< Revelation 14 >
1 And I looked, and suddenly on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him one hundred forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.
我又觀看,見羔羊站在錫安山,同他又有十四萬四千人,都有他的名和他父的名寫在額上。
2 I heard a sound from heaven, like the sound of many waters, and like the sound of a great thunder. The sound which I heard was like that of harpists playing on their harps.
我聽見從天上有聲音,像眾水的聲音和大雷的聲音,並且我所聽見的好像彈琴的所彈的琴聲。
3 They sing a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the one hundred forty-four thousand, those who had been redeemed out of the earth.
他們在寶座前,並在四活物和眾長老前唱歌,彷彿是新歌;除了從地上買來的那十四萬四千人以外,沒有人能學這歌。
4 These are those who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed from among humanity, the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.
這些人未曾沾染婦女,他們原是童身。羔羊無論往哪裏去,他們都跟隨他。他們是從人間買來的,作初熟的果子歸與上帝和羔羊。
5 In their mouth was found no lie; they are blameless.
在他們口中察不出謊言來;他們是沒有瑕疵的。
6 I saw another angel flying in mid heaven, having an everlasting Good News to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth, and to every nation, tribe, language, and people. (aiōnios )
我又看見另有一位天使飛在空中,有永遠的福音要傳給住在地上的人,就是各國、各族、各方、各民。 (aiōnios )
7 He said with a loud voice, "Fear God, and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and the springs of waters."
他大聲說:「應當敬畏上帝,將榮耀歸給他!因他施行審判的時候已經到了。應當敬拜那創造天地海和眾水泉源的。」
8 Another, a second angel, followed, saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, which has made all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her sexual immorality."
又有第二位天使接着說:「叫萬民喝邪淫、大怒之酒的巴比倫大城傾倒了!傾倒了!」
9 Another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a great voice, "If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead, or on his hand,
又有第三位天使接着他們,大聲說:「若有人拜獸和獸像,在額上或在手上受了印記,
10 he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger. He will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.
這人也必喝上帝大怒的酒;此酒斟在上帝忿怒的杯中純一不雜。他要在聖天使和羔羊面前,在火與硫磺之中受痛苦。
11 The smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. They have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name. (aiōn )
他受痛苦的煙往上冒,直到永永遠遠。那些拜獸和獸像,受牠名之印記的,晝夜不得安寧。」 (aiōn )
12 Here is the patience of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus."
聖徒的忍耐就在此;他們是守上帝誡命和耶穌真道的。
13 I heard the voice from heaven saying, "Write, 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.'" "Yes," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them."
我聽見從天上有聲音說:「你要寫下:從今以後,在主裏面而死的人有福了!」聖靈說:「是的,他們息了自己的勞苦,做工的果效也隨着他們。」
14 And I looked, and suddenly there was a white cloud; and on the cloud one sitting like a son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
我又觀看,見有一片白雲,雲上坐着一位好像人子,頭上戴着金冠冕,手裏拿着快鐮刀。
15 Another angel came out from the temple, crying with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, "Send forth your sickle, and reap; for the hour to reap has come; for the harvest of the earth is ripe."
又有一位天使從殿中出來,向那坐在雲上的大聲喊着說:「伸出你的鐮刀來收割;因為收割的時候已經到了,地上的莊稼已經熟透了。」
16 He who sat on the cloud thrust his sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.
那坐在雲上的,就把鐮刀扔在地上,地上的莊稼就被收割了。
17 Another angel came out from the temple which is in heaven. He also had a sharp sickle.
又有一位天使從天上的殿中出來,他也拿着快鐮刀。
18 Another angel came out from the altar, he who has power over fire, and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, "Send forth your sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for its grapes are fully ripe."
又有一位天使從祭壇中出來,是有權柄管火的,向拿着快鐮刀的大聲喊着說:「伸出快鐮刀來,收取地上葡萄樹的果子,因為葡萄熟透了!」
19 The angel thrust his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vintage of the earth, and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
那天使就把鐮刀扔在地上,收取了地上的葡萄,丟在上帝忿怒的大酒醡中。
20 The winepress was trodden outside of the city, and blood came out from the winepress, even to the bridles of the horses, as far as one hundred eighty four miles.
那酒醡踹在城外,就有血從酒醡裏流出來,高到馬的嚼環,遠有六百里。