< Revelation 1 >
1 [The] revelation of Jesus Christ which gave to him God to show to the bond-servants of Him what things it behooves to take place with speed And He signified [it] having sent through the angel of Him to the servant of Him John,
2 who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ as much as (then *k*) he saw.
3 blessed [is] the [one] reading and those hearing the words of the prophecy and keeping the [things] in it written; for the time [is] near.
4 John To the seven churches in Asia: Grace to you and peace from (Him *K(O)*) who is and who was and who is coming and from the seven Spirits who (is *k*) before the throne of Him
5 and from Jesus Christ, the witness faithful, the firstborn (from *k*) the dead and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To the [One] (loving *N(k)O*) us and (having released *N(K)O*) us (from *N(k)O*) the sins of us through the blood of Him —
6 and He has made us (a kingdom, *N(K)O*) (and *K*) priests to the God and Father of Him — to Him [be] the glory and the dominion to the ages of the ages, Amen. (aiōn )
7 Behold He is coming with the clouds, and will behold Him every eye and those who Him pierced; and will wail because of Him all the tribes of the earth, Yes Amen!
8 I myself am the Alpha and the Omega (beginning and end *K*) says (the *k*) Lord (God, *NO*) who is being and who was and who is coming, the Almighty.
9 I myself John, (also *k*) brother of you and (fellow-partaker *NK(o)*) in the tribulation and (in *k*) kingdom and in endurance (in *no*) Jesus (Christ *K*) was in the island which is being called Patmos on account of the word of God and (through *k*) the testimony of Jesus (Christ. *K*)
10 I was in [the] Spirit on the Lord’s day and I heard behind me a voice loud like that of a trumpet
11 saying (I myself *KO*) (am the Alpha and the Omega the first and the last; and *K*) What you see do write in a book and do send to the seven churches (in Asia: *K*) to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.
12 And (there *O*) I turned to see the voice that (was speaking *N(k)O*) with me. And having turned I saw seven lampstands golden
13 and in [the] midst of the (seven *KO*) lampstands [One] like ([the] Son *N(k)O*) of Man having clothed himself to the feet and having girded himself about at the breasts with a sash golden.
14 And the head of Him and the hairs [are] white (as if *N(k)O*) wool white as snow and the eyes of Him [are] like a flame of fire
15 and the feet of Him [are] like as fine bronze as in a furnace (refined *N(k)O*) and the voice of Him [is] like [the] voice of waters many
16 and He is holding in the right hand of Him stars seven and out of the mouth of Him a sword two-edged sharp is going forth and the face of Him [is] like the sun shining in the full strength of it.
17 And when I saw Him, I fell at the feet of Him as though dead, And (He placed *N(k)O*) the right of Him (hand *K*) upon me myself saying (to me: *k*) Not do fear. I myself am the First and the Last
18 and the Living [One], and I was dead and behold living I am to the ages of the ages (Amen *K*) and I have the keys of Death and of Hades. (aiōn , Hadēs )
19 do write (therefore *NO*) [the things] that you have seen and [the things] that are and [the things] that are about (to be *N(k)O*) after these,
20 the mystery of the seven stars (which *N(k)O*) you saw on the right hand of Me and the seven lampstands golden: The seven stars [the] angels of the seven churches are and the lampstands (that *N(k)O*) (you saw *K*) seven [the] seven churches are.
