1Efter at jeg havde set Jesus og fået budskabet til de syv menigheder, fik jeg et andet syn. Jeg så en åben dør ind til Himlen, og jeg hørte den samme stemme, som havde talt til mig før, den, der lød som en trompetfanfare. Stemmen sagde til mig: „Kom herop! Så vil jeg vise dig, hvad der vil ske senere hen.”2Straks kom jeg under Åndens magt, og i den himmelske verden så jeg nu en trone, og der sad en person på den.3Han strålede som diamanter og rubiner.[1] Hele vejen rundt om ham var der ligesom en regnbue, der lyste som smaragd.4Rundt om Guds trone stod 24 andre troner, og der sad 24 medregenter[2] på dem, alle klædt i hvidt og med en gylden sejrskrans på hovedet.5Ud fra tronen kom der lynglimt og tordenbrag, og foran tronen var der syv brændende fakler, det er Guds syv ånder.6Foran tronen var der også noget ligesom et gennemsigtigt, krystalklart hav. Tæt rundt om Guds trone var der fire levende væsener med øjne overalt, både foran og bagpå.7Det første levende væsen lignede en løve, det andet en okse, det tredje havde et ansigt som et menneske, og det fjerde lignede en ørn.8De fire væsener havde hver seks vinger med øjne både på ydersiden og indersiden. Dag og nat råbte de uafbrudt: „Hellig, hellig, hellig er Herren, den øverste hersker, han, som var, og som er, og som kommer!”9Hver gang de fire væsener med deres hyldest og tak ærede ham, der sad på tronen, ham, som lever i al evighed,10bøjede de 24 medregenter sig ned for ham, og de hyldede ham. De tog deres sejrskranse af og lagde dem ned foran ham og råbte:11„Herre, vores Gud, du er værdig til at få al ære, hyldest og magt, for du har skabt alle ting, og de eksisterer, fordi du ville det!”
Åbenbaringen 4
King James Version
1After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.2And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.3And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.4And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.5And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.6And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.7And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.8And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.9And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,10The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,11Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.