القراءة بلغتين

هٰذا ما كَشَفَه يَسوعُ المَسيحُ بِعَطاءٍ مِنَ الله، لِيُرِيَ عِبادَه ما لا بُدَّ مِن حُدوثِه وَشيكًا. فأَرسَلَ مَلاكَه إِلى يوحَنَّا عَبدِه يُشيرُ إِلَيه

فشَهِدَ يوحَنَّا بأَنَّ ما رَآه هو كَلِمَةُ اللهِ وشَهادَةُ يَسوعَ المَسيح

طوبى لِلَّذي يَقرَأُ ولِلَّذينَ يَسمَعونَ أَقوالَ النُّبوءَةِ ويَحفَظونَ ما وَرَدَ فيها، لِأَنَّ الوَقتَ قدِ ٱقتَرَب

مِن يوحَنَّا إِلى الكَنائِسِ السَّبعِ الَّتي في آسِيَة. علَيكمُ النِّعمَةُ والسَّلامُ مِن لَدُنِ الَّذي هو كائِنٌ وكانَ وسيَأتي، ومِنَ الأَرواحِ السَّبعَةِ الماثِلَةِ أَمامَ عَرشِه

ومِن لَدُنِ يَسوعَ المسيحِ الشَّاهِدِ الأَمينِ والبِكْرِ مِن بَينِ الأَمواتِ وسَيِّدِ مُلوكِ الأَرْض. لِذاكَ الَّذي أَحَبَّنا فحَلَّنا مِن خَطايانا بِدَمِه

وجَعَلَ مِنَّا مَملَكَةً مِنَ الكَهَنَةِ لِإِلٰهِه وأَبيه، لَه المَجدُ والعِزَّةُ أَبَدَ الدُّهور. آمين

هاهُوَذا آتٍ في الغَمام. ستَراه كُلُّ عَينٍ حَتَّى الَّذينَ طَعَنوه، وتَنتَحِبُ علَيه جَميعُ قَبائِلِ الأَرض. أَجَل، آمين

«أَنا الأَلِفُ والياء»: هٰذا ما يَقولُه الرَّبُّ الإِلٰه، الَّذي هو كائِنٌ وكانَ وسيَأتي، وهو القَدير

أَنا، أَخاكم يوحَنَّا الَّذي يُشارِكُكم في الشِّدَّةِ والمَلَكوتِ والثَّباتِ في يَسوع، كُنتُ في جَزيرَةِ بَطمُسَ لِأَجْلِ كَلِمَةِ اللهِ وشَهادَةِ يَسوع

فٱختَطَفَني الرُّوحُ يَومَ الرَّبّ، فسَمِعتُ خَلْفي صَوتًا جَهيرًا كَصَوتِ البوقِ

يَقول: «ما تَراه فٱكتُبْه في كِتابٍ وٱبعَثْ بِه إِلى الكَنائِسِ السَّبعِ الَّتي في أَفَسُسَ وإِزْميرَ وبَرغامُسَ وتِياطيرةَ وسَرْديسَ وفيلَدِلْفِيَةَ واللَّاذِقِيَّة»

فٱلتَفَتُّ لِأَنظُرَ إِلى الصَّوتِ الَّذي يُخاطِبُني، فرَأَيتُ في ٱلتِفاتي سَبعَ مَناوِرَ مِن ذَهَبٍ

وبَينَ المَناوِرِ ما يُشبِهُ ٱبنَ إِنْسان، وقد لَبِسَ ثَوبًا يَنزِلُ إِلى قَدَمَيه وشَدَّ صَدرَه بِزُنَّارٍ مِن ذَهَب

وكانَ رَأسُه وشَعرُه أَبيَضَينِ كالصُّوفِ الأَبيَض، كالثَّلْج، وعَيناه كلَهَبِ النَّار

ورِجْلاه أَشبَهُ بِنُحاسٍ خالِصٍ مُنَقًّى بِنارِ أَتُّون، وصَوتُه كصَوتِ مِياهٍ غَزيرة

وفي يَدِه اليُمْنى سَبعَةُ كَواكِب، ومِن فَمِه خَرَجَ سَيفٌ مُرهَفُ الحَدَّين، ووَجهُه كالشَّمسِ تُضيءُ في أَبْهى شُروقِها

فلَمَّا رأَيتُه ٱرتَمَيتُ عِندَ قَدَمَيه كالمَيْت، فوَضَعَ يَدَه اليُمْنى علَيَّ وقال: لا تَخَفْ، أَنا الأَوَّلُ والآخِر

أَنا الحَيّ. كُنتُ مَيتًا وهاءَنَذا حَيٌّ أَبَدَ الدُّهور. عِنْدي مَفاتيحُ المَوتِ ومَثْوى الأَموات

فٱكتُبْ ما رَأَيتَ، ما هو الآن وما سَيَحدُثُ بَعدَ ذٰلك

أَمَّا سِرُّ الكَواكِبِ السَّبعَةِ الَّتي رَأَيتَها في يَميني ومَناوِرُ الذَّهَبِ السَّبْع، فإِنَّ الكَواكِبَ السَّبعَةَ هي مَلائِكَةُ الكَنائِسِ السَّبْع، والمَناوِرَ السَّبعَ هي الكَنائِسُ السَّبْع

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

who testified to God’s word and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, about everything that he saw.

Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written in it, for the time is near.

John, to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from God, who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits who are before his throne;

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood—

and he made us to be a Kingdom, priests to his God and Father—to him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

I John, your brother and partner with you in the oppression, Kingdom, and perseverance in Christ Jesus, was on the isle that is called Patmos because of God’s Word and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like a trumpet

saying, “What you see, write in a book and send to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”

I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. Having turned, I saw seven golden lamp stands.

And among the lamp stands was one like a son of man, clothed with a robe reaching down to his feet, and with a golden sash around his chest.

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

His feet were like burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace. His voice was like the voice of many waters.

He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.

When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, “Don’t be afraid. I am the first and the last,

and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever and ever. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.

Write therefore the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will happen hereafter.

The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lamp stands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven assemblies. The seven lamp stands are seven assemblies.