Wahyu 4
Yohanes Melihat Surga
1 Kemudian aku melihat di hadapanku sebuah pintu yang terbuka di surga. Dan aku mendengar suara seperti yang berkata kepadaku sebelumnya, bunyinya seperti bunyi terompet. Katanya, "Naiklah kemari. Aku akan menunjukkan kepadamu yang harus terjadi sesudah ini."2 Segera Roht menguasai aku. Di hadapanku ada sebuah takhta surgawi. Di atas takhta itu duduk Seorang.3 Ia yang duduk di takhta itu tampak seperti permata yaspis dan permata sardis. Di sekeliling takhta itu ada pelangi dengan warna yang gilang-gemilang seperti zamrud.4 Di sekeliling takhta itu terdapat 24 takhta lain. Di atas takhta-takhta itu duduk ke-24 tua-tua.t Mereka memakai pakaian putih. Dan mereka mempunyai mahkota emas di atas kepalanya.5 Kilat dan bunyi guruh keluar dari takhta itu. Tujuh obor menyala di hadapan takhta itu. Obor-obor itu adalah ketujuh Roh Allah.
6 Dan di hadapan takhta itu ada juga sesuatu yang tampak seperti lautan kaca yang jernih. Jernih seperti kristal.
Di hadapan takhta itu dan pada setiap sisinya ada empat makhluk hidup. Makhluk-makhluk hidup itu penuh dengan mata, di depan dan di belakang.7 Makhluk hidup pertama seperti singa. Makhluk hidup kedua seperti lembu jantan. Makhluk hidup ketiga mempunyai wajah seperti wajah manusia. Dan makhluk hidup keempat seperti burung elang yang sedang terbang.8 Keempat makhluk hidup itu masing-masing mempunyai enam sayap dan mereka penuh dengan mata, di sekelilingnya dan bagian dalamnya. Siang dan malam mereka berkata dengan tiada henti-hentinya,
"Kudus, kudus, kuduslah Tuhan Allah, Yang Mahakuasa,
Yang sudah Ada, Yang Ada, dan Yang akan Datang."
9 Makhluk-makhluk hidup itu memberikan pujian, hormat, dan ucapan syukur kepada Dia yang duduk di atas takhta, yang hidup sampai selama-lamanya.10 Lalu ke-24 tua-tua itu bersembah di hadapan Dia yang duduk di atas takhta, yang hidup sampai selama-lamanya. Mereka melemparkan mahkotanya ke hadapan takhta itu sambil berkata,11 "Ya Tuhan, Allah kami.
Engkau layak menerima pujian, hormat, dan kuasa.
Engkau telah menciptakan segala sesuatu.
Semuanya itu telah ada dan telah diciptakan karena Engkau yang menghendakinya."
Revelation 4
Scene in Heaven
1 After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things."2 Immediately I was tin the Spirit; and behold, a throne was standing in heaven, and One sitting on the throne.3 And He who was sitting was like a jasper stone and a sardius in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald in appearance.4 Around the throne were twenty-four thrones; and upon the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white garments, and golden crowns on their heads.
The Throne and Worship of the Creator
5 Out from the throne come flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder. 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 something like a sea of glass, like crystal; and in the center and around the throne, four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind.7 The first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like that of a man, and the fourth creature was like a flying eagle.8 And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within; and day and night they do not cease to say, "HOLY, HOLY, HOLY is THE LORD GOD, THE ALMIGHTY, WHO WAS AND WHO IS AND WHO IS TO COME."9 And when the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, to Him who lives forever and ever,10 the twenty-four elders will fall down before Him who sits on the throne, and will worship Him who lives forever and ever, and will cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
11 "Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed, and were created."