1Potom som videl Baránka, ako stojí na vrchu Sion, a s ním stoštyridsaťštyritisíc tých, čo majú na čele napísané jeho meno i meno jeho Otca.2A začul som hlas z neba ako hukot mohutného vodopádu alebo burácanie hromu a zároveň ten hlas znel ako nádherný chorál sprevádzaný harfami.3Pred Božím trónom, pred štyrmi bytosťami a pred starcami spievala sa nová pieseň. A tú pieseň sa nemohol nik naučiť, iba tých stoštyridsaťštyritisíc z obyvateľov zeme, ktorí boli vykúpení.4Zostali verní svojmu Pánovi a nepoškvrnili sa so ženami. Nasledujú Baránka, kamkoľvek ide. Ako prví z ľudí boli Kristovou obeťou vykúpení pre Boha a pre Baránka.5Ich ústa nikdy nevyslovili lož a nenájde sa na nich nijaká škvrna.
Traja anjeli ohlasujú súd
6Potom som videl anjela, ako letí stredom nebeskej klenby. Niesol radostnú správu o vykúpení, ktorá má večnú platnosť. Ohlasoval ju všetkým obyvateľom zeme, každému národu, kmeňu, jazyku i rase.7Volal mohutným hlasom: „Bojte sa Boha a vzdajte mu česť! Nastáva chvíľa jeho konečného súdu! Pokloňte sa tomu, ktorý stvoril nebo i zem, more i pramene vôd!“8Za ním letel druhý anjel a volal: „Padol Babylon, padlo to veľké mesto, ktoré zvádzalo všetky národy a strhávalo do hriechu.“9Za nimi letel tretí anjel a volal mohutným hlasom: „Ak sa niekto bude klaňať šelme a jej obrazu a bude nosiť jej znak na čele alebo na ruke,10bude piť víno Božieho rozhorčenia, nezriedeného, naliateho do čaše jeho hnevu a bude mučený ohňom a sírou pred svätými anjelmi a pred Baránkom.11Dym z ohňa, ktorý ich trápi, bude stúpať na večné veky a tí, čo sa klaňajú šelme a jej obrazu a dali si vtisnúť znamenie jej mena, nebudú mať úľavy vo dne ani v noci.12Tu sa prejaví vytrvalosť Božieho ľudu, ktorý zachováva Božie príkazy a vernosť Kristovi.“13A vtom som počul hlas z neba: „Napíš toto: Od tejto chvíle sú šťastní tí, ktorí umierajú s Pánom. Áno, hovorí Duch, nech si odpočinú od svojej námahy, lebo ich skutky idú s nimi.“14Tu som videl biely oblak a na oblaku sedel ktosi, kto vyzeral ako Syn človeka. Na hlave mal zlatý veniec a v ruke ostrý kosák.15Vtom ďalší anjel vyšiel z chrámu a mohutným hlasom zavolal na toho, čo sedel na oblaku: „Hoď kosák a žni, lebo nastal čas žatvy a úroda zeme dozrela.“16A ten, čo sedel na oblaku, hodil kosák na zem a zem bola zožatá.17A ďalší anjel vyšiel z nebeského chrámu a aj on mal ostrý kosák.18Od oltára vyšiel ešte jeden anjel a ten mal moc nad ohňom. Zavolal mohutným hlasom na toho, čo mal kosák: „Daj sa do práce so svojím ostrým kosákom a odrež strapce z révy zemskej vinice, lebo hrozno dozrelo.“19Tu hodil anjel kosák na zem, odrezal strapce na zemskej vinici a hodil ich do veľkého lisu Božieho hnevu.20Lis šliapali vonku za mestom a z lisu vytekala krv, ktorá siahala až po uzdy koní a rozlievala sa dookola ako more.
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The Lamb and the 144,000
1Then I looked, and behold, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.2And I heard a voice from heaven like the roar of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder. The voice I heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps,3and they were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. No one could learn that song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.4It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. It is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These have been redeemed from mankind as firstfruits for God and the Lamb,5and in their mouth no lie was found, for they are blameless.
The Messages of the Three Angels
6Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and language and people.7And he said with a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come, and worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water.”8Another angel, a second, followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who made all nations drink the wine of the passion* of her sexual immorality.”9And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand,10he also will drink the wine of God’s wrath, poured full strength into the cup of his anger, and he will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.11And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and they have no rest, day or night, these worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name.”12Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.*13And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!”
The Harvest of the Earth
14Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and seated on the cloud one like a son of man, with a golden crown on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand.15And another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, “Put in your sickle, and reap, for the hour to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is fully ripe.”16So he who sat on the cloud swung his sickle across the earth, and the earth was reaped.17Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.18And another angel came out from the altar, the angel who has authority over the fire, and he called with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, “Put in your sickle and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe.”19So the angel swung his sickle across the earth and gathered the grape harvest of the earth and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.20And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress, as high as a horse’s bridle, for 1,600 stadia.*
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