1After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter. 2And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. 3And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. 4And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. 5And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. 6And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. 7And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. 8And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. 9And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, 10The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, 11Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
Prijestolje u nebu
1Zatim ugledam otvorena vrata u nebo, a onaj isti glas koji sam prije čuo, snažan poput glasa trublje, reče mi: “Uziđi ovamo pa ću ti pokazati što će se poslije dogoditi!” 2Odmah sam se našao u duhu4:2 Ili: u Duhu. i ugledao prijestolje u nebu. Na njemu je sjedio Netko. 3Blistao je poput dragoga kamenja: jaspisa i sarda. A prijestolje je okruživala duga slična smaragdu. 4Oko njega su se nalazila još dvadeset četiri prijestolja na kojima su sjedili dvadeset četiri starješine, obučeni u bijele haljine i sa zlatnim vijencima na glavi. 5Od prijestolja su sijevale munje, čula se grmljavina i gromovi. Ispred njega stajalo je sedam svijećnjaka, sedam upaljenih zublji, sedam Božjih duhova. 6Ispred prijestolja bilo je stakleno more, blistavo poput prozirca.
U sredini prijestolja i oko njega bila su četiri bića puna očiju sprijeda i straga. 7Prvo je bilo slično lavu, drugo juncu, treće je imalo čovječje lice, a četvrto je bilo poput orla u letu. 8Sva su imala po šest krila iznutra i izvana prepuna očiju. Danju i noću ta bića neprestano govore:
“Svet, svet, svet je Gospodin Bog Svemogući,
koji je oduvijek bio, koji jest i koji će doći!”
9Svaki put kad ta bića daju slavu, čast i zahvalu Onomu koji sjedi na prijestolju, Živome uvijeke, 10dvadeset četiri starješine padnu ničice pred Onim na prijestolju, koji je Živ uvijeke, i poklone mu se te polože svoje vijence pred prijestolje govoreći:
11“Dostojan si, Gospodine Bože,
Primiti slavu, čast i moć!
Jer ti si sve stvorio.
Sve je postalo tvojom voljom.
Sve je stvoreno tvojom voljom.”
