Revelation 1
1 The revelation given by Jesus Christ, which God granted Him, that He might make known to His servants certain events which must shortly come to pass: and He sent His angel and communicated it to His servant John.
这是上帝赐予耶稣基督的启示，是为了向他的仆人们展示即将发生的事情。上帝派天使向其仆人约翰
2 This is the John who taught the truth concerning the Word of God and the truth told us by Jesus Christ-- a faithful account of what he had seen.
做出这一显示，约翰证实了他所看到的、关于上帝之道和耶稣基督见证的一切。
3 Blessed is he who reads and blessed are those who listen to the words of this prophecy and lay to heart what is written in it; for the time for its fulfillment is now close at hand.
能读到这启示之人有福了， 还有那些听见这预言、专注于所写内容之人，都有福了！因为那个时间将至。
4 John sends greetings to the seven Churches in the province of Asia. May grace be granted to you, and peace, from Him who is and was and evermore will be; and from the seven Spirits which are before His throne;
这封信来自约翰，写给亚西亚的七个教会。愿那位过去、现在和未来都会到来的那一位，还有他宝座前的七灵，
5 and from Jesus Christ, the truthful witness, the first of the dead to be born to Life, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has freed us from our sins with His own blood,
以及那值得信赖的见证人、从死亡中首次诞生的、人间众君王的统治者耶稣基督，赐予你们恩典和平安。至爱我们的耶稣，用自己的血把我们从我们的罪中释放出来，
6 and has formed us into a Kingdom, to be priests to God, His Father--to Him be ascribed the glory and the power until the Ages of the Ages. Amen. (aiōn g165)
又让我们成为他的国，作他父上帝的祭司。愿荣耀和权能都归给耶稣，直到永远。阿门。 (aiōn g165)
7 He is coming in the clouds, and every eye will see Him, and so will those who pierced Him; and all the nations of the earth will gaze on Him and mourn. Even so. Amen.
看，他在云朵围绕中来临，每个人都应看见他，包括那些杀死他的人。地上的所有人都因他而哭泣。但愿如此！阿门。
8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "He who is and was and evermore will be--the Ruler of all."
那过去、现在和以后都会来的全能主上帝说：“我是始也是终，”
9 I John, your brother, and a sharer with you in the sorrows and Kingship and patient endurance of Jesus, found myself in the island of Patmos, on account of the Word of God and the truth told us by Jesus.
我是约翰，你们的兄弟，在耶稣中与你们共同痛苦，分享这个国，一起忍耐。为了分享上帝的道以及耶稣显化的真理，我被关在一个叫做拔摩的海岛上。
10 In the Spirit I found myself present on the day of the Lord, and I heard behind me a loud voice which resembled the blast of a trumpet.
在一个主日， 我被灵注满，听见在我后边发出很大的声音，像是号角，
11 It said, "Write forthwith in a roll an account of what you see, and send it to the seven Churches--to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyateira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea."
那声音告诉我：“把你所看到的写成书，寄给七个教会：以弗所、士每拿、别迦摩、推雅推拉、撒狄、非拉铁非和老底嘉。”
12 I turned to see who it was that was speaking to me; and then I saw seven golden lampstands,
我转过身，想去看看是谁；转过身，看见七个金灯台。
13 and in the center of the lampstands some One resembling the Son of Man, clothed in a robe which reached to His feet, and with a girdle of gold across His breast.
灯台中间好像有一个人，看起来像是人子，身上穿着直垂双脚的长袍，胸间束着金带。
14 His head and His hair were white, like white wool--as white as snow; and His eyes resembled a flame of fire.
他的头发像白羊毛、双眼好似燃烧的火焰。
15 His feet were like silver-bronze, when it is white-hot in a furnace; and His voice resembled the sound of many waters.
他的双脚好像在活炉中炼过的亮光铜，声音好似震耳欲聋的瀑布。
16 In His right hand He held seven stars, and a sharp, two-edged sword was seen coming from His mouth; and His glance resembled the sun when it is shining with its full strength.
他的右手拿着七颗星星，口中吐出双刃利剑，面孔发光，好似最亮的烈日。
17 When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as if I were dead. But He laid His right hand upon me and said, "Do not be afraid: I am the First and the Last, and the ever-living One.
我看到他便扑倒在他脚前，如死了一般。但他用右手按我并说：“不要怕！我是最初，我是最后，
19 Write down therefore the things you have just seen, and those which are now taking place, and those which are soon to follow:
所以，把你所看见、正在发生和未来将要发生的事情，都写下来。
20 the secret meaning of the seven stars which you have seen in My right hand, and of the seven lampstands of gold. The seven stars are the ministers of the seven Churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven Churches.
你看我右手的七星和七个金灯台, 它的含义就是：七星是四个教会的七位天使，七个灯台就是七个教会。”
