Revelation · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Revelation 4 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Μετά ταύτα είδον, και ιδού, θύρα ανεωγμένη εν τω ουρανώ, και η φωνή η πρώτη, την οποίαν ήκουσα ως σάλπιγγος λαλούσης μετ' εμού, έλεγεν· Ανάβα εδώ και θέλω σοι δείξει όσα πρέπει να γείνωσι μετά ταύτα.
1 After these things I looked and saw a door opened in heaven; and the first voice that I heard, like a trumpet speaking with me, was one saying, “Come up here, and I will show you the things which must happen after this.”
2 Και ευθύς ήλθον εις πνευματικήν έκστασιν· και ιδού, θρόνος έκειτο εν τω ουρανώ, και επί του θρόνου ήτο τις καθήμενος.
2 Immediately I was in the Spirit. Behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and one sitting on the throne
3 και ο καθήμενος ήτο όμοιος κατά την θέαν με λίθον ίασπιν και σάρδινον· και ήτο ίρις κύκλω του θρόνου ομοία κατά την θέαν με σμάραγδον.
3 that looked like a jasper stone and a sardius. There was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald to look at.
4 Και κύκλω του θρόνου ήσαν θρόνοι εικοσιτέσσαρες· και επί τους θρόνους είδον καθημένους τους εικοσιτέσσαρας πρεσβυτέρους, ενδεδυμένους ιμάτια λευκά, και είχον επί τας κεφαλάς αυτών στεφάνους χρυσούς.
4 Around the throne were twenty-four thrones. On the thrones were twenty-four elders sitting, dressed in white garments, with crowns of gold on their heads.
5 Και εκ του θρόνου εξήρχοντο αστραπαί και βρονταί και φωναί· και ήσαν επτά λαμπάδες πυρός καιόμεναι έμπροσθεν του θρόνου, αίτινες είναι τα επτά πνεύματα του Θεού·
5 Out of the throne proceed lightnings, sounds, and thunders. There were seven lamps of fire burning before his throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
6 και έμπροσθεν του θρόνου ήτο θάλασσα υαλίνη, ομοία με κρύσταλλον· και εν τω μέσω του θρόνου και κύκλω του θρόνου τέσσαρα ζώα γέμοντα οφθαλμών έμπροσθεν και όπισθεν.
6 Before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the middle of the throne, and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind.
7 Και το ζώον το πρώτον ήτο όμοιον με λέοντα, και το δεύτερον ζώον όμοιον με μοσχάριον, και το τρίτον ζώον είχε το πρόσωπον ως άνθρωπος, και το τέταρτον ζώον ήτο όμοιον με αετόν πετώμενον.
7 The first creature was like a lion, the second creature like a calf, the third creature had a face like a man, and the fourth was like a flying eagle.
8 Και τα τέσσαρα ζώα είχον έκαστον χωριστά ανά εξ πτέρυγας κυκλόθεν και έσωθεν ήσαν γέμοντα οφθαλμών, και δεν παύουσιν ημέραν και νύκτα λέγοντα· Άγιος, άγιος, άγιος Κύριος ο Θεός ο παντοκράτωρ, ο ην και ο ων και ο ερχόμενος.
8 The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!”
9 Και όταν προσφέρωσι τα ζώα δόξαν και τιμήν και ευχαριστίαν εις τον καθήμενον επί του θρόνου, εις τον ζώντα εις τους αιώνας των αιώνων,
9 When the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to him who sits on the throne, to him who lives forever and ever,
10 οι εικοσιτέσσαρες πρεσβύτεροι θέλουσι πέσει ενώπιον του καθημένου επί του θρόνου, και θέλουσι προσκυνήσει τον ζώντα εις τους αιώνας των αιώνων, και θέλουσι βάλει τους στεφάνους αυτών ενώπιον του θρόνου, λέγοντες·
10 the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever, and throw their crowns before the throne, saying,
11 Άξιος είσαι, Κύριε, να λάβης την δόξαν και την τιμήν και την δύναμιν, διότι συ έκτισας τα πάντα, και διά το θέλημά σου υπάρχουσι και εκτίσθησαν.
11 “Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed and were created!”
Cross references (11)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Revelation 11:12; Exodus 24:12; Revelation 1:19; Revelation 1:10; Mark 1:10
- 2 Revelation 1:10; 1 Kings 22:19; Isaiah 6:1; Ezekiel 3:12–14; Ezekiel 1:26
- 3 Ezekiel 1:28; Revelation 21:11; Genesis 9:13–16; Revelation 10:1; Ezekiel 28:13
- 4 Matthew 19:28; Revelation 11:16; Revelation 4:10; Revelation 7:11; Revelation 20:4
- 5 Revelation 11:19; Revelation 8:5; Revelation 1:4; Revelation 5:6; Revelation 16:17–18
- 6 Revelation 15:2; Revelation 5:6; Revelation 4:8–9; Revelation 14:3; Ezekiel 10:12
- 7 Ezekiel 10:14; Ezekiel 1:10; Ezekiel 10:21; Ezekiel 1:8; Revelation 4:6
- 8 Isaiah 6:2–13; Revelation 1:8; Hebrews 13:8; Revelation 4:6; Exodus 15:11
- 9 Revelation 5:13–14; Revelation 7:11–12; Revelation 10:6; Revelation 15:7; Psalm 47:8
- 10 Revelation 5:8; Psalm 95:6; Revelation 19:4; Revelation 11:16; 1 Chronicles 29:11–16
- 11 Colossians 1:16–17; Revelation 5:12; Isaiah 40:28; Proverbs 16:4; John 1:1–3
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
For, [as the Scripture] says, "The first living creature was like a lion," symbolizing His effectual working, His leadership, and royal power; the second [living creature] was like a calf, signifying [His] sacrificial and sacerdotal order; but "the third had, as it were, the face as of a man,"--an evident description of His advent as a human being; "the fourth …