啟示錄 1
1 耶穌基督的啟示，是天主賜給他，叫他把那些必須快要發生的事，指示給自己的僕人們；他遂打發天使，告訴自己的僕人若望；
Jesus Christ's revelation, which God gave Him to show to His slaves—things that must occur shortly. And He communicated it, sending it by His angel to His slave John,
2 若望便為天主的話和為耶穌基督作了見證，即對他所見到的一切作了證。
who gave witness to the word of God, even the testimony of Jesus Christ—the things that He saw, both things that are and those that must happen after these.
3 那誦讀和那些聽了這預言，而又遵行書中所記載的，是有福的！因為時期已臨近了。
Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written in it; because the time is near.
4 若望致書給亞細亞的七個教會：願恩寵與平安由那今在、昔在及將來永在者，由在他寶座前的七神，
John, to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and who was and who is coming, and from the sevenfold Spirit who is before His throne,
5 並由那原為忠實的見證，死者中的首生者，和地上萬王的元首耶穌基督賜與你們。願光榮與權能歸於那愛我們，並以自己的血解救我們脫離我們的罪過，
and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn from among the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins with His own blood
—indeed, He made us a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
7 看，他乘著雲彩降來，眾目都要瞻望他，連那些刺透了他的人，也要瞻望他，地上的各種族都要哀悼他。的確這樣。阿們。
Take note, He comes with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, including those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will beat their breasts [in dismay] because of Him. Yea, verily!
8 「我是『阿耳法』和『敖默加』，」那今在、昔在及將來永在的全能者上主天主這樣說。
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “He who is and who was and who is coming, The Almighty.”
9 我若望，你們的弟兄，並在耶穌內與你們共患難，同王權和同忍耐的，為天主的話，並為給耶穌作證，曾到了一座名叫帕特摩的海島上。
I, John, your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and endurance in Christ Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the Word of God and on account of the testimony of Jesus Christ.
10 在一個主日上，我在神魂超拔中，聽見在我背後有一個大聲音，好似號角的聲音，
I was in spirit on the Lord's day and I heard a voice behind me, loud as a trumpet,
11 說：「將你所聽見的寫在書上，送到厄弗所、斯米納、培爾加摩、提雅提辣，撒爾德、非拉德非雅和勞狄刻雅七個教會。」
saying, “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”
12 我就轉過身來，要看看那同我說話的聲音；我一轉身就看見了七盞金燈臺，
And there I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands,
13 在燈臺當中有似人子的一位，身穿長衣，胸間佩有金帶。
and in the midst of the seven lampstands one similar to a son of man, clothed down to the feet and girded at the nipples with a golden belt.
14 他的頭和頭髮皓白，有如潔白的羊毛，又如同雪；他的眼睛有如火燄；
Now His head, that is His hair, was white, like wool, as white as snow; and His eyes were like a flame of fire;
15 他的腳相似在烈窯中燒煉的光銅；他的聲音有如大水的響聲；
and His feet were like fine brass, as when refined in a furnace; and His voice was like the sound of many waters;
16 他的右手持有七顆星；從他的口中發出一把雙刃的利劍；他的面容有如發光正烈的太陽。
and He had seven stars on His right hand and a sharp two-edged sword coming out of His mouth; and His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength.
17 我一看見他，就跌倒在他腳前，有如死人，他遂把右手按在我身上說：「不要害怕！我是元始，我是終末，
And when I saw Him I fell at His feet as if dead. And He placed His right hand upon me saying: “Do not fear. I am the First and the Last,
19 所以你應把你看見的事，現今的，以及這些事以後要發生的事，都寫下來。
Therefore write the things that you have seen, and the things that are, and the things that are going to occur after these.
20 至於你看見在我右手中的七顆星，和七盞金燈臺的奧義，就是：七顆星是指七個教會的天使，七盞燈臺是指七個教會。」
The mystery of the seven stars which you saw upon my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are the messengers of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands that you saw are seven churches.
