በጉና መቶ አርባ አራቱ ሺሕ ሰዎች
1ከዚህ በኋላ አየሁ፤ እነሆ፤ በጉ በጽዮን ተራራ ላይ ቆሞ ነበር፤ ከእርሱም ጋር የእርሱ ስምና የአባቱ ስም በግንባራቸው ላይ የተጻፈባቸው መቶ አርባ አራቱ ሺሕ ሰዎች ነበሩ። 2ከሰማይ እንደ ብዙ ውሃ ድምፅና እንደ ታላቅ ነጐድጓድ ድምፅ የመሰለ ድምፅ ሰማሁ፤ የሰማሁት ድምፅ በገና ደርዳሪዎች እንደሚደረድሩት ዐይነት ነበረ። 3እነርሱም በዙፋኑ ፊት፣ በአራቱ ሕያዋን ፍጡራንና በሽማግሌዎቹ ፊት አዲስ መዝሙር ዘመሩ። ከምድር ከተዋጁት ከመቶ አርባ አራቱ ሺሕ ሰዎች በስተቀር መዝሙሩን ማንም ሊማረው አልቻለም። 4እነዚህ ራሳቸውን በሴቶች ያላረከሱት ናቸው፤ ራሳቸውን በንጽሕና ጠብቀዋልና። በጉ ወደሚሄድበት ሁሉ ይከተሉታል፤ ለእግዚአብሔርና ለበጉ በኵራት እንዲሆኑ ከሰዎች መካከል የተዋጁ ናቸው። 5በአፋቸው ምንም ዐይነት ውሸት አልተገኘም፤ ነቀፋም የለባቸውም።
ሦስቱ መላእክት
6ከዚያም ሌላ መልአክ በሰማይ መካከል ሲበርር አየሁ፤ እርሱም በምድር ላይ ለሚኖሩ ለሕዝብ፣ ለነገድ፣ ለቋንቋና ለወገን ሁሉ የሚሰብከውን የዘላለም ወንጌል ይዞ ነበር፤ 7በታላቅ ድምፅም፣ “እግዚአብሔርን ፍሩ፤ ክብርም ስጡት፤ ምክንያቱም የፍርዱ ሰዓት ደርሷል፤ ሰማይንና ምድርን፣ ባሕርንና የውሃ ምንጮችን ለፈጠረው ስገዱ” አለ።
8ሌላም ሁለተኛ መልአክ፣ “ሕዝቦች ሁሉ፣ የዝሙቷን ቍጣ ወይን ጠጅ እንዲጠጡ ያደረገች ታላቂቱ ባቢሎን ወደቀች! ወደቀች!” እያለ ተከተለው።
9ሦስተኛውም መልአክ በታላቅ ድምፅ እንዲህ እያለ ተከተላቸው፤ “ማንም ለአውሬውና ለምስሉ የሚሰግድ፣ ምልክቱንም በግንባሩ ወይም በእጁ ላይ የሚቀበል ቢኖር፣ 10እርሱ ደግሞ ምንም ነገር ሳይቀላቀልበት በቍጣው ጽዋ ውስጥ የተሞላውን የእግዚአብሔርን ቍጣ ወይን ጠጅ ይጠጣል። በቅዱሳን መላእክትና በበጉ ፊትም በእሳትና በዲን ይሠቃያል። 11የሥቃያቸውም ጢስ ከዘላለም እስከ ዘላለም ወደ ላይ ይወጣል። ለአውሬውና ለምስሉ የሚሰግዱ ወይም የስሙንም ምልክት የሚቀበሉ ሁሉ ቀንና ሌሊት ዕረፍት የላቸውም።” 12የእግዚአብሔርን ትእዛዞች የሚጠብቁና ለኢየሱስም ታማኝ ሆነው በትዕግሥት የሚጸኑ ቅዱሳን የሚታወቁት በዚህ ነው።
13ከዚያም፣ “ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ በጌታ ሆነው የሚሞቱ ብፁዓን ናቸው ብለህ ጻፍ” የሚል ድምፅ ከሰማይ ሰማሁ። መንፈስም፣ “አዎ፣ ሥራቸው ስለሚከተላቸው ከድካማቸው ያርፋሉ” ይላል።
የምድር መከር ጊዜ
14አየሁም፤ እነሆ፤ በፊቴ ነጭ ደመና ነበረ፤ በደመናውም ላይ፣ “የሰውን ልጅ የሚመስል” ተቀምጦ ነበር፤ እርሱም በራሱ ላይ የወርቅ አክሊል ደፍቶ፣ በእጁም ስለታም ማጭድ ይዞ ነበር። 15ሌላም መልአክ ከመቅደሱ ወጥቶ በደመናው ላይ ለተቀመጠው፣ “የዐጨዳው ሰዓት ስለ ደረሰ፣ ማጭድህን ይዘህ ዕጨድ፤ የምድር መከር ደርሷልና” ሲል በታላቅ ድምፅ ጮኸ። 16ስለዚህ በደመናው ላይ የተቀመጠው ማጭዱን ወደ ምድር ሰደደ፤ ምድርም ታጨደች።
17ሌላም መልአክ በሰማይ ካለው መቅደስ ወጣ፤ እርሱም እንዲሁ ስለታም ማጭድ ነበረው፤ 18በእሳት ላይ ሥልጣን ያለው ሌላ መልአክ ከመሠዊያው ወጥቶ ስለታም ማጭድ የያዘውን፣ “ዘለላው ስለ በሰለ፣ ስለታም ማጭድህን ያዝና በምድር ላይ ያሉትን የወይን ዘለላዎች ሰብስብ” ሲል በታላቅ ድምፅ ጮኸ። 19መልአኩም ማጭዱን ወደ ምድር ሰደደ፤ የምድርን የወይን ዘለላዎች ሰብስቦ ወደ ታላቁ ወደ እግዚአብሔር የቍጣ ወይን መጭመቂያ ጣላቸው። 20ወይኑም ከከተማው ውጭ በወይን መጭመቂያ ውስጥ ተረገጠ፤ ከፍታው እስከ ፈረስ ልጓም የሚደርስ፣ ርዝመቱ ሦስት መቶ ኪሎ ሜትር14፥20 ግሪኩ አንድ ሺሕ ስድስት መቶ ምዕራፍ ይላል። ያህል ደም ከመጭመቂያው ወጣ።
The Lamb and the 144,000
1Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads. 2And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps. 3And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. 4These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they remained virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were purchased from among mankind and offered as firstfruits to God and the Lamb. 5No lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.
The Three Angels
6Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth—to every nation, tribe, language and people. 7He said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water.”
8A second angel followed and said, “ ‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great,’14:8 Isaiah 21:9 which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries.”
9A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark on their forehead or on their hand, 10they, too, will drink the wine of God’s fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. They will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. 11And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever. There will be no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.” 12This calls for patient endurance on the part of the people of God who keep his commands and remain faithful to Jesus.
13Then I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.”
“Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them.”
Harvesting the Earth and Trampling the Winepress
14I looked, and there before me was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man14:14 See Daniel 7:13. with a crown of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. 15Then another angel came out of the temple and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, “Take your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.” 16So he who was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.
17Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. 18Still another angel, who had charge of the fire, came from the altar and called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, “Take your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth’s vine, because its grapes are ripe.” 19The angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath. 20They were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses’ bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia.14:20 That is, about 180 miles or about 300 kilometers
