Revelation

Revelation

¹The revelation to John, as Jesus Christ showed it to him. God gave it to him to show his servants what must happen soon and what will happen after this. He sent it by his angel to his servant John, ²who bore witness to the word of God, to the testimony of Jesus Christ, and to everything he saw. ³Blessed is the one who reads, and those who hear the words of the prophecy of this book and keep what is written in it, for its time is near. ⁴This is what John wrote to the seven churches in Asia: Grace and peace to you from the one who is and who will be, who has come and who is coming, and from the seven spirits that are before the throne of Jesus Christ. ⁵He is the faithful witness. He is the firstborn from the dead, the one who rose. He is the ruler of the kings of the earth. He is the one who loved you and washed you from your sins in his blood, ⁶and made you into a holy kingdom for his Father, God. To him be glory and power forever and ever. Amen. ⁷Look, he is coming with the clouds of heaven. Every eye will see him, even those who pierced him. All the nations of the earth will mourn over him. Yes, truly. ⁸"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says God, who is and who will be, who has come and who is coming, the one who rules over all. ⁹I, John, your brother and your partner in suffering, in the kingdom, and in endurance for the sake of the endurance of Jesus Christ, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. ¹⁰The Spirit came upon me on the first day of the week, and I heard behind me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet. ¹¹It said to me, "Write in a book what you see and what you hear, and send it to the seven churches in Asia: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea." ¹²I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. When I turned, I saw seven golden lampstands. ¹³In the middle of the seven lampstands sat one like a son of man. He was dressed in a robe that reached to his feet, with a golden belt around his waist. ¹⁴His head and his hair were white, like white wool, and his eyes were like a flame of fire. ¹⁵His feet were like bronze of Lebanon refined in fire, and his voice was like the roar of many waters. ¹⁶In his right hand he held seven stars. A sharp two-edged sword came out of his mouth, and his face was like the sun shining bright in its strength. ¹⁷When I saw him, I fell at his feet and became like a dead man. He took hold of me with his right hand, lifted me up, and said to me, "Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last, the Living One." ¹⁸I had become like a dead man, and he said to me, "Look, I am alive forever and ever, and I hold the keys of death and of Sheol. ¹⁹So write what you see, what is, and what is going to happen after this. Here is the meaning of the seven stars you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches." ²⁰ወይበል፡ ዘሰምዐ፡ ዘንተ፡ እወ፡ እመጽእ፡ ፍጡነ። አሜን፡ ነዐ፡ እግዚኦ፡ ኢየሱስ። ²¹ጸጋሁ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ምስለ፡ ኵልክሙ፡ አሜን። ²²ወኢርኢኩ፡ ጽርሐ፡ እንተ፡ ከማሃ። እስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘኵሎ፡ ይመልክ፡ ውእቱ፡ ጽርሓ፡ ወበግዑ። ²³ወሀገራሰ፡ ኢትፈቅድ፡ ፀሓየ፡ ወኢ፡ ወርኀ፡ ከመ፡ ያብርሁ፡ ላቲ። እስመ፡ ብርሃነ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ያበርሁ፡ ላቲ። ወማኅቶታ፡ ውእቱ፡ በግዑ። ²⁴ወየሐውሩ፡ አሕዛብ፡ በብርሃነ፡ ዚኣሃ። ወነገሥተ፡ ምድርኒ፡ ያመጽኡ፡ አምኃ፡ እምክብሮሙ፡ ውስቴት። ²⁵ወኢይትዐጸዉ፡ አናቅጺሃ፡ መዓልተ፡ ወሌሊተ፡ እስመ፡ አልባቲ፡ ሌሊት። ²⁶ወአሕዛብኒ፡ ያመጽኡ፡ ክብሮሙ፡ ወስብሐቲሆሙ፡ ውስቴታ። ²⁷ወኢይበውእ፡ ውስቴታ፡ ኵሉ፡ ዘርኩስ፡ ወዘይገብር፡ ግማኔ፡ ወሐሰተ። ወዘኢኮነ፡ ጽሑፍ፡ ውስተ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ሕይወት፡ ዘበግዑ። *በእንተ፡ ፈለገ፡ ሕይወት፡ ወዕፀ፡ ሕይወት* ²⁸በከመ፡ አነ፡ ነሣእኩ፡ እምኀበ፡ አቡየ። ወእሁቦ፡ ኮከበ፡ ጽባሕ። ዘቦ፡ እዝን፡ ሰሚዐ፡ ለይስማዕ። ²⁹ምንተ፡ ይቤ፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ለአብያተ፡ ክርስቲያናት።