Olphong 14
1 Te phoeiah ka dan hatah Zion tlang ah tuca pai he. A taengah hlang thawng yakhat thawng sawmli thawng li om. Te rhoek ham Amah ming neh a napa ming te a tal ah a daek pah.
But then I saw the [one who is like a] lamb standing on Zion Hill [in Jerusalem]. With him were 144,000 [people]. His name and his Father’s name had been written {[He] had written his name and his Father’s name} on their foreheads.
2 Te vaengah vaan ol te tui puei ol bang neh rhaek hum ol bangla ka yaak. Te ol tah rhotoengtum rhoek kah a rhotoeng tum bangla ka yaak.
I heard a sound from heaven, which was as [loud] [SIM] as the sound of a huge waterfall (OR, a great/wide [river of rushing] water) and which was [also as loud as] [SIM] mighty thunder. The sound that I heard was like [the sound that] people make when they are playing their harps.
3 Ngolkhoel hmai neh, mulhing pali hmai neh patong rhoek hmaiah laa thai khaw a sak uh. Tedae diklai lamkah tlan tangtae rhoek thawng yakhat thawng sawmli thawng li pawt atah tekah laa te aka rhoi thai om pawh.
The 144,000 people were singing a new song [while they stood] in front of the throne, in front of the four living [creatures], and in front of the elders. Only the 144,000 [people], the ones who have been {whom [the one who is like a lamb] has} redeemed/bought from among the people on the earth, could learn that song. No one else could learn the song [that they sang].
4 Amih rhoek tah oila la om uh tih aka tii pawh huta taengah om uh. Amih long tah tuca te mela a caeh akhaw a vai uh. Amih tah hlang rhoek taeng lamloh Pathen ham neh tuca thaihcuek la a lai.
Those 144,000 are the people who are [spiritually] pure, [like] virgins [are morally pure]. They have not (defiled themselves/made themselves impure) [MET] [by worshipping any false god]. They are the ones who accompany Jesus, the [one who is like a] lamb, wherever he goes. They [represent all those whom he has] redeemed/bought for God from among the people [of earth, in order that he might offer] them to God and to [himself].
5 Amih kah olka dongah laithae om pawt tih cuemthuek la om uh.
[Those people] never lie when they speak [MTY], and they never act immorally.
6 Te phoeiah vaan bangli ah aka ding puencawn pakhat ka hmuh. Dungyan olthangthen te diklai hman aka hung rhoek namtom boeih taengah khaw, pilnam koca taengah khaw, ol com ol cae taengah thui ham hang khuen. (aiōnios g166)
I saw another angel that was flying between the sky and heaven. He was bringing [God’s] eternal good message [to earth], in order that he might proclaim it to people who live on the earth. He will proclaim it to every nation, [to every] tribe, [to speakers of every] language [MTY], and [to every] people-[group]. (aiōnios g166)
7 Te vaengah ol ue la, “Pathen te rhih uh lamtah amah te thangpomnah pae uh, amah kah laitloeknah tue ha pawk coeng. Te dongah, vaan neh diklai, tuitunli neh tuisih tui aka saii te bawk uh lah,” a ti.
He said in a loud voice, “Revere God and honor him, because it is now time for him to judge [people]! Worship [God, because he is] the one who created the heaven, the earth, the ocean, and the springs of water.”
8 Te phoeiah a pabae kah puencawn pakhat loh a hmaithawn tih, “Tim coeng, a Cukhalnah dongkah thinsanah misurtui te namtom boeih aka tul Babylon kho puei te tim coeng,” a ti.
A second angel came after him saying, “The very evil [cities] (OR, [city]) [represented by] Babylon are completely destroyed! [God] has punished [their people because] they [have persuaded people of] all the nations [to forsake God, just like a prostitute] [MET] persuades [men] to drink [strong] wine and [as a result] commit sexual immorality.”
9 Puencawn a pathum bal loh amih te a hmaithawn tih ol ue neh, “Ukhaw satlung neh muei aka bawk tih a tal neh a kut ah kutnoek a dang atah,
A third angel came next, saying in a loud voice, “If people worship the beast and its image and [allow] its mark to be put {its [agent to] put its mark} on their foreheads or on their hands,
10 Anih long khaw Pathen kah thinsanah misurtui te a ok ni. A kosi boengloeng dongah hangcil la a thoek coeng. A cim puencawn rhoek hmai neh tuca hmaiah kat neh hmai dongah a phaep ni.
God will be angry with them and punish them very severely [MET]. They will be tormented {[God] will torment them} in burning sulfur in the presence of his holy angels and in the presence of the [one who is like a] lamb.
11 Amih phaepnah hmaikhu te khaw kumhal kah kumhal la luei. Satlung neh a muei aka bawk rhoek, khat khat loh a ming dongkah kutnoek aka dang long tah khoyin khothaih a duemnah khueh pawh. (aiōn g165)
The smoke [from the fire] that torments them will rise forever. [They will] be tormented {[God will] torment them} continually, day and night. [That is what will happen to] the people who worship the beast and its image and who allow its name to be marked on them {allow [its agent] to mark them with its name}.” (aiōn g165)
12 Heah he Pathen kah olpaek neh Jesuh kah tangnah aka kuem hlangcim rhoek kah uehnah te om.
So God’s people, those who obey what God commands and who trust in Jesus, must faithfully continue [obeying and trusting him].
13 Te phoeiah vaan lamkah ol ka yaak tih, “Tahae lamkah aka duek tih Boeipa ah aka duek rhoek tah a yoethen tila daek lah,” a ti. Thuem, Mueihla loh a thui. Te daengah ni amih kah thakthaenah lamloh a duem uh eh. Amih te a khoboe loh amih kah a vai.
I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write [this: God will] now [abundantly] bless the people who have a close relationship with the Lord [Jesus] for the rest of [their lives].” [God’s] Spirit says, “Yes, [after they die], they will no longer have to work hard. Instead, they will rest, and [the record of the good deeds] [MTY] that they have done will go with them (OR, [God] will [reward them] for the good deeds that they have done).”
14 Te phoeiah khomai a bok lawt ka hmuh. Te vaengah khomai soah aka ngol te hlang capa phek la om. A lu ah sui rhuisam a khuem tih a kut dongah vin haat a pom.
Then I was surprised to see a white cloud, and on the cloud [someone] was sitting who looked like the one who came from heaven. He [was wearing] a golden crown on his head. In his hand [he held] a sharp sickle.
15 Puencawn pakhat tah bawkim lamkah ha thoeng tih khomai soah aka ngol te ol ue neh, “Cangah tue a pha coeng tih diklai cangvuei tah koh coeng, na vin te tueih lamtah at laeh,” tila a doek.
Another angel came out of the temple [in heaven]. In a loud voice, [speaking figuratively about gathering people for God to judge them], he said to the one who was sitting on the cloud, “The time has come to reap [the grain on the earth], so with your sickle [reap] the [grain], because the grain on the earth is ripe.”
16 Khomai soah aka ngol loh a vin te diklai hmanah a thueng tih diklai tah a ah.
The one who was sitting on the cloud forcefully gathered together [all the people] on earth, [as] [MET] [a farmer] reaps grain with his sickle.
17 Puencawn pakhat loh vaan bawkim lamkah ha moe tih anih long khaw vin haat a pom.
Another angel came out of the sanctuary in heaven. He also held a sharp sickle.
18 Te phoeiah puencawn pakhat loh hmueihtuk lamkah ha thoeng tih hmai soah saithainah a khueh. Te vaengah vin haat aka pom te ol ue la a khue tih, “Na vin haat te tueih lamtah diklai kah misur thaihsu te yoep laeh, misur hminkah coeng,” a ti nah.
From the altar came another angel. He is the one who takes care of the fire [of the altar. Also speaking figuratively about gathering the wicked people for God to judge and punish them], he said in a loud voice to the angel who held the sharp sickle, “With your sharp sickle cut off the clusters of grapes in the vineyards on the earth! Then gather the clusters of grapes together, because its grapes are ripe!”
19 Te dongah puencawn loh amah kah vin te diklai la a thueng tih diklai kah misur te a yoep phoeiah tanglue Pathen kah thinsanah misur rhom khuila a sang.
So, [just like a man would] cut off with his sickle the clusters of grapes in his vineyard [MET], an angel forcefully [gathered the wicked people] on the earth. Then he threw them into the huge place where God will angrily punish them.
20 Te phoeiah kho voelkah misur rhom ah a til tih misurrhom lamkah thii aka long te marhang kah kamrhui toemah phalong thawngkhat yarhuk la li.
[The wicked people] were trampled on {[God’s agent] trod on [the wicked people]} [in] the winepress outside the city. The blood that came out from the winepress flowed [in a stream so deep that it reached] to the bridles of the horses, [and extended] (180 miles/300 kilometers).
