الألف سنة
1 ثُمّ رَأيتُ ملاكًا نازِلاً مِنَ السّماءِ يَحمِلُ بِـيَدِهِ مِفتاحَ الهاوِيَةِ وسِلسِلَةً عَظيمةً. 2 فأمسَكَ التّـنّينَ، تِلكَ الحيّةَ القَديمةَ، أي إبليسَ أوِ الشّيطانَ، وقيّدَهُ لألفِ سنَةٍ 3 ورَماهُ في الهاوِيَةِ وأقفَلَها علَيهِ وخَتَمَها، فلا يُضَلّلُ الأُمَمَ بَعدُ، حتى تَتِمّ الألفُ السنةِ، ولا بُدّ مِنْ إطلاقِهِ بَعدَ ذلِكَ لِوَقتٍ قَليلٍ.
4 ورأَيتُ عُروشًا جلَسَ علَيها الذينَ أُعطوا سُلطَةَ القَضاءِ. ورأَيتُ نُفوسَ الذينَ سَقَطوا قَتلى في سَبـيلِ الشّهادَةِ لِـيَسوعَ وَسَبـيلِ كَلِمَةِ اللهِ والذينَ ما سَجَدوا لِلوَحشِ ولا لِصورَتِهِ وما نالوا على جِباهِهِم أو أيديهِم سِمَةَ الوَحشِ، فعاشوا ومَلَكوا معَ المَسيحِ ألفَ سنَةٍ. 5 أمّا بَقِـيّةُ الأمواتِ فلا يَعيشونَ قَبلَ أنْ تَتِمّ الألفُ السّنةِ. هذِهِ هِـيَ القيامَةُ الأولى. 6 مُبارَكٌ ومُقَدّسٌ مَنْ كانَ لَه نَصيبٌ في القيامَةِ الأولى، فلا سُلطانَ لِلمَوتِ الثّاني علَيهِم، بَلْ يكونونَ كَهنَةَ اللهِ والمَسيحِ ويَملِكونَ معَهُ ألفَ سنَةٍ.
سقوط إبليس
7 ومتى تَمّتِ الألفُ السّنةِ، يُطلَقُ الشّيطانُ مِنْ سجنِهِ، 8 فيَخرُجُ لِـيُضَلّلَ الأُمَمَ التي في زَوايا الأرضِ الأربعِ، أي جوجَ وماجوجَ، فيَجمَعُهُم لِلقِتالِ، وعَدَدُهُم عدَدُ رَملِ البحرِ. 9 فصَعِدوا على وَجهِ الأرضِ وأحاطوا بِمُعسكَرِ القِدّيسينَ وبِالمدينةِ المَحبوبَةِ، فنَزَلَتْ نارٌ مِنَ السّماءِ فأكَلَتْهُم. 10 وأُلقِـيَ إبليسُ الذي ضَلّلَهُم في بُحيرَةِ النّارِ والكِبريتِ، حَيثُ كانَ الوَحشُ والنّبِـيّ الكَذّابُ، لِـيتَعذّبوا كُلّهُم نهارًا ولَيلاً إلى أبَدِ الدّهورِ.
يوم الدينونة
11 ثُمّ رأَيتُ عَرشًا أبـيضَ عَظيمًا، ورأَيتُ الجالِسَ علَيهِ، وهوَ الذي هَرَبَتْ مِنْ أمام وَجهِهِ الأرضُ والسماءُ وما بَقِـيَ لهُما أثَرٌ. 12 ورأَيتُ الأمواتَ كِبارًا وَصغارًا واقِفينَ أمامَ العَرشِ. واَنفَتَحتِ الكُتُبُ، ثُمّ اَنفَتَحَ كِتابٌ آخَرُ هوَ كِتابُ الحياةِ، وعُوقِبَ الأمواتُ مِثلَما في الكُتُبِ، كُلّ واحِدٍ بأعمالِهِ. 13 وقَذَفَ البحرُ الأمواتَ الذينَ فيهِ، وقَذَفَ الموتُ ومَثوى الأمواتِ ما فيهِما مِنَ الأمواتِ. فَعُوقِبَ كُلّ واحِدٍ بِأعمالِهِ. 14 وأُلقِـيَ الموتُ ومَثوى الأَمواتِ في بُحَيرَةِ النّارِ، وهذِهِ البُحَيرةُ هِـيَ الموتُ الثّاني. 15 وكُلّ مَنْ كانَ اَسمُهُ غَيرَ موجودٍ في كِتابِ الحياةِ أُلقِـيَ في بُحَيرَةِ النّار.
1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. 4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. 7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, 8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. 9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. 10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are , and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. 14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.