Revelation 4

1 After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after these things.”

1 بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ رَأَيْتُ بَاباً مَفْتُوحاً فِي السَّمَاءِ، وَإذَا الصَّوْتُ الَّذِي سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ يُخَاطِبُنِي كَأَنَّهُ بُوقٌ، وَيَقُولُ: «اصْعَدْ إِلَى هُنَا فَأُرِيَكَ مَا لابُدَّ أَنْ يَحْدُثَ بَعْدَ هَذَا».

2 At once I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne standing in heaven, with someone seated on it.

2 وَفِي الْحَالِ صِرْتُ فِي الرُّوحِ، فَرَأَيْتُ فِي السَّمَاءِ عَرْشاً يَجْلِسُ عَلَيْهِ وَاحِدٌ

3 The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.

3 تَنْبَعِثُ مِنْهُ أَنْوَارٌ كَأَنَّهَا صَادِرَةٌ مِنْ لَمَعَانِ الْيَشْبِ وَالْعَقِيقِ الأَحْمَرِ. وَحَوْلَ الْعَرْشِ قَوْسُ قُزَحٍ يَلْمَعُ كَأَنَّهُ الزُّمُرُّدُ.

4 Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on these thrones sat twenty-four elders dressed in white, with golden crowns on their heads.

4 وَقَدْ أَحَاطَ بِالْعَرْشِ أَرْبَعَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ عَرْشاً يَجْلِسُ عَلَيْهَا أَرْبَعَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ شَيْخاً يَلْبَسُونَ ثِيَاباً بَيْضَاءَ، وَعَلَى رُؤَوسِهِمْ أَكَالِيلُ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ.

5 From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven spirits of God.

5 وَكَانَتْ تَخْرُجُ مِنَ الْعَرْشِ بُرُوقٌ وَرُعُودٌ وَأَصْوَاتٌ، وَأَمَامَهُ سَبْعَةُ مَصَابِيحِ نَارٍ مُضَاءَةٍ، هِيَ أَرْوَاحُ اللهِ السَّبْعَةُ.

6 And before the throne was something like a sea of glass, as clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, covered with eyes in front and back.

6 وَكَانَ يَبْدُو كَأَنَّ بَحْراً شَفَّافاً مِثْلَ الْبِلَّوْرِ يَمْتَدُّ أَمَامَ الْعَرْشِ، وَفِي وَسَطِ الْعَرْشِ وَحَوْلَهُ أَرْبَعَةُ كَائِنَاتٍ تَكْسُوهَا عُيُونٌ كَثِيرَةٌ مِنَ الأَمَامِ وَمِنَ الْخَلْفِ:

7 The first living creature was like a lion, the second like a calf, the third had a face like a man, and the fourth was like an eagle in flight.

7 الْكَائِنُ الأَوَّلُ يُشْبِهُ الأَسَدَ، وَالثَّانِي يُشْبِهُ الْعِجْلَ، وَالثَّالِثُ لَهُ وَجْهٌ مِثْلُ وَجْهِ إِنْسَانٍ. أَمَّا الْكَائِنُ الرَّابِعُ فَيُشْبِهُ النَّسْرَ الطَّائِرَ.

8 And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”

8 وَكَانَ لكُلِّ كَائِنٍ مِنْهَا سِتَّةُ أَجْنِحَةٍ، تَكْسُوهَا عُيُونٌ مِنَ الدَّاخِلِ وَمِنَ الْخَارِجِ. وَهَذِهِ الْكَائِنَاتُ الْحَيَّةُ الأَرْبَعَةُ تَهْتِفُ لَيْلاً وَنَهَاراً دُونَ انْقِطَاعٍ قَائِلَةً: «قُدُّوسٌ قُدُّوسٌ قُدُّوسٌ، الرَّبُّ الإِلهُ الْقَادِرُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، الَّذِي كَانَ الْكَائِنُ الَّذِي سَيَأْتِي».

9 And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the One seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever,

9 وَكُلَّمَا قَدَّمَتْ هَذِهِ الْكَائِنَاتُ التَّمْجِيدَ وَالإِجْلالَ وَالْحَمْدَ لِلْجَالِسِ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ، الْحَيِّ إِلَى أَبَدِ الآبِدِينَ،

10 the twenty-four elders fall down before the One seated on the throne, and they worship Him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying:

10 يَجْثُو الشُّيُوخُ الأَرْبَعَةُ وَالْعِشْرُونَ أَمَامَ الْجَالِسِ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ سَاجِدِينَ لِلْحَيِّ إِلَى أَبَدِ الآبِدِينَ، وَيُلْقُونَ أَكَالِيلَهُمْ أَمَامَ عَرْشِهِ وَهُمْ يَهْتِفُونَ:

11 “Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and were created.”

11 «مُسْتَحِقٌّ أَنْتَ يَا رَبَّنَا وَإِلَهَنَا الْمَجْدَ وَالإِجْلالَ وَالْقُدْرَةَ، لأَنَّكَ خَلَقْتَ الأَشْيَاءَ كُلَّهَا، وَهِيَ بِإِرَادَتِكَ كَائِنَةٌ وَقَدْ خُلِقَتْ!»