啟示錄

第1章

1 耶穌基督的啟示,就是神賜給他,叫他將必要快成的事指示他的眾僕人。他就差遣他的天使[his angel]曉諭他的僕人約翰。

2 約翰便將神的道和耶穌基督的見證,[and]自己所看見的都證明出來。

3 念這書上預言的和那些聽見又遵守其中所記載的,都是有福的,因為日期近了。

4 約翰寫信給亞細亞的七個教會。但願恩典、平安歸與你們[Grace be unto you, and peace],從那昔在、今在、以後要來[is to come]的神,和從[and from]他寶座前的七靈,

5 並那忠信[faithful]作見證的、從死裏首先復活、為世上眾王之君[prince of the kings]耶穌基督[Jesus Christ]。他愛我們,用自己的血洗去我們的罪惡[washed us from our sins]

6 又使我們成為眾王[kings][and]作他父[and]神的祭司。但願榮耀、權柄[dominion]歸給他,直到永永遠遠。阿們。

7 看哪,他駕雲降臨;眾目要看見他,連他們那些[they]刺他的人也要看見他。地上各族[all kindreds]都要因他哀哭。這話是真實的,阿們。

8 [Lord]說:「我是阿拉法,我是俄梅戛,我是[the beginning],我是[the ending],是昔在今在以後要來[is to come]的全能者。」

9 我約翰就是你們的兄弟[brother],和你們在耶穌基督[Christ]的患難,國度,忍耐裏一同作伴[companion]。為神的道,並為給耶穌基督[Christ]作的見證,曾在那名叫拔摩的海島上。

10 我於靈裏在主的日子[I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day],聽見在我後面有大聲音如吹號,

11 [Saying]:「我是阿拉法[Alpha],我是俄梅戛[Omega],我是始[the first],我是終[the last];你所看見的,當寫在書上,達與在亞細亞的[which are in Asia]以弗所、士每拿、別迦摩、推雅推喇、撒狄、非拉鐵非、老底嘉、那七個教會。」

12 我轉過身來,要看是誰發聲與我說話;既轉過來,就看見七個金燭臺[candlesticks]

13 七燭臺[seven candlesticks]中間有一位好像人子,身穿長衣,直垂到腳,兩哺[paps]束著金帶。

14 他的頭與髮皆白,彷如羊毛[like wool]像雪那樣白[as white as snow];眼目如同火燄;

15 腳好像在爐中燒過[burned]精銅[fine brass];聲音如同[many]水的聲音。

16 他右手拿著七星,從他口中出來一把兩刃的利劍;面貌如同烈日放光。

17 我一看見,就仆倒在他腳前,像死了一樣。他用右手按著我,對我[unto me]說:「不要懼怕。我是首先的,我是末後的;

18 [I am]是那存活的,[and]曾死過;看哪[behold]。現在又活了,直活到永永遠遠,阿們[Amen]:並且拿著地獄[hell]死亡[death]的鑰匙。

19 [thou]要把所看見的,和現在的事,並將來[which shall be]的事,都寫出來。

20 論到你所看見、在我右手中的七星和七個金燭臺[candlesticks]的奧秘,那七星就是七個教會的天使[angels]至於[and]你所看見的[which thou sawest]燭臺[candlesticks]就是七個教會。」

Revelation

Chapter 1

1 THE Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, to show unto his servants those things which must soon come to pass, he sent and signified it by his angel to his servant John:

2 Who bore record of the word of God and of the testimony of Jesus Christ and of all things that he saw.

3 Blessed is he who reads and they who listen to the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it: for the time is at hand.

4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be to you, and peace, from him who is, and who was, and who is to come; and from the seven spirits which are before his throne;

5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first to arise from the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth unto him who loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

6 And has made us a spiritual Kingdom unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

7 Behold he comes with the clouds; and every eye shall see him, even the men who pierced him: and all the kindreds of the earth shall wail over him. Even so, Amen.

8 I am Alpha and Omega, * the beginning and the ending says the LORD God, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.

9 I, John, your brother, and companion in suffering, and in the hope of Jesus Christ, was in the island which is called Patmos, because of the word of God, and because of the testimony of Jesus Christ.

10 The Spirit of prophecy came upon me on the LORD'S day, and I heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and,

11 What you see, write in a book, and send it to the seven churches; to Eph'e-sus, and to Smyrna, and to Per'ga-mos, and to Thy-ati'ra, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to La-od-i-ce'a.

12 And I turned to see the voice that spoke to me. And as I turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;

13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one resembling the Son of man, wearing a long vestment and girded round his breast with a golden girdle.

14 His head and his hair were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;

15 And his feet were like the fine brass of Lebanon, as though they burned in a furnace; and his voice was as the sound of many waters.

16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shining in its strength.

17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last:

18 I am he who lives, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore. Amen; and have the keys of death and of hell.

19 Write, therefore, the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;

20 The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks are the seven churches.

啟示錄

第1章

Revelation

Chapter 1

1 耶穌基督的啟示,就是神賜給他,叫他將必要快成的事指示他的眾僕人。他就差遣他的天使[his angel]曉諭他的僕人約翰。

1 THE Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, to show unto his servants those things which must soon come to pass, he sent and signified it by his angel to his servant John:

2 約翰便將神的道和耶穌基督的見證,[and]自己所看見的都證明出來。

2 Who bore record of the word of God and of the testimony of Jesus Christ and of all things that he saw.

3 念這書上預言的和那些聽見又遵守其中所記載的,都是有福的,因為日期近了。

3 Blessed is he who reads and they who listen to the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it: for the time is at hand.

4 約翰寫信給亞細亞的七個教會。但願恩典、平安歸與你們[Grace be unto you, and peace],從那昔在、今在、以後要來[is to come]的神,和從[and from]他寶座前的七靈,

4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be to you, and peace, from him who is, and who was, and who is to come; and from the seven spirits which are before his throne;

5 並那忠信[faithful]作見證的、從死裏首先復活、為世上眾王之君[prince of the kings]耶穌基督[Jesus Christ]。他愛我們,用自己的血洗去我們的罪惡[washed us from our sins]

5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first to arise from the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth unto him who loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

6 又使我們成為眾王[kings][and]作他父[and]神的祭司。但願榮耀、權柄[dominion]歸給他,直到永永遠遠。阿們。

6 And has made us a spiritual Kingdom unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

7 看哪,他駕雲降臨;眾目要看見他,連他們那些[they]刺他的人也要看見他。地上各族[all kindreds]都要因他哀哭。這話是真實的,阿們。

7 Behold he comes with the clouds; and every eye shall see him, even the men who pierced him: and all the kindreds of the earth shall wail over him. Even so, Amen.

8 [Lord]說:「我是阿拉法,我是俄梅戛,我是[the beginning],我是[the ending],是昔在今在以後要來[is to come]的全能者。」

8 I am Alpha and Omega, * the beginning and the ending says the LORD God, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.

9 我約翰就是你們的兄弟[brother],和你們在耶穌基督[Christ]的患難,國度,忍耐裏一同作伴[companion]。為神的道,並為給耶穌基督[Christ]作的見證,曾在那名叫拔摩的海島上。

9 I, John, your brother, and companion in suffering, and in the hope of Jesus Christ, was in the island which is called Patmos, because of the word of God, and because of the testimony of Jesus Christ.

10 我於靈裏在主的日子[I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day],聽見在我後面有大聲音如吹號,

10 The Spirit of prophecy came upon me on the LORD'S day, and I heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and,

11 [Saying]:「我是阿拉法[Alpha],我是俄梅戛[Omega],我是始[the first],我是終[the last];你所看見的,當寫在書上,達與在亞細亞的[which are in Asia]以弗所、士每拿、別迦摩、推雅推喇、撒狄、非拉鐵非、老底嘉、那七個教會。」

11 What you see, write in a book, and send it to the seven churches; to Eph'e-sus, and to Smyrna, and to Per'ga-mos, and to Thy-ati'ra, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to La-od-i-ce'a.

12 我轉過身來,要看是誰發聲與我說話;既轉過來,就看見七個金燭臺[candlesticks]

12 And I turned to see the voice that spoke to me. And as I turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;

13 七燭臺[seven candlesticks]中間有一位好像人子,身穿長衣,直垂到腳,兩哺[paps]束著金帶。

13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one resembling the Son of man, wearing a long vestment and girded round his breast with a golden girdle.

14 他的頭與髮皆白,彷如羊毛[like wool]像雪那樣白[as white as snow];眼目如同火燄;

14 His head and his hair were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;

15 腳好像在爐中燒過[burned]精銅[fine brass];聲音如同[many]水的聲音。

15 And his feet were like the fine brass of Lebanon, as though they burned in a furnace; and his voice was as the sound of many waters.

16 他右手拿著七星,從他口中出來一把兩刃的利劍;面貌如同烈日放光。

16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shining in its strength.

17 我一看見,就仆倒在他腳前,像死了一樣。他用右手按著我,對我[unto me]說:「不要懼怕。我是首先的,我是末後的;

17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last:

18 [I am]是那存活的,[and]曾死過;看哪[behold]。現在又活了,直活到永永遠遠,阿們[Amen]:並且拿著地獄[hell]死亡[death]的鑰匙。

18 I am he who lives, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore. Amen; and have the keys of death and of hell.

19 [thou]要把所看見的,和現在的事,並將來[which shall be]的事,都寫出來。

19 Write, therefore, the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;

20 論到你所看見、在我右手中的七星和七個金燭臺[candlesticks]的奧秘,那七星就是七個教會的天使[angels]至於[and]你所看見的[which thou sawest]燭臺[candlesticks]就是七個教會。」

20 The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks are the seven churches.