1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter. 2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. 3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. 4 And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. 5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. 6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. 7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. 8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him ; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. 9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, 10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, 11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
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
2 statim fui in spiritu
et ecce sedis posita erat in caelo
et supra sedem sedens
3 et qui sedebat similis erat aspectui lapidis iaspidis et sardini
et iris erat in circuitu sedis similis visioni zmaragdinae
4 et in circuitu sedis sedilia viginti quattuor
et super thronos viginti quattuor seniores sedentes
circumamictos vestimentis albis
et in capitibus eorum coronas aureas
5 et de throno procedunt fulgura et voces et tonitrua
et septem lampades ardentes ante thronum
quae sunt septem spiritus Dei
6 et in conspectu sedis tamquam mare vitreum simile cristallo
et in medio sedis et in circuitu sedis
quattuor animalia plena oculis ante et retro
7 et animal primum simile leoni
et secundum animal simile vitulo
et tertium animal habens faciem quasi hominis
et quartum animal simile aquilae volanti
8 et quattuor animalia singula eorum habebant alas senas
et in circuitu et intus plena 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
9 et cum darent illa animalia gloriam et honorem et benedictionem
sedenti super thronum viventi in saecula saeculorum
10 procident viginti quattuor seniores
ante sedentem in throno
et adorabunt viventem in saecula saeculorum
et mittent coronas suas ante thronum dicentes
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