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”
Anthu 144,000
1Zitatha izi ndinaona angelo anayi atayima pa mbali zinayi za dziko lapansi, atagwira mphepo zinayi za dziko lapansi kuletsa kuti mphepo iliyonse isawombe pa dziko kapena pa nyanja kapena pa mtengo uliwonse. 2Kenaka ndinaona mngelo wina akuchokera kummawa, ali ndi chidindo cha Mulungu wamoyo. Iye anafuwulira angelo anayi aja amene anapatsidwa mphamvu yowononga dziko ndi nyanja kuti, 3“Musawononge dziko, nyanja ndi mitengo kufikira titalemba chizindikiro pa mphumi za atumiki a Mulungu wathu.” 4Choncho ndinamva chiwerengero cha amene ankayenera kulembedwa chizindikiro aja. Analipo okwanira 144,000 kuchokera ku mafuko onse a Israeli.
5Ochokera fuko la Yuda analipo 12,000 amene analembedwa chizindikiro.
Ochokera fuko la Rubeni analipo 12,000;
ochokera fuko la Gadi analipo 12,000;
6ochokera fuko la Aseri analipo 12,000;
ochokera fuko la Nafutali analipo 12,000;
ochokera fuko la Manase analipo 12,000;
7ochokera fuko la Simeoni analipo 12,000;
ochokera fuko la Levi analipo 12,000;
ochokera fuko la Isakara analipo 12,000;
8ochokera fuko la Zebuloni analipo 12,000;
ochokera fuko la Yosefe analipo 12,000;
ochokera fuko la Benjamini analipo 12,000.
Gulu Lalikulu la Anthu Ovala Zoyera
9Zitatha izi ndinayangʼana patsogolo panga ndipo ndinaona gulu lalikulu la anthu loti munthu sangathe kuliwerenga lochokera dziko lililonse, fuko lililonse, mtundu wa anthu uliwonse ndi chiyankhulo chilichonse, atayima patsogolo pa mpando waufumu, pamaso pa Mwana Wankhosa. Iwo anali atavala mikanjo yoyera ndi kunyamula nthambi za kanjedza mʼmanja mwawo. 10Ndipo ankafuwula mokweza kuti:
“Chipulumutso chimachokera kwa Mulungu wathu,
wokhala pa mpando waufumu
ndi kwa Mwana Wankhosa.”
11“Angelo onse anayimirira kuzungulira mpando waufumu uja, kuzunguliranso akuluakulu aja ndi zamoyo zinayi zija. Angelo aja anadzigwetsa pansi chafufumimba patsogolo pa mpando waufumu napembedza Mulungu. 12Iwo anati,
“Ameni!
Matamando ndi ulemerero,
nzeru, mayamiko, ulemu,
ulamuliro ndi mphamvu
zikhale kwa Mulungu wathu kunthawi zanthawi,
Ameni!”
13Pamenepo mmodzi wa akuluakulu aja anandifunsa kuti, “Kodi avala mikanjo yoyerawa ndani ndipo akuchokera kuti?”
14Ine ndinayankha kuti, “Mbuye wanga mukudziwa ndinu.”
Tsono iye anandiwuza kuti, “Amenewa ndi amene anatuluka mʼmazunzo aakulu aja. Anachapa mikanjo yawo naziyeretsa mʼmagazi a Mwana Wankhosa. 15Nʼchifukwa chake,
“iwowa ali patsogolo pa mpando waufumu wa Mulungu
ndipo akutumikira usana ndi usiku mʼNyumba ya Mulungu;
ndipo Iye wokhala pa mpando waufumu
adzawaphimba ndi tenti yake.
16‘Iwowa sadzamvanso njala,
sadzamvanso ludzu,
dzuwa kapena kutentha kulikonse
sikudzawawotcha.’
17Pakuti Mwana Wankhosa amene ali pakati pa mpando waufumu
adzakhala mʼbusa wawo.
‘Iye adzawatsogolera ku akasupe a madzi amoyo.’
‘Ndipo Mulungu adzawapukuta misozi yonse mʼmaso mwawo.’ ”
