رؤيا 20

الألفُ عام

1 ثُمَّ رَأيتُ مَلاكاً نازِلاً مِنَ السَّماءِ. فِي يَدِهِ مِفتاحُ الهاوِيَةِ وَسِلسِلَةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ.

2 فَقَبَضَ المَلاكُ عَلَى التِّنِّينِ، تِلكَ الحَيَّةِ القَدِيمَةِ، الَّتِي هِيَ الشَّيطانُ أوْ إبلِيسُ، وَقَيَّدَهُ بِالسِّلسِلَةِ لِمُدَّةِ ألفِ عامٍ.

3 وَرَماهُ فِي الهاوِيَةِ واقِفَلَ عَلَيهِ وَخَتَمَ المَدخَلَ فَوقَهُ، حَتَّى لا يُضِلَّ الأُمَمَ إلَى أنْ تَنقَضِيَ الألفُ عامٍ. بَعدَ ذَلِكَ لا بُدَّ أنْ يُحَرَّرَ لِبُرهَةٍ قَصِيرَةٍ.

4 ثُمَّ رَأيتُ عُرُوشاً يَجلِسُ عَلَيها أُناسٌ أُعطُوا سُلطاناً أنْ يَحكُمُوا. وَرَأيتُ أرواحَ الَّذِينَ قُطِعَتْ رُؤُوسُهُمْ لِأنَّهُمْ شَهِدُوا عَنْ يَسُوعَ وَأعلَنُوا رِسالَةَ اللهِ، الَّذِينَ لَمْ يَعبُدُوا الوَحشَ وَلا تِمثالَهُ، وَلَمْ يَقبَلُوا عَلامَتَهُ عَلَى جِباهِهِمْ وَلا عَلَى أيدِيهِمْ. لَقَدْ عادُوا إلَى الحَياةِ وَحَكَمُوا مَعَ المَسِيحِ لِمُدَّةِ ألفِ عامٍ.

5 أمّا بَقِيَّةُ المَوتَى، فَلَمْ يَعُودُوا إلَى الحَياةِ حَتَّى انقَضَتِ الألفُ عامٍ. هَذِهِ هِيَ القِيامَةُ الأُولَى.

6 مُبارَكٌ وَمُقَدَّسٌ الَّذِي يُشارِكُ فِي القِيامَةِ الأُولَى، فَالمَوتُ الثّانِي لا يَنالُ مِنهُمْ، بَلْ سَيَكُونُونَ كَهَنَةً للهِ وَلِلمَسِيحِ، وَسَيَحكُمُونَ مَعَهُ مُدَّةَ الألفِ عامٍ.

هَزِيمَةُ الشَّيطان

7 وَعِندَما تَتِمُّ الألفُ عامٍ، يُطلَقُ الشَّيطانُ مِنْ سِجنِهِ،

8 فَيَخرُجَ لِيُضِلَّ أُمَمَ جُوجَ وَماجُوجَ. وَهِيَ الأُمَمُ المُنتَشِرَةُ فِي كُلِّ الأرْضِ، فَيَجمَعَهُمْ لِلحَربِ. سَيَكُونُ عَدَدُهُمْ لا يُحصَى مِثلَ رَملِ البَحرِ.

9 فَسارُوا فِي عَرضِ الأرْضِ، وَأحاطُوا بِمُعَسكَرِ شَعبِ اللهِ المُقَدَّسِ وَبِالمَدِينَةِ المَحبُوبَةِ. لَكِنَّ ناراً نَزَلَتْ عَلَيهِمْ مِنَ السَّماءِ وَالتَهَمَتهُمْ.

10 ثُمَّ طُرِحَ إبلِيسُ الَّذِي كانَ يُضِلُّهُمْ فِي بُحَيرَةِ الكِبرِيتِ المُشتَعِلِ، حَيثُ الوَحشُ وَالنَّبِيُّ الكَذّابُ، وَسَيُعَذَّبُونَ نَهاراً وَلَيلاً إلَى أبَدِ الآبِدِينَ.

دَينونَةُ أهلِ الأرْض

11 ثُمَّ رَأيتُ عَرشاً كَبِيراً أبيَضَ، وَرَأيتُ الجالِسَ عَلَيهِ. السَّماءُ وَالأرْضُ هَرَبَتا مِنْ أمامِهِ، فَلَمْ يُوجَدْ لَهُما أثَرٌ!

12 ثُمَّ رَأيتُ المَوتَى صِغاراً وَكِباراً يَقِفُونَ أمامَ العَرشِ. وَكانَتْ هُناكَ كُتُبٌ مَفتُوحَةٌ، ثُمَّ فُتِحَ كِتابٌ آخَرُ هُوَ كِتابُ الحَياةِ. وَحُكِمَ عَلَى المَوتَى بِحَسَبِ أعمالِهِمِ المَكتُوبَةِ فِي الكُتُبِ.

13 وَسَلَّمَ البَحرُ المَوتَى الَّذِينَ كانُوا فِيهِ، وَسَلَّمَ «المَوتُ» وَ «الهاوِيَةُ» المَوتَى الَّذِينَ كانُوا مَعَهُما. وَحُكِمَ عَلَى كُلِّ واحِدٍ حَسَبَ أعمالِهِ.

14 ثُمَّ أُلقِيَ «المَوتُ» وَ «الهاوِيَةُ» إلَى البُحَيرَةِ المُتَّقِدَةِ. الَّتِي هِيَ المَوتُ الثّانِي.

15 وَمَنْ لَمْ يَكُنِ اسْمُهُ مَكتُوباً فِي كِتابِ الحَياةِ، طُرِحَ فِي البُحَيرَةِ المُتَّقِدَةِ.

Revelation 20

Satan Bound

1 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.2 And he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;3 and he threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be released for a short time.

4 Then I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand; and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.5 The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection.6 Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years.

Satan Freed, Doomed

7 When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison,8 and will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together for the war; the number of them is like the sand of the seashore.9 And they came up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, and fire came down from heaven and devoured them.10 And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

Judgment at the Throne of God

11 Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them.12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds.13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged, every one of them according to their deeds.14 Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.15 And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.