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Revelation 1 1 Then I saw an angel come down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the abyss 2 and a heavy chain. 以后，我看见一位天使从天降下，手持深渊的钥匙和一条大锁链。 2 He seized the dragon, the ancient serpent, which is the Devil or Satan, 3 and tied it up for a thousand years 他捉住了那龙，那古蛇，就是魔鬼－－撒殚，把它捆起来，共一千年之久； 3 and threw it into the abyss, which he locked over it and sealed, so that it could no longer lead the nations astray until the thousand years are completed. After this, it is to be released for a short time. 将它抛到深渊里，关起来，加上封条，免得它再迷惑万民，直到满了一千年，此后应该释放它一个短时辰。 4 Then I saw thrones; those who sat on them were entrusted with judgment. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, and who had not worshiped the beast or its image nor had accepted its mark 4 on their foreheads or hands. They came to life and they reigned with Christ for a thousand years. 我又看见一些宝座，有些人在上面坐着，赐给了他们审判的权柄，他们就是那些为给耶稣作证，并为了天主的话被斩首之人的灵魂；还有那些没有朝拜那兽，也没有朝拜兽像，并在自己的额上或手上也没有接受它印号的人，都活了过来，同基督一起为王一千年。 5 The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were over. This is the first resurrection. 这是第一次复活。其余的死者没有活过来，直到那一千年满了。 6 Blessed 5 and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over these; they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for (the) thousand years. 于第一次复活有分的人是有福的，是圣洁的。第二次的死亡对这些人无能为力；他们将作天主和基督的司祭，并同他一起为王一千年。 7 6 When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison. 及至一千年满了，撒殚就要从监牢里被释放出来。 8 He will go out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, 7 to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea. 他一出来便去迷惑地上四极的万民，就是哥格和玛哥格；他聚集他们准备作战，他们的数目有如海滨的沙粒。 9 They invaded the breadth of the earth 8 and surrounded the camp of the holy ones and the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and consumed them. 于是他们上到那广大的地区，围困了众圣徒的营幕和蒙爱的城邑；但是有火自天上，从天主那里降下，吞灭了他们。 10 The Devil who had led them astray was thrown into the pool of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet were. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. 迷惑他们的魔鬼，也被投入那烈火与硫磺的坑中，就是那兽和那位假先知所在的地方；他们必要日夜受苦，至于无穷之世。 11 9 Next I saw a large white throne and the one who was sitting on it. The earth and the sky fled from his presence and there was no place for them. 以后，我看见了一个洁白的大宝座，和坐于其上的那位；地和天都从他面前消失不见了，再也找不到它们的地方了。 12 I saw the dead, the great and the lowly, standing before the throne, and scrolls were opened. Then another scroll was opened, the book of life. 10 The dead were judged according to their deeds, by what was written in the scrolls. 我又看见死过的人，无论大小，都站在宝座前，案卷就展开了；还有另一本书，即生命册也展开了，死过的人都按那案卷上所记录的，照他们的行为受了审判。 13 The sea gave up its dead; then Death and Hades 11 gave up their dead. All the dead were judged according to their deeds. 海洋把其中的死者交出，死亡和阴府都把其中的死者交出，人人都按照自己的行为受了审判。 14 Then Death and Hades were thrown into the pool of fire. (This pool of fire is the second death. 12 ) 然后死亡和阴府也被投入火坑，这火坑就是第二次死亡。 15 Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the pool of fire. 凡是没有记载在生命册上的人，就被投入火坑中。 Footnotes(注解) 1 [1-6] Like the other numerical values in this book, the thousand years are not to be taken literally; they symbolize the long period of time between the chaining up of Satan (a symbol for Christ's resurrection-victory over death and the forces of evil) and the end of the world. During this time God's people share in the glorious reign of God that is present to them by virtue of their baptismal victory over death and sin; cf Romans 6:1-8; John 5:24-25; 16:33; 1 John 3:14; Eph 2:1. 2 [1] Abyss: see the note on Rev 9:1. 3 [2] Dragon . . . serpent . . . Satan: see the notes on Rev 12:3, 9, 10, 15. 4 [4] Beast . . . mark: see Rev 13 and its notes. 5 [6] Blessed: see the note on Rev 1:3. Second death: see the note on Rev 2:11. Priests: as in Rev 1:6; 5:10; cf 1 Peter 2:9. 6 [7-10] A description of the symbolic battle to take place when Satan is released at the end of time, when the thousand years are over; see the note on Rev 20:1-6. 7 [8] Gog and Magog: symbols of all pagan nations; the names are taken from Ezekiel 38:1-39:20. 8 [9] The breadth of the earth: 9 [11-15] A description of the final judgment. After the intermediate reign of Christ, all the dead are raised and judged, thus inaugurating the new age. 10 [12] The book of life: see the note on Rev 3:5. Judged . . . scrolls: see the note on Rev 14:12. 11 [13] Hades: the netherworld; see the note on Rev 1:18. 12 [14] Second death: see the note on Rev 2:11. |
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