Apocalipse 7— comparação

1Depois disto, vi quatro anjos em pé nos quatro cantos da terra, segurando os quatro ventos da terra, para que nenhum vento soprasse sobre a terra, nem sobre o mar, nem sobre árvore alguma.

2Vi outro anjo subir do nascente do sol, tendo o selo do Deus vivo. Ele clamou com grande voz aos quatro anjos a quem foi dado que causassem dano à terra e ao mar,

3dizendo: “Não causem dano à terra, nem ao mar, nem às árvores, até que tenhamos selado as testas dos servos do nosso Deus!”

4E ouvi o número dos que foram selados: cento e quarenta e quatro mil, selados de todas as tribos dos filhos de Israel:

5da tribo de Judá foram selados doze mil;

6da tribo de Aser, doze mil;

7da tribo de Simeão, doze mil;

8da tribo de Zebulom, doze mil;

9Depois destas coisas olhei, e eis uma grande multidão que ninguém podia contar, de todas as nações, tribos, povos e línguas, em pé diante do trono e diante do Cordeiro, vestidos de vestes brancas, com ramos de palmeiras em suas mãos.

10E clamavam com grande voz, dizendo: “A salvação pertence ao nosso Deus, que está sentado no trono, e ao Cordeiro!”

11Todos os anjos estavam em pé ao redor do trono, dos anciãos e dos quatro seres viventes; e eles se prostraram com o rosto em terra diante do seu trono, e adoraram a Deus,

12dizendo: “Amém! A bênção, a glória, a sabedoria, as ações de graças, a honra, o poder e a força sejam ao nosso Deus para todo o sempre! Amém.”

13Um dos anciãos respondeu, dizendo-me: “Estes que estão vestidos com as vestes brancas, quem são eles, e de onde vieram?”

14Eu lhe disse: “Meu senhor, tu o sabes.”

15Por isso estão diante do trono de Deus, e o servem de dia e de noite no seu templo. Aquele que está sentado no trono estenderá o seu tabernáculo sobre eles.

16Eles nunca mais terão fome, nem sede. O sol não os castigará, nem calor algum;

17pois o Cordeiro que está no meio do trono os pastoreará e os guiará às fontes de águas vivas. E Deus enxugará toda lágrima dos seus olhos.”

1After this, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree.

2I saw another angel ascend from the sunrise, having the seal of the living God. He cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was given to harm the earth and the sea,

3saying, “Don’t harm the earth, the sea, or the trees, until we have sealed the bondservants of our God on their foreheads!”

4I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children of Israel:

5of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand were sealed, of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand, of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand,

6of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand, of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand, of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand,

7of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand, of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand, of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand,

8of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand, of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand, and of the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand were sealed.

9After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no man could count, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.

10They cried with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation be to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”

11All the angels were standing around the throne, the elders, and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before his throne, and worshiped God,

12saying, “Amen! Blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and might, be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”

13One of the elders answered, saying to me, “These who are arrayed in the white robes, who are they, and where did they come from?”

14I told him, “My lord, you know.” He said to me, “These are those who came out of the great suffering. They washed their robes and made them white in the Lamb’s blood.

15Therefore they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will spread his tabernacle over them.

16They will never be hungry or thirsty any more. The sun won’t beat on them, nor any heat;

17for the Lamb who is in the middle of the throne shepherds them and leads them to springs of life-giving waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”