Qǐshìlù 11:1-14

1 Yǒu yī gēn wĕizi cìgĕi wǒ , dàng zuò liáng dù de zhàng . qiĕ yǒu huà shuō , qǐlai , jiāng shén de diàn , hé jìtán , bìng zaì diàn zhōng lǐbaì de rén , dōu liáng yī liáng .

2 Zhǐshì diàn waì de yuànzi , yào liú xià búyòng liáng . yīnwei zhè shì gĕi le waìbāngrén de . tāmen yào jiàntà shèng chéng sì shí èr gè yuè .

3 Wǒ yào shǐ wǒ nà liǎng gè jiànzhèng rén , chuān zhe maóyī , chuán dào yī qiā èr bǎi liù shí tiān .

4 Tāmen jiù shì nà liǎng kē gǎnlǎn shù , liǎng gè dēngtái , lì zaì shìjiè zhī zhǔ miànqián de .

5 Ruò yǒu rén xiǎng yào haì tāmen jiù yǒu huǒ cóng tāmen kǒu zhōng chūlai , shāo miè chóudí . fán xiǎng yào haì tāmende , dōu bì zhèyàng beì shā .

6 Zhè èr rén yǒu quánbǐng , zaì tāmen chuán dào de rìzi jiào tiān bì sè bú xiàyǔ , jiào shuǐ biàn wéi xiĕ . bìngqiĕ néng suí shí suíyì yòng gèyàng de zāiyāng gōngjī shìjiè .

7 Tāmen zuò wán jiànzhèng de shíhou , nà cóng wúdǐkēng lǐ shàng lái de shòu , bì yǔ tāmen jiāo zhàn , bìngqiĕ déshèng , bǎ tāmen shā le .

8 Tāmende shī shǒu jiù dǎo zaì dà chéng lǐ de jiē shàng . zhè chéng àn zhe líng yì jiào Suǒduōmǎ , yòu jiào Āijí , jiù shì tāmende zhǔ dìng shízìjià zhī chù .

9 Cóng gè mín gè zú gè fāng gè guó zhōng , yǒu rén guānkàn tāmende shī shǒu sān tiān bàn , yòu bù xǔ bǎ shī shǒu fàng zaì fùnmù lǐ .

10 Zhù zaì dì shàng de rén , jiù wèi tāmen huānxǐ kuaìlè , hùxiāng kuìsòng lǐwù . yīn zhè liǎng wèi xiānzhī céng jiào zhù zaì dì shàng de rén shòu tòngkǔ .

11 Guò le sān tiān bàn , yǒu shēngqì cóng shén nàli jìnrù tāmen lǐmiàn , tāmen jiù zhàn qǐlai . kànjian tāmende rén shèn shì haìpà .

12 Liǎng wèi xiānzhī tīngjian yǒu dàshēng yīn cóng tiān shàng lái , duì tāmen shuō , shàng dào zhèlǐ lái . tāmen jiù jià zhe yún shàng le tiān . tāmende chóudí yĕ kànjian le .

13 Zhèngzaì nàshíhòu , dì dà zhèndòng , chéng jiù dǎotā le shí fēn zhīyī . yīn dìzhèn ér sǐ de yǒu qī qiā rén . qíyú de dōu kǒngjù , guī róngyào gĕi tiān shàng de shén .

14 Dì èr yàng zāihuò guò qù . dì sān zāihuò kuaì dào le .

Qǐshìlù 11:1-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO REVELATION 11

This chapter contains the order to measure the temple of God; an account of the two witnesses, their prophesying: and power, their slaying, resurrection, and ascension to heaven, with what followed upon it; and the sounding of the seventh trumpet, and the effects of that. A measuring rod is given to John, with an order to rise and measure the temple, altar, and worshippers, and to leave out the outer court, which was to be given to the Gentiles, who tread the holy city under foot forty and two months, Re 11:1,2, the same date with the 1260 days the witnesses prophesy in sackcloth, Re 11:3, who are compared to two olive trees and to two candlesticks, and are said to stand before God, Re 11:4, and who are further described by their power to destroy those that hurt them with fire that proceeds out of their mouths; to shut the heaven, that it rain not during their prophecy; to turn water into blood, and smite the earth with all manner of plagues at pleasure, Re 11:5,6; but when the time of their prophecy and testimony is expired, their enemies will have the advantage of them; the antichristian beast of Rome, described by the place of his ascent, the bottomless pit, will fight against them, overcome, and kill them; their dead bodies will be exposed publicly within the Roman jurisdiction, and not suffered to be interred; and their enemies will make a public and general rejoicing over them, Re 11:7-10; but after a short space of time they will revive, and stand upon their feet, to the surprise of all spectators; and being invited by a voice from heaven, will ascend thither, in the sight of their enemies; upon which will be an earthquake, in which the tenth part of the city of Rome will fall, and seven thousand men be slain; which will cause consternation in the rest, and put them upon giving glory to God, Re 11:11-13; and this will put an end to the second woe, and the third will quickly follow, Re 11:14, which is the sounding of the seventh trumpet; the effects of which are, voices heard in heaven, declaring that the kingdoms of the world are become Christ's, and that he shall reign for ever and ever, Re 11:15; upon which the four and twenty elders, that sat on their seats before God, congratulate him, worship, and give thanks unto him, at the Lord God Almighty and eternal; partly because of his visible power and kingdom he now takes to himself; and partly because the time of avenging his people that had suffered for him upon the nations, which makes them angry, was now come; as also because now would be given rewards to all his prophets, saints, and those that feared him, as well as antichrist and his followers would be destroyed, Re 11:16-18; and other effects of this trumpet are, the opening of the temple of God in heaven, a sight of the ark of the testament, lightnings, voices, thunderings, an earthquake, and great hail, Re 11:9.