启示录 1
Chinese Standard Bible (Simplified)
耶稣基督的启示
1 耶稣基督的启示，就是神赐给他，要他指示给他奴仆们的那些必须快发生的事。基督[a]藉着他的天使，向他的奴仆约翰传达并指明了那些事。 2 约翰把神的话语[b]和有关耶稣基督的见证，凡是他所看到的，都见证出来。 3 那宣读这预言之话的，那些听见这预言之话并遵守其中所记载的，都是蒙福的，因为时候快到了。
4 约翰，
致那在亚细亚省的七个教会：
愿恩典与平安，从今在、昔在、将要来临的[c]那一位，从他宝座前的七个灵， 5 从那信实的见证者、死人中首先复活的[d]、地上众君王的元首耶稣基督，临到你们！
他爱我们，用自己的血，把我们从我们的罪孽中释放出来[e]， 6 又使我们成为国度[f]，做他父神的祭司。愿荣耀和权能都归于他，直到永永远远！阿们。
7 “看哪，他在云彩中来临，
所有人的眼睛都将看见他，
连那些刺他的人也将看见他；[g]
地上的万族都要因他捶胸哀哭。”
确实如此，阿们。
8 主、神[h]说：“我就是‘阿尔法’，也是‘欧米伽’，[i]是今在、昔在、将要来临的[j]那一位，是全能者。”
约翰见主的异象
9 我约翰，是你们的弟兄，是与你们在耶稣[k]的患难、国度、忍耐里一同有份的，为神的话语[l]和有关耶稣[m]的见证，曾经住在那叫做帕特莫斯的海岛上。 10 有一个主日[n]，我在灵里，听见我后面有一个大声音，如同号角声， 11 说：“[o]把你所看见的写在书卷上，送到[p]那七个教会：以弗所、士每拿、佩尔伽马、锡亚蒂拉、萨迪斯、费拉德菲亚和劳迪西亚。”
12 我转过身，要看看谁的声音对我说话。我转过身就看见了七座金灯台。 13 灯台[q]中间有一位仿佛人子的，身穿垂到脚的长袍，胸间束着金带。 14 他的头和头发洁白，如白羊毛、如雪；他的眼睛如同火焰； 15 他的两脚仿佛在炉中被炼过的精铜；他的声音好像众水的声音； 16 在他的右手中拿着七颗星；从他口中发出一把双刃的利剑；他的面容好像烈日发光。
17 我一看见他，就仆倒在他的脚前，像死人那样。他把右手放在我身上，说：“不要怕！我就是首先的，是末后的， 18 是那永生的。我曾经死过，可是看哪，我现在活着，直到永永远远，[r]并且拿着死亡和阴间的钥匙。 19 因此，你要把所看见的，就是现在的事，和此后将要发生的事，都写下来。 20 你所看见的，我右手中的七颗星，和这七座金灯台的奥秘就是：七颗星是七个教会的使者[s]，[t]七座灯台是七个教会。
Footnotes
- 启示录 1:1 基督——原文直译“他”。
- 启示录 1:2 神的话语——或译作“神的道”。
- 启示录 1:4 将要来临的——或译作“以后永在的”。
- 启示录 1:5 首先复活的——原文直译“首生的”或“长子”。
- 启示录 1:5 释放出来——有古抄本作“洗净”。
- 启示录 1:6 国度——有古抄本作“君王”。
- 启示录 1:7 《但以理书》7:13；《撒迦利亚书》12:10。
- 启示录 1:8 主、神——有古抄本作“主”。
- 启示录 1:8 有古抄本附“是开始，也是终结，”。
- 启示录 1:8 将要来临的——或译作“以后永在的”。
- 启示录 1:9 耶稣——有古抄本作“耶稣基督”。
- 启示录 1:9 神的话语——或译作“神的道”。
- 启示录 1:9 耶稣——有古抄本作“耶稣基督”。
- 启示录 1:10 主日——指“星期日”。
- 启示录 1:11 有古抄本附“我就是‘阿尔法’，也是‘欧米伽’；是首先的，也是末后的。”
- 启示录 1:11 有古抄本附“在亚细亚的”。
- 启示录 1:13 灯台——有古抄本作“七座灯台”。
- 启示录 1:18 有古抄本附“阿们。”
- 启示录 1:20 使者——或译作“天使”。
- 启示录 1:20 有古抄本附“你所看见的”。
Revelation 1
Living Bible
1 This book unveils some of the future activities soon to occur in the life of Jesus Christ.[a] God permitted him to reveal these things to his servant John in a vision; and then an angel was sent from heaven to explain the vision’s meaning. 2 John wrote it all down—the words of God and Jesus Christ and everything he heard and saw.
3 If you read this prophecy aloud to the church, you will receive a special blessing from the Lord. Those who listen to it being read and do what it says will also be blessed. For the time is near when these things will all come true.
4 From: John
To: The seven churches in Turkey.[b]
Dear Friends:
May you have grace and peace from God who is, and was, and is to come; and from the sevenfold Spirit before his throne; 5 and from Jesus Christ who faithfully reveals all truth to us. He was the first to rise from death, to die no more.[c] He is far greater than any king in all the earth. All praise to him who always loves us and who set us free from our sins by pouring out his lifeblood for us. 6 He has gathered us into his Kingdom and made us priests of God his Father. Give to him everlasting glory! He rules forever! Amen!
7 See! He is arriving, surrounded by clouds; and every eye shall see him—yes, and those who pierced him.[d] And the nations will weep in sorrow and in terror when he comes. Yes! Amen! Let it be so!
8 “I am the A and the Z,[e] the Beginning and the Ending of all things,” says God, who is the Lord, the All Powerful One who is, and was, and is coming again!
9 It is I, your brother John, a fellow sufferer for the Lord’s sake, who am writing this letter to you. I, too, have shared the patience Jesus gives, and we shall share his Kingdom!
I was on the island of Patmos, exiled there for preaching the Word of God and for telling what I knew about Jesus Christ. 10 It was the Lord’s Day and I was worshiping, when suddenly I heard a loud voice behind me, a voice that sounded like a trumpet blast, 11 saying, “I am A and Z, the First and Last!” And then I heard him say, “Write down everything you see, and send your letter to the seven churches in Turkey:[f] to the church in Ephesus, the one in Smyrna, and those in Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
12 When I turned to see who was speaking, there behind me were seven candlesticks of gold. 13 And standing among them was one who looked like Jesus, who called himself the Son of Man,[g] wearing a long robe circled with a golden band across his chest. 14 His hair was white as wool or snow,[h] and his eyes penetrated like flames of fire. 15 His feet gleamed like burnished bronze, and his voice thundered like the waves against the shore. 16 He held seven stars in his right hand and a sharp, double-bladed sword in his mouth,[i] and his face shone like the power of the sun in unclouded brilliance.
17-18 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead; but he laid his right hand on me and said, “Don’t be afraid! Though I am the First and Last, the Living One who died, who is now alive forevermore, who has the keys of hell and death—don’t be afraid! 19 Write down what you have just seen and what will soon be shown to you. 20 This is the meaning of the seven stars you saw in my right hand and the seven golden candlesticks: The seven stars are the leaders[j] of the seven churches, and the seven candlesticks are the churches themselves.
Footnotes
- Revelation 1:1 This book unveils . . . the life of Jesus Christ, literally, “This is the revelation of [concerning, or from] Jesus Christ.”
- Revelation 1:4 in Turkey, literally, “in Asia.” the sevenfold Spirit, literally, “the seven Spirits.” But see Isaiah 11:2, where various aspects of the Holy Spirit are described, and Zechariah 4:2-6, giving probability to the paraphrase; see also 2:7.
- Revelation 1:5 He was the first to rise from death, to die no more, literally, “He was the firstborn from the dead.” Others (Lazarus, etc.) rose to die again. As used here the expression therefore implies “to die no more.”
- Revelation 1:7 and those who pierced him. John saw this happen with his own eyes—the piercing of Jesus—and never forgot the horror of it.
- Revelation 1:8 I am the A and the Z, literally, “I am Alpha and Omega.” These are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. is coming again, literally, “who comes” or “who is to come.”
- Revelation 1:11 in Turkey, literally, “in Asia.”
- Revelation 1:13 like Jesus, who called himself the Son of Man, literally, “like unto a Son of Man.” John recognizes him from having lived with him for three years, and from seeing him in glory at the Transfiguration.
- Revelation 1:14 His hair was white as wool or snow, literally, “His head—the hair—was white like wool.”
- Revelation 1:16 in his mouth, literally, “came out from his mouth.”
- Revelation 1:20 leaders, literally, “angels.” Some expositors (Origen, Jerome, etc.) believe from this that an angelic being is appointed by God to oversee each local church.
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