1 This is what God showed to Jesus Christ, so that he could tell his servants what must happen soon. Christ then sent his angel with the message to his servant John. 2 And John told everything he had seen about God's message and about what Jesus Christ had said and done.
3 God will bless everyone who reads this prophecy to others, and he will bless everyone who hears and obeys it. The time is almost here.
4 From John to the seven churches in Asia.
I pray that you
will be blessed
with kindness and peace
from God, who is and was
and is coming.
May you receive
kindness and peace
from the seven spirits
before the throne of God.
5 May kindness and peace
be yours
from Jesus Christ,
the faithful witness.
Jesus was the first
to conquer death,
and he is the ruler
of all earthly kings.
Christ loves us,
and by his blood
he set us free
from our sins.
6 He lets us rule as kings
and serve God his Father
as priests.
To him be glory and power
forever and ever! Amen.
7 Look! He is coming
with the clouds.
Everyone will see him,
even the ones who stuck
a sword through him.
All people on earth
will weep because of him.
Yes, it will happen! Amen.
8 The Lord God says, “I am Alpha and Omega, the one who is and was and is coming. I am God All-Powerful!”
A Vision of the Risen Lord
9 I am John, a follower together with all of you. We suffer because Jesus is our king, but he gives us the strength to endure. I was sent to Patmos Island, because I had preached God's message and had told about Jesus. 10 On the Lord's day the Spirit took control of me, and behind me I heard a loud voice that sounded like a trumpet. 11 The voice said, “Write in a book what you see. Then send it to the seven churches in Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
12 When I turned to see who was speaking to me, I saw seven gold lampstands. 13 There with the lampstands was someone who seemed to be the Son of Man. He was wearing a robe that reached down to his feet, and a gold cloth was wrapped around his chest. 14 His head and his hair were white as wool or snow, and his eyes looked like flames of fire. 15 His feet were glowing like bronze being heated in a furnace, and his voice sounded like the roar of a waterfall. 16 He held seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp double-edged sword was coming from his mouth. His face was shining as bright as the sun at noon.
17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead person. But he put his right hand on me and said:
Don't be afraid! I am the first, the last, 18 and the living one. I died, but now I am alive forever, and I have the keys to death and the world of the dead. 19 Write what you have seen and what is and what will happen after these things. 20 I will explain the mystery of the seven stars you saw at my right side and the seven gold lampstands. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the lampstands are the seven churches.
Ievads un sveiciens
1 Šī ir Jēzus Kristus atklāsme, ko viņam deva Dievs, lai saviem kalpiem rādītu, kam jānotiek drīzumā. To visu Kristus darīja zināmu, sūtīdams savu eņģeli pie sava kalpa Jāņa, 2 kas apliecināja visu, ko viņš redzēja – Dieva vārdu un liecību, ko sniedza Jēzus Kristus. 3 Laimīgs, kas lasa un klausās šos pravietojuma vārdus un kas ievēro visu, kas tur rakstīts, jo noliktais laiks ir tuvu. 4 Jānis septiņām draudzēm Āzijas provincē: žēlastība un miers jums no tā, kas ir, kas bija un kas nāk, un no septiņiem gariem, kas ir viņa troņa priekšā, 5 un no Jēzus Kristus, kas ir uzticamais liecinieks, pirmdzimtais no mirušajiem un zemes ķēniņu valdnieks. Viņam, kas mūs mīlējis un ar savām asinīm mūs no mūsu grēkiem atbrīvojis 6 un kas darījis mūs par valstību un priesteriem Dievam un savam Tēvam, – viņam lai gods un vara mūžu mūžos! Āmen! 7 Redzi, viņš nāks ar mākoņiem,
un viņu redzēs ikviena acs,
arī tie, kas viņu caurdūra;
par viņu vaimanās visas zemes ciltis, tā būs. Āmen!
8 “Es esmu Alfa un Omega,” saka Dievs Kungs, “kas ir, bija un nāk, Visuvaldītājs.”
Kristus parādīšanās Jānim
9 Es, Jānis, jūsu brālis un līdzdalībnieks ciešanās, kā arī Dieva valstībā un izturībā Jēzū, nokļuvu Patmas salā Dieva vārda un Jēzus apliecināšanas dēļ. 10 Tā Kunga dienā es tiku aizrauts garā un dzirdēju aiz sevis skaļu balsi, itin kā tauri atskanam: 11 “To, ko tu redzi, ieraksti rakstu rullī un sūti septiņām draudzēm: Efesā, Smirnā, Pergamā, Tiatīrās, Sardās, Filadelfijā un Lāodikejā.” 12 Es pagriezos, lai ieraudzītu, kas ar mani runā tādā balsī, un pagriezies ieraudzīju septiņus zelta gaismekļus 13 un šo gaismekļu vidū kādu līdzīgu Cilvēka Dēlam garā tērpā līdz pat zemei un ap krūtīm apjozušos ar zelta jostu. 14 Viņa galva un mati bija balti kā vilna – kā sniegs un viņa acis kā uguns liesmas, 15 un viņa kājas kā kvēlojoša, krāsnī kausēta bronza un balss kā bangainu ūdeņu balss. 16 Labajā rokā viņš turēja septiņas zvaigznes, un no viņa mutes izgāja abpusgriezīgs ass zobens, un viņa vaigs mirdzēja kā saule visā tās spožumā. 17 Viņu ieraudzījis, es nokritu pie viņa kājām kā miris, un viņš uzlika man savu labo roku un teica: nebīsties, es esmu Pirmais un Pēdējais 18 un Dzīvais. Es biju miris, un redzi – es esmu dzīvs mūžu mūžam, un man pieder nāves un elles atslēgas. 19 Tad nu raksti, ko esi redzējis, kas ir un kas notiks pēc tam. 20 Redzi, noslēpums par septiņām zvaigznēm, ko tu redzēji pie manas labās rokas, un par septiņiem gaismekļiem – septiņas zvaigznes ir septiņu draudžu eņģeļi, un septiņi gaismekļi ir septiņas draudzes.
