Revelation 4 – NIV & CRO

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Revelation 4:1-11

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.”

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Otkrivenje 4:1-11

Prijestolje u nebu

1Zatim ugledam otvorena vrata u nebo, a onaj isti glas koji sam prije čuo, snažan poput glasa trublje, reče mi: “Uziđi ovamo pa ću ti pokazati što će se poslije dogoditi!” 2Odmah sam se našao u duhu4:2 Ili: u Duhu. i ugledao prijestolje u nebu. Na njemu je sjedio Netko. 3Blistao je poput dragoga kamenja: jaspisa i sarda. A prijestolje je okruživala duga slična smaragdu. 4Oko njega su se nalazila još dvadeset četiri prijestolja na kojima su sjedili dvadeset četiri starješine, obučeni u bijele haljine i sa zlatnim vijencima na glavi. 5Od prijestolja su sijevale munje, čula se grmljavina i gromovi. Ispred njega stajalo je sedam svijećnjaka, sedam upaljenih zublji, sedam Božjih duhova. 6Ispred prijestolja bilo je stakleno more, blistavo poput prozirca.

U sredini prijestolja i oko njega bila su četiri bića puna očiju sprijeda i straga. 7Prvo je bilo slično lavu, drugo juncu, treće je imalo čovječje lice, a četvrto je bilo poput orla u letu. 8Sva su imala po šest krila iznutra i izvana prepuna očiju. Danju i noću ta bića neprestano govore:

“Svet, svet, svet je Gospodin Bog Svemogući,

koji je oduvijek bio, koji jest i koji će doći!”

9Svaki put kad ta bića daju slavu, čast i zahvalu Onomu koji sjedi na prijestolju, Živome uvijeke, 10dvadeset četiri starješine padnu ničice pred Onim na prijestolju, koji je Živ uvijeke, i poklone mu se te polože svoje vijence pred prijestolje govoreći:

11“Dostojan si, Gospodine Bože,

Primiti slavu, čast i moć!

Jer ti si sve stvorio.

Sve je postalo tvojom voljom.

Sve je stvoreno tvojom voljom.”