7 8 9 10 10 11 12 13 14 15 And to smite the earth With every plague, as often as they wish. And when they finish their testimony, the beast who ascends out of the abyss shall make war against them and conquer them and kill them. And their corpses lie in the street of the great city which is called spiritually 'Sodom' and 'Egypt,' where their Lord also was crucified. And men from the peoples and tribes and languages and nations look on their corpses for three days and a half, and will not allow their corpses to be laid in a tomb. And the dwellers on earth rejoice over them and are glad, yea, they shall exchange presents; for these two prophets tortured the dwellers on the earth. And after the three days and a half, the spirit of life from God entered them and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them. Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up hither." And they ascended into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies saw them. And at that hour a great earthquake came, and the tenth part of the city fell; and in the earthquake seven thousand persons were killed, and the rest became terrified and did honour to the God of heaven.” The second woe has passed: Lo, the third woe is coming speedily. And the seventh angel blew; and there followed loud voices in heaven saying, "The realm of the world has become our Lord's and his Christ's, 16 And the four and twenty elders who sit upon their thrones before God, 17 fell on their faces and worshipped God, saying, "We give thanks to thee, Lord God the almighty, Who art and who wast, For thou hast taken thy great power And entered on thy reign. 18 And the nations were wroth; Then thy wrath came, And the time for the dead to be judged, And for their reward to be given to thy slaves the prophets, 1 And to the saints who fear thy name, The small and the great,2 And for the destroyers of the earth to be destroyed." 19 And the temple of God in heaven was opened, 121 And the ark of his covenant was seen in his temple; And there came lightnings and voices and thunders and an earthquake and great hail. And a great sign was seen in heaven, a woman clad with the sun, beneath her feet the moon, and on her head a wreath of twelve stars; 2 and being with child, she cries out in her pangs of travail, in anguish for 3 delivery. And another sign was seen in heaven: lo, a great red dragon 4 with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems; and his tail dragged the third part of the stars of the sky and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stands before the woman who is on the point of being delivered; so that when she is delivered, he may devour her child. 5 And she bore a son, a male, who is to shepherd all the nations with an iron 6 rod; and her child was caught up to God and to his throne. Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they may nourish her there for one thousand two hundred and sixty 1 Omitting zaì. 2 Reading τοῖς μικροῖς καὶ τοῖς μεγάλοις. 7 days. And war broke out in heaven, Michael and his angels 8 warring with the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought, yet they prevailed not; and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. 9 And the great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, who is called the "Devil" and "Satan," who seduces the whole world-he was thrown 10 down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, 11 12 "Now has come the salvation and the power, And the reign of our God and the authority of his Christ, And they conquered him by the blood of the Lamb, Yea, they loved not their life to the death. Be glad for this, O heavens, And ye that dwell in them! Woe to the earth and the sea! Since the devil has gone down to you greatly enraged, For he knows that his time is short." 13 And when the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he 14 pursued the woman who had borne the male child. But the woman had the two wings of the great eagle given her, to fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, 15 away from the serpent. And out of his mouth the serpent threw water 16 after the woman like a river, to get her swept away by the stream. But the earth helped the woman, and opened its mouth, and swallowed up 17 the river which the dragon threw out of his mouth. And the dragon was wroth at the woman, and went off to make war with the rest of her offspring, with those who keep the commandments of God, and hold the testimony of Jesus. 13 1 1 And I stood on the sand of the sea and saw a beast coming up out of the sea with ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns ten diadems, and 2 on his heads a blasphemous name.2 And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were like a bear's, and his jaws like a lion's jaws; and the dragon gave him his power and his throne and great authority. 3 And I saw one of his heads, as it were slain and dead; yet his mortal wound was healed. And the whole earth went after the beast in wonder: 4 And they worshipped the dragon for having given his authority to the beast, And they worshipped the beast, saying, "Who is like the beast? And who can fight with him?" 5 And he had a mouth given him with big and blasphemous words, And he had authority given him to exercise for two and forty months. 6 And he opened his mouth for blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name and his dwelling and the dwellers in heaven. 7 And he was permitted to make war with the saints and to conquer them, And he had authority given him over every tribe and people and language and nation. 8 And he shall be worshipped by all the dwellers on the earth, By everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life [of the slain Lamb]. 1 Reading ἐστάθην. 2 Reading voμa. 3 Adding zai. 10 11 Let him hear. If anyone makes captive, Captive shall he go : If anyone kills with the sword, With the sword must he be killed. Here is room for the patience and the faith of the saints. And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he 12 had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke like a dragon. And he exercises the entire authority of the first beast, in his presence, and makes the earth and the dwellers on it worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was 13 healed. And he performs great signs, so as even to make fire come 14 down from the sky upon earth before men. And he seduces the dwellers on earth by the signs which he was permitted to perform in presence of the beast, bidding the dwellers on the earth make an image 15 for the beast who has the wound of the sword and yet lives. And he was permitted to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should speak, and should also cause all who do not worship the image 16 of the beast to be killed. And all, the small and the great, the rich and the poor, the free men and the slaves, he causes to have a mark set on 17 their right hand or on their forehead, so that 1 no one can buy or sell unless he is marked with the name of the beast or the number of his name. 18 Now for "wisdom": let him who has understanding count the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man; and his number is 666. 14 1 And I looked, 1 And lo, the Lamb stood on the mountain of Zion, And with him one hundred and forty-four thousand, who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads. 2 And I heard a voice from heaven like the sound of many waters and the sound of loud thunder, And the voice which I heard was like the sound of harpers harping on their harps; 3 And they sing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders; 4 5 6 And no one could learn the song, except the hundred and forty-four thousand who are bought from out of the earth. These are men who have not defiled themselves with women; they are celibates. These are men who follow the Lamb, wherever he goes. These are bought from among men as firstfruits to God [and to the And in their mouth no lie was found; they are faultless. And I saw another angel flying in mid-heaven with an eternal gospel for the inhabitants of the earth, and for every nation and tribe and 7 language and people, saying with a loud voice, 8 "Fear God and do him honour, Because the hour of his judgment is come; And worship the maker of the sky and earth, the sea and fountains of waters." And another, a second, angel succeeded, saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, She who has made all the nations drink Of the wine of the passion of her fornication." 1 Omitting [[xi]]. 2 Omitting as. 9 10 11 12 13 14 And another, a third, angel succeeded them, saying with a loud voice, "If anyone worships the beast and his image, And accepts the mark on his forehead or on his hand, He too drinks of the wine of God's wrath, Poured out unmixed in the cup of his anger, And shall be tortured with fire and brimstone In the presence of the holy angels [and in presence of the Lamb]; And the smoke of their torment goes up for ever and for ever, And they have no rest by day or night, The worshippers of the beast and of his image, And he who accepts the mark of his name. Of those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of And I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write: Happy the dead who die from henceforth in the Lord! Yea, saith the Spirit, happy to rest from their labours! For their works follow after them.""] And I looked and lo, a white cloud, and on the cloud one sitting like a son of man, with a golden wreath on his head, and in his hand a sharp 15 sickle. And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him who sat upon the cloud, "Thrust in thy sickle, and reap : For the reaping hour is come, For the harvest of the earth is ripe and dry." 16 Then he who sat on the cloud threw his sickle on the earth, and the earth 17 was reaped. And another angel came out of the temple which is 18 in heaven, he too with a sharp sickle. And another angel came out of the altar, with1 power over the fire; and he cried with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, "Thrust in thy sharp sickle And pluck the clusters of the vine of the earth; 19 Then the angel threw his sickle to the earth and plucked the vintage of 20 the earth and threw it into the great winepress of God's wrath. And the winepress was trampled outside the city; and out came blood from the winepress, high as horse-bridles and covering two hundred miles. 15 1 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous; seven angels with seven plagues—the last plagues, because in them the wrath of God is 2 finished. And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those who came off conquerors from the beast and from his image and from the number of his name, standing beside the sea of glass with harps 3 of God. And they sing the song of Moses the slave of God [and the song the Lamb], saying, "Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God the almighty! Just and true thy ways, King of the nations! Who shall not fear, O Lord, and magnify thy name? For thou alone art holy, For all nations shall come and worship before thee, Because thy judgments have been disclosed." 1 Omitting [[is]]. of 5 And after this I looked, and the temple of the tent of the testimony in 6 heaven was opened; and out of the temple came the seven angels with the seven plagues, arrayed in pure dazzling linen, and their breasts girt 7 with golden girdles. And one of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls, full of the wrath of the God who lives for ever 8 and ever. And the temple was filled with smoke from the splendour of God and from his power, and no one could enter the temple till the seven plagues 16 1 of the seven angels were finished. And I heard a loud voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, "Go and pour out the seven bowls of God's wrath on the earth." 2 And the first went off and poured out his bowl on the earth; and a noisome and painful ulcer came upon the men who had the mark of the beast and who worshipped his image. 3 4 And the second poured out his bowl on the sea; and it became blood as of a dead man; and the things in the sea, every living soul, died. And the third poured out his bowl on the rivers and the fountains of 5 the waters; and they became blood. And I heard the angel of the waters say, 6 "Just art thou, Who art and who wast, O holy One, Because of these thy judgments! Blood of saints and prophets they poured out, As they deserve." 7 And I heard the altar say, 8 "Yea, Lord God the almighty! True and just are thy judgments!' And the fourth poured out his bowl upon the sun; and he was per9 mitted to scorch men with fire. And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of the God who has the power over these plagues; yet they did not repent and do him honour. 10 and And the fifth poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast ; 11 his realm was darkened, and men gnawed their tongues for pain and blasphemed the God of heaven for their pains and for their ulcers; yet they did not repent of their works. 12 And the sixth poured out his bowl on the great river 1 Euphrates ; and its water was dried up, to prepare the way for the kings from the east. 13 And I saw issuing from the mouth of the dragon and from the mouth of the beast and from the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits 14 like frogs: they are spirits of daemons, performing signs, and they go forth to the kings of the whole world to muster them for the war of the great 15 day of God the almighty. [Lo, I come like a thief. Happy the man who is wakeful and keeps his garments, not to go naked and have his shame 16 seen!] And they mustered them at the place called in Hebrew, “HarMagedon." 17 And the seventh poured out his bowl on the air; and there came a 18 loud voice out of the temple, from the throne, saying, “It is done." Then came lightnings and voices and thunders; and a great earthquake took place, so great, so mighty an earthquake as has not been since man was 19 upon earth. And the great city parted in three, and the cities of the nations fell. So God remembered Babylon the great, to give her the cup 20 of the wine of the wrath of his anger. And every island fled away, and the 21 mountains were not to be found. And great hail, stones about a talent's 1 Omitting [[ò]]. |