Wahyu 14:2-3

14:2 I also heard a sound ¹  coming out of heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder. Now ²  the sound I heard was like that made by harpists playing their harps, 14:3 and they were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No ³  one was able to learn the song except the one hundred and forty-four thousand who had been redeemed from the earth.

Wahyu 15:2

15:2 Then ⁴  I saw something like a sea of glass ⁵  mixed with fire, and those who had conquered ⁶  the beast and his image and the number of his name. They were standing ⁷  by ⁸  the sea of glass, holding harps given to them by God. ⁹ 

[14:2]  ¹ tn Or “a voice” (cf. Rev 1:15), but since in this context nothing is mentioned as the content of the voice, it is preferable to translate φωνή (fwnh) as “sound” here.

[14:2]  ² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the introduction of a new topic.

[14:3]  ³ tn Grk “elders, and no one.” This is a continuation of the previous sentence in the Greek text, but because of the length and complexity of the sentence a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[15:2]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

[15:2]  ⁵ sn See Rev 4:6 where the sea of glass was mentioned previously.

[15:2]  ⁶ tn Or “had been victorious over”; traditionally, “had overcome.”

[15:2]  ⁷ tn Grk “of his name, standing.” A new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the words “They were.”

[15:2]  ⁸ tn Or “on.” The preposition ἐπί (epi) with the accusative case could mean “on, at, by, near”; given the nature of this scene appearing in a vision, it is difficult to know precisely which the author of Revelation intended. See BDAG 363 s.v. ἐπί 1.c.γ, “At, by, near someone or someth.”

[15:2]  ⁹ tn Grk “harps of God.” The phrase τοῦ θεοῦ (tou qeou) has been translated as a genitive of agency.