Apocalypsis Ioannis, 14

1. Et vidi: et ecce Agnus stans supra montem Sion, et cum illo centum quadraginta quattuor milia, habentes nomen eius et nomen Patris eius scriptum in frontibus suis.

1. Then I looked, and lo, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads.

2. Et audivi vocem de caelo tamquam vocem aquarum multarum et tamquam vocem tonitrui magni; et vox, quam audivi, sicut citharoedorum citharizantium in citharis suis.

2. And I heard a voice from heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder; the voice I heard was like the sound of harpers playing on their harps,

3. Et cantant quasi canticum novum ante thronum et ante quattuor animalia et seniores. Et nemo poterat discere canticum, nisi illa centum quadraginta quattuor milia, qui empti sunt de terra.

3. and they sing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. No one could learn that song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who had been redeemed from the earth.

4. Hi sunt qui cum mulieribus non sunt coinquinati, virgines enim sunt. Hi qui sequuntur Agnum, quocumque abierit. Hi empti sunt ex hominibus primitiae Deo et Agno;

4. It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are chaste; it is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes; these have been redeemed from mankind as first fruits for God and the Lamb,

5. et in ore ipsorum non est inventum mendacium: sine macula sunt.

5. and in their mouth no lie was found, for they are spotless.

6. Et vidi alterum angelum volantem per medium caelum, habentem evangelium aeternum, ut evangelizaret super sedentes in terra et super omnem gentem et tribum et linguam et populum;

6. Then I saw another angel flying in midheaven, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and tongue and people;

7. dicens magna voce: “Timete Deum et date illi gloriam, quia venit hora iudicii eius; et adorate eum, qui fecit caelum et terram et mare et fontes aquarum”.

7. and he said with a loud voice, "Fear God and give him glory, for the hour of his judgment has come; and worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the fountains of water."

8. Et alius angelus secutus est dicens: “Cecidit, cecidit Babylon illa magna, quae a vino irae fornicationis suae potionavit omnes gentes!”.

8. Another angel, a second, followed, saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who made all nations drink the wine of her impure passion."

9. Et alius angelus tertius secutus est illos dicens voce magna: “Si quis adoraverit bestiam et imaginem eius et acceperit characterem in fronte sua aut in manu sua,

9. And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, "If any one worships the beast and its image, and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand,

10. et hic bibet de vino irae Dei, quod mixtum est mero in calice irae ipsius, et cruciabitur igne et sulphure in conspectu angelorum sanctorum et ante conspectum Agni.

10. he also shall drink the wine of God's wrath, poured unmixed into the cup of his anger, and he shall be tormented with fire and sulphur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.

11. Et fumus tormentorum eorum in saecula saeculorum ascendit, nec habent requiem die ac nocte, qui adoraverunt bestiam et imaginem eius, et si quis acceperit characterem nominis eius”.

11. And the smoke of their torment goes up for ever and ever; and they have no rest, day or night, these worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name."

12. Hic patientia sanctorum est, qui custodiunt mandata Dei et fidem Iesu.

12. Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

13. Et audivi vocem de caelo dicentem: “Scribe: Beati mortui, qui in Domino moriuntur amodo. Etiam, dicit Spiritus, ut requiescant a laboribus suis; opera enim illorum sequuntur illos”.

13. And I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord henceforth." "Blessed indeed," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!"

14. Et vidi: et ecce nubem candidam, et supra nubem sedentem quasi Filium hominis, habentem super caput suum coronam auream et in manu sua falcem acutam.

14. Then I looked, and lo, a white cloud, and seated on the cloud one like a son of man, with a golden crown on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand.

15. Et alter angelus exivit de templo clamans voce magna ad sedentem super nubem: “Mitte falcem tuam et mete, quia venit hora, ut metatur, quoniam aruit messis terrae”.

15. And another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him who sat upon the cloud, "Put in your sickle, and reap, for the hour to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is fully ripe."

16. Et misit, qui sedebat supra nubem, falcem suam in terram, et messa est terra.

16. So he who sat upon the cloud swung his sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.

17. Et alius angelus exivit de templo, quod est in caelo, habens et ipse falcem acutam.

17. And another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.

18. Et alius angelus de altari, habens potestatem supra ignem, et clamavit voce magna ad eum, qui habebat falcem acutam, dicens: “Mitte falcem tuam acutam et vindemia botros vineae terrae, quoniam maturae sunt uvae eius”.

18. Then another angel came out from the altar, the angel who has power over fire, and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, "Put in your sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe."

19. Et misit angelus falcem suam in terram et vindemiavit vineam terrae et misit in lacum irae Dei magnum.

19. So the angel swung his sickle on the earth and gathered the vintage of the earth, and threw it into the great wine press of the wrath of God;

20. Et calcatus est lacus extra civitatem, et exivit sanguis de lacu usque ad frenos equorum per stadia mille sescenta.

20. and the wine press was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed from the wine press, as high as a horse's bridle, for one thousand six hundred stadia.