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 these things, I looked and lo, a door was open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard, was as of a trumpet talking with me. It said, Come up hither; and I will show thee the things that must occur hereafter.
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。
Instantly, I was in the Spirit: and lo, a throne was placed in heaven; and there was one seated on the throne.
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。
And he who sat, was like the appearance of a jasper-stone, and of a sardine sard, and of a rainbow of the clouds, round about the throne, in form as the appearance of emeralds.
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。
Around the throne were twenty and four seats; and upon those seats sat twenty and four Elders, who were clothed in white robes, and on whose heads were coronets 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。
And from the throne proceeded lightnings, and the sound of thunders; and seven lamps of fire were burning before his 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 before the throne, as it were a sea of glass like crystal; and in the midst of the throne, and around it, and before the throne, were four Animals, full of eyes in their front and in their rear.
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。
And the first Animal resembled a lion; and the second Animal resembled a calf; and the third Animal had a face like a man; and the fourth Animal resembled an eagle when flying.
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。」
And these four Animals had, each of them, six wings around it: and within they were full of eyes: and they have no cessation, day or night, from saying: Holy, Holy, Holy, the Lord God, the Omnipotent, who was, and is, and is to come.
And when these Animals give glory and honor and praise to him that sitteth on the throne, to him who liveth for ever and ever, (aiōn g165)
the twenty and four Elders fall down before him who sitteth on the throne, and they worship him who liveth for ever and ever; and they cast their coronets 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 art thou, O Lord our God, the Holy, to receive glory and honor and power; for thou hast created all things, and by thee they exist; and because of thy pleasure they had being and were created.
