Mwana-Kondoo Na Waliokombolewa Wa Kwanza

14 Kisha nikatazama na mbele yangu nikamwona Mwana-Kondoo amesimama juu ya Mlima Sioni akiwa pamoja na watu 144,000 ambao kwenye vipaji vya nyuso zao waliandikwa jina la Mwana-Kondoo na jina la Baba yake. Basi nikasikia sauti kutoka mbinguni kama sauti ya maporomoko ya maji mengi na kama sauti ya ngurumo ya radi kubwa. Na sauti hiyo niliyoisikia, ilikuwa kama sauti ya wapiga vinubi wakipiga vinubi vyao. Walikuwa wanaimba wimbo mpya mbele ya kiti cha enzi na mbele ya wale viumbe hai wanne na wale wazee. Hakuna mtu aliyeweza kujifunza wimbo huo isipokuwa hao watu 144,000 waliokombolewa kutoka duniani. Hao ndio wale ambao hawakujitia unajisi kwa kuhusiana na wanawake, kwa kuwa wao ni bikira. Hao ndio wanaomfuata Mwana-Kondoo kila aendako. Wame nunuliwa kutoka miongoni mwa wanadamu wakawa matunda ya kwanza kutolewa kwa Mungu na kwa Mwana-Kondoo. Hawajapata kusema uongo kamwe; hawana hatia yo yote.

Malaika Watatu

Kisha nikamwona malaika mwingine akiruka juu angani akiwa na Injili ya milele ya kuwatangazia watu wote waishio duniani: kwa mataifa yote, makabila yote, kwa watu wa lugha zote na watu wa aina zote. Akasema kwa sauti kuu, “Mcheni Mungu na kumtu kuza kwa maana saa ya kutoa hukumu yake imefika. Mwabuduni yeye aliyeumba mbingu, dunia, bahari na chemchemi za maji.”

Malaika wa pili akafuata akisema, “Babiloni umeanguka! Babiloni mkuu umeanguka, ule mji mkuu ambao uliwanywesha mataifa yote divai yake, divai kali ya uzinzi wake.”

Malaika wa tatu aliwafuata hao wawili akisema kwa sauti kuu, “Kama mtu ye yote anamwabudu yule mnyama na sanamu yake na kukubali kutiwa alama yake kwenye kipaji cha uso wake au kwenye mkono wake, 10 yeye naye atakunywa divai ya ghadhabu ya Mungu ambayo imemiminiwa katika kikombe cha ghadhabu yake bila kuchan ganywa na maji. Naye atateswa kwa moto na kiberiti mbele ya mal aika watakatifu na mbele za Mwana-Kondoo. 11 Moshi wa mateso yao hupanda juu milele na milele; wala hakuna nafuu, mchana au usiku, kwa wale wamwabuduo huyo mnyama na sanamu yake au kwa ye yote anayepokea alama ya jina lake.” 12 Jambo hili linahitaji watu wa Mungu, wale ambao wanazishika amri zake, wawe wavumilivu na kumwamini Yesu.

13 Kisha nikasikia sauti kutoka mbinguni ikisema, “Andika haya: Wamebarikiwa watu ambao tangu sasa wanakufa wakiwa ndani ya Bwana.” “Naam,” asema Roho, “watapumzika baada ya taabu zao, kwa kuwa matendo yao yatawafuata.”

Mavuno

14 Nikatazama, na mbele yangu nikaona wingu jeupe na mtu anayeonekana kama ‘mwana wa mtu’ akiwa ameketi juu yake. Alikuwa na taji ya dhahabu kichwani mwake na mundu mkali mkononi mwake. 15 Na malaika mwingine akaja kutoka Hekaluni na kwa sauti kubwa akamwita yule aliyekuwa ameketi juu ya wingu akasema, “Chukua mundu wako ukavune kwa kuwa saa ya kuvuna imefika, maana mavuno ya dunia yamekomaa.” 16 Basi yule aliyekuwa amekaa juu ya wingu akauzungusha mundu wake duniani, na mavuno ya dunia yakavunwa.

17 Kisha malaika mwingine akatoka Hekaluni mbinguni, naye pia akiwa na mundu mkali.

18 Na malaika mwingine, ambaye alikuwa na mamlaka juu ya moto, akatoka kwenye madhabahu akamwita yule malaika mwenye mundu mkali kwa sauti kuu, akasema, “Chukua mundu wako mkali ukayakate matawi ya mizabibu ya dunia, maana zabibu zake zimeiva.”

19 Basi malaika huyo akauzungusha mundu wake duniani akakata zabibu za dunia, akazitia ndani ya mtambo mkubwa wa kusindika zabibu wa ghadhabu ya Mungu. 20 Zabibu zikakamuliwa ndani ya mtambo huo wa kusindika zabibu uliokuwa nje ya mji, na damu ika tiririka kama mafuriko kutoka katika mtambo huo na urefu wa mafu riko hayo ulikuwa kama kilometa mia tatu, na kina chake kiasi cha meta moja na nusu.

The Lamb and the 144,000

14 Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb,(A) standing on Mount Zion,(B) and with him 144,000(C) who had his name and his Father’s name(D) written on their foreheads.(E) And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters(F) and like a loud peal of thunder.(G) The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps.(H) And they sang a new song(I) before the throne and before the four living creatures(J) and the elders.(K) No one could learn the song except the 144,000(L) who had been redeemed from the earth. These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they remained virgins.(M) They follow the Lamb wherever he goes.(N) They were purchased from among mankind(O) and offered as firstfruits(P) to God and the Lamb. No lie was found in their mouths;(Q) they are blameless.(R)

The Three Angels

Then I saw another angel flying in midair,(S) and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth(T)—to every nation, tribe, language and people.(U) He said in a loud voice, “Fear God(V) and give him glory,(W) because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made(X) the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water.”(Y)

A second angel followed and said, “‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great,’[a](Z) which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries.”(AA)

A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast(AB) and its image(AC) and receives its mark on their forehead(AD) or on their hand, 10 they, too, will drink the wine of God’s fury,(AE) which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath.(AF) They will be tormented with burning sulfur(AG) in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. 11 And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever.(AH) There will be no rest day or night(AI) for those who worship the beast and its image,(AJ) or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”(AK) 12 This calls for patient endurance(AL) on the part of the people of God(AM) who keep his commands(AN) and remain faithful to Jesus.

13 Then I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord(AO) from now on.”

“Yes,” says the Spirit,(AP) “they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them.”

Harvesting the Earth and Trampling the Winepress

14 I looked, and there before me was a white cloud,(AQ) and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man[b](AR) with a crown(AS) of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. 15 Then another angel came out of the temple(AT) and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, “Take your sickle(AU) and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest(AV) of the earth is ripe.” 16 So he who was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.

17 Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.(AW) 18 Still another angel, who had charge of the fire, came from the altar(AX) and called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, “Take your sharp sickle(AY) and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth’s vine, because its grapes are ripe.” 19 The angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath.(AZ) 20 They were trampled in the winepress(BA) outside the city,(BB) and blood(BC) flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses’ bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia.[c]

Footnotes

  1. Revelation 14:8 Isaiah 21:9
  2. Revelation 14:14 See Daniel 7:13.
  3. Revelation 14:20 That is, about 180 miles or about 300 kilometers