1 After these things I saw, and lo, a door having been opened in the heaven, and the voice the first which I heard as of a trumpet talking with me, saying: Come thou up here, and I will show to thee the things it behooves to have done after these things.

2 And immediately I was in spirit; and lo, a throne was placed in the heaven, and on the throne one sitting;

3 and the one sitting like in appearance to a stone a jasper and a sardius; and a rainbow around about the throne like in appearance to an emerald.

4 And round about the throne thrones twenty–four; and on the thrones twenty–four elders sitting, having been clothed, with garments white, and on the heads of them crowns golden.

5 And from the throne proceed lightnings and voices and thunders; and seven lamps of fire burning in presence of the throne, which are the seven spirits of the God;

6 and in presence of the throne as a sea made of glass, like crystal; and in midst of the throne and in a circle of the throne four living ones being full of eyes before and behind.

7 And the living one the first like to a lion, and the second living one like to a young bullock, and the third living one had the face of a man, and the fourth living one like to an eagle flying.

8 And the four living ones, one by one of them had apiece wings six, round about and within they are full of eyes; and rest not they have of day and of night, saying: Holy holy, holy Lord the God the almighty, the one who was and the one existing and the one coming.

9 And when shall give the living ones glory and honor and thanks to the one sitting on the throne, to the one living for the ages of the ages,

10 shall fall down the twenty–four elders in presence of the one sitting on the throne, and they shall do homage to the one living for the ages of the ages, and they shall cast the crowns of themselves in presence of the throne saying;

11 worthy thou art, O Lord, to receive the glory and the honor and the power; because thou didst create the all things, and on account of the will of thee they were, and were created.

1 After this I saw a door opened in heaven: and the first voice that I heard was talking to me like a trumpet. It said: "Come up here and I will show you things from the future."

2 Immediately I was in the spirit. In front of me was a throne in heaven and someone sat on the throne.

3 He who sat there had the appearance of jasper and sardius stones. A rainbow that looked like an emerald surrounded the throne.

4 Around the throne were twenty-four elders sitting on thrones. They were dressed in white with crowns of gold on their heads.

5 Lightnings and thunders and voices came from the throne. There were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne. These are the seven Spirits of God.

6 A sea of crystal like glass was in front of the throne. In the center around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind.

7 The first living creature was like a lion. The second living creature was like a young bull. The third living creature had a face like a man. And the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle.

8 Each of the four living creatures has six wings. They are full of eyes around and within. "Never resting day or night, they say: Holy, holy, holy, Jehovah God the Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come."

9 When these living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever,

10 The twenty-four elders fall down before the one seated on the throne. They worship him who lives forever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:

11 "You are worthy, Jehovah our God, to receive glory and honor and power: for you have created all things, and because of your will they are and were created."