The Throne in Heaven
1After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.” 2At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it. 3And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like an emerald encircled the throne. 4Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads. 5From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. In front of the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits4:5 That is, the sevenfold Spirit of God. 6Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal.
In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back. 7The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle. 8Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under its wings. Day and night they never stop saying:
“ ‘Holy, holy, holy
is the Lord God Almighty,’4:8 Isaiah 6:3
who was, and is, and is to come.”
9Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever, 10the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:
11“You are worthy, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things,
and by your will they were created
and have their being.”
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.”
