活物頌讚

長老敬拜

一、指示必成的事

二、設立寶座經過

三、圍繞寶座人物

1.看見天開

2.聽見聲音

3.立被靈感

1.坐在寶座

2.形狀形容

3.周圍有虹

1.廿四長老

2.神的七靈

3.四個活物

（UCV）國語和合本

（NCV）中文新譯本

（CLV）當代中譯本

（KJV）英王欽定本

（NIV）英文國際本

啟4:1（UCV）【約翰見天上的寶座】此後，我觀看，見天上有門開了。我初次聽見好像吹號的聲音，對我說：「你上到這裏來，我要將以後必成的事指示你。」

啟4:1（NCV）【天上的敬拜】這些事以後，我觀看，見天上有一道門開著；並且有我第一次聽見的那個好像號筒的聲音，對我說：「你上這裡來！我要把以後必定發生的事指示你。」

啟4:1（CLV）聽了這番話以後，我再觀看，見到天上有一扇門開了，又聽見剛才的聲音，像號角般響亮地對我說：「上來吧！我要將以後必要發生的事情指示給你看。」

Rev 4:1（KJV）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.

Rev 4:1（NIV）【The Throne in Heaven】 After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this."

啟4:2（UCV）我立刻被聖靈感動，見有一個寶座安置在天上，又有一位坐在寶座上。

啟4:2（NCV）立刻，我在靈裡，就看見有一個寶座，設立在天上，有一位坐在寶座上。

啟4:2（CLV）我立刻便置身靈境之中，我看見天上安設著一個寶座，有一位坐在其上的，

Rev 4:2（KJV）And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.

Rev 4:2（NIV） At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it.

啟4:3（UCV）看那坐著的，好像碧玉和紅寶石；又有虹圍著寶座，好像綠寶石。

啟4:3（NCV）那位坐著的，看來好像碧玉，和紅寶石，又有彩虹圍繞著寶座，看來好像綠寶石。

啟4:3（CLV）貌似碧玉和紅寶石。有一條像綠寶石的彩虹圍繞著寶座。

Rev 4:3（KJV） 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.

Rev 4:3（NIV）And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and carnelian. A rainbow, resembling an emerald, encircled the throne.

啟4:4（UCV）寶座的周圍又有二十四個座位；其上坐著二十四位長老，身穿白衣，頭上戴著金冠冕。

啟4:4（NCV）寶座的周圍有二十四個座位，上面坐著二十四位長老，身穿白衣，頭戴金冠。

啟4:4（CLV）寶座的周圍設有二十四個座位，有二十四位長老坐在上面，他們身穿白袍，頭戴金冠。

Rev 4:4（KJV）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.

Rev 4:4（NIV）Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads.

啟4:5（UCV）有閃電、聲音、雷轟，從寶座中發出；又有七盞火燈在寶座前點著，這七燈就是　神的七靈。

啟4:5（NCV）有閃電、響聲、雷轟，從寶座中發出；又有七枝火炬在寶座前點著，這就是　神的七靈。

啟4:5（CLV）從寶座中有閃電、響聲、雷轟發出；寶座前面又點著七盞燈，代表上帝的七靈。

Rev 4:5（KJV）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.

Rev 4:5（NIV）From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. Before the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits of God.

啟4:6（UCV）寶座前好像一個玻璃海，如同水晶。寶座中和寶座周圍有四個活物，前後遍體都滿了眼睛。

啟4:6（NCV）寶座前有一個看來好像水晶的玻璃海。在寶座中間，和寶座周圍有四個活物，前後布滿了眼睛。

啟4:6（CLV）再前面，有一個清澈如水晶的玻璃海。寶座的四邊有四活物，前後遍體都長滿了眼睛，

Rev 4:6（KJV）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.

Rev 4:6（NIV）Also before the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back.

啟4:7（UCV）第一個活物像獅子，第二個像牛犢，第三個臉面像人，第四個像飛鷹。

啟4:7（NCV）第一個活物像獅子，第二個活物像牛犢，第三個活物的臉面像人，第四個活物像飛鷹。

啟4:7（CLV）第一個像獅子，第二個像牛犢，第三個有人的面孔，第四個像飛翔中的鷹。

Rev 4:7（KJV）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.

Rev 4:7（NIV）The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle.

啟4:8（UCV）四活物各有六個翅膀，遍體內外都滿了眼睛，他們晝夜不住的說：「聖哉！聖哉！聖哉！主　神是昔在、今在、以後永在的全能者。」

啟4:8（NCV）四個活物各有六個翅膀，裡外布滿了眼睛。他們晝夜不停地說：「聖哉！聖哉！聖哉！主、全能的　神，昔在、今在、以後永在的那一位。」

啟4:8（CLV）這四活物各有三對翅膀，身體內外都長滿眼睛。他們晝夜不停地高唱著：「聖哉！聖哉！聖哉！主上帝是昔在、今在、以後永在的全能者。」

Rev 4:8（KJV）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.

Rev 4:8（NIV）Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under his wings. Day and night they never stop saying: "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come."

啟4:9（UCV）【敬拜和頌讚】每逢四活物將榮耀、尊貴、感謝歸給那坐在寶座上，活到永永遠遠者的時候，

啟4:9（NCV）每逢四個活物把榮耀、尊貴、感謝獻給那坐在寶座上，活到永永遠遠的那一位的時候，

啟4:9（CLV）每逢這些活物將榮耀、尊貴、感謝獻給坐在寶座上活到永永遠遠者時，

Rev 4:9（KJV）And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,

Rev 4:9（NIV）Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever,

啟4:10（UCV）那二十四位長老就俯伏在坐寶座的面前，敬拜那活到永永遠遠的，又把他們的冠冕放在寶座前，說：

啟4:10（NCV）二十四位長老就俯伏在坐在寶座上那一位的面前，敬拜那活到永永遠遠的，又把他們的冠冕放在寶座前，說：

啟4:10（CLV）那二十四位長老就向坐寶座的俯伏，摘下頭上的金冠，放在寶座前，敬拜那位永遠活著的上帝，而且說：

Rev 4:10（KJV）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,

Rev 4:10（NIV）the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:

啟4:11（UCV）「我們的主，我們的　神，你是配得榮耀、尊貴、權柄的；因為你創造了萬物，並且萬物是因你的旨意被創造而有的。」

啟4:11（NCV）「主、我們的　神，你是配得榮耀、尊貴、權柄的，因為你創造了萬有，萬有都是因著你的旨意而存在，而被造的。」

啟4:11（CLV）「我們的主，我們的上帝，你是配受榮耀、尊貴和權能的；因你創造了萬物。因你的旨意，萬物才被造成和存在。」

Rev 4:11（KJV）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.

Rev 4:11（NIV） "You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being."