Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff (and) was told , “ Go and measure the temple - of God and the altar , and ( count the number ) of worshipers vvv (there).
(But) exclude ... the courtyard - outside the temple. - {Do} not measure it , because it has been given (over) to the nations , and they will trample the - holy city for 42 ... ... months.
And I will empower ... my two witnesses , and they will prophesy for 1,260 ... ... days , clothed in sackcloth. ”
These (witnesses) are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand - before the Lord of the earth.
- If anyone wants to harm them , fire proceeds from their - mouths and devours their - enemies. - In this way - , anyone who wants to harm them must - be killed.
These (witnesses) have - power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall during the days of their prophecy , and - power - - to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as vvv they wish.
- When (the two witnesses) have finished their - testimony , the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them , and will overpower - and kill them.
- Their - bodies (will lie) in the street of the great city — - figuratively called Sodom and Egypt — where their - Lord vvv was also crucified.
- For three and a half days all - peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will view their - bodies and vvv will not permit vvv vvv (them) to be laid in a tomb.
And those who dwell on the earth will gloat over them , and will celebrate and send one another gifts , because these - two prophets had tormented vvv vvv vvv vvv (them).
(But) after the three and a half days , (the) breath of life from - God entered ... (the two witnesses) , and they stood on their - feet , and great fear fell upon those who saw them.
And (the witnesses) heard a loud voice from - heaven saying - , “ Come up here. ” And they went up to - heaven in a cloud (as) their - enemies watched them.
And in that - hour there was a great earthquake , and a tenth of the city collapsed. - Seven thousand vvv vvv were killed in the quake , and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
The - second woe has passed. Behold , the - third woe is coming shortly.
Then the seventh angel sounded (his) trumpet , and - loud voices called out in - heaven : “ The kingdom of the world has become (the kingdom) of our Lord and of His Christ , and He will reign vvv vvv forever (and) ever. ”
And the twenty-four ... elders who sit on their - thrones before - God fell on their - faces and worshiped - God ,
saying : “ We give thanks to You , O Lord - God - Almighty , the (One who) is and who was , because You have taken Your - great - power and have begun to reign.
- The nations were enraged , and Your - wrath has come. - The time (has come) to judge the dead and vvv vvv to reward Your - servants the prophets , as well as the saints and those who fear Your - name , (both) small and - great — and to destroy those who destroy the earth. ”
Then the temple - of God - in - heaven was opened , and the ark of His covenant appeared in His - temple. And there were flashes of lightning , and rumblings , and peals of thunder , and an earthquake , and a great hailstorm.