Respondi-lhe: Meu Senhor, tu o sabes. E ele me disse: Esses são os sobreviventes da grande tribulação; lavaram as suas vestes e as alvejaram no sangue do Cordeiro.
15 Por isso, estão diante do trono de Deus e o servem, dia e noite, no seu templo. Aquele que está sentado no trono os abrigará em sua tenda.
16 Já não terão fome, nem sede, nem o sol ou calor algum os abrasará,
17 porque o Cordeiro, que está no meio do trono, será o seu pastor e os levará às fontes das águas vivas; e Deus enxugará toda lágrima de seus olhos.
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.`