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.
| להלן התגלות מישוע המשיח, שאלוהים נתן לו כדי שיגלה למשרתיו את המאורעות שעומדים להתרחש. הוא שלח מלאך להציג התגלות זו למשרתו יוחנן. |
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].
| יוחנן העיד שכל אשר ראה ושמע הוא דבר אלוהים ועדות ישוע המשיח. |
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.
| ברוכים הקוראים את דברי הנבואה הזאת, וברוכים השומעים אשר מקיימים את הכתוב בה, כי מועד התגשמותה קרוב. |
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).
| מאת יוחנן. אל שבע הקהילות באסיה (הקטנה). אחים יקרים, שלום וברכה לכם מאת האלוהים אשר הוֹוֶה, היה ועתיד לבוא, מאת שבע הרוחות אשר לפני כיסאו, |
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].
| ומאת ישוע המשיח העד הנאמן – הראשון שקם מן המתים, ושליטם של כל מלכי העולם. כל הכבוד, הגבורה והשלטון לעולמי עולמים לישוע המשיח אשר אוהב אותנו תמיד. בשפכו את דמו למעננו הוא שיחרר אותנו מהשעבוד לחטא, ועשה אותנו ממלכת כוהנים לאלוהים אביו. (aiōn g165) |
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)
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.)
| הביטו, הנה הוא בא עם העננים, וכל עין תראה אותו – גם אלה שדקרוהו. וכל עמי העולם יספדו עליו בצער ובחרטה. אכן, כך יהיה. – אמן. |
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.
| ”אני האלף והתו, ההתחלה והסוף, “אומר אלוהים,”הוֹוֶה, היה ועתיד לבוא, אלוהי צבאות.“ |
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.
| אני יוחנן אחיכם, כותב מכתב זה. אני שותפכם לסבל, למלכות ולסבלנות, שהם מנת חלקנו במשיח. בהיותי באי פטמוס – לשם הוגליתי על שהטפתי את דבר אלוהים, וסיפרתי לאנשים על אודות ישוע המשיח – |
10 [God’s] Spirit took control of me on one of the days [that we believers met to worship] the Lord.
| שרתה עלי הרוח ביום המקודש לאדון, ולפתע שמעתי מאחורי קול רם שנשמע כתרועת שופר. |
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].”
| ”כתוב בספר את כל מה שאתה רואה, “אמר אלי הקול,”ושלח את הספר אל הקהילות באסיה: אפסוס, זמירנא, פרגמוס, תיאטירא, סרדיס, פילדלפיא ולודקיא.“ |
12 [In this vision] I turned in order that I might see who had spoken to me [SYN]. When I turned,
| בפנותי לראות מי המדבר אלי, ראיתי שבע מנורות זהב, |
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.
| וביניהן עומדת דמות”בן־אדם“. הוא לבש גלימה ארוכה ועל חזהו חגורת זהב. |
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.
| שיער ראשו לבן כצמר, צחור כשלג, עיניו כלהבת אש. |
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).
| רגליו כנחושת נוצצת שנצרפה בכור, קולו כקול מים רבים. |
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].
| בידו הימנית שבעה כוכבים, בפיו חרב בעלת להב כפול, ופניו זרחו כשמש המאירה בעיצומה. |
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.
| כשראיתיו נפלתי לרגליו כאדם מת, אך הוא הניח עלי את ידו הימנית ואמר:”אל תירא! אני הראשון והאחרון; אני הוא החי לנצח! |
18 I am the living one. Although I died, I am alive again and will live forever! I have [the power to cause people] to die, and I have authority over the place where all the dead people [are]. (aiōn g165, Hadēs g86)
| הייתי מת אך קמתי לתחייה ואני חי לעולם ועד, ובידי אני מחזיק את מפתחות השאול והמוות. (aiōn g165, Hadēs g86) |
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.
| כתוב את כל אשר ראית, את המתרחש עתה ואת אשר אני עומד להראות לך. |
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.”
| זוהי המשמעות הסודית של שבעת הכוכבים, אשר ראית בידי הימנית, ושל שבע מנורות הזהב: שבעת הכוכבים הם ראשי שבע הקהילות, ושבע המנורות הן שבע הקהילות. |
