Revelation 1
1 [This book tells the message] that God revealed to Jesus Christ. God revealed it to him in order that he might reveal to his servants the [things/events] that must happen soon. Jesus communicated [this message] to [me], his servant John, by sending his angel to me.
Αποκάλυψις Ιησού Χριστού, την οποίαν έδωκεν εις αυτόν ο Θεός, διά να δείξη εις τους δούλους αυτού όσα πρέπει να γείνωσι ταχέως, και εφανέρωσεν αυτά αποστείλας διά του αγγέλου αυτού εις τον δούλον αυτού Ιωάννην,
2 [As I write it, I], John, am truthfully reporting everything that I saw [and heard], the message from God that Jesus Christ [truthfully reported to me].
όστις εμαρτύρησε τον λόγον του Θεού και την μαρτυρίαν του Ιησού Χριστού και όσα είδε.
3 [God is] pleased with those who read [this book to the congregations], and he will be pleased with those who listen carefully to it and obey what [he has commanded in this prophetic message that I] am writing. [So read this message to the congregations, listen carefully to it, and obey it], because [these things that Jesus has revealed] will happen soon.
Μακάριος ο αναγινώσκων και οι ακούοντες τους λόγους της προφητείας και φυλάττοντες τα γεγραμμένα εν αυτή· διότι ο καιρός είναι πλησίον.
4 [I], John, am [writing this] to [you believers in] the seven congregations [that are located] in Asia [province]. [I pray that God the Father, God’s Spirit, and Jesus Christ] be kind to (OR, bless) you and cause you to have [inner] peace. [God the Father is] the one who exists, who has always existed, and who will always exist. The Spirit [of God, who] is in front of God’s throne, has [all kinds of power] (OR, The Spirit of God [is symbolized] by seven spirits who are in front of God’s throne).
Ο Ιωάννης προς τας επτά εκκλησίας τας εν τη Ασία· χάρις υμίν και ειρήνη από του ο ων και ο ην και ο ερχόμενος· και από των επτά πνευμάτων, τα οποία είναι ενώπιον του θρόνου αυτού,
5 Jesus Christ is the one who has faithfully told [people about God]. He is the first one (whom God has raised from the dead/who became alive again after being dead), in order [to show that God will raise us who trust in Jesus]. Jesus is the one who rules the kings of the earth. He is the one who loves us. He is the one who has erased the record our sins. He did that by shedding his blood [when he died on the cross].
και από του Ιησού Χριστού, όστις είναι ο μάρτυς ο πιστός, ο πρωτότοκος εκ των νεκρών και ο άρχων των βασιλέων της γης. Εις τον αγαπήσαντα ημάς και λούσαντα ημάς από των αμαρτιών ημών με το αίμα αυτού,
6 He is [the one who] has caused us to become people whose lives God rules, and he has made us to be priests [who serve] God his Father. [As a result of this, we acknowledge that] Jesus Christ is eternally divine and eternally powerful. (Amen!/That is true!) (aiōn g165)
και όστις έκαμεν ημάς βασιλείς και ιερείς εις τον Θεόν και Πατέρα αυτού, εις αυτόν είη η δόξα και το κράτος εις τους αιώνας των αιώνων· αμήν. (aiōn g165)
7 Listen carefully! Christ will surely come in the midst of the clouds [in order that he may judge the rebellious people of earth], and everyone [SYN] will see him [come]. Even those who [are responsible for] piercing [and killing] him [MTY] [will see him come. People from] all people-groups on earth will mourn because he [will punish them]. (Amen!/May it be so.)
Ιδού, έρχεται μετά των νεφελών, και θέλει ιδεί αυτόν πας οφθαλμός και εκείνοι οίτινες εξεκέντησαν αυτόν, και θέλουσι θρηνήσει επ' αυτόν πάσαι αι φυλαί της γης. Ναι, αμήν.
8 The Lord God declares, “I am the one who created [everything], and I am the [one who will cause everything to] end [MET].” He is the one who exists, who has always existed, and who will always exist. He is the Almighty One.
Εγώ είμαι το Α και το Ω, αρχή και τέλος, λέγει ο Κύριος, ο ων και ο ην και ο ερχόμενος, ο παντοκράτωρ.
9 I, John, your fellow believer, am suffering as you [are] because of our letting Jesus rule [our lives]. We are steadfastly enduring [trials] because of our relationship with him. I was punished by being sent/exiled to Patmos island because [of my proclaiming] God’s message and telling [people about] Jesus.
Εγώ ο Ιωάννης, ο και αδελφός σας και συγκοινωνός εις την θλίψιν και εις την βασιλείαν και την υπομονήν του Ιησού Χριστού, ήμην εν τη νήσω τη καλουμένη Πάτμω διά τον λόγον του Θεού και διά την μαρτυρίαν του Ιησού Χριστού.
10 [God’s] Spirit took control of me on one of the days [that we believers met to worship] the Lord.
Κατά την κυριακήν ημέραν ήλθον εις έκστασιν πνευματικήν, και ήκουσα οπίσω μου φωνήν μεγάλην ως σάλπιγγος,
11 [At that time], I heard behind me someone [speaking to me as loudly and as clearly] [SIM] as a trumpet. He was saying [to me], “Write on a scroll what you see, and send it to seven congregations. Send it to [the congregations] in Ephesus [city], in Smyrna [city], in Pergamum [city], in Thyatira [city], in Sardis [city], in Philadelphia [city], and in Laodicea [city].”
ήτις έλεγεν· Εγώ είμαι το Α και το Ω, ο πρώτος και ο έσχατος· και, ό,τι βλέπεις, γράψον εις βιβλίον και πέμψον εις τας επτά εκκλησίας, τας εν τη Ασία, εις Έφεσον και εις Σμύρνην και εις Πέργαμον και εις Θυάτειρα και εις Σάρδεις και εις Φιλαδέλφειαν και εις Λαοδίκειαν.
12 [In this vision] I turned in order that I might see who had spoken to me [SYN]. When I turned,
Και εστράφην να ίδω την φωνήν, ήτις ελάλησε μετ' εμού· και στραφείς είδον επτά λυχνίας χρυσάς,
13 I saw seven golden lampstands. In the midst of the lampstands there was [someone] who looked like he came from heaven. He wore a robe that reached to his feet, and he wore a gold band around his chest.
και εν μέσω των επτά λυχνιών είδον ένα όμοιον με υιόν ανθρώπου, ενδεδυμένον ποδήρη χιτώνα και περιεζωσμένον πλησίον των μαστών ζώνην χρυσήν.
14 The hair on his head was white like white wool [or] like snow. His eyes were [shining brightly] [SIM], like a flame of fire.
Η δε κεφαλή αυτού και αι τρίχες ήσαν λευκαί και ως μαλλίον λευκόν, ως χιών· και οι οφθαλμοί αυτού ως φλόξ πυρός,
15 His feet [looked] like brass that glows [as it is being] purified {as [people] purify it} in a furnace. [When he spoke], his voice [sounded] like the sound [made by] a huge waterfall (OR, a great/wide river of rushing water).
και οι πόδες αυτού όμοιοι με χαλκολίβανον, ως εν καμίνω πεπυρωμένοι, και η φωνή αυτού ως φωνή υδάτων πολλών,
16 In his right hand he held seven stars. A sword that had two sharp edges extended from his mouth. His face [shone as bright] as the sun shines [at midday] [MTY].
και είχεν εν τη δεξιά αυτού χειρί επτά αστέρας, και εκ του στόματος αυτού του εξήρχετο ρομφαία δίστομος οξεία, και η όψις αυτού έλαμπεν ως ο ήλιος λάμπει εν τη δυνάμει αυτού.
17 When I saw him, I fell down at his feet [and was unable to move or speak] [SIM], as though [I were] dead. But he put his right hand on me and said to me, “Don’t be afraid! I am the one who created [all things] and the [one who will cause all things to] end.
Και ότε είδον αυτόν, έπεσα προς τους πόδας αυτού ως νεκρός, και επέθηκε την δεξιάν αυτού χείρα επ' εμέ; λέγων μοι· Μη φοβού· εγώ είμαι ο πρώτος και ο έσχατος
19 So write the [vision] that you are seeing. Write about the [conditions] that exist now, and the [events] that are about to happen next.
Γράψον όσα είδες και όσα είναι και όσα μέλλουσι να γείνωσι μετά ταύτα·
20 The meaning of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven golden lampstands [that you saw is this]: The seven stars [in my hand represent the leaders, who are like] angels, [who watch over] the seven congregations, and the [seven] lampstands [represent] the seven congregations.”
το μυστήριον των επτά αστέρων, τους οποίους είδες εν τη δεξιά μου, και τας επτά λυχνίας τας χρυσάς. Οι επτά αστέρες είναι οι άγγελοι των επτά εκκλησιών, και αι επτά λυχνίαι, τας οποίας είδες, είναι αι επτά εκκλησίαι.
