< 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.
යත් ප්රකාශිතං වාක්යම් ඊශ්වරඃ ස්වදාසානාං නිකටං ශීඝ්රමුපස්ථාස්යන්තීනාං ඝටනානාං දර්ශනාර්ථං යීශුඛ්රීෂ්ටේ සමර්පිතවාන් තත් ස ස්වීයදූතං ප්රේෂ්ය නිජසේවකං යෝහනං ඥාපිතවාන්|
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].
ස චේශ්වරස්ය වාක්යේ ඛ්රීෂ්ටස්ය සාක්ෂ්යේ ච යද්යද් දෘෂ්ටවාන් තස්ය ප්රමාණං දත්තවාන්|
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.
ඒතස්ය භවිෂ්යද්වක්තෘග්රන්ථස්ය වාක්යානාං පාඨකඃ ශ්රෝතාරශ්ච තන්මධ්යේ ලිඛිතාඥාග්රාහිණශ්ච ධන්යා යතඃ ස කාලඃ සන්නිකටඃ|
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).
යෝහන් ආශියාදේශස්ථාඃ සප්ත සමිතීඃ ප්රති පත්රං ලිඛති| යෝ වර්ත්තමානෝ භූතෝ භවිෂ්යංශ්ච යේ ච සප්තාත්මානස්තස්ය සිංහාසනස්ය සම්මුඛේ තිෂ්ඨන්ති
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].
යශ්ච යීශුඛ්රීෂ්ටෝ විශ්වස්තඃ සාක්ෂී මෘතානාං මධ්යේ ප්රථමජාතෝ භූමණ්ඩලස්ථරාජානාම් අධිපතිශ්ච භවති, ඒතේභ්යෝ (අ)නුග්රහඃ ශාන්තිශ්ච යුෂ්මාසු වර්ත්තතාං|
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 )
යෝ (අ)ස්මාසු ප්රීතවාන් ස්වරුධිරේණාස්මාන් ස්වපාපේභ්යඃ ප්රක්ෂාලිතවාන් තස්ය පිතුරීශ්වරස්ය යාජකාන් කෘත්වාස්මාන් රාජවර්ගේ නියුක්තවාංශ්ච තස්මින් මහිමා පරාක්රමශ්චානන්තකාලං යාවද් වර්ත්තතාං| ආමේන්| (aiōn )
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.)
පශ්යත ස මේඝෛරාගච්ඡති තේනෛකෛකස්ය චක්ෂුස්තං ද්රක්ෂ්යති යේ ච තං විද්ධවන්තස්තේ (අ)පි තං විලෝකිෂ්යන්තේ තස්ය කෘතේ පෘථිවීස්ථාඃ සර්ව්වේ වංශා විලපිෂ්යන්ති| සත්යම් ආමේන්|
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.
වර්ත්තමානෝ භූතෝ භවිෂ්යංශ්ච යඃ සර්ව්වශක්තිමාන් ප්රභුඃ පරමේශ්වරඃ ස ගදති, අහමේව කඃ ක්ෂශ්චාර්ථත ආදිරන්තශ්ච|
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.
යුෂ්මාකං භ්රාතා යීශුඛ්රීෂ්ටස්ය ක්ලේශරාජ්යතිතික්ෂාණාං සහභාගී චාහං යෝහන් ඊශ්වරස්ය වාක්යහේතෝ ර්යීශුඛ්රීෂ්ටස්ය සාක්ෂ්යහේතෝශ්ච පාත්මනාමක උපද්වීප ආසං|
10 [God’s] Spirit took control of me on one of the days [that we believers met to worship] the Lord.
තත්ර ප්රභෝ ර්දිනේ ආත්මනාවිෂ්ටෝ (අ)හං ස්වපශ්චාත් තූරීධ්වනිවත් මහාරවම් අශ්රෞෂං,
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].”
තේනෝක්තම්, අහං කඃ ක්ෂශ්චාර්ථත ආදිරන්තශ්ච| ත්වං යද් ද්රක්ෂ්යසි තද් ග්රන්ථේ ලිඛිත්වාශියාදේශස්ථානාං සප්ත සමිතීනාං සමීපම් ඉඵිෂං ස්මුර්ණාං ථුයාතීරාං සාර්ද්දිං ඵිලාදිල්ඵියාං ලායදීකේයාඤ්ච ප්රේෂය|
12 [In this vision] I turned in order that I might see who had spoken to me [SYN]. When I turned,
තතෝ මයා සම්භාෂමාණස්ය කස්ය රවඃ ශ්රූයතේ තද්දර්ශනාර්ථං මුඛං පරාවර්ත්තිතං තත් පරාවර්ත්ය ස්වර්ණමයාඃ සප්ත දීපවෘක්ෂා දෘෂ්ටාඃ|
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.
තේෂාං සප්ත දීපවෘක්ෂාණාං මධ්යේ දීර්ඝපරිච්ඡදපරිහිතඃ සුවර්ණශෘඞ්ඛලේන වේෂ්ටිතවක්ෂශ්ච මනුෂ්යපුත්රාකෘතිරේකෝ ජනස්තිෂ්ඨති,
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.
තස්ය ශිරඃ කේශශ්ච ශ්වේතමේෂලෝමානීව හිමවත් ශ්රේතෞ ලෝචනේ වහ්නිශිඛාසමේ
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).
චරණෞ වහ්නිකුණ්ඩේතාපිතසුපිත්තලසදෘශෞ රවශ්ච බහුතෝයානාං රවතුල්යඃ|
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].
තස්ය දක්ෂිණහස්තේ සප්ත තාරා විද්යන්තේ වක්ත්රාච්ච තීක්ෂ්ණෝ ද්විධාරඃ ඛඞ්ගෝ නිර්ගච්ඡති මුඛමණ්ඩලඤ්ච ස්වතේජසා දේදීප්යමානස්ය සූර්ය්යස්ය සදෘශං|
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.
තං දෘෂ්ට්වාහං මෘතකල්පස්තච්චරණේ පතිතස්තතඃ ස්වදක්ෂිණකරං මයි නිධාය තේනෝක්තම් මා භෛෂීඃ; අහම් ආදිරන්තශ්ච|
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 , Hadēs )
අහම් අමරස්තථාපි මෘතවාන් කින්තු පශ්යාහම් අනන්තකාලං යාවත් ජීවාමි| ආමේන්| මෘත්යෝඃ පරලෝකස්ය ච කුඤ්ජිකා මම හස්තගතාඃ| (aiōn , Hadēs )
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.
අතෝ යද් භවති යච්චේතඃ පරං භවිෂ්යති ත්වයා දෘෂ්ටං තත් සර්ව්වං ලිඛ්යතාං|
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.”
මම දක්ෂිණහස්තේ ස්ථිතා යාඃ සප්ත තාරා යේ ච ස්වර්ණමයාඃ සප්ත දීපවෘක්ෂාස්ත්වයා දෘෂ්ටාස්තත්තාත්පර්ය්යමිදං තාඃ සප්ත තාරාඃ සප්ත සමිතීනාං දූතාඃ සුවර්ණමයාඃ සප්ත දීපවෘක්ෂාශ්ච සප්ත සමිතයඃ සන්ති|