Aabenbaringen 4

Guds trone i Himlen

1 Efter at jeg havde set Jesus og fået budskabet til de syv menigheder, fik jeg et andet syn. Jeg så en åben dør ind til Himlen, og jeg hørte den samme stemme, som havde talt til mig før, den, der lød som en trompetfanfare. Stemmen sagde til mig: Kom herop! Så vil jeg vise dig, hvad der vil ske senere hen.2 Straks kom jeg under Åndens magt, og i den himmelske verden så jeg nu en trone, og der sad en person på den.3 Han strålede som diamanter og rubiner.t Hele vejen rundt om ham var der ligesom en regnbue, der lyste som smaragd.4 Rundt om Guds trone stod 24 andre troner, og der sad 24 medregentert på dem, alle klædt i hvidt og med en gylden sejrskrans på hovedet.5 Ud fra tronen kom der lynglimt og tordenbrag, og foran tronen var der syv brændende fakler, det er Guds syv ånder.6 Foran tronen var der også noget ligesom et gennemsigtigt, krystalklart hav. Tæt rundt om Guds trone var der fire levende væsener med øjne overalt, både foran og bagpå.7 Det første levende væsen lignede en løve, det andet en okse, det tredje havde et ansigt som et menneske, og det fjerde lignede en ørn.

8 De fire væsener havde hver seks vinger med øjne både på ydersiden og indersiden. Dag og nat råbte de uafbrudt: Hellig, hellig, hellig er Herren, den almægtige Gud, han, som var, og som er, og som kommer!
9 Hver gang de fire væsener med deres hyldest og tak ærede ham, der sad på tronen, han, som lever i al evighed,10 bøjede de 24 medregenter sig ned for ham, og de hyldede ham. De tog deres sejrskranse af og lagde dem ned foran ham og råbte:

11 Herre, vores Gud, du er værdig til at få al ære, hyldest og magt, for du har skabt alle ting, og de eksisterer, fordi du ville det!

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