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
Mwana Wankhosa ndi Anthu 144,000
1Kenaka ndinaona patsogolo panga panali Mwana Wankhosa, atayimirira pa Phiri la Ziyoni, ndipo Iye anali pamodzi ndi anthu 144,000 amene pa mphumi pawo panalembedwa dzina la Mwana Wankhosayo ndi la Atate ake. 2Ndipo ndinamva liwu lochokera kumwamba ngati mkokomo wa madzi ambiri, ndiponso ngati kugunda kwamphamvu kwa bingu. Liwu limene ndinamvalo linali ngati a anthu akuyimba azeze awo. 3Anthuwo ankayimba nyimbo yatsopano patsogolo pa mpando waufumu ndi zamoyo zinayi zija ndi akuluakulu aja. Palibe ndi mmodzi yemwe amene anatha kuphunzira nyimboyo kupatula anthu 144,000 aja amene anawomboledwa pa dziko lapansi. 4Awa ndiwo amene sanadzidetse koma anadzisunga ndipo sanadziyipitse ndi akazi. Anthu amenewa ndiwo ankatsatira Mwana Wankhosa kulikonse kumene ankapita. Ndiwo amene anagulidwa pakati pa anthu a dziko lapansi kuti akhale oyambirira kuperekedwa kwa Mulungu ndi kwa Mwana Wankhosa. 5Iwo sananenepo bodza ndipo alibe cholakwa.
Angelo Atatu
6Kenaka ndinaona mngelo wina akuwuluka mu mlengalenga ndipo anali ndi Uthenga Wabwino wamuyaya woti akalalikire kwa anthu okhala pa dziko lapansi, kwa a mtundu uliwonse, a fuko lililonse, a chiyankhulo chilichonse ndi kwa anthu onse. 7Mngeloyo anayankhula mokweza mawu kuti, “Wopani Mulungu ndi kumutamanda, chifukwa nthawi yoweruza anthu yafika. Mumupembedze Iye amene analenga thambo, dziko lapansi, nyanja ndi akasupe amadzi.”
8Mngelo wachiwiri anatsatana naye ndipo anati, “Wagwa! Wagwa Babuloni womveka uja, amene anachititsa anthu a mitundu yonse kumwa vinyo wa zilakolako zake zachigololo.”
9Mngelo wachitatu anatsatana nawo ndi mawu ofuwula anati, “Ngati wina apembedza chirombo chija ndi fano lake ndi kulembedwa chizindikiro pa mphumi kapena pa dzanja, 10nayenso adzamwa vinyo waukali wa Mulungu, umene wathiridwa popanda kuchepetsa mphamvu zake mʼchikho cha ukali wa Mulungu. Munthuyo adzazunzidwa ndi moto wamiyala yasulufure pamaso pa angelo oyera ndi pa Mwana Wankhosa. 11Ndipo utsi wa moto wowazunzawo udzakwera kumwamba mpaka muyaya. Sikudzakhala kupumula usana ndi usiku kwa amene anapembedza chirombo chija ndi fano lake kapena kwa aliyense amene analembedwa chizindikiro cha dzina lake lija.” 12Pamenepa ndi pofunika kupirira kwa anthu oyera mtima amene amasunga malamulo a Mulungu ndi kukhalabe okhulupirika kwa Yesu.
13Kenaka ndinamva mawu kuchokera kumwamba akuti, “Lemba kuti, Odala anthu amene akufa ali mwa Ambuye kuyambira tsopano mpaka mʼtsogolo.”
“Inde,” akutero Mzimu, “akapumule ntchito zawo zotopetsa pakuti ntchito zawo zidzawatsata.”
Zokolola za Dziko la Pansi
14Ndinayangʼana patsogolo panga ndinaona mtambo woyera patakhalapo wina ngati Mwana wa Munthu, kumutu atavala chipewa chaufumu chagolide ndipo mʼdzanja mwake munali chikwakwa chakunthwa. 15Tsono mngelo wina anatuluka mʼNyumba ya Mulungu nafuwula mwamphamvu kwa uja wokhala pa mtamboyu. Mngeloyo anati, “Tenga chikwakwa chako ndipo kolola, pakuti nthawi yokolola ya dziko la pansi yakwana” 16Choncho wokhala pa mtambo uja anayamba kukolola dzinthu pa dziko lapansi ndi chikwakwa chakecho.
17Mngelo wina anatuluka mʼNyumba ya Mulungu kumwamba ndipo nayenso anali ndi chikwakwa chakunthwa. 18Kenaka mngelo winanso amene amalamulira moto, anatuluka kuchokera ku guwa lansembe nayitana mwamphamvu mngelo uja amene anali ndi chikwakwa chakunthwa chija, nati, “Tenga chikwakwa chako chakunthwacho yamba kudula mphesa za mʼmunda wamphesa wa pa dziko lapansi, pakuti mphesa zapsa kale.” 19Pamenepo mngeloyo anayambadi kugwiritsa ntchito chikwakwa chake nadula mphesa za dziko lapansi, naziponya mʼchopondera mphesa chachikulu cha ukali woopsa wa Mulungu. 20Mphesazo zinapondedwa mʼchopondera mphesa kunja kwa mzinda. Mʼchopondera mphesamo munatuluka magazi amene anayenderera ngati mtsinje, kuzama kwake mita ndi theka ndipo kutalika kwake makilomita 300.
