Offenbarung 19
1 Dann hörte ich, wie eine große Schar im Himmel mit lauter Stimme sang: / Halleluja! Das Heil, die Herrlichkeit und Macht gehören unserem Gott.
After these things I heard [what sounded] like a huge crowd in heaven. They were shouting things like, “(Hallelujah!/Praise our God!)” “He has saved us!” “He is glorious and mighty!”
2 Wahrhaftig und gerecht sind seine Urteilssprüche: / Er hat die große Buhlerin gerichtet, die durch ihr Buhlen hat verderbt die Erde. / So hat er seiner Knechte Blut gerächt, das sie mit ihrer Hand vergossen."
“Praise him because he judges truly and justly!” “He has punished the very evil cities that are like a prostitute, because their people persuaded the other people of earth [MTY] to act immorally and idolatrously like they do.” “Praise him because he has punished them for murdering his servants [MTY]!”
[The crowd] shouted a second time saying: (Hallelujah!/Praise God!) The smoke of the fire that is burning the cities will rise forever! (aiōn g165)
4 Da fielen die vierundzwanzig Ältesten und die vier Lebewesen vor Gott, der auf dem Thron sitzt, anbetend nieder und sprachen: "Amen. Halleluja!"
The 24 elders and the four living [creatures] (prostrated themselves/knelt down) and worshipped God, who sits on the throne. Then they said, “[It] is true! (Hallelujah!/Praise God!)”
5 Und von dem Thron ging eine Stimme aus, die sprach: / "Preist unseren Gott, ihr seine Knechte alle; preist ihn, die ihr ihn fürchtet, beide klein und groß!"
Someone spoke from the throne and said, “All you who are our God’s servants, praise him! All you who reverence him, [whether you are socially] significant or insignificant, praise him! [Everyone]!”
6 Dann hörte ich, wie eine große Schar gleich Meeresrauschen und starkem Donnerrollen also sang: / Halleluja! Der Herr hat nun die Herrschaft angetreten, er, unser Gott, der Allgewaltige.
I heard something like the noise of a huge crowd [of people], like the sound of a huge waterfall (OR, a great/wide river of rushing water), and like the sound of loud thunder. They were shouting: (Hallelujah!/Praise God!) Because the Lord God, the Almighty One, reigns!
7 Laßt freudig uns frohlocken und ihm die Ehre geben! Denn des Lammes Hochzeit ist gekommen, und sein Weib hat sich bereitet.
We should rejoice, we should be extremely glad, and we should honor him, because it is now time for Jesus, the one who is like a lamb, to be united permanently with his people, which will be like a man [MET] marrying his bride, and because those who belong to him have prepared themselves to be united with him.
8 Sie hat sich kleiden dürfen in glänzend reine Leinwand. Die Leinwand ist der Heiligen Gerechtigkeit."
God has permitted them to be completely pure, like a bride who [MET] dresses in fine linen that is bright and clean. Fine [bright and clean] linen represents the righteous acts of God’s people.
9 Und er sprach zu mir: "Schreibe: 'Selig alle, die zu des Lammes Hochzeitsmahl geladen sind'!" Dann fuhr er fort: "Dies sind wahrhaftig Gottes Worte."
Then the angel said to me, “Write [this: God will abundantly] bless the people who are {whom [he] has} invited to the feast [that celebrates Jesus, the one who is like a] lamb, [permanently uniting with his people, like someone] [MET] [marrying a wife].” He also said [to me]: “These words that God [declares] are true!”
10 Da fiel ich ihm zu Füßen, um ihn anzubeten. Er aber sprach zu mir: "Tu das nicht! Ich bin (ja nur) dein Mitknecht und (der Mitknecht) deiner Brüder, die das Jesuszeugnis treu bewahren. Bete Gott an!" / Das Jesuszeugnis ist der Geist der Weissagung.
I [immediately] (prostrated myself/knelt down) at his feet in order to worship him. But he said to me, “Do not [worship me]! I am [just] your [(sg)] fellow servant and the fellow servant of your [(sg)] fellow believers who tell people about Jesus. God is the one whom you should worship, because it is the Spirit of God who gives people the power to tell others about Jesus (OR, [those who tell others about] Jesus are [truly] declaring [the words that the Spirit of God has given them])!”
11 Darauf sah ich den Himmel offen, und es erschien ein weißes Roß. Sein Reiter heißt "Treu und Wahrhaftig"; er richtet und kämpft mit Gerechtigkeit.
[In the vision] I saw heaven opened {open}, and I was surprised to see a white horse. [Jesus], the one who was riding on the horse, is called ‘Trustworthy and Genuine/True’. He judges [all people according to] what is right, and fights righteously [against his enemies].
12 Seine Augen leuchteten wie Feuerflammen. Auf seinem Haupt trug er viele Königskronen. Ein Name war ihm angeschrieben, den niemand kennt als er allein.
His eyes [shone like] [MET] a flame of fire. There were many royal crowns on his head. A name had been written [on him]. Only he knows [the meaning of that name].
13 Das Oberkleid, das ihn umhüllte, war in Blut getaucht. Sein Name ist "Gottes Wort".
The robe he was wearing was drenched with blood. His name is [also] “(The one who expresses what God is like/The Word of God).”
14 Die Himmelsheere, angetan mit weißer reiner Leinwand, folgten ihm auf weißen Rossen.
The armies of heaven were following him. [They were also] riding on white horses. They were wearing clothes [made of] clean white linen.
15 Aus seinem Mund geht hervor ein scharfes Schwert, womit er niederschlagen soll die Völker. Er wird sie mit eisernem Stab weiden, und er tritt die Kelter des Glutweins des Zornes Gottes, des Allgewaltigen.
[The words] that Jesus speaks [are like] [MTY] a sharp sword with which he will strike [the rebellious people of] the nations. He himself will rule them [powerfully, as though he had] [MET] an iron rod. He will crush [his enemies just like] [MET] [a person crushes grapes in a] winepress. [He will do this for] God Almighty, who is extremely angry [with them because of their sins].
16 Auf seinem Oberkleid, und zwar an seiner Hüfte, trägt er geschrieben diesen Namen: König der Könige und Herr der Herren.
On his cloak close to his thigh a name had been written {[he] had written a name}, which is “King who [rules over all other] kings and Lord who [rules over all other] lords.”
17 Und ich sah einen Engel stehen im vollen Sonnenglanz, der rief mit lauter Stimme allen Vögeln zu, die hoch oben am Himmel flogen: "Eilt herbei und sammelt euch zu dem großen Mahl, das euch Gott bereitet!
I saw an angel who was standing in [the light of] [MTY] the sun. He called loudly to all the [flesh-eating] birds flying high in the sky, “Come and gather for the wonderful feast that God [is providing for you]!
18 Ihr sollt verzehren das Fleisch der Könige, das Fleisch der Feldobersten und das Fleisch der starken Helden, das Fleisch der Rosse und der Reiter, das Fleisch von Leuten aller Art: von Freien und Leibeigenen, von Kleinen und von Großen."
[Come] and eat the flesh of all [God’s enemies who are dead—] the flesh of kings, army commanders, [people who fought] powerfully, horses and the [soldiers] who rode them, [and the flesh of all other kinds of people], whether [they were] free or slaves, [socially] insignificant or significant. [All kinds]!”
19 Dann sah ich das Tier und die Könige der Erde. Sie hatten ihre Heere versammelt, um mit dem Reiter auf dem Roß und mit seinem Heer Krieg zu führen.
Then I saw the beast and the kings of earth with their armies gathered together to fight against the Rider on the horse, and against his army.
20 Doch das Tier ward gefangen und mit ihm der falsche Prophet, der vor seinen Augen die Wunder getan, wodurch er die verführte, die des Tieres Zeichen trugen und sein Bild anbeteten. Lebendig wurden beide in den Feuersee geworfen, der mit Schwefel brennt. (Limnē Pyr g3041 g4442)
The beast and the false prophet were captured {[He] captured the beast and the false prophet}. The false prophet is the one who had performed miracles in the beast’s presence. By doing that he had deceived the people who had accepted the beast’s mark [on their foreheads] and who worshipped its image. The beast and the false prophet were thrown {[He] threw the beast and the one who falsely said that he spoke messages that came directly from God} alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. (Limnē Pyr g3041 g4442)
21 Die anderen aber fielen durch das Schwert, das aus dem Mund dessen ging, der auf dem Roß saß; und alle Vögel wurden satt von ihrem Fleisch.
The rider on the horse killed the rest [of their armies] just by [speaking words], [which were like] [MTY] a sword that extended from his mouth. All those birds gorged themselves on the flesh of [the people whom he had killed].
