Apocalypse 20

La Bible du Semeur

1 Puis je vis un ange descendre du ciel. Il tenait à la main la clé de l’abîme et une grande chaîne.2 Il se saisit du dragon, de ce Serpent ancien qui est le diable et Satan. Il l’enchaîna pour mille ans.3 Il le précipita dans l’abîme qu’il ferma au-dessus de lui[1], en y mettant des scellés afin que le dragon ne puisse plus égarer les peuples avant le terme des mille ans. Après cela, il doit être relâché pour un peu de temps. (Is 24:22)4 Ensuite je vis des trônes. On remit le jugement entre les mains de ceux qui y prirent place. Je vis aussi les âmes de ceux qu’on avait décapités à cause du témoignage rendu par Jésus et à cause de la Parole de Dieu. Je vis encore tous ceux qui n’avaient pas adoré la bête ni son image et qui n’avaient pas reçu sa marque sur leur front et leur main. Ils vécurent[2] et régnèrent avec Christ pendant mille ans.5 C’est la première résurrection. Les autres morts ne vécurent pas avant la fin des mille ans.6 Heureux et saints ceux qui ont part à la première résurrection. La seconde mort n’a pas prise sur eux. Ils seront prêtres de Dieu et de Christ, et ils régneront avec lui pendant les mille ans.7 Lorsque les mille ans seront écoulés, Satan sera relâché de sa prison8 et il s’en ira tromper les peuples des quatre coins de la terre, Gog et Magog[3]. Il les rassemblera pour le combat, en troupes innombrables comme les grains de sable au bord des mers. (Ez 38:1)9 Tous ces peuples s’ébranlèrent sur toute la surface de la terre et investirent le camp du peuple saint et la ville bien-aimée de Dieu. Mais un feu tomba du ciel et les consuma.10 Alors le diable, qui les trompait, fut jeté dans l’étang de feu et de soufre: il y rejoignit la bête et le faux prophète et ils y subiront des tourments, jour et nuit, pendant l’éternité.11 Ensuite je vis un grand trône blanc et celui qui y était assis. Le ciel et la terre s’enfuirent loin de sa présence. Ils disparurent sans laisser de trace.12 Je vis les morts, les grands et les petits, comparaissant devant le trône. Des livres furent ouverts. On ouvrit aussi un autre livre: le livre de vie. Les morts furent jugés, chacun d’après ses actes, suivant ce qui était inscrit dans ces livres.13 La mer avait rendu ses naufragés, la mort et le royaume des morts avaient rendu ceux qu’ils détenaient. Et tous furent jugés, chacun conformément à ses actes.14 Puis la mort et le séjour des morts furent précipités dans l’étang de feu. Cet étang de feu, c’est la seconde mort.15 On y jeta aussi tous ceux dont le nom n’était pas inscrit dans le livre de vie.

Apocalypse 20

English Standard Version

1 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit[1] and a great chain. (Ap 1:18; Ap 9:1)2 And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, (2P 2:4; Jude 1:6; Ap 12:9)3 and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while. (Da 6:17; Mt 27:66; Ap 20:1; Ap 20:8; Ap 20:10)4 Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. (Ps 45:16; Da 7:9; Da 7:18; Da 7:22; Mt 19:28; Mt 20:21; Mt 20:27; Jn 14:19; 2Tm 2:11; 2Tm 2:12; Ap 3:21; Ap 5:10; Ap 6:9; Ap 13:12; Ap 13:14; Ap 20:6; Ap 22:5)5 The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection.6 Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years. (Ap 1:6; Ap 2:11; Ap 14:13; Ap 20:4; Ap 20:14; Ap 21:8)7 And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison (Ap 20:2)8 and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea. (Ez 38:2; Ez 39:1; Ap 16:14; Ap 20:3; Ap 20:10)9 And they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven[2] and consumed them, (Ps 132:13; Is 8:8; Ez 38:9; Ez 38:16; Ha 1:6; He 13:11; He 13:13; Ap 13:13)10 and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. (Ap 16:13; Ap 19:20; Ap 20:3; Ap 20:8)11 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. (Ps 102:26; Da 2:35; Ap 12:8)12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. (Da 7:10; Mt 16:27; Rm 14:10; 2Co 5:10; Ap 3:5; Ap 11:18)13 And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. (Ap 6:8; Ap 20:12)14 Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. (Lc 20:36; 1Co 15:26; Ap 20:6; Ap 20:13; Ap 21:4)15 And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. (Mt 13:42; Mt 13:50)