< 啟示錄 19 >
1 些事以後,我聽見天上彷彿有一大夥人群發出的大聲音說:「亞肋路亞!勝利、光榮和能力,應歸於我們的天主,
And after these things I heard a great voice of many people in heaven, saying, Hallelujah; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, to the Lord our God:
2 因為,他的判斷是正確而正義的;他懲罰的了那曾以自己的邪淫敗壞了下地的大淫婦,並給被她所殺的僕人報了仇。」
For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great harlot, who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
3 他們又重覆說:「亞肋路亞!她的煙向上直冒,至於無窮之世。」 (aiōn )
And again they said, Hallelujah. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever. (aiōn )
4 於是,那二十四位長老和那四個活物,便俯伏朝拜那坐在寶座上的天主說:「阿們。亞肋路亞!」
And the four and twenty elders and the four living beings fell down and worshipped God who sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Hallelujah.
5 遂有聲音由寶座那裏發出說:「天主的眾僕人,凡敬畏他的,無論大小,請讚美我們的天主罷!」
And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.
6 我聽見彷彿有一大夥人群的聲音,就如大水的響聲,又如巨雷的響聲,說:「亞肋路亞!因為我們全能的天主,上主為王了!
And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Hallelujah: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
7 讓我們歡樂鼓舞,將光榮歸於他罷!因為羔羊的婚期來近了,他的新娘也準備好了;
Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
8 天主又賞賜她穿上了華麗而潔白的細麻衣:這細麻衣就是聖徒們的義行。」
And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
9 有位天使給我說:「你寫下:被召赴羔羊婚宴的人,是有福的!」他又給我說:「這都是天主真實的話。」
And he saith to me, Write, Blessed are they who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith to me, These are the true sayings of God.
10 我就俯伏在他腳前要朝拜他;他給我說:「萬不要這樣作,我只是你和你那些為耶穌作見證的弟兄們的同僕,你只該朝拜天主!」因為預言之神就是為耶穌作證。
And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said to me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
11 隨後我看見天開了,見有一匹白馬;騎馬的那位,稱為「忠信和真實者,」他憑正義去審判,去作戰。
And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
12 他的眼睛有如火焰,他頭上戴著許多冠冕,還有寫的一個名號,除他自己外,誰也不認識;
His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13 他身披一件染過血的衣服,他的名字叫作:「天主的聖言。」
And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14 天上的軍隊也乘著白馬,穿著潔白的細麻衣跟隨著他。
And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15 從他口中射出一把利劍,用來打敗異民;他要用鐵杖統治他們,並踐踏那充滿全能天主忿怒的榨酒池。
And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16 在衣服上,即在蓋他大腿的衣服上寫著「萬王之王,萬主之主」的名號。
And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
17 我又看見一位天使,站在太陽上,大聲向一切飛翔於天空的飛鳥喊說:「請你們來一齊赴天主的大宴席,
And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together to the supper of the great God;
18 前來吃列王的肉、諸將帥的肉、眾勇士的肉、駿馬和騎馬者的肉,並一切自主的或為奴的,以及大小人民的肉。」
That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
19 我也看見那獸、地上的君王和他們的軍隊都聚在一起,要與騎馬的那位和他的軍隊作戰。
And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
20 可是,那獸被捉住了,在牠面前行過奇蹟,並藉著這些奇蹟,欺騙了那些接受那獸的印號,和朝拜獸像的那位假先知,也和牠一起被捉住了;牠們兩個活活的被扔到那用硫磺燃燒的火坑裏去了。 (Limnē Pyr )
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. (Limnē Pyr )
21 其餘的人也被騎馬者口中所射出的劍殺死了;所有的飛鳥都吃飽了他們的肉。
And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceedeth out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.