Apocalisse 20
1 Vidi poi un angelo che scendeva dal cielo con la chiave dell'Abisso e una gran catena in mano. (Abyssos g12)
I saw an angel coming down from heaven. He had the key to the deep dark pit, and he was carrying a large chain in his hand. (Abyssos g12)
2 Afferrò il dragone, il serpente antico - cioè il diavolo, satana - e lo incatenò per mille anni;
He seized the dragon. That dragon is the ancient serpent, the devil, that is, Satan. The angel bound him with the chain. That chain could not be loosed {[No one could loose] that chain} for 1,000 years.
3 lo gettò nell'Abisso, ve lo rinchiuse e ne sigillò la porta sopra di lui, perché non seducesse più le nazioni, fino al compimento dei mille anni. Dopo questi dovrà essere sciolto per un pò di tempo. (Abyssos g12)
The angel threw him into the deep dark pit. He shut [the door of the pit], locked it, and sealed it [to prevent anyone from opening it]. He did that in order that Satan might no longer deceive [the people of the] nations [MTY], until those 1,000 years are ended. After that [time], Satan must be released {[God/God’s angel] must release Satan} for a short time [in order that he can do what God has planned]. (Abyssos g12)
4 Poi vidi alcuni troni e a quelli che vi si sedettero fu dato il potere di giudicare. Vidi anche le anime dei decapitati a causa della testimonanza di Gesù e della parola di Dio, e quanti non avevano adorato la bestia e la sua statua e non ne avevano ricevuto il marchio sulla fronte e sulla mano. Essi ripresero vita e regnarono con Cristo per mille anni;
I saw thrones on which people were sitting. [They were given] {[God] gave those people} [authority] to judge [other people]. I also saw the souls [of people] whose heads had been {whose heads [others] had} cut off because of [their telling people about] Jesus and declaring God’s message. They were people who refused to worship the beast or its image, and who did not allow [the beast’s agents] to put the beast’s mark on them, either on their foreheads or on their hands. They became alive again, and they ruled with Christ [during those] 1,000 years.
5 gli altri morti invece non tornarono in vita fino al compimento dei mille anni. Questa è la prima risurrezione.
They were the ones who lived again the first time [that God caused dead people] to live again. The rest of [the believers who] had died did not live again until after those 1,000 years.
6 Beati e santi coloro che prendon parte alla prima risurrezione. Su di loro non ha potere la seconda morte, ma saranno sacerdoti di Dio e del Cristo e regneranno con lui per mille anni.
([God] will be pleased with/[How] happy will be) those who live again that first time. God will [consider] them holy. They will not die [PRS] a second time. Instead, they will be priests [who serve] God and Christ, and they will rule with [Christ] during those 1,000 years.
7 Quando i mille anni saranno compiuti, satana verrà liberato dal suo carcere
When the 1,000 years are ended, Satan will be released {[God’s angel] will release Satan} from [the deep pit] in which he was imprisoned.
8 e uscirà per sedurre le nazioni ai quattro punti della terra, Gog e Magòg, per adunarli per la guerra: il loro numero sarà come la sabbia del mare.
He will go out to deceive [rebellious] people in nations [IDM] all over the earth. [These are the nations that the prophet Ezekiel called] Gog and Magog. Satan will gather them to fight against [God’s people]. There will be [so many of them fighting against God’s people that no one will be able to count them] [SIM], just like [no one can count the grains of] sand on the ocean shore.
9 Marciarono su tutta la superficie della terra e cinsero d'assedio l'accampamento dei santi e la città diletta. Ma un fuoco scese dal cielo e li divorò.
They will march over the whole earth and surround the camp of God’s people [in Jerusalem], the city that [God] loves. Then [God will send] fire down from heaven, and it will burn them up.
10 E il diavolo, che li aveva sedotti, fu gettato nello stagno di fuoco e zolfo, dove sono anche la bestia e il falso profeta: saranno tormentati giorno e notte per i secoli dei secoli. (aiōn g165, Limnē Pyr g3041 g4442)
The devil, who had deceived those people, will be thrown {[God’s angel] will throw the devil, who had deceived those people} into the lake of burning sulfur. [This is the same lake] into which both the beast and the false prophet had been [thrown] {[he] had [thrown] both the beast and the false prophet}. [As a result], they will continually suffer severely forever. (aiōn g165, Limnē Pyr g3041 g4442)
11 Vidi poi un grande trono bianco e Colui che sedeva su di esso. Dalla sua presenza erano scomparsi la terra e il cielo senza lasciar traccia di sé.
Then I saw a huge white throne on which [God] was sitting. He [was so awesome that] the earth and the sky disappeared from his presence completely; they were completely destroyed {[God] completely destroyed them}.
12 Poi vidi i morti, grandi e piccoli, ritti davanti al trono. Furono aperti dei libri. Fu aperto anche un altro libro, quello della vita. I morti vennero giudicati in base a ciò che era scritto in quei libri, ciascuno secondo le sue opere.
I saw that the people who had died [but now lived again] were standing in front of the throne. [They included people of] every social status! The books [in which God records what people do] were opened {[God/God’s angel] opened the books [in which God records what people do]}. Another book was opened {[He] opened another book}, which is [called the Book] of Life, [in which God has written the names of people who have eternal life]. [God] judged the people who had died [and now lived again] according to what they had done, just like [he] had recorded it in the books.
13 Il mare restituì i morti che esso custodiva e la morte e gli inferi resero i morti da loro custoditi e ciascuno venne giudicato secondo le sue opere. (Hadēs g86)
[The people whose bodies were buried in the] sea [became alive again in order to stand before God’s throne]. Everyone who had been buried on the land (OR, Every person who was waiting in the place where dead people stay) [became alive again, in order to stand before the throne]. [God] judged each one of them according to what each one had done. (Hadēs g86)
