Revelation 14
1 And I looked and behold the Lamb (standing *N(k)O*) upon Mount Zion and with Him (number *O*) one hundred forty four thousand having (the name of Him and *NO*) the name of the Father of Him written on the foreheads of them.
But then I saw the [one who is like a] lamb standing on Zion Hill [in Jerusalem]. With him were 144,000 [people]. His name and his Father’s name had been written {[He] had written his name and his Father’s name} on their foreheads.
2 And I heard a voice out of heaven as [the] sound of waters many and as [the] sound of thunder loud, And the (voice *N(k)O*) that I heard ([was] like that *NO*) of harpists harping with the harps of them.
I heard a sound from heaven, which was as [loud] [SIM] as the sound of a huge waterfall (OR, a great/wide [river of rushing] water) and which was [also as loud as] [SIM] mighty thunder. The sound that I heard was like [the sound that] people make when they are playing their harps.
3 And they are singing as a song new before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders, And no [one] was able to learn the song only except the one hundred forty four thousand who redeemed from the earth.
The 144,000 people were singing a new song [while they stood] in front of the throne, in front of the four living [creatures], and in front of the elders. Only the 144,000 [people], the ones who have been {whom [the one who is like a lamb] has} redeemed/bought from among the people on the earth, could learn that song. No one else could learn the song [that they sang].
4 These are they who with women not was defiled, pure for they are; these (are *k*) those following after the Lamb wherever maybe (He may go; *NK(o)*) These (by Jesus *O*) were redeemed out from men [as] firstfruits to God and to the Lamb;
Those 144,000 are the people who are [spiritually] pure, [like] virgins [are morally pure]. They have not (defiled themselves/made themselves impure) [MET] [by worshipping any false god]. They are the ones who accompany Jesus, the [one who is like a] lamb, wherever he goes. They [represent all those whom he has] redeemed/bought for God from among the people [of earth, in order that he might offer] them to God and to [himself].
5 And in the mouth of them not was found (a lie, *N(k)O*) blameless (for *ko*) they are (before the throne of the God. *K*)
[Those people] never lie when they speak [MTY], and they never act immorally.
6 And I saw another angel flying in mid-heaven having [the] glad tidings everlasting to evangelise (upon *no*) those (residing *N(k)O*) on the earth and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people (aiōnios g166)
I saw another angel that was flying between the sky and heaven. He was bringing [God’s] eternal good message [to earth], in order that he might proclaim it to people who live on the earth. He will proclaim it to every nation, [to every] tribe, [to speakers of every] language [MTY], and [to every] people-[group]. (aiōnios g166)
7 (saying *N(k)O*) in a voice loud; do fear (God *NK(O)*) and do give to Him glory, because has come the hour of the judgment of Him, And do worship (the [One] *NK(o)*) (him [who] *o*) (having made *NK(o)*) heaven and the earth and (*o*) sea and springs of waters.
He said in a loud voice, “Revere God and honor him, because it is now time for him to judge [people]! Worship [God, because he is] the one who created the heaven, the earth, the ocean, and the springs of water.”
8 And another angel (a second *NO*) followed saying; Fallen Fallen is Babylon (the city *K*) the great (who *N(k)O*) of the wine of wrath for the immorality of her she has given to drink all the Gentiles.
A second angel came after him saying, “The very evil [cities] (OR, [city]) [represented by] Babylon are completely destroyed! [God] has punished [their people because] they [have persuaded people of] all the nations [to forsake God, just like a prostitute] [MET] persuades [men] to drink [strong] wine and [as a result] commit sexual immorality.”
9 And (another *no*) angel a third followed after them saying in a voice loud; If anyone worships the beast and the image of it and receives a mark on the forehead of him or upon the hand of him,
A third angel came next, saying in a loud voice, “If people worship the beast and its image and [allow] its mark to be put {its [agent to] put its mark} on their foreheads or on their hands,
10 also he himself will drink of the wine of the anger of God which mixed undiluted in the cup of the wrath of Him and he will be tormented in fire and brimstone before (of the *k*) angels holy and before the Lamb.
God will be angry with them and punish them very severely [MET]. They will be tormented {[God] will torment them} in burning sulfur in the presence of his holy angels and in the presence of the [one who is like a] lamb.
11 And the smoke of the torment of them to ages of ages goes up, and not have rest by day and night those worshiping the beast and the image of it and if anyone receives the mark of the name of it. (aiōn g165)
The smoke [from the fire] that torments them will rise forever. [They will] be tormented {[God will] torment them} continually, day and night. [That is what will happen to] the people who worship the beast and its image and who allow its name to be marked on them {allow [its agent] to mark them with its name}.” (aiōn g165)
12 Here the endurance of the saints is (here *k*) those keeping the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
So God’s people, those who obey what God commands and who trust in Jesus, must faithfully continue [obeying and trusting him].
13 And I heard a voice out of heaven saying (to me: *K*) do write; Blessed [are] the dead in the Lord dying from now. Yes, says the Spirit, so that (they will rest *N(k)O*) from the labors of them, (for *N(k)O*) the works of them follow with them.
I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write [this: God will] now [abundantly] bless the people who have a close relationship with the Lord [Jesus] for the rest of [their lives].” [God’s] Spirit says, “Yes, [after they die], they will no longer have to work hard. Instead, they will rest, and [the record of the good deeds] [MTY] that they have done will go with them (OR, [God] will [reward them] for the good deeds that they have done).”
14 And I looked and behold a cloud white, and upon the cloud (is sitting [One] like [the] Son *N(k)O*) of Man, having on the head of Him a crown golden and in the hand of Him a sickle sharp.
Then I was surprised to see a white cloud, and on the cloud [someone] was sitting who looked like the one who came from heaven. He [was wearing] a golden crown on his head. In his hand [he held] a sharp sickle.
15 And another angel came out of the temple crying in a voice loud to the [One] sitting on the cloud; do put forth the sickle of You and do reap, because has come (to you *K*) the hour (of the *k*) to reap, because has ripened the harvest of the earth.
Another angel came out of the temple [in heaven]. In a loud voice, [speaking figuratively about gathering people for God to judge them], he said to the one who was sitting on the cloud, “The time has come to reap [the grain on the earth], so with your sickle [reap] the [grain], because the grain on the earth is ripe.”
16 And swung the [One] sitting upon (the cloud *N(k)O*) the sickle of Him upon the earth, and was harvested the earth.
The one who was sitting on the cloud forcefully gathered together [all the people] on earth, [as] [MET] [a farmer] reaps grain with his sickle.
17 And another angel came out of the temple in heaven having also he himself a sickle sharp.
Another angel came out of the sanctuary in heaven. He also held a sharp sickle.
18 And another angel came out of the altar who is having authority over the fire and he called (in a voice *N(k)O*) loud to the [one] having the sickle sharp saying; do put forth your sickle sharp and do gather the clusters from the vine of the earth, because fully ripened the grapes of it.
From the altar came another angel. He is the one who takes care of the fire [of the altar. Also speaking figuratively about gathering the wicked people for God to judge and punish them], he said in a loud voice to the angel who held the sharp sickle, “With your sharp sickle cut off the clusters of grapes in the vineyards on the earth! Then gather the clusters of grapes together, because its grapes are ripe!”
19 And put forth the angel the sickle of him to the earth and gathered the vine of the earth and cast [them] into the winepress of the wrath of God (great. *N(k)O*)
So, [just like a man would] cut off with his sickle the clusters of grapes in his vineyard [MET], an angel forcefully [gathered the wicked people] on the earth. Then he threw them into the huge place where God will angrily punish them.
20 And was trodden the winepress outside the city, and flowed blood out of the winepress as high as the bridles of the horses to the distance of stadia one thousand six hundred.
[The wicked people] were trampled on {[God’s agent] trod on [the wicked people]} [in] the winepress outside the city. The blood that came out from the winepress flowed [in a stream so deep that it reached] to the bridles of the horses, [and extended] (180 miles/300 kilometers).
