A Revelation to John, 4

¹ After these things I saw, and, look! an opened door in heaven, and the first voice that I heard was as of a trumpet, speaking with me, saying: “Come on up^*1 here, and I shall show you the things that must take place.”

² After these things I immediately came to be in [the power of the] spirit: and, look! a throne was in its position in heaven, and there is one seated upon the throne.

³ And the one seated is, in appearance, like a jasper stone and a precious red-colored stone,^*1 and round about the throne [there is] a rainbow like an emerald in appearance.

⁴ And round about the throne [there are] twenty-four thrones, and upon these thrones [I saw] seated twenty-four elders^*1 dressed in white outer garments, and upon their heads golden crowns.

⁵ And out of the throne there are proceeding lightnings and voices and thunders; and [there are] seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, and these mean^*1 the seven spirits of God.

⁶ And before the throne there is, as it were, a glassy sea like crystal. And in the midst of the throne and around the throne [there are] four living creatures that are full of eyes in front and behind.

⁷ And the first living creature is like a lion, and the second living creature is like a young bull, and the third living creature has a face like a man’s, and the fourth living creature is like a flying eagle.

⁸ And as for the four living creatures, each one of them respectively has six wings; round about and underneath^*1 they are full of eyes. And they have no rest day and night as they say: “Holy, holy, holy^*2 is Jehovah^*3 God, the Almighty,^*4 who was and who is and who is coming.”

⁹ And whenever the living creatures offer glory and honor and thanksgiving to the one seated upon the throne, the one that lives forever and ever,

¹⁰ the twenty-four elders^*1 fall down before the One seated upon the throne and worship the One that lives forever and ever, and they cast their crowns before the throne, saying:

¹¹ “You are worthy, Jehovah,^*1 even our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power, because you created all things, and because of your will they existed and were created.”