The Message Bible MSG
The Latin Vulgate VUL
1 I saw an Angel descending out of Heaven. He carried the key to the Abyss and a chain - a huge chain.
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et vidi angelum descendentem de caelo habentem clavem abyssi et catenam magnam in manu sua
2 He grabbed the Dragon, that old Snake - the very Devil, Satan himself! - chained him up for a thousand years,
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et adprehendit draconem serpentem antiquum qui est diabolus et Satanas et ligavit eum per annos mille
3 dumped him into the Abyss, slammed it shut and sealed it tight. No more trouble out of him, deceiving the nations - until the thousand years are up. After that he has to be let loose briefly.
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et misit eum in abyssum et clusit et signavit super illum ut non seducat amplius gentes donec consummentur mille anni post haec oportet illum solvi modico tempore
4 I saw thrones. Those put in charge of judgment sat on the thrones. I also saw the souls of those beheaded because of their witness to Jesus and the Word of God, who refused to worship either the Beast or his image, refused to take his mark on forehead or hand - they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years!
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et vidi sedes et sederunt super eas et iudicium datum est illis et animas decollatorum propter testimonium Iesu et propter verbum Dei et qui non adoraverunt bestiam neque imaginem eius nec acceperunt caracterem in frontibus aut in manibus suis et vixerunt et regnaverunt cum Christo mille annis
5 The rest of the dead did not live until the thousand years were up. This is the first resurrection -
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ceteri mortuorum non vixerunt donec consummentur mille anni haec est resurrectio prima
6 and those involved most blessed, most holy. No second death for them! They're priests of God and Christ; they'll reign with him a thousand years.
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beatus et sanctus qui habet partem in resurrectione prima in his secunda mors non habet potestatem sed erunt sacerdotes Dei et Christi et regnabunt cum illo mille annis
7 When the thousand years are up, Satan will be let loose from his cell,
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et cum consummati fuerint mille anni solvetur Satanas de carcere suo et exibit et seducet gentes quae sunt super quattuor angulos terrae Gog et Magog et congregabit eos in proelium quorum numerus est sicut harena maris
8 and will launch again his old work of deceiving the nations, searching out victims in every nook and cranny of earth, even Gog and Magog! He'll talk them into going to war and will gather a huge army, millions strong.
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et ascenderunt super latitudinem terrae et circumierunt castra sanctorum et civitatem dilectam
9 They'll stream across the earth, surround and lay siege to the camp of God's holy people, the Beloved City. They'll no sooner get there than fire will pour out of Heaven and burn them up.
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et descendit ignis a Deo de caelo et devoravit eos et diabolus qui seducebat eos missus est in stagnum ignis et sulphuris ubi et bestia
10 The Devil who deceived them will be hurled into Lake Fire and Brimstone, joining the Beast and False Prophet, the three in torment around the clock for ages without end.
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et pseudoprophetes et cruciabuntur die ac nocte in saecula saeculorum
11 I saw a Great White Throne and the One Enthroned. Nothing could stand before or against the Presence, nothing in Heaven, nothing on earth.
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et vidi thronum magnum candidum et sedentem super eum a cuius aspectu fugit terra et caelum et locus non est inventus ab eis
12 And then I saw all the dead, great and small, standing there - before the Throne! And books were opened. Then another book was opened: the Book of Life. The dead were judged by what was written in the books, by the way they had lived.
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et vidi mortuos magnos et pusillos stantes in conspectu throni et libri aperti sunt et alius liber apertus est qui est vitae et iudicati sunt mortui ex his quae scripta erant in libris secundum opera ipsorum
13 Sea released its dead, Death and Hell turned in their dead. Each man and woman was judged by the way he or she had lived.
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et dedit mare mortuos qui in eo erant et mors et inferus dederunt mortuos qui in ipsis erant et iudicatum est de singulis secundum opera ipsorum
14 Then Death and Hell were hurled into Lake Fire. This is the second death - Lake Fire.
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et inferus et mors missi sunt in stagnum ignis haec mors secunda est stagnum ignis
15 Anyone whose name was not found inscribed in the Book of Life was hurled into Lake Fire.
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et qui non est inventus in libro vitae scriptus missus est in stagnum ignis
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