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.
Kursiyi a sama
1Bayan wannan sai na duba, a can kuma a gabana ga ƙofa a buɗe a sama. Sai muryar da na ji da fari da take magana da ni mai kama da busar ƙaho ta ce, “Hauro nan, zan kuma nuna maka abin da lalle zai faru bayan wannan.” 2Nan da nan sai ga ni cikin Ruhu, a can a gabana kuwa ga kursiyi a cikin sama da wani zaune a kansa. 3Wannan mai zama a can kuwa yana da kamannin dutsen yasfa da karneliya. Bakan gizo, mai kama da zumurrudu, ya kewaye kursiyin. 4Kewaye da kursiyin kuwa akwai waɗansu kursiyoyi ashirin da huɗu, zaune a kansu kuwa dattawa ashirin da huɗu ne. Suna saye da fararen tufafi suna kuma da rawanin zinariya a kawunansu. 5Daga kursiyin hasken walƙiya yana ta fitowa, da ƙararraki da kuma tsawa. A gaban kursiyin, fitilu bakwai suna ci. Waɗannan ne ruhohi bakwai na Allah. 6Haka kuma a gaban kursiyin akwai wani abu mai kama da tekun gilashi, yana ƙyalli kamar madubi.
A tsakiya kuwa, kewaye da kursiyin, akwai halittu huɗu masu rai, cike kuma suna da idanu gaba da baya. 7Halitta ta fari tana kama da zaki, ta biyun kuwa tana kama da bijimi, ta ukun kuma tana da fuska kamar ta mutum, ta huɗun kuma tana kama da gaggafa mai tashi sama. 8Kowace a cikin halittu huɗu masu rai ɗin nan tana da fikafikai guda shida, tana kuma cike da idanu a ko’ina, har ma ƙarƙashin fikafikanta. Dare da rana ba sa fasa cewa,
“ ‘Mai Tsarki, Mai Tsarki, Mai Tsarki
shi ne Ubangiji Allah Maɗaukaki,’
wanda yake a dā, wanda yake a yanzu, wanda kuma yake nan gaba.”
9Duk lokacin da halittu masu ran nan suka rera ɗaukaka, girma da kuma godiya ga wannan wanda yake zaune a kan kursiyin da kuma wanda yake mai rai har abada abadin, 10sai dattawa ashirin da huɗun nan su fāɗi a ƙasa a gaban wannan wanda yake zaune a kursiyin, su yi sujada wa wannan wanda yake da rai har abada abadin. Sukan ajiye rawaninsu a gaban kursiyin suna cewa,
11“Ya Ubangijinmu da Allahnmu,
ka cancanci ɗaukaka da girma da iko,
domin ka halicci dukan abubuwa,
kuma ta wurin nufinka aka halicce su
suka kuma kasance.”
