啟示錄 14 – CCBT & NIV

Chinese Contemporary Bible 2023 (Traditional)

啟示錄 14:1-20

天上的新歌

1我又觀看,見羔羊站在錫安山上,與祂在一起的有十四萬四千人,他們額上都有祂和祂父的名字。 2我聽見有聲音從天上傳來,像江海澎湃,像雷霆轟鳴,又像琴師彈奏豎琴的聲音。 3他們在寶座前,在四個活物和眾長老面前唱一首新歌。除了從地上被贖出來的十四萬四千人以外,沒有人能學得會這歌。 4這些人從未沾染過婦女,都是童身。無論羔羊往哪裡去,他們都緊隨其後。他們是從世人中被贖出來的,作為初熟的果實獻給上帝和羔羊。 5他們從未說謊,純潔無瑕。

三位天使的信息

6我看見另一位天使在空中飛翔,要將永遠的福音傳給地上的各國家、各部落、各語言族群、各民族。 7他大聲說:「要敬畏上帝,歸榮耀給祂,因為祂審判的時候到了。要敬拜造天地、海洋和一切水源的上帝。」

8接著又一位天使說:「巴比倫大城倒塌了!倒塌了!她曾使萬民喝她淫亂的烈酒。」14·8 以賽亞書21·9

9之後,第三位天使高喊:「一切敬拜怪獸和獸像、在手或額上接受獸印的, 10都要喝上帝烈怒調製的酒,就是祂怒杯裡毫無摻雜的烈酒。他們要在聖天使和羔羊面前,在火和硫磺中受煎熬。 11他們受煎熬所冒的煙不斷上騰,永無休止。那些拜獸、獸像和接受了獸名印記的人晝夜不得安寧。」 12因此,持守上帝命令和耶穌真道的聖徒需要堅忍。

13我聽見天上有聲音說:「你將下面的話寫下來,從今以後,那些為主而死的人有福了!」

聖靈說:「是的!他們將得享安息,不再勞苦。他們工作的成果必隨著他們。」

地上的收割

14我又觀看,見有一朵白雲,上面坐著的好像是人子,14·14 但以理書7·13祂頭戴金冠,手拿鋒利的鐮刀。 15有一位天使從殿中出來,揚聲向坐在雲上的那位說:「揮動你的鐮刀收割吧!地上的莊稼已經熟透了,可以收割了。」 16於是,坐在雲上的那位便向大地揮動鐮刀,把地上的莊稼都收割了。

17另一位天使手裡也拿著鋒利的鐮刀從天上的殿中出來。 18又有一位掌管火的天使從祭壇那裡出來,對手拿鐮刀的天使高喊:「揮動你鋒利的鐮刀,收取地上葡萄樹的果實吧!它們已經熟透了。」 19於是,那天使揮動鐮刀,收取了地上的葡萄,拋到上帝烈怒的大榨酒池中。 20葡萄在城外的榨酒池中被踩踏,血從榨酒池中湧出,高至馬的嚼環,流了三百公里14·20 「三百公里」希臘文是「一千六百司他町」。遠。

New International Version

Revelation 14:1-20

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