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；
THE Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant 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 bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
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 that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
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 which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are 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, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and 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。
Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
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 Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, 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, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for 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 the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of 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, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto 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 I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
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 candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
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；
His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as 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 like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as 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 in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his 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 dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; 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。
Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
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 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 which thou sawest are the seven churches.
