1 Então vi quatro anjos em pé nos quatro cantos da terra, impedindo os quatro ventos de soprarem na terra, no mar e em qualquer árvore. 2 E vi outro anjo que subia do leste e trazia o selo do Deus vivo. Ele gritou aos quatro anjos que haviam recebido poder para danificar a terra e o mar: 3 "Esperem! Não façam mal à terra, nem ao mar, nem às árvores, até que tenhamos colocado o selo de Deus na testa de seus servos".
4 E ouvi o número dos que foram marcados com o selo de Deus. Eram 144 mil, de todas as tribos de Israel:
5 da tribo de Judá, foram selados doze mil,
da tribo de Rúben, doze mil,
da tribo de Gade, doze mil,
6 da tribo de Aser, doze mil,
da tribo de Naftali, doze mil,
da tribo de Manassés, doze mil,
7 da tribo de Simeão, doze mil,
da tribo de Levi, doze mil,
da tribo de Issacar, doze mil,
8 da tribo de Zebulom, doze mil,
da tribo de José, doze mil,
da tribo de Benjamim, foram selados doze mil.
9 Depois disso, vi uma imensa multidão, grande demais para ser contada, de todas as nações, tribos, povos e línguas, em pé diante do trono e diante do Cordeiro. Usavam vestes brancas e seguravam ramos de palmeiras. 10 E gritavam com grande estrondo:
"A salvação vem de nosso Deus,
que está sentado no trono,
e do Cordeiro!".
11 E todos os anjos estavam em pé ao redor do trono, dos anciãos e dos quatro seres vivos. Prostraram-se com o rosto em terra diante do trono e adoraram a Deus, 12 cantando:
"Amém! Louvor e glória e sabedoria,
gratidão e honra,
força e poder pertencem a nosso Deus,
para todo o sempre. Amém!".
13 Então um dos anciãos me perguntou: "Quem são estes vestidos de branco? De onde vieram?".
14 Eu lhe respondi: "Senhor, tu sabes".
E ele disse: "São aqueles que vieram da grande tribulação. Lavaram e branquearam suas vestes no sangue do Cordeiro.
15 "Por isso estão diante do trono de Deus
e dia e noite o servem em seu templo.
E aquele que se senta no trono
lhes dará abrigo.
16 Nunca mais terão fome, nem sede,
e o calor do sol nunca mais os queimará.
17 Pois o Cordeiro que está no centro do trono
será seu Pastor.
Ele os guiará às fontes de água viva,
e Deus enxugará de seus olhos toda lágrima".
1 And after this I saw four agents standing at the four corners of the earth, restraining the four winds of the earth, so that wind would not blow on the earth, or on the sea, or upon any tree.
2 And I saw another agent ascending from the sun-rising, having a seal of the living God. And he cried out in a great voice to the four agents to whom it was given to them to harm the earth and the sea,
3 saying, Do not harm the earth, nor the sea, nor the trees, until we may seal the bondmen of our God on their foreheads.
4 And I heard the number of those sealed, a hundred and forty-four thousand sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel.
5 Twelve thousand were sealed from the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand from the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand from the tribe of Gad,
6 twelve thousand from the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand from the tribe of Naphtali, twelve thousand from the tribe of Manasseh,
7 twelve thousand from the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand from the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand from the tribe of Issachar,
8 twelve thousand from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand from the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand from the tribe of Benjamin, were sealed.
9 After these things, I looked and lo, a great multitude, which none could number, out of every nation, and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palms in their ha
10 and crying out in a great voice, saying, Salvation is in our God who sits upon the throne, and in the Lamb!
11 And all the agents had stood all around the throne, and the elders, and the four beings, and they fell before his throne on their faces, and worshiped God,
12 saying, Truly! Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and strength, is for our God into the ages of the ages. Truly!
13 And one of the elders answered, saying to me, Who are these who are clothed in white robes, and where did they come from?
14 And I said to him, My lord, thou know. And he said to me, These are those coming out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
15 Because of this they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple. And he who sits on the throne will dwell among them.
16 They will hunger no more, nor will they thirst any more. The sun will, no, not fall upon them, nor any heat.
17 Because the Lamb in the midst of the throne will tend them, and will lead them to fountains of waters of life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.