Apocalypsis Ioannis, 4

1. Post haec vidi: et ecce ostium apertum in caelo, et vox prima, quam audivi, tamquam tubae loquentis mecum dicens: “Ascende huc, et ostendam tibi, quae oportet fieri post haec”.

1. After this I looked, and lo, in heaven an open door! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, "Come up hither, and I will show you what must take place after this."

2. Statim fui in spiritu: et ecce thronus positus erat in caelo; et supra thronum sedens;

2. At once I was in the Spirit, and lo, a throne stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne!

3. et, qui sedebat, similis erat aspectu lapidi iaspidi et sardino; et iris erat in circuitu throni, aspectu similis smaragdo.

3. And he who sat there appeared like jasper and carnelian, and round the throne was a rainbow that looked like an emerald.

4. Et in circuitu throni, viginti quattuor thronos, et super thronos viginti quattuor seniores sedentes, circumamictos vestimentis albis, et super capita eorum coronas aureas.

4. Round the throne were twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders, clad in white garments, with golden crowns upon their heads.

5. Et de throno procedunt fulgura et voces et tonitrua; et septem lampades ignis ardentes ante thronum, quae sunt septem spiritus Dei;

5. From the throne issue flashes of lightning, and voices and peals of thunder, and before the throne burn seven torches of fire, which are the seven spirits of God;

6. et in conspectu throni tamquam mare vitreum simile crystallo. Et in medio throni et in circuitu throni quattuor animalia, plena oculis ante et retro:

6. and before the throne there is as it were a sea of glass, like crystal. And round the throne, on each side of the throne, are four living creatures, full of eyes in front and behind:

7. et animal primum simile leoni, et secundum animal simile vitulo, et tertium animal habens faciem quasi hominis, et quartum animal simile aquilae volanti.

7. the first living creature like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature with the face of a man, and the fourth living creature like a flying eagle.

8. Et quattuor animalia singula eorum habebant alas senas, in circuitu et intus plenae sunt oculis; et requiem non habent die et nocte dicentia: “Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus Dominus, Deus omnipotens, qui erat et qui est et qui venturus est!”.

8. And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all round and within, and day and night they never cease to sing, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!"

9. Et cum darent illa animalia gloriam et honorem et gratiarum actionem sedenti super thronum, viventi in saecula saeculorum,

9. And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who is seated on the throne, who lives for ever and ever,

10. procidebant viginti quattuor seniores ante sedentem in throno et adorabant viventem in saecula saeculorum et mittebant coronas suas ante thronum dicentes:

10. the twenty-four elders fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives for ever and ever; they cast their crowns before the throne, singing,

11. “Dignus es, Domine et Deus noster, accipere gloriam et honorem et virtutem, quia tu creasti omnia, et propter voluntatem tuam erant et creata sunt”.

11. "Worthy art thou, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for thou didst create all things, and by thy will they existed and were created."