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.

¹ከዚያ በኋላም አየሁ፥ እነሆም በሰማይ የተከፈተ ደጅ፥ እንደ መለከትም ሆኖ ሲናገረኝ የሰማሁት ፊተኛው ድምፅ። ወደዚህ ውጣና ከዚህ በኋላ ሊሆን የሚያስፈልገውን ነገር አሳይሃለሁ አለ።

²And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.

²ወዲያው በመንፈስ ነበርሁ፤ እነሆም፥ ዙፋን በሰማይ ቆሞአል በዙፋኑም ላይ ተቀማጭ ነበረ፤

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.

³ተቀምጦም የነበረው በመልኩ የኢያስጲድንና የሰርዲኖን ዕንቍ ይመስል ነበር። በመልኩም መረግድን የመሰለ ቀስተ ደመና በዙፋኑ ዙሪያ ነበረ።

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.

⁴በዙፋኑ ዙሪያም ሀያ አራት ዙፋኖች ነበሩ፥ በዙፋኖቹም ላይ ነጭ ልብስ ለብሰው በራሳቸውም የወርቅ አክሊል ደፍተው ሀያ አራት ሽማግሌዎች ተቀምጠው ነበር።

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.

⁵ከዙፋኑም መብረቅና ድምፅ ነጐድጓድም ይወጣል፤ በዙፋኑም ፊት ሰባት የእሳት መብራቶች ይበሩ ነበር፥ እነርሱም ሰባቱ የእግዚአብሔር መናፍስት ናቸው።

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.

⁶በዙፋኑም ፊት ብርሌ የሚመስል የብርጭቆ ባሕር ነበረ። በዙፋኑም መካከል በዙፋኑም ዙሪያ፥ በፊትና በኋላ ዓይኖች የሞሉአቸው አራት እንስሶች ነበሩ።

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.

⁷ፊተኛውም እንስሳ አንበሳን ይመስላል፥ ሁለተኛውም እንስሳ ጥጃን ይመስላል፥ ሦስተኛውም እንስሳ እንደ ሰው ፊት ነበረው፥ አራተኛውም እንስሳ የሚበረውን ንስር ይመስላል።

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.

⁸አራቱም እንስሶች እያንዳንዳቸው ስድስት ክንፎች አሉአቸው፥ በዙሪያቸውና በውስጣቸውም ዓይኖች ሞልተውባቸዋል፤ ቅዱስ፥ ቅዱስ፥ ቅዱስ፥ የነበረውና ያለ የሚመጣውም ሁሉንም የሚገዛ ጌታ አምላክ እያሉ ቀንና ሌሊት አያርፉም።

⁹And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,

⁹እንስሶቹም በዙፋን ላይ ለተቀመጠው ከዘላለምም እስከ ዘላለም በሕይወት ለሚኖረው ለእርሱ ክብርና ውዳሴ ምስጋናም በሰጡት ጊዜ፥

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,

¹⁰ሀያ አራቱ ሽማግሌዎች በዙፋን ላይ በተቀመጠው ፊት ወድቀው፥ ከዘላለም እስከ ዘላለም በሕይወት ለሚኖረው እየሰገዱ። ጌታችንና አምላካችን ሆይ፥ አንተ ሁሉን ፈጥረሃልና ስለ ፈቃድህም ሆነዋልና ተፈጥረውማልና ክብር ውዳሴ ኃይልም ልትቀበል ይገባሃል እያሉ በዙፋኑ ፊት አክሊላቸውን ያኖራሉ።

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.