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11 Mér var fenginn reyrleggur, líkur staf, og sagt var: "Rís upp og mæl musteri Guðs og altarið og teldu þá, sem þar tilbiðja.

Og láttu forgarðinn, sem er fyrir utan musterið, vera fyrir utan og mæl hann ekki, því að hann er fenginn heiðingjunum, og þeir munu fótum troða borgina helgu í fjörutíu og tvo mánuði.

Vottana mína tvo mun ég láta flytja spádómsorð í eitt þúsund tvö hundruð og sextíu daga, sekkjum klædda."

Þetta eru olíuviðirnir tveir og ljósastikurnar tvær, sem standa frammi fyrir Drottni jarðarinnar.

Og ef einhver vill granda þeim, gengur eldur út úr munni þeirra og eyðir óvinum þeirra. Ef einhver skyldi vilja granda þeim, skal hann með sama hætti deyddur verða.

Þeir hafa vald til að loka himninum, til þess að eigi rigni um spádómsdaga þeirra. Og þeir hafa vald yfir vötnunum, að breyta þeim í blóð og slá jörðina með hvers kyns plágu, svo oft sem þeir vilja.

Og er þeir hafa lokið vitnisburði sínum, mun dýrið, sem upp stígur úr undirdjúpinu, heyja stríð við þá og mun sigra þá og deyða þá.

Og lík þeirra munu liggja á strætum borgarinnar miklu, sem andlega heitir Sódóma og Egyptaland, þar sem og Drottinn þeirra var krossfestur.

Menn af ýmsum lýðum, kynkvíslum, tungum og þjóðum sjá lík þeirra þrjá og hálfan dag og leyfa ekki að þau verði lögð í gröf.

10 Og þeir, sem á jörðunni búa, gleðjast yfir þeim og fagna og senda hver öðrum gjafir, því að þessir tveir spámenn kvöldu þá, sem á jörðunni búa.

11 Og eftir dagana þrjá og hálfan fór lífsandi frá Guði í þá, og þeir risu á fætur. Og ótti mikill féll yfir þá, sem sáu þá.

12 Og þeir heyrðu rödd mikla af himni, sem sagði við þá: "Stígið upp hingað." Og þeir stigu upp til himins í skýi og óvinir þeirra horfðu á þá.

13 Á þeirri stundu varð landskjálfti mikill, og tíundi hluti borgarinnar hrundi og í landskjálftanum deyddust sjö þúsundir manna. Og þeir, sem eftir voru, urðu ótta slegnir og gáfu Guði himinsins dýrðina.

14 Veiið hið annað er liðið hjá. Sjá, veiið hið þriðja kemur brátt.

15 Og sjöundi engillinn básúnaði. Þá heyrðust raddir miklar á himni er sögðu: "Drottinn og Kristur hans hafa fengið vald yfir heiminum og hann mun ríkja um aldir alda."

16 Og öldungarnir tuttugu og fjórir, þeir er sitja frammi fyrir Guði í hásætum sínum, féllu fram á ásjónur sínar, tilbáðu Guð

17 og sögðu: Vér þökkum þér, Drottinn Guð, þú alvaldi, þú sem ert og þú sem varst, að þú hefur tekið valdið þitt hið mikla og gjörst konungur.

18 Heiðingjarnir reiddust, en reiði þín kom, sá tími, er dauðir skulu dæmdir verða, og tíminn til að gefa laun þjónum þínum, spámönnunum og hinum heilögu og þeim, sem óttast nafn þitt, smáum og stórum, og til að eyða þeim, sem jörðina eyða.

19 Og musteri Guðs opnaðist, það sem á himni er, og sáttmálsörk hans birtist í musteri hans. Og eldingar komu og dunur og þrumur og landskjálfti og hagl mikið.

The Two Witnesses

11 I was given a reed like a measuring rod(A) and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, with its worshipers. But exclude the outer court;(B) do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles.(C) They will trample on the holy city(D) for 42 months.(E) And I will appoint my two witnesses,(F) and they will prophesy for 1,260 days,(G) clothed in sackcloth.”(H) They are “the two olive trees”(I) and the two lampstands, and “they stand before the Lord of the earth.”[a](J) If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies.(K) This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die.(L) They have power to shut up the heavens(M) so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying;(N) and they have power to turn the waters into blood(O) and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want.

Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast(P) that comes up from the Abyss(Q) will attack them,(R) and overpower and kill them. Their bodies will lie in the public square of the great city(S)—which is figuratively called Sodom(T) and Egypt—where also their Lord was crucified.(U) For three and a half days some from every people, tribe, language and nation(V) will gaze on their bodies and refuse them burial.(W) 10 The inhabitants of the earth(X) will gloat over them and will celebrate by sending each other gifts,(Y) because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.

11 But after the three and a half days(Z) the breath[b] of life from God entered them,(AA) and they stood on their feet, and terror struck those who saw them. 12 Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.”(AB) And they went up to heaven in a cloud,(AC) while their enemies looked on.

13 At that very hour there was a severe earthquake(AD) and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the survivors were terrified and gave glory(AE) to the God of heaven.(AF)

14 The second woe has passed; the third woe is coming soon.(AG)

The Seventh Trumpet

15 The seventh angel sounded his trumpet,(AH) and there were loud voices(AI) in heaven, which said:

“The kingdom of the world has become
    the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah,(AJ)
    and he will reign for ever and ever.”(AK)

16 And the twenty-four elders,(AL) who were seated on their thrones before God, fell on their faces(AM) and worshiped God, 17 saying:

“We give thanks(AN) to you, Lord God Almighty,(AO)
    the One who is and who was,(AP)
because you have taken your great power
    and have begun to reign.(AQ)
18 The nations were angry,(AR)
    and your wrath has come.
The time has come for judging the dead,(AS)
    and for rewarding your servants the prophets(AT)
and your people who revere your name,
    both great and small(AU)
and for destroying those who destroy the earth.”

19 Then God’s temple(AV) in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant.(AW) And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder,(AX) an earthquake and a severe hailstorm.(AY)

Footnotes

  1. Revelation 11:4 See Zech. 4:3,11,14.
  2. Revelation 11:11 Or Spirit (see Ezek. 37:5,14)

11 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.

But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.

And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.

And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.

These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.

And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.

And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.

10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.

11 And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.

12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.

13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.

14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.

15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,

17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.

18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.