Revelation

引言和致意

1耶稣基督的启示，就是 神赐给他，叫他将必要快成的事指示他的众仆人。他就差遣使者晓谕他的仆人约翰。

2约翰便将 神的道和耶稣基督的见证，凡自己所看见的都证明出来。

3念这书上预言的和那些听见又遵守其中所记载的，都是有福的，因为日期近了。

4约翰写信给亚细亚的七个教会。但愿从那昔在、今在、以后永在的 神，和他宝座前的七灵，

5并那诚实作见证的、从死里首先复活、为世上君王元首的耶稣基督，有恩惠、平安归与你们！ 他爱我们，用自己的血使我们脱离罪恶，

6又使我们成为国民，作他父 神的祭司。但愿荣耀、权能归给他，直到永永远远。阿们！

7看哪，他驾云降临！ 众目要看见他， 连刺他的人也要看见他； 地上的万族都要因他哀哭。 这话是真实的。阿们！

8主 神说：「我是阿拉法，我是俄梅戛，是昔在、今在、以后永在的全能者。」

基督的异象

9我—约翰就是你们的弟兄，和你们在耶稣的患难、国度、忍耐里一同有分，为 神的道，并为给耶稣作的见证，曾在那名叫拔摩的海岛上。

10当主日，我被圣灵感动，听见在我后面有大声音如吹号，说：

11「你所看见的当写在书上，达与以弗所、士每拿、别迦摩、推雅推喇、撒狄、非拉铁非、老底嘉那七个教会。」

12我转过身来，要看是谁发声与我说话；既转过来，就看见七个金灯台。

13灯台中间有一位好像人子，身穿长衣，直垂到脚，胸间束着金带。

14他的头与发皆白，如白羊毛，如雪；眼目如同火焰；

15脚好像在炉中锻炼光明的铜；声音如同众水的声音。

16他右手拿着七星，从他口中出来一把两刃的利剑；面貌如同烈日放光。

17我一看见，就仆倒在他脚前，像死了一样。他用右手按着我，说：「不要惧怕！我是首先的，我是末后的，

18又是那存活的；我曾死过，现在又活了，直活到永永远远；并且拿着死亡和阴间的钥匙。

19所以你要把所看见的，和现在的事，并将来必成的事，都写出来。

20论到你所看见、在我右手中的七星和七个金灯台的奥秘，那七星就是七个教会的使者，七灯台就是七个教会。」

1The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to make known to his servants the things which must shortly come to pass: and signified, sending by his angel to his servant John,

2Who hath given testimony to the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ, what things soever he hath seen.

3Blessed is he, that readeth and heareth the words of this prophecy; and keepeth those things which are written in it; for the time is at hand.

4John to the seven churches which are in Asia. Grace be unto you and peace from him that is, and that was, and that is to come, and from the seven spirits which are before his throne,

5And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth, who hath loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

6And hath made us a kingdom, and priests to God and his Father, to him be glory and empire for ever and ever. Amen.

7Behold, he cometh with the clouds, and every eye shall see him, and they also that pierced him. And all the tribes of the earth shall bewail themselves because of him. Even so. Amen.

8I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, saith the Lord God, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.

9I John, your brother and your partner in tribulation, and in the kingdom, and patience in Christ Jesus, was in the island, which is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus.

10I was in the spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

11Saying: What thou seest, write in a book, and send to the seven churches which are in Asia, to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamus, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.

12And I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks:

13And in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks, one like to the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the feet, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.

14And his head and his hairs were white, as white wool, and as snow, and his eyes were as a flame of fire,

15And his feet like unto fine brass, as in a burning furnace. And his voice as the sound of many waters.

16And he had in his right hand seven stars. And from his mouth came out a sharp two edged sword: and his face was as the sun shineth in his power.

17And when I had seen him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying: Fear not. I am the First and the Last,

18And alive, and was dead, and behold I am living for ever and ever, and have the keys of death and of hell.

19Write therefore the things which thou hast seen, and which are, and which must be done hereafter.

20The 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 are the seven churches.