1 هذا ما أعلَنَهُ يَسوعُ المَسيحُ بِهِبَةٍ مِنَ الله ِ لِـيَكشِفَ لعِبادِهِ ما لا بُدّ مِنْ حُدوثِهِ عاجِلاً، فأرسَلَ ملاكَهُ ليُخبِرَ بِه عَبدَهُ يوحنّا، 2 فشَهِدَ بِكلِمَةِ اللهِ وشهادَةِ يَسوعَ المَسيحِ في كُلّ ما رَآهُ. 3 هنيئًا للّذي يَقرَأُ ولِلّذينَ يَسمَعونَ هَذِهِ الأقوالَ النَبويّةَ، وهنيئًا للذينَ يَعمَلونَ بِها، لأنّ السّاعَةَ اَقتَرَبَتْ.
تحية إلى الكنائس السبع
4 مِنْ يوحنّا إلى الكنائِسِ السّبعِ في آسيّةَ. علَيكُمُ النّعمَةُ والسّلامُ مِنَ الكائِنِ والذي كانَ والذي يأتي، ومِنَ الأرواحِ السّبعَةِ التي أمامَ عَرشِهِ، 5 ومِنْ يَسوعَ المَسيحِ الشّاهِدِ الأمينِ وبِكرِ مَنْ قامَ مِنْ بَينِ الأمواتِ ومَلِكِ مُلوكِ الأرضِ. هوَ الذي أحَبّنا وحَرّرنا بِدَمِهِ مِنْ خطايانا، 6 وجعَلَ مِنّا مَلكوتًا وكَهنَةً للهِ أبـيهِ، فلَهُ المَجدُ والعِزّةُ إلى أبَدِ الدّهورِ. آمين.
7 ها هوَ آتٍ معَ السّحابِ! سَتَراهُ كُلّ عينٍ حتى عُيونُ الذينَ طَعَنوهُ، وتَنتَحِبُ علَيهِ جميعُ قَبائِلِ الأرضِ. نَعم، آمين.
8 يَقولُ الرّبّ الإلهُ: «أنا هوَ الألِفُ والياءُ». هوَ الكائِنُ والذي كانَ والذي يأتي القادِرُ على كُلّ شيءٍ.
بداءة الرؤيا
9 أنا يوحنّا، أخاكُم وشَريكَكُم في المِحنَةِ والمَلكوتِ والثّباتِ في يَسوعَ، كُنتُ في جزيرَةِ بَطْمُسَ مِنْ أجلِ كلِمَةِ اللهِ وشهادَةِ يَسوعَ، 10 فاَختَطَفَني الرّوحُ في يومِ الرّبّ، فسَمِعتُ خَلفي صوتًا قَوِيّا كصوتِ البُوقِ 11 يَقولُ: «أُكتُبْ ما تَراهُ في كِتابٍ وأرسِلْهُ إلى الكنائِسِ السّبعِ في أفسُسَ وسِميرْنَةَ وبَرْغامُسَ وثياتيرَةَ وسارْديسَ وفيلادَلْفيةَ ولاوُدِكيّةَ».
12 فاَلتَفَتّ لأنظُرَ إلى الصّوتِ الذي يُخاطِبُني، فرَأيتُ سَبعَ مَنائرَ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ 13 تُحيطُ بِما يُشبِهُ اَبنَ إنسانٍ، وهوَ يَلبَسُ ثَوبًا طويلاً إلى قَدَمَيهِ، وحَولَ صَدرِهِ حِزامٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، 14 وكانَ شَعرُ رأْسِهِ أبـيضَ كالصّوفِ الأبـيضِ أو كالثّلجِ، وعَيناهُ كشُعلَةٍ مُلتَهِبَةٍ، 15 ورِجلاهُ كنُحاسٍ مَصقولٍ مُحمّى في أتونٍ، وصَوتُهُ كصوتِ مِياهٍ غَزيرَةٍ. 16 وكانَ في يَدِهِ اليُمنى سَبعةُ كواكِبَ، وفي فَمِهِ سيفٌ طالِـعٌ مَسنونُ الحَدّينِ، وَوَجهُهُ كالشّمسِ في أبهى شُروقِها. 17 فلمّا رأيتُهُ وقَعتُ عِندَ قَدَمَيهِ كالمَيْتِ، فلَمَسَني بـيَدِهِ اليُمنى وقالَ: «لا تخَفْ، أنا الأوّلُ والآخِرُ، 18 أنا الحيّ! كُنتُ مَيتًا، وها أنا حيّ إلى أبَدِ الدّهورِ. بِـيَدي مَفاتيحُ الموتِ ومَثْوى الأَمواتِ. 19 فاَكتُبْ ما رَأيتَ، وما يكونُ الآنَ، وما سيَكونُ بَعدَ ذلِكَ. 20 أمّا سِرّ الكواكِبِ السّبعَةِ التي تَراها في يَميني ومَنائِرِ الذّهَبِ السّبعِ، فهوَ أنّ الكواكِبَ السّبعةَ هِيَ ملائِكَةُ الكنائِسِ السّبعِ، والمَنائِر السّبع هِـيَ الكنائِسُ السّبعُ».
1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: 2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. 3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand. 4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; 5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, 6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. 8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
9 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, 11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. 12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; 13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. 14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; 15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. 16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. 17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: 18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter; 20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.