Apocalypsis Ioannis

Apocalypsis, chapter 4, Vulgate and King James Version

Chapter 4 Vulgate

   1 Post haec vidi: et ecce ostium apertum in caelo, et vox prima, quam audivi, tamquam tubae loquentis mecum dicens: "Ascende huc, et ostendam tibi, quae oportet fieri post haec".
   2 Statim fui in spiritu: et ecce thronus positus erat in caelo; et supra thronum sedens;
   3 et, qui sedebat, similis erat aspectu lapidi iaspidi et sardino; et iris erat in circuitu throni, aspectu similis smaragdo.
   4 Et in circuitu throni, viginti quattuor thronos, et super thronos viginti quattuor seniores sedentes, circumamictos vestimentis albis, et super capita eorum coronas aureas.
   5 Et de throno procedunt fulgura et voces et tonitrua; et septem lampades ignis ardentes ante thronum, quae sunt septem spiritus Dei;
   6 et in conspectu throni tamquam mare vitreum simile crystallo. Et in medio throni et in circuitu throni quattuor animalia, plena oculis ante et retro:
   7 et animal primum simile leoni, et secundum animal simile vitulo, et tertium animal habens faciem quasi hominis, et quartum animal simile aquilae volanti.
   8 Et quattuor animalia singula eorum habebant alas senas, in circuitu et intus plenae sunt oculis; et requiem non habent die et nocte dicentia: "Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus Dominus, Deus omnipotens, qui erat et qui est et qui venturus est!".
   9 Et cum darent illa animalia gloriam et honorem et gratiarum actionem sedenti super thronum, viventi in saecula saeculorum,
   10 procidebant viginti quattuor seniores ante sedentem in throno et adorabant viventem in saecula saeculorum et mittebant coronas suas ante thronum dicentes:
   11 "Dignus es, Domine et Deus noster, accipere gloriam et honorem et virtutem, quia tu creasti omnia, et propter voluntatem tuam erant et creata sunt".

Source: Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio, Sacrosanti Oecumenici Concilii Vaticani II, Ratione Habita, Iussu Pauli PP. VI Recognita, Auctoritate Ioannis Pauli PP. II Promulgata, Editio Typica Altera

King James Version

   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 hereafter.
   2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
   3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
   4 And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
   5 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 Spirits of God.
   6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
   7 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 is to come.
   9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,
   10 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 throne, saying,
   11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.