1Al levantar la vista, contemplé en el cielo una puerta abierta; y la voz que había escuchado antes, estridente como toque de trompeta, me dijo: «Sube acá y te mostraré lo que va a ocurrir después de esto».2Al instante vino sobre mí el Espíritu y vi un trono colocado en el cielo y a alguien sentado en él.3El que estaba sentado fulguraba como lustroso diamante o reluciente rubí. Alrededor del trono había un arco iris brillante como la esmeralda,4y veinticuatro tronos ocupados por veinticuatro ancianos vestidos de blanco y con coronas de oro.5Del trono salían relámpagos, truenos y estruendos. Delante del trono ardían siete lámparas de fuego que representaban a los siete espíritus de Dios,6y había un mar como de cristal reluciente. En medio y alrededor del trono había cuatro seres vivientes, llenos de ojos por detrás y por delante.7El primero de aquellos seres vivientes tenía forma de león; el segundo, de toro; el tercero tenía un rostro humano, y el cuarto parecía un águila en pleno vuelo.8Cada uno de ellos tenía seis alas y estaba cubierto de ojos por dentro y por fuera. Y día y noche decían: «Santo, santo, santo es el Señor Dios Todopoderoso, el que era, que es y que ha de venir».9Y cada vez que los seres vivientes daban gloria, honra y acción de gracias al que estaba sentado en el trono, al que vive para siempre,10los veinticuatro ancianos se postraban en adoración delante del que vive eternamente y tiraban sus coronas delante del trono, al tiempo que cantaban:11«Señor, eres digno de recibir la gloria, la honra y el poder, porque tú creaste el universo. Lo que existe, existe porque tú quisiste crearlo».
1After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.” (Ex 19:19; Ap 1:1; Ap 1:10; Ap 1:19; Ap 11:12; Ap 22:6)2At once I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne. (1 R 22:19; Sal 11:4; Sal 103:19; Is 66:1; Mt 5:34; Mt 23:22; Ap 1:10)3And he who sat there had the appearance of jasper and carnelian, and around the throne was a rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald. (Gn 9:13; Ez 1:28; Ap 10:1; Ap 21:11)4Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders, clothed in white garments, with golden crowns on their heads. (Stg 1:12; Ap 3:4; Ap 4:10; Ap 11:16)5From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings[1] and peals of thunder, and before the throne were burning seven torches of fire, which are the seven spirits of God, (Ex 19:16; Zac 4:2; Ap 1:4; Ap 8:5; Ap 11:19; Ap 16:18)6and before the throne there was as it were a sea of glass, like crystal. And around the throne, on each side of the throne, are four living creatures, full of eyes in front and behind: (Sal 77:19; Ez 1:5; Ez 10:12; Ap 15:2; Ap 21:18; Ap 21:21)7the first living creature like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature with the face of a man, and the fourth living creature like an eagle in flight. (Ez 1:10; Ez 10:14)8And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!” (Is 6:2; Is 6:3; Ap 1:4; Ap 4:6; Ap 14:11)9And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who is seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever, (Dn 4:34; Dn 12:7; Ap 1:18; Ap 5:13; Ap 15:7)10the twenty-four elders fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying, (Ap 4:4; Ap 5:8; Ap 5:14; Ap 7:11; Ap 11:16; Ap 19:4)11“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.” (Gn 1:1; Sal 33:9; Hch 14:15; Ef 1:11; Ap 5:12; Ap 10:6; Ap 14:7)