رؤيا يوحَنا اللّاهوتيِّ 4

العرش الذي في السماء

1 بَعدَ هذا نَظَرتُ وإذا بابٌ مَفتوحٌ في السماءِ، والصَّوْتُ الأوَّلُ الّذي سمِعتُهُ كبوقٍ يتَكلَّمُ مَعي قائلًا: «اصعَدْ إلَى هنا فأُريَكَ ما لا بُدَّ أنْ يَصيرَ بَعدَ هذا». 2 ولِلوقتِ صِرتُ في الرّوحِ، وإذا عَرشٌ مَوْضوعٌ في السماءِ، وعلَى العَرشِ جالِسٌ. 3 وكانَ الجالِسُ في المَنظَرِ شِبهَ حَجَرِ اليَشبِ والعَقيقِ، وقَوْسُ قُزَحَ حَوْلَ العَرشِ في المَنظَرِ شِبهُ الزُّمُرُّدِ. 4 وحَوْلَ العَرشِ أربَعَةٌ وعِشرونَ عَرشًا. ورأيتُ علَى العُروشِ أربَعَةً وعِشرينَ شَيخًا جالِسينَ مُتَسَربِلينَ بثيابٍ بيضٍ، وعلَى رؤوسِهِمْ أكاليلُ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ. 5 ومِنَ العَرشِ يَخرُجُ بُروقٌ ورُعودٌ وأصواتٌ. وأمامَ العَرشِ سبعَةُ مَصابيحِ نارٍ مُتَّقِدَةٌ، هي سبعَةُ أرواحِ اللهِ. 6 وقُدّامَ العَرشِ بحرُ زُجاجٍ شِبهُ البَلّورِ. وفي وسَطِ العَرشِ وحَوْلَ العَرشِ أربَعَةُ حَيَواناتٍ مَملوَّةٌ عُيونًا مِنْ قُدّامٍ ومِنْ وراءٍ: 7 والحَيَوانُ الأوَّلُ شِبهُ أسَدٍ، والحَيَوانُ الثّاني شِبهُ عِجلٍ، والحَيَوانُ الثّالِثُ لهُ وجهٌ مِثلُ وجهِ إنسانٍ، والحَيَوانُ الرّابِعُ شِبهُ نَسرٍ طائرٍ. 8 والأربَعَةُ الحَيَواناتُ لكُلِّ واحِدٍ مِنها سِتَّةُ أجنِحَةٍ حَوْلها، ومِنْ داخِلٍ مَملوَّةٌ عُيونًا، ولا تزالُ نهارًا وليلًا قائلَةً: «قُدّوسٌ، قُدّوسٌ، قُدّوسٌ، الرَّبُّ الإلهُ القادِرُ علَى كُلِّ شَيءٍ، الّذي كانَ والكائنُ والّذي يأتي». 9 وحينَما تُعطي الحَيَواناتُ مَجدًا وكرامَةً وشُكرًا للجالِسِ علَى العَرشِ، الحَيِّ إلَى أبدِ الآبِدينَ، 10 يَخِرُّ الأربَعَةُ والعِشرونَ شَيخًا قُدّامَ الجالِسِ علَى العَرشِ، ويَسجُدونَ للحَيِّ إلَى أبدِ الآبِدينَ، ويَطرَحونَ أكاليلهُمْ أمامَ العَرشِ قائلينَ: 11 «أنتَ مُستَحِقٌّ أيُّها الرَّبُّ أنْ تأخُذَ المَجدَ والكَرامَةَ والقُدرَةَ، لأنَّكَ أنتَ خَلَقتَ كُلَّ الأشياءِ، وهي بإرادَتِكَ كائنَةٌ وخُلِقَتْ».

Revelation 4

The Amazing Scene in Heaven

1 After these things I looked, and there wast a door standing open in heaven!t And the first voice I had heard speaking to met like a trumpets said: “Come up here so thatt I can show you what must happen after these things.”2 Immediately I was in the Spirit,t andt a throne was standingt in heaven with someone seated on it!3 And the one seated on it was like jasperts and carnelians in appearance, and a rainbow looking like it was made of emeraldt encircled the throne.4 Int a circle around the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on those thrones were twenty-four elders. They weret dressed in white clothing and had golden crownss on their heads.5 Fromt the throne came out flashes of lightning and roaringt and crashes of thunder. Seven flaming torches, which are the seven spirits of God,s were burning in front of the throne

6 and in front of the throne was something like a sea of glass, like crystal.t
Int the middle of the thronet and around the throne were four living creaturest full of eyes in front and in back.7 Thet first living creature was like a lion, thet second creature like an ox, the third creature had a face like a man’s, and the fourth creature looked like an eagle flying.

8 Each one of the four living creatures had six wingst and was full of eyes all around and inside.t They never rest day or night, saying:t
“Holy Holy Holy is the Lord God, the All-Powerful,ts
Who was and who is, and who is still to come!”
9 And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor,t and thanks to the one who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever,

10 the twenty-four elders throw themselves to the groundt before the one who sits on the throne and worship the one who lives forever and ever, and they offer their crownss before hist throne, saying:

11 “You are worthy, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,
since you created all things,
and because of your will they existed and were created!”s