1 After these things I saw four angels standing upon the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth so that no wind would blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. VP
2 And I saw another angel having ascended from [the] rising of [the] sun, having [the] seal of [the] living God. And he cried out with a great voice to the four angels to whom it was given to them to harm the earth and the sea, VP
3 saying, “Do not harm the earth, nor the sea, nor the trees, until we shall have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.” VP
4 And I heard the number of those having been sealed, a hundred forty-four thousand having been sealed out of every tribe of [the] sons of Israel: VP
5 Out of [the] tribe of Judah twelve thousand having been sealed, out of [the] tribe of Reuben twelve thousand, out of [the] tribe of Gad twelve thousand, VP
6 out of [the] tribe of Asher twelve thousand, out of [the] tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand, out of [the] tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand, VP
7 out of [the] tribe of Simeon twelve thousand, out of [the] tribe of Levi twelve thousand, out of [the] tribe of Issachar twelve thousand, VP
8 out of [the] tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand, out of [the] tribe of Joseph twelve thousand, out of [the] tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand having been sealed. VP
9 After these things I saw, and behold, a great multitude, which no one was able to number it, out of every nation and [all] tribes and peoples and tongues standing before the throne and before the Lamb, having been clothed with white robes, and palm branches in their hands, VP
10 and crying out with a great voice, saying: “Salvation to our God, the [One] sitting on the throne, and to the Lamb!” VP
11 And all the angels stood around the throne, and the elders, and the four living creatures, and they fell before the throne upon their faces and worshiped God, VP
12 saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and strength to our God, to the ages of the ages! Amen.” VP
13 And one of the elders answered, saying to me, “These having been clothed with the white robes, who are they, and from where did they come?” VP
14 And I said to him, “My lord, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the [ones] coming out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. VP
15 Because of this, they are before the throne of God, and they serve Him day and night in His temple; and the [One] sitting on the throne will tabernacle over them. VP
16 ‘They will not hunger anymore, nor will they thirst anymore, nor shall the sun at all fall upon them, nor any scorching heat,’ VP
17 because the Lamb in [the] middle of the throne will shepherd them, ‘and He will lead them to fountains living of waters,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’” VP