The Two Witnesses
1I was given a reed like a measuring rod and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, with its worshipers. 2But exclude the outer court; do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles. They will trample on the holy city for 42 months. 3And I will appoint my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” 4They are “the two olive trees” and the two lampstands, and “they stand before the Lord of the earth.”11:4 See Zech. 4:3,11,14. 5If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies. This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die. 6They have power to shut up the heavens so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying; and they have power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want.
7Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will attack them, and overpower and kill them. 8Their bodies will lie in the public square of the great city—which is figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where also their Lord was crucified. 9For three and a half days some from every people, tribe, language and nation will gaze on their bodies and refuse them burial. 10The inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and will celebrate by sending each other gifts, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.
11But after the three and a half days the breath11:11 Or Spirit (see Ezek. 37:5,14) of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and terror struck those who saw them. 12Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” And they went up to heaven in a cloud, while their enemies looked on.
13At that very hour there was a severe earthquake and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the survivors were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
14The second woe has passed; the third woe is coming soon.
The Seventh Trumpet
15The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said:
“The kingdom of the world has become
the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah,
and he will reign for ever and ever.”
16And the twenty-four elders, who were seated on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God, 17saying:
“We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty,
the One who is and who was,
because you have taken your great power
and have begun to reign.
18The nations were angry,
and your wrath has come.
The time has come for judging the dead,
and for rewarding your servants the prophets
and your people who revere your name,
both great and small—
and for destroying those who destroy the earth.”
19Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant. And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and a severe hailstorm.
Dva svjedoka
1Dobio sam zatim štap za mjerenje nalik trski i rečeno mi je: “Izmjeri Božji hram i žrtvenike te prebroji klanjatelje u njemu! 2Ali ne mjeri vanjsko dvorište hrama jer je ono predano poganima. Gazit će svetim gradom četrdeset dva mjeseca. 3A dvojici svojih svjedoka dat ću moć te će oni, odjeveni u kostrijet, prorokovati tih tisuću dvjesto šezdeset dana.”
4Njih su dvojica dvije masline i dva svijećnjaka koji stoje pred Gospodarom sve zemlje. 5Pokuša li im tko nauditi, iz usta im sukne oganj i proždre neprijatelja. Tko im god pokuša nauditi, mora umrijeti. 6Oni imaju vlast zatvoriti nebo da kiša ne padne koliko prorokuju. Imaju vlast pretvoriti rijeke i mora u krv te udariti zemlju pošasti kakvom žele i koliko žele.
7Kad dovrše svoje svjedočanstvo, Zvijer koja iziđe iz Bezdana zaratit će protiv njih. Pobijedit će ih i ubiti. 8Njihova će tijela ležati na glavnome trgu velikoga grada koji nazivaju Sodomom i Egiptom, u kojemu je raspet njihov Gospodin. 9Tri i pol dana svi će narodi, plemena i puci dolaziti da gledaju njihova trupla i nikome neće dati da ih polože u grob. 10Stanovnici zemlje radovat će se i veseliti zbog njihove nesreće i darivati jedni druge da proslave smrt te dvojice koji su im zadavali muke.
11Ali nakon tri i pol dana, Božji životni Duh uđe u njih i oni ustanu! Silan strah obuzme one koji su to promatrali. 12S neba tada zaori snažan glas: “Uziđite ovamo!” I pred očima svojih neprijatelja oni uziđu u nebo.
13Istog časa nastane silan potres koji uništi desetinu grada. Sedam tisuća ljudi pogine u njemu. A sve preživjele spopadne užas te odaju slavu nebeskome Bogu.
14Druga strahota prođe, ali za njom, evo, dolazi još jedna!
Sedma trublja: treća strahota
15Zatrubi sedmi anđeo. U nebu se začuju silni glasovi: “U svem je svijetu uspostavljeno kraljevstvo našega Gospodina i njegova Krista i on će kraljevati u vijeke vjekova!”
16Tada dvadeset četiri starješine što sjede na prijestoljima ispred Boga padnu ničice i poklone se Bogu govoreći:
17“Zahvaljujemo ti, Gospodaru,
Bože Svemogući,
koji jesi i koji su oduvijek bio,
jer si uzeo u ruke svoju veliku moć
i zakraljio se.
18Narodi su se na tebe gnjevili,
ali sada je došlo vrijeme tvojega gnjeva.
Vrijeme je da sudiš mrtvima
i da nagradiš svoje sluge.
Nagradit ćeš svoje proroke, svoj sveti narod
i sve koji se boje tvojega imena,
od najmanjih do najvećih.
Uništit ćeš sve koji su naštetili zemlji.”
19U nebu se otvori Božji hram i pokaže se Kovčeg saveza u hramu. Udare munje, grmljavina, gromovi te nastane silan potres i velika tuča.
