啟示錄

第一章

耶穌基督的啟示
1 耶穌基督的啟示，就是　神賜給他，叫他把快要發生的事指示他的眾僕人。他就差派天使顯示給他的僕人約翰。
2 約翰把　神的道，和耶穌基督的見證，凡是自己所看見的，都見證出來了。
3 讀這書上預言的人，和那些聽見這預言並且遵守書中記載的人，都是有福的！因為時候近了。

問候七教會
4 約翰寫信給在亞西亞的七個教會。願恩惠平安，從那位今在、昔在、以後永在的　神，從他寶座前的七靈，
5 又從那信實的見證人、死人中首先復生的、地上眾君王的統治者耶穌基督臨到你們。他愛我們，用自己的血把我們從我們的罪中釋放出來，
6 又使我們成為國度，作他父　神的祭司。願榮耀權能都歸給他，直到永永遠遠。阿們。
7 看哪，他駕着雲降臨，每一個人都要看見他，連那些刺過他的人也要看見他，地上的萬族都要因他捶胸。這是必定的，阿們。
8 主　神說：“我是阿拉法，我是俄梅格；我是今在、昔在、以後永在，全能的　神。”

基督向約翰顯現
9 我約翰，就是你們的弟兄，在耶穌里跟你們一同分享患難、國度和忍耐的，為了　神的道和耶穌的見證，曾經在那名叫拔摩的海島上。
10 有一個主日，我在靈里，聽見在我後邊有一個大聲音，好像號筒的響聲，
11 說：“你所看見的，要寫在書上，也要寄給以弗所、士每拿、別迦摩、推雅推拉、撒狄、非拉鐵非、老底嘉七個教會。”
12 我轉過身來要看看那跟我說話的聲音是誰發的；一轉過來，就看見七個金燈台。
13 燈台中間有一位好像人子的，身上穿着直垂到腳的長衣，胸間束着金帶。
14 他的頭和頭髮像白羊毛、像雪一樣潔白，他的眼睛好像火焰，
15 他的兩腳好像在爐中精煉過的發光的銅，他的聲音好像眾水的聲音。
16 他的右手拿着七星，有一把兩刃的利劍從他口中吐出來；他的臉發光好像正午的烈日。
17 我看見了他，就仆倒在他腳前，像死了一樣。他用右手按着我，說：“不要怕！我是首先的，我是末後的，
18 又是永活的；我曾經死過，看哪，現在又活着，直活到永永遠遠，並且拿着死亡和陰間的鑰匙。
19 所以，你要把所看見的，現在的，和今後將要發生的事都寫下來。
20 你所看見在我右手中的七星和七個金燈台的奧秘就是這樣：七星是七個教會的使者，七燈台是七個教會。”

1 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,
2 who testifies to everything he saw--that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.
3 Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.
4 John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits before his throne,
5 and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood,
6 and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father--to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.
7 Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and all the peoples of the earth will mourn because of him. So shall it be! Amen.
8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty."
9 I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.
10 On the Lord's Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,
11 which said: "Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea."
12 I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands,
13 and among the lampstands was someone "like a son of man," dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest.
14 His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire.
15 His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters.
16 In his right hand he held seven stars, and out of his mouth came a sharp double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.
17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: "Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.
18 I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.
19 "Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later.
20 The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.