1 This is what God showed to Jesus Christ, so that he could tell his servants what must happen soon. Christ then sent his angel with the message to his servant John. 2 And John told everything he had seen about God's message and about what Jesus Christ had said and done.
3 God will bless everyone who reads this prophecy to others, and he will bless everyone who hears and obeys it. The time is almost here.
4 From John to the seven churches in Asia.
I pray that you
will be blessed
with kindness and peace
from God, who is and was
and is coming.
May you receive
kindness and peace
from the seven spirits
before the throne of God.
5 May kindness and peace
be yours
from Jesus Christ,
the faithful witness.
Jesus was the first
to conquer death,
and he is the ruler
of all earthly kings.
Christ loves us,
and by his blood
he set us free
from our sins.
6 He lets us rule as kings
and serve God his Father
as priests.
To him be glory and power
forever and ever! Amen.
7 Look! He is coming
with the clouds.
Everyone will see him,
even the ones who stuck
a sword through him.
All people on earth
will weep because of him.
Yes, it will happen! Amen.
8 The Lord God says, “I am Alpha and Omega, the one who is and was and is coming. I am God All-Powerful!”
A Vision of the Risen Lord
9 I am John, a follower together with all of you. We suffer because Jesus is our king, but he gives us the strength to endure. I was sent to Patmos Island, because I had preached God's message and had told about Jesus. 10 On the Lord's day the Spirit took control of me, and behind me I heard a loud voice that sounded like a trumpet. 11 The voice said, “Write in a book what you see. Then send it to the seven churches in Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
12 When I turned to see who was speaking to me, I saw seven gold lampstands. 13 There with the lampstands was someone who seemed to be the Son of Man. He was wearing a robe that reached down to his feet, and a gold cloth was wrapped around his chest. 14 His head and his hair were white as wool or snow, and his eyes looked like flames of fire. 15 His feet were glowing like bronze being heated in a furnace, and his voice sounded like the roar of a waterfall. 16 He held seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp double-edged sword was coming from his mouth. His face was shining as bright as the sun at noon.
17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead person. But he put his right hand on me and said:
Don't be afraid! I am the first, the last, 18 and the living one. I died, but now I am alive forever, and I have the keys to death and the world of the dead. 19 Write what you have seen and what is and what will happen after these things. 20 I will explain the mystery of the seven stars you saw at my right side and the seven gold lampstands. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the lampstands are the seven churches.
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».