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Volume 38 · pp. 741–742
Chapter XIX Lemma
CAPUT XIX.
Sanctis de judicio meretricis Deum glorificantibus, parantur nuptiae Agni, et Angelus a Joanne adorari recusat: apparens autem quidam equo insidens cum exercitu, qui est Verbum Dei et Rex regum ac Dominus dominantium, pugnat adversus bestiam et reges terrae ac eorum exercitus, vocatis interim avibus coeli ad edendas eorum carnes.
1. Post haec audivi quasi vocem turbarum multarum in coelo dicentium: Alleluia: salus, et gloria, et virtus Deo nostro est: 2. Quia vera et justa judicia sunt ejus, qui judicavit de meretrice magna, quae corrupit terram in prostitutione sua, et vindicavit sanguinem servorum suorum de manibus ejus. 3. Et iterum dixerunt: Alleluia. Et fumus ejus ascendit in saecula saeculorum. 4. Et ceciderunt seniores viginti quatuor et quatuor animalia, et adoraverunt Deum sedentem super thronum, dicentes: Amen, Alleluia. 5. Et vox de throno exivit, dicens: Laudem dicite Deo nostro omnes servi ejus, et qui timetis eum pusilli et magni. 6. Et audivi quasi vocem turbae magnae, et sicut vocem aquarum multarum, et sicut vocem tonitruorum magnorum, dicentium: Alleluia: quoniam regnavit Dominus Deus noster omnipotens. 7. Gaudeamus, et exsultemus, et demus gloriam ei, quia venerunt nuptiae Agni, et uxor ejus praeparavit se. 8. Et datum est illi ut cooperiat se byssino splendenti et candido: byssinum enim, justificationes sunt sanctorum. 9. Et dixit mihi: Scribe: Beati qui ad coenam nuptiarum Agni vocati sunt 1. Et dixit mihi: Haec verba Dei vera sunt. 10. Et cecidi ante pedes ejus, ut adorarem eum. Et dicit mihi: Vide ne feceris: conservus tuus sum, et fratrum tuorum habentium testimonium Jesu. Deum adora: testimonium enim Jesu est spiritus prophetiae. 11. Et vidi coelum apertum: et ecce equus albus, et qui sedebat super eum vocabatur Fidelis et Verax, et cum justitia judicat et pugnat. 12. Oculi autem ejus sicut flamma ignis, et in capite ejus diademata multa, habens nomen scriptum quod nemo novit nisi ipse. 13. Et vestitus erat veste aspersa sanguine, et vocabatur nomen ejus VERBUM DEI 2. 14. Et exercitus, qui sunt in coelo, sequebantur eum in equis albis, vestiti byssino albo et mundo. 15. Et de ore ejus procedit gladius ex utraque parte acutus, ut in ipso percutiat gentes: et ipse reget eas in virga ferrea 3: et ipse calcat torcular vini furoris irae Dei omnipotentis. 16. Et habet in vestimento et in femore suo scriptum: Rex regum, et Dominus dominantium 4. 17. Et vidi unum Angelum stantem in sole, et clamavit voce magna, dicens omnibus avibus quae volabant per medium coeli: Venite, et congregamini ad coenam magnam Dei: 18. Ut manducetis carnes regum, et carnes tribunorum, et carnes fortium, et carnes equorum et sedentium in ipsis, et carnes omnium liberorum et servorum, et pusillorum et magnorum. 19. Et vidi bestiam, et reges terrae, et exercitus eorum congregatos ad faciendum praelium cum illo qui sedebat in equo, et cum exercitu ejus. 20. Et apprehensa est bestia, et cum ea pseudopropheta qui fecit signa coram ipso, quibus seduxit eos qui acceperunt characterem bestiae, et qui adoraverunt imaginem ejus. Vivi missi sunt hi duo in stagnum ignis ardentis sulphure: 21. Et caeteri occisi sunt in gladio sedentis super equum, qui procedit de ore ipsius, et omnes aves saturatae sunt carnibus eorum.
CHAPTER XIX.
While the Saints glorify God concerning the judgment of the harlot, the marriage-feast of the Lamb is prepared, and the Angel refuses to be adored by John; but a certain one appearing, sitting upon a horse, with an army, who is the Word of God and King of kings and Lord of lords, fights against the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies, while meanwhile the birds of heaven are called to eat their flesh.
1. After these things I heard as it were the voice of many crowds in heaven saying: Alleluia: salvation, and glory, and strength belong to our God; 2. because true and just are his judgments, who judged concerning the great harlot, who corrupted the earth in her prostitution, and avenged the blood of his servants from her hands. 3. And again they said: Alleluia. And her smoke ascended for ages of ages. 4. And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down, and adored God sitting upon the throne, saying: Amen, Alleluia. 5. And a voice went out from the throne, saying: Speak praise to our God, all his servants, and you who fear him, small and great. 6. And I heard as it were the voice of a great crowd, and like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of great thunders, saying: Alleluia, because the Lord our God almighty has reigned. 7. Let us rejoice and exult, and give glory to him, because the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has prepared herself. 8. And it was given to her that she should cover herself with shining and white fine linen; for fine linen is the justifications of the saints. 9. And he said to me: Write: Blessed are those who have been called to the supper of the marriage of the Lamb 1. And he said to me: These words of God are true. 10. And I fell before his feet to adore him. And he says to me: See that you do not do it; I am your fellow-servant and of your brothers who have the testimony of Jesus. Adore God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. 11. And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse, and he who sat upon it was called Faithful and True, and with justice he judges and fights. 12. And his eyes were like a flame of fire, and on his head were many diadems, having a written name which no one knows except he himself. 13. And he was clothed in a garment sprinkled with blood, and his name was called THE WORD OF GOD 2. 14. And the armies which are in heaven followed him on white horses, clothed in white and clean fine linen. 15. And from his mouth proceeds a sword sharp on both sides, so that in it he may strike the nations; and he will rule them with an iron rod 3, and he treads the winepress of the wine of the fury of the wrath of almighty God. 16. And on his garment and on his thigh he has written: King of kings and Lord of lords 4. 17. And I saw one Angel standing in the sun, and he cried with a great voice, saying to all the birds which were flying through the midst of heaven: Come, and gather yourselves to the great supper of God, 18. so that you may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of tribunes, and the flesh of the strong, and the flesh of horses and of those sitting on them, and the flesh of all free persons and slaves, and of small and great. 19. And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies gathered to make war with him who sat on the horse and with his army. 20. And the beast was seized, and with it the false prophet who performed signs before him, by which he seduced those who received the character of the beast and those who adored his image. These two were cast alive into the pool of fire burning with sulfur. 21. And the rest were slain by the sword of the one sitting on the horse, which proceeds from his mouth, and all the birds were filled with their flesh.
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