prakaasita.m 1
1 yat prakaa"sita. m vaakyam ii"svara. h svadaasaanaa. m nika. ta. m "siighramupasthaasyantiinaa. m gha. tanaanaa. m dar"sanaartha. m yii"sukhrii. s.te samarpitavaan tat sa sviiyaduuta. m pre. sya nijasevaka. m yohana. m j naapitavaan|
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.
2 sa ce"svarasya vaakye khrii. s.tasya saak. sye ca yadyad d. r.s. tavaan tasya pramaa. na. m dattavaan|
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.
3 etasya bhavi. syadvakt. rgranthasya vaakyaanaa. m paa. thaka. h "srotaara"sca tanmadhye likhitaaj naagraahi. na"sca dhanyaa yata. h sa kaala. h sannika. ta. h|
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.
4 yohan aa"siyaade"sasthaa. h sapta samitii. h prati patra. m likhati| yo varttamaano bhuuto bhavi. sya. m"sca ye ca saptaatmaanastasya si. mhaasanasya sammukhe ti. s.thanti
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;
5 ya"sca yii"sukhrii. s.to vi"svasta. h saak. sii m. rtaanaa. m madhye prathamajaato bhuuma. n.dalastharaajaanaam adhipati"sca bhavati, etebhyo. anugraha. h "saanti"sca yu. smaasu varttataa. m|
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,
6 yo. asmaasu priitavaan svarudhire. naasmaan svapaapebhya. h prak. saalitavaan tasya piturii"svarasya yaajakaan k. rtvaasmaan raajavarge niyuktavaa. m"sca tasmin mahimaa paraakrama"scaanantakaala. m yaavad varttataa. m| aamen| (aiōn g165)
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)
7 pa"syata sa meghairaagacchati tenaikaikasya cak. susta. m drak. syati ye ca ta. m viddhavantaste. api ta. m viloki. syante tasya k. rte p. rthiviisthaa. h sarvve va. m"saa vilapi. syanti| satyam aamen|
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.
8 varttamaano bhuuto bhavi. sya. m"sca ya. h sarvva"saktimaan prabhu. h parame"svara. h sa gadati, ahameva ka. h k. sa"scaarthata aadiranta"sca|
"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "He who is and was and evermore will be--the Ruler of all."
9 yu. smaaka. m bhraataa yii"sukhrii. s.tasya kle"saraajyatitik. saa. naa. m sahabhaagii caaha. m yohan ii"svarasya vaakyaheto ryii"sukhrii. s.tasya saak. syaheto"sca paatmanaamaka upadviipa aasa. m|
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.
10 tatra prabho rdine aatmanaavi. s.to. aha. m svapa"scaat tuuriidhvanivat mahaaravam a"srau. sa. m,
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.
11 tenoktam, aha. m ka. h k. sa"scaarthata aadiranta"sca| tva. m yad drak. syasi tad granthe likhitvaa"siyaade"sasthaanaa. m sapta samitiinaa. m samiipam iphi. sa. m smur. naa. m thuyaatiiraa. m saarddi. m philaadilphiyaa. m laayadiikeyaa nca pre. saya|
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."
12 tato mayaa sambhaa. samaa. nasya kasya rava. h "sruuyate taddar"sanaartha. m mukha. m paraavarttita. m tat paraavartya svar. namayaa. h sapta diipav. rk. saa d. r.s. taa. h|
I turned to see who it was that was speaking to me; and then I saw seven golden lampstands,
13 te. saa. m sapta diipav. rk. saa. naa. m madhye diirghaparicchadaparihita. h suvar. na"s. r"nkhalena ve. s.titavak. sa"sca manu. syaputraak. rtireko janasti. s.thati,
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.
14 tasya "sira. h ke"sa"sca "svetame. salomaaniiva himavat "sretau locane vahni"sikhaasame
His head and His hair were white, like white wool--as white as snow; and His eyes resembled a flame of fire.
15 cara. nau vahniku. n.detaapitasupittalasad. r"sau rava"sca bahutoyaanaa. m ravatulya. h|
His feet were like silver-bronze, when it is white-hot in a furnace; and His voice resembled the sound of many waters.
16 tasya dak. si. nahaste sapta taaraa vidyante vaktraacca tiik. s.no dvidhaara. h kha"ngo nirgacchati mukhama. n.dala nca svatejasaa dediipyamaanasya suuryyasya sad. r"sa. m|
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.
17 ta. m d. r.s. tvaaha. m m. rtakalpastaccara. ne patitastata. h svadak. si. nakara. m mayi nidhaaya tenoktam maa bhai. sii. h; aham aadiranta"sca|
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.
19 ato yad bhavati yacceta. h para. m bhavi. syati tvayaa d. r.s. ta. m tat sarvva. m likhyataa. m|
Write down therefore the things you have just seen, and those which are now taking place, and those which are soon to follow:
20 mama dak. si. nahaste sthitaa yaa. h sapta taaraa ye ca svar. namayaa. h sapta diipav. rk. saastvayaa d. r.s. taastattaatparyyamida. m taa. h sapta taaraa. h sapta samitiinaa. m duutaa. h suvar. namayaa. h sapta diipav. rk. saa"sca sapta samitaya. h santi|
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.
