¹救赎的新歌

¹I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him a number, one hundred forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.

²我听见有声音从天上来，好像众水的声音，好像大雷的声音；我所听见的声音，又像琴师弹奏的琴声。

²I heard a sound from heaven, like the sound of many waters, and like the sound of a great thunder. The sound which I heard was like that of harpists playing on their harps.

³他们在宝座前，在四个活物和众长老面前唱新歌；除了从地上买来的那十四万四千人以外，没有人能学这歌。

³They sing a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the one hundred forty-four thousand, those who had been redeemed out of the earth.

⁴这些人没有跟妇女在一起而使自己玷污，他们原是童身的。羊羔无论到哪里去，他们都跟随他。这些人是从世人中买来的，作初熟的果子归给　神和羊羔。

⁴These are those who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed by Jesus from among men, the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.

⁵在他们口中找不着谎言；他们是没有瑕疵的。

⁵In their mouth was found no lie, for they are blameless. TR adds “before the throne of God”

⁶三个天使的信息我又看见另一位天使在高空飞翔，有永远的福音要传给住在地上的人，就是各邦国、各支派、各方言、各民族的人。

⁶I saw an angel flying in mid heaven, having an eternal Good News to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth, and to every nation, tribe, language, and people.

⁷他大声说：“应当敬畏　神，把荣耀归给他！因为他审判的时候到了，应当敬拜创造天、地、海和众水泉源的那一位！”

⁷He said with a loud voice, “Fear the Lord, and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and the springs of waters!”

⁸又有第二位天使接着说：“倾倒了！大巴比伦倾倒了！它曾经叫列国喝它淫乱烈怒的酒。”

⁸Another, a second angel, followed, saying, “Babylon the great has fallen, which has made all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her sexual immorality.”

⁹又有第三位天使接着他们大声说：“如果有人拜兽和兽像，又在自己的额上或手上受了记号，

⁹Another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a great voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead, or on his hand,

¹⁰他就必定喝　神烈怒的酒：这酒是斟在　神震怒的杯中，纯一不杂的。他必定在众天使和羊羔面前，在火与硫磺之中受痛苦。

¹⁰he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger. He will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.

¹¹他们受痛苦的烟往上冒，直到永永远远。那些拜兽和兽像的，以及接受它名字的记号的人，日夜得不到安息。”

¹¹The smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. They have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.

¹²在这里，那些遵守　神的命令和耶稣的信仰的圣徒，要有忍耐。

¹²Here is the patience of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”

¹³我听见从天上有声音说：“你要写下来！从今以后，那在主里死去的人有福了！”圣灵说：“是的，他们脱离自己的劳苦，得享安息了，他们的作为也随着他们。”

¹³I heard the voice from heaven saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.”

¹⁴收割地上的庄稼我又观看，见有一片白云，云上坐着一位好像人子的，头上戴着金冠，手里拿着锋利的镰刀。

¹⁴I looked, and behold, a white cloud; and on the cloud one sitting like a son of man, Daniel 7:13 having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

¹⁵有另一位天使从圣所出来，对那坐在云上的大声呼喊：“伸出你的镰刀来收割吧！因为收割的时候已经到了，地上的庄稼已经熟透了。”

¹⁵Another angel came out from the temple, crying with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, “Send forth your sickle, and reap; for the hour to reap has come; for the harvest of the earth is ripe!”

¹⁶于是那坐在云上的向地上挥动镰刀，地上的庄稼就被收割了。

¹⁶He who sat on the cloud thrust his sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.

¹⁷又有另一位天使从天上的圣所出来，他也拿着一把锋利的镰刀。

¹⁷Another angel came out from the temple which is in heaven. He also had a sharp sickle.

¹⁸接着，又有一位天使从祭坛那里出来，是有权柄掌管火的；他向那拿着锋利镰刀的天使大声说：“伸出你锋利的镰刀来，收取地上葡萄树累累的果子吧！因为葡萄已经熟透了。”

¹⁸Another angel came out from the altar, he who has power over fire, and he called with a great voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “Send forth your sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for the earth’s grapes are fully ripe!”

¹⁹于是，那天使向地上挥动镰刀，收取了地上的葡萄，把葡萄扔在　神烈怒的大压酒池里。

¹⁹The angel thrust his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vintage of the earth, and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.

²⁰那压酒池在城外被踹踏，就有血从压酒池流出来，涨到马的嚼环那么高，流到三百公里（“三百公里”原文作“一千六百司他町”）那么远。

²⁰The winepress was trodden outside of the city, and blood came out from the winepress, even to the bridles of the horses, as far as one thousand six hundred stadia. 1600 stadia = 296 kilometers or 184 miles