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| 1The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, | 1This is the revelation of Jesus the Messiah, which God gave him to show his servants the things that must happen soon. He made it known by sending his messenger to his servant John, |
| 2who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. | 2who testified about this message from God and the testimony about Jesus the Messiah. |
| 3Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. | 3How blessed is the one who reads aloud and those who hear the words of this prophecy and obey what is written in it, for the time is near! |
| 4John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, | 4From John to the seven churches in Asia. May grace and peace be yours from the one who is, who was, and who is coming, from the seven spirits who are in front of his throne, |
| 5and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood | 5and from Jesus the Messiah, the witness, the faithful one, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood |
| 6and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. | 6and has made us a kingdom, priests for his God and Father, be glory and power forever and ever! Amen. |
| 7Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen. | 7Look! He is coming in the clouds. Every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of him. So be it! Amen. |
| 8“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” | 8"I am the Alpha and the Omega," declares the Lord God, "the one who is, who was, and who is coming, the Almighty." |
| 9I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. | 9I am John, your brother and partner in the oppression, kingdom, and patience that comes because of Jesus. I was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus. |
| 10I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet | 10I came to be in the Spirit on the Day of the Lord, when I heard a loud voice behind me like a trumpet, |
| 11saying, “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.” | 11saying, "Write on a scroll what you see, and send it to the seven churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea." |
| 12Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands, | 12Then I turned to see who was talking to me, and when I turned I saw seven gold lamp stands. |
| 13and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest. | 13Among the lamp stands there was someone like the Son of Man. He was wearing a long robe with a gold sash around his chest. |
| 14The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire, | 14His head and his hair were white like wool, in fact, as white as snow. His eyes were like flames of fire, |
| 15his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters. | 15his feet were like glowing bronze refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of raging waters. |
| 16In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength. | 16In his right hand he held seven stars, and out of his mouth came a sharp, two-edged sword. His face was like the sun when it shines with full force. |
| 17When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last, | 17When I saw him, I fell down at his feet like a dead man. But he placed his right hand on me and said, "Stop being afraid! I am the first and the last, |
| 18and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades. | 18the living one. I was dead—but look!—I am alive forever and ever! I have the keys of Death and Hades. |
| 19Write therefore the things that you have seen, those that are and those that are to take place after this. | 19Therefore, write down what you have seen, what is, and what is going to happen after this. |
| 20As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. | 20The secret meaning of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven gold lamp stands is this: the seven stars are the messengers of the seven churches, and the seven lamp stands are the seven churches." |
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