The Thousand Years
1I saw an angel coming down out of heaven. He had the key to the Abyss. In his hand he held a heavy chain. 2He grabbed the dragon, that old serpent. The serpent is also called the devil, or Satan. The angel put him in chains for 1,000 years. 3Then he threw him into the Abyss. He locked it and sealed him in. This was to keep Satan from causing the nations to believe his lies anymore. Satan will be locked away until the 1,000 years are ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time.
4I saw thrones. Those who had been given authority to judge were sitting on them. I also saw the souls of those whose heads had been cut off. They had been killed because they had spoken what was true about Jesus. They had also been killed because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its statue. They had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. They came to life and ruled with Christ for 1,000 years. 5This is the first resurrection. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the 1,000 years were ended. 6Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them. They will be priests of God and of Christ. They will rule with him for 1,000 years.
Satan Is Judged
7When the 1,000 years are over, Satan will be set free from his prison. 8He will go out to cause the nations to believe lies. He will gather them from the four corners of the earth. He will bring Gog and Magog together for battle. Their troops are as many as the grains of sand on the seashore. 9They marched across the whole earth. They surrounded the place where God’s holy people were camped. It was the city he loves. But fire came down from heaven and burned them up. 10The devil had caused them to believe lies. He was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur. That is where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will all suffer day and night for ever and ever.
The Dead Are Judged
11I saw a great white throne. And I saw God sitting on it. When the earth and sky saw his face, they ran away. There was no place for them. 12I saw the dead, great and small, standing in front of the throne. Books were opened. Then another book was opened. It was the book of life. The dead were judged by what they had done. The things they had done were written in the books. 13The sea gave up the dead that were in it. And Death and Hell gave up their dead. Each person was judged by what they had done. 14Then Death and Hell were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. 15Anyone whose name was not written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.
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悪魔、底なしの穴へ
1そのとき私は、底なしの穴のかぎと太い鎖とを手にした天使が、天から下って来るのを見ました。 2彼は、悪魔とかサタンとか呼ばれている、あの古い蛇である竜をつかまえ、鎖で縛って、千年の間、 3底なしの穴に閉じ込めてしまいました。こうして竜は、定められた千年が過ぎるまでは、世界の国々をだますことができなくなりました。しかし、その期間が終われば、しばらくの間だけ自由な活動が許されるのです。
4それから私は、数多くの王座を見ました。そこには、さばく権威を神から授けられた人々が座っていました。私はまた、イエスについて証言し、神のことばを伝えたために首をはねられた人々のたましいと、獣もその像も拝まず、額や手に獣の刻印を受けなかった人々のたましいとを見ました。その人々はみな生き返って、キリストと共に千年間、世界を支配しました。 5これが第一の復活です。〔残りの死者は、千年が過ぎるまで死んだままでした。〕 6第一の復活を経験する人は幸いな人であり、きよい人です。彼らには第二の死など何の力もありません。神とキリストの祭司になった彼らは、キリストと共に、千年間、支配するからです。
7千年の後、悪魔は閉じ込められていた場所から出されます。 8悪魔は、地上の国々を惑わそうと行き巡り、戦いのために、すべての人々を〔ゴグとマゴグともども〕召集します。それは、海辺の砂のように数えきれない大軍です。 9彼らは地上の広々とした大平原に攻め上り、クリスチャンと都エルサレムとを取り囲みます。すると、天から敵軍めがけて火が下り、彼らを焼き滅ぼします。 10その後、人々を惑わしていた悪魔は、獣や偽預言者と同じく、硫黄の燃える火の池へ投げ込まれます。そこで、昼も夜も、永遠に苦しむのです。
11また私は、大きな白い王座と、そこに座っておられる方とを見ました。地も空も、その方の顔を避けて逃げ出し、影も形もなくなってしまいました。 12私はすべての死者が、大きい者も小さい者も、神の前に立つのを見ました。いのちの書をはじめ、さまざまな書物が開かれました。死者は、これらの書物の規定に従い、それぞれの行いに応じてさばかれました。 13海も、死と地獄も、その中の死者を吐き出しました。そして各自が、その行いに応じてさばかれました。 14それから死と地獄は、火の池に投げ込まれました。これが、第二の死です。 15いのちの書に名前の記されていない者はみな、火の池に投げ込まれたのです。
