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PART II.

SECTION I

δον, καὶ ἰδὲ, θύρα ἠνεωμένη ἐν τῷ ὐρανῷ, καὶ ἡ φωνὴ ἡ πρώτη, ἣν ήκεσα ὡς σαλπιγα λογ λύσης μελ ̓ ἐμᾶ, λέγων Ανάβα ὧδε, καὶ δείξω σοι ἃ δεῖ γενέσθαι μετὰ ταῦ 2 τα· Καὶ εὐθέως ἐγε νόμην ἐν πνεύματι xide, Deóros ixeilo

ἐν τῷ ἐξανῷ, καὶ ἐπὶ το θρόνο καθήμενος, • Καὶ ὁ καθήμεν

[ἂν] ὅμοια δράσει λίθῳ ἰάσπιδι, καὶ σαρδίων και τρις και κλόθεν τῷ θρόνες ὅτ μοια δρασεί σμα 4 ραγδίνῳ. Καὶ κυκλόθεν τε θρόνε θεόνοι εἴκοσι τέσσα ça' n ini rès Djó

CHAPTER iv.

1 After these things, I looked; and behold, there was a door opened in the heaven; and the former voice, which I had heard as of a trumpet speaking with me, saying, "Come "up hither, and I will "shew thee the things "which must happen 2" after these." And immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a Throne was set in heaven; and upon the

Throne one sitting; 3 And He that sate [was]

like in appearance to a jasper, even a sardine stone. And a radiance round about the Throne, like in appearance to an eme4 rald. And round about

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 here2 after. And immedi

ately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a Throne was set in heaven, and one sat on 3 the Throne. And He

τας εἴκοσι τέσσαρας πρεσβυτέρες καθημένος, περιβεβλη μένος ἐν ἱμαλίοις λει κοῖς· καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς κεφαλὰς αὑτῶν δε5 φάνες χρυσές. Καὶ ἐκ τῶ θρόνε ἐκπο ρεύονται ἀςραπαὶ καὶ βρονταὶ καὶ φωναί· καὶ ἑπτὰ λαμπάδες πυρὸς καιόμεναι ἐνώπιον το θρόνο, απ εἰσι τὰ ἑπιὰ πνεύ 6 μala To Os. Kai ἐνώπιον τῷ θρόνε ὡς θάλασσα θαλίνη, ὁμοία κρυςάλλῳ καὶ ἐν μέσω το θρό να καὶ κύκλῳ τὸ θρό τα τέσσαρα ζώα γέ μονία ὀφθαλμῶν ἔμη προσθεν και όπισ

θεν. Καὶ τὸ ζῶον τὸ πρῶτον ὅμοιον λέοντι, καὶ τὸ δεύ τερον ζῶον ὅμοιον μόσχῳ, καὶ τὸ τρίτον ζῶον ἔχον τὸ πρόσω ωπον ὡς ἄνθρωπος, καὶ τὸ τέταρτον ζῶον ὅμοιον ἀεὶῷ πειωμ 8 νῳ· Καὶ τέσσαρα ζῶα, ἓν καθ' ἓν αὐτ τῶν, ἔχον ἀνὰ πλέ ρυγας ἓξ, κυκλόθεν καὶ ἔσωθεν γέμεσιν ὀφθαλμῶν· καὶ ἀνά παυσιν ἐκ ἔχεσιν ἡμέρας καὶ νυκιός, λέο YOUTHS" "Ayı, ä

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as it were, a Sea, glassy,
like unto crystal; and
in the midst of the
Throne, and around.
the Throne, four living
creatures, full of eyes,
before and behind.

And the first living creature like a lion; and the second living creature like a steer; and the third living creature having the aspect as a man; and the fourth living creature like a flying eagle. 8 And the four living

creatures, having each
of them six wings, are
full of
around
eyes,
and within; and they
cease not day and
night, saying, "Holy,
"holy, holy, the Lord
"God, the Almighty,
and which

" which was,

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 6 Spirits of God. And

before the Throne there
was a sea of glass, like
unto crystal: And in
the midst of the Throne,
and round about the
four
Throne,
beasts, full of eyes, be-

were

7 fore and behind. 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 9 is to come. And when those beasts give glory,

για, απο Κύριος

"is, and which is to "come!". And when the living creatures give glory and honour and thanksgiving to Him who sitteth on the Throne, who liveth for 10 ever and ever, The twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sitteth on the Throne, and worship Him who liveth for ever and ever; and cast their

ὁ Θεὸς ὁ παντοκρά- 19 τωρ, ὁ ἦν, καὶ ὁ ὢν, καὶ ὁ ἐρχόμενον. Ο Καὶ ὅταν δώσεσι τὰ ζῶα δόξαν καὶ τιμὴν καὶ εὐχαρισίαν τῷ καθημένῳ ἐπὶ τῇ θρόνα, τῷ ζῶνι εἰς τὰς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, 10 Πεσεναι οἱ εἴκοσι τέσσαρες πρεσβύ ·τεροι ἐνώπιον τᾶ και θημένε ἐπὶ τᾶ θρό

καὶ προσκυνη σᾶσι τῷ ζῶνι εἰς τὰς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰ ώνων, καὶ βαλέσι τις σεφάνες αὑτῶν ἐνώπιον το θρόνο, 11 λέγοντες "Αξιος εἶ, Κύριε, λαβεῖν τὴν δόξαν, καὶ τὴν τις μὴν, καὶ τὴν δύναμιν· ὅτι σὺ ἔκλισας

τὰ πάλα, καὶ διὰ
τὸ θέλημά σε ἦσαν,
καὶ ἐκλίσθησαν.

crowns before tl.e 11 Throne, saying, “Wor

" thy art thou, Ο Lord, "to receive the glory, "and the honour, and "the power; for thou σε hast

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created all things, and by thy

“ will they were, and

and honour, and thanks to Him that sat on the Throne, who liveth for 10 ever and ever, 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 11 Throne, saying, Thou art worthy, Ο Lord, to receive glory, and honour, and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are, and were created,

Γ δει

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