啟示錄 4
1 這些事以後，我看見天上有一個門開了，並且有我初次聽見，那同我說話像似號角的聲音，說：「你上到這裏來，我要指示給你，這些事以後必須要發生的事。」
After this, in my vision, I saw an open door in the heavens, and the first voice that I heard was like the blast of a trumpet speaking to me. It said – “Come up here and I will show you what must take place.”
2 我立刻神魂超拔了。看，在天上安置了一個寶座，有一位坐在那寶座上的。
Immediately after this I fell into a trance. There stood a throne in heaven, and on the throne was One seated.
3 那位坐著的，看來好似水蒼玉和紅瑪瑙；圍繞寶座的虹霓，看來好似翡翠。
He who was seated on it was in appearance like a jasper and a sardius; and round the throne there was a rainbow of the colour of an emerald.
4 寶座周圍還有二十四個寶座，寶座上坐著二十四位長老：身穿白衣，頭戴金冠。
And round the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on these I saw twenty-four elders sitting clothed in white robes; and on their heads they had crowns of gold.
5 有閃電、響聲和雷霆從那寶座發出來；在寶座前還燃著七個火炬，那就是天主的七神。
Out from the throne come flashes of lightning, cries, and peals of thunder! There are seven torches burning in front of the throne, which are the seven spirits of God;
6 寶座前面有如玻璃海，彷彿水晶；在寶座每一面當中，在寶座周圍，有四個活物，前後都滿了眼睛：
and in front of the throne is what seemed to be a sea of glass, resembling crystal, while within the space before the throne and round the throne are four creatures full of eyes in front and behind.
7 第一個活物像獅子，第二個活物像牛犢，第三個活物面貌像人，第四個活物像飛鷹。
The first creature is like a lion, the second creature like a calf, the third creature has a face like a man’s, and the fourth creature is like an eagle on the wing.
8 那四個活物，個個都有六個翅膀，周圍內外都滿了眼睛，日夜不停的說：「聖！聖！聖！上主，全能的天主，是昔在、今在、及將來永在者。」
These four creatures have each of them six wings, and all round, and within, they are full of eyes; and day and night they never cease to say – “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord, our God, the Almighty, who was, and who is, and who will be.”
And, whenever these creatures give praise and honour and thanks to him who is seated on the throne, to him who lives for ever and ever, (aiōn g165)
the twenty-four elders prostrate themselves before him who is seated on the throne, and worship him who lives for ever and ever, and throw down their crowns before the throne, saying – (aiōn g165)
11 上主，我們的天主！你是堪享光榮、尊威和權能的，因為你創造了萬物，萬物都是因了你的旨意而存在，而造成的。」
“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive all praise, and honour, and power, for you did create all things, and at your bidding they came into being and were created.”
