144,000 Sealed
1After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth to prevent any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree. 2Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea: 3“Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.” 4Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel.
5From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed,
from the tribe of Reuben 12,000,
from the tribe of Gad 12,000,
6from the tribe of Asher 12,000,
from the tribe of Naphtali 12,000,
from the tribe of Manasseh 12,000,
7from the tribe of Simeon 12,000,
from the tribe of Levi 12,000,
from the tribe of Issachar 12,000,
8from the tribe of Zebulun 12,000,
from the tribe of Joseph 12,000,
from the tribe of Benjamin 12,000.
The Great Multitude in White Robes
9After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. 10And they cried out in a loud voice:
“Salvation belongs to our God,
who sits on the throne,
and to the Lamb.”
11All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12saying:
“Amen!
Praise and glory
and wisdom and thanks and honor
and power and strength
be to our God for ever and ever.
Amen!”
13Then one of the elders asked me, “These in white robes—who are they, and where did they come from?”
14I answered, “Sir, you know.”
And he said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15Therefore,
“they are before the throne of God
and serve him day and night in his temple;
and he who sits on the throne
will shelter them with his presence.
16‘Never again will they hunger;
never again will they thirst.
The sun will not beat down on them,’7:16 Isaiah 49:10
nor any scorching heat.
17For the Lamb at the center of the throne
will be their shepherd;
‘he will lead them to springs of living water.’7:17 Isaiah 49:10
‘And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’7:17 Isaiah 25:8”
Onyankopɔn Asomfo Kann
1Eyi akyi no, mihuu abɔfo baanan sɛ wogyinagyina asase ntwea anan no so a wɔretwe mframanan a ɛwɔ asase so no, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a mframa biara remmɔ wɔ asase ne po so ne baabiara. 2Na mihuu ɔbɔfo foforo a ofi apuei reba a okura Onyankopɔn a ɔte ase no nsɔwano. Ɔteɛɛ mu frɛɛ abɔfo baanan no a na Onyankopɔn ama wɔn tumi sɛ wɔnsɛe asase ne po no. 3Ɔbɔfo no kae se, “Monnsɛe asase ne po anaa nnua kosi sɛ yɛde nsɔwano bɛhyɛ Onyankopɔn asomfo no agyirae.” 4Na wɔkyerɛɛ me wɔn a wɔde Onyankopɔn nsɔwano hyɛɛ wɔn agyirae wɔ wɔn moma so no dodow. Wɔn nyinaa dodow yɛ mpem ɔha aduanan anan a, wɔn nyinaa fi Israel mmusuakuw no mu.
5Yuda abusuakuw mu nnipa a wɔsɔw wɔn ano si mpem dumien (12,000).
Ruben abusuakuw mu nnipa a wɔsɔw wɔn ano si mpem dumien (12,000).
Gad abusuakuw mu nnipa a wɔsɔw wɔn ano si mpem dumien (12,000).
6Aser abusuakuw mu nnipa a wɔsɔw wɔn ano si mpem dumien (12,000).
Naftali abusuakuw mu nnipa a wɔsɔw wɔn ano si mpem dumien (12,000).
Manase abusuakuw mu nnipa a wɔsɔw wɔn ano si mpem dumien (12,000).
7Simeon abusuakuw mu nnipa a wɔsɔw wɔn ano si mpem dumien (12,000).
Lewi abusuakuw mu nnipa a wɔsɔw wɔn ano si mpem dumien (12,000).
Isakar abusuakuw mu nnipa a wɔsɔw wɔn ano si mpem dumien (12,000).
8Sebulon abusuakuw mu nnipa a wɔsɔw wɔn ano si mpem dumien (12,000).
Yosef abusuakuw mu nnipa a wɔsɔw wɔn ano si mpem dumien (12,000).
Benyamin abusuakuw mu nnipa a wɔsɔw wɔn ano si mpem dumien (12,000).
Nnipakuw
9Eyi akyi no, mihuu nnipakuw a obiara ntumi nkan wɔn dodow. Wofifi aman ne mmusuakuw ne nkurɔfo ne kasa nyinaa mu a wogyinagyina ahengua no ne Oguamma no anim a wɔhyehyɛ ntade fitafitaa, kurakura berɛw. 10Wɔteɛɛ mu se,
“Yɛn nkwagye fi yɛn Nyankopɔn
a ɔte ahengua no so
ne Oguamma no.”
11Na abɔfo no atwa ahengua no ne mpanyimfo no ne ateasefo baanan no ho ahyia. Afei wobutubutuw ahengua no anim, som Onyankopɔn 12kae se,
“Amen!
Nhyira ne anuonyam
ne nyansa ne aseda ne nidi
ne tumi ne ahoɔden
yɛ Onyankopɔn de daa daa!
Amen!”
13Mpanyimfo no mu baako bisaa me se, “Ɛhefo na wɔhyehyɛ ntade fitafitaa yi, na wofi he?”
14Mibuae se, “Minnim, owura. Na wo na wunim.”
Ɔka kyerɛɛ me se, “Eyinom ne wɔn a wɔafi ɔtaa mu. Wɔde Oguamma no mogya ahoro wɔn ntade ama ayɛ fitaa. 15Na ɛno nti na,
“wogyinagyina Onyankopɔn ahengua anim
a wɔresom awia ne anadwo wɔ ne hyiadan mu yi.
Nea ɔbɛtena ahengua no so no
bɛbɔ wɔn ho ban.
16Osukɔm renne wɔn bio;
ɔkɔm renne wɔn bio.
Owia anaa ɔhyew biara renka wɔn bio.
17Efisɛ Oguamma no a ɔwɔ ahengua no mfimfini no
bɛyɛ wɔn guanhwɛfo
de wɔn akɔ nkwa asuti ho.
Na Onyankopɔn bɛpepa wɔn aniwa mu nisu nyinaa.”
