1 E depois destas coisas vi quatro anjos que estavam sobre os quatro cantos da terra, retendo os quatro ventos da terra, para que nenhum vento soprasse sobre a terra, nem sobre o mar, nem contra árvore alguma.

2 E vi outro anjo subir do lado do sol nascente, e que tinha o selo do Deus vivo; e clamou com grande voz aos quatro anjos, a quem fora dado o poder de danificar a terra e o mar,

3 Dizendo: Não danifiqueis a terra, nem o mar, nem as árvores, até que hajamos selado nas suas testas os servos do nosso Deus.

4 E ouvi o número dos selados, e eram cento e quarenta e quatro mil selados, de todas as tribos dos filhos de Israel.

5 Da tribo de Judá, havia doze mil selados; da tribo de Rúben, doze mil selados; da tribo de Gade, doze mil selados;

6 Da tribo de Aser, doze mil selados; da tribo de Naftali, doze mil selados; da tribo de Manassés, doze mil selados;

7 Da tribo de Simeão, doze mil selados; da tribo de Levi, doze mil selados; da tribo de Issacar, doze mil selados;

8 Da tribo de Zebulom, doze mil selados; da tribo de José, doze mil selados; da tribo de Benjamim, doze mil selados.

9 Depois destas coisas olhei, e eis aqui uma grande multidão, a qual ninguém podia contar, de todas as nações, e tribos, e povos, e línguas, que estavam diante do trono, e perante o Cordeiro, trajando vestes brancas e com palmas nas suas mãos;

10 E clamavam com grande voz, dizendo: Salvação ao nosso Deus, que está assentado no trono, e ao Cordeiro.

11 E todos os anjos estavam ao redor do trono, e dos anciãos, e dos quatro animais; e prostraram-se diante do trono sobre seus rostos, e adoraram a Deus,

12 Dizendo: Amém. Louvor, e glória, e sabedoria, e ação de graças, e honra, e poder, e força ao nosso Deus, para todo o sempre. Amém.

13 E um dos anciãos me falou, dizendo: Estes que estão vestidos de vestes brancas, quem são, e de onde vieram?

14 E eu disse-lhe: Senhor, tu sabes. E ele disse-me: Estes são os que vieram da grande tribulação, e lavaram as suas vestes e as branquearam no sangue do Cordeiro.

15 Por isso estão diante do trono de Deus, e o servem de dia e de noite no seu templo; e aquele que está assentado sobre o trono os cobrirá com a sua sombra.

16 Nunca mais terão fome, nunca mais terão sede; nem sol nem calor algum cairá sobre eles.

17 Porque o Cordeiro que está no meio do trono os apascentará, e lhes servirá de guia para as fontes vivas das águas; e Deus limpará de seus olhos toda a lágrima.

1 And after these things I saw four messengers, standing upon the four corners of the land, holding the four winds of the land, that the wind may not blow upon the land, nor upon the sea, nor upon any tree;

2 and I saw another messenger going up from the rising of the sun, having a seal of the living God, and he did cry with a great voice to the four messengers, to whom it was given to injure the land and the sea, saying,

3 `Do not injure the land, nor the sea, nor the trees, till we may seal the servants of our God upon their foreheads.`

4 And I heard the number of those sealed, (144 thousands were sealed out of all the tribes of the sons of Israel):

5 of the tribe of Judah 12 thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Reuben 12 thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Gad 12 thousand were sealed;

6 of the tribe of Asher 12 thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Naphtali 12 thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Manasseh 12 thousand were sealed;

7 of the tribe of Simeon 12 thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Levi 12 thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Issachar 12 thousand were sealed;

8 of the tribe of Zebulun 12 thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Joseph 12 thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Benjamin 12 thousand were sealed.

9 After these things I saw, and lo, a great multitude, which to number no one was able, out of all nations, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands,

10 and crying with a great voice, saying, `The salvation [is] to Him who is sitting upon the throne -- to our God, and to the Lamb!`

11 And all the messengers stood around the throne, and the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell upon their face, and bowed before God,

12 saying, `Amen! the blessing, and the glory, and the wisdom, and the thanksgiving, and the honour, and the power, and the strength, [are] to our God -- to the ages of the ages! Amen!`

13 And answer did one of the elders, saying to me, `These, who have been arrayed with the white robes -- who are they, and whence came they?`

14 and I have said to him, `Sir, thou hast known;` and he said to me, `These are those who are coming out of the great tribulation, and they did wash their robes, and they made their robes white in the blood of the Lamb;

15 because of this are they before the throne of God, and they do service to Him day and night in His sanctuary, and He who is sitting upon the throne shall tabernacle over them;

16 they shall not hunger any more, nor may the sun fall upon them, nor any heat,

17 because the Lamb that [is] in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters, and wipe away shall God every tear from their eyes.`