書卷介紹:啟示錄啟示文學
坐在寶座上的神和羔羊終必得勝,祂要更新萬物。
約翰被放逐在拔摩海島時,看見了復活的基督,並受命寫信給亞細亞的七個教會。接著他看見天上的寶座,以及羔羊揭開書卷,帶出一連串的審判和屬靈爭戰的異象。書中用了大量象徵,對於這些異象的解釋,歷來有不同的看法,有人認為主要指當時的事,有人認為指整個教會歷史,也有人認為主要指將來的事。但各種看法都同意,這卷書要鼓勵信徒忠心到底,因為神終必擦去一切眼淚,帶來新天新地。
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1耶穌基督的,就是 神賜給他,叫他將必要快成的事指示他的眾僕人。他就差遣使者他的僕人約翰。This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,
2約翰便將 神的道和耶穌基督的見證,凡自己所看見的都證明出來。who testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.
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。Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near.
4約翰寫信給的七個教會。但願從那昔在、今在、以後永在的 神,和他寶座前的,John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven spirits before His throne,
5並那誠實作見證的、從死裡首先復活、為世上君王的耶穌基督,有恩惠、平安歸與你們!他愛我們,用自己的血使我們脫離(有古卷:洗去)罪惡,and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,
6又使我們成為國民,作他父 神的祭司。但願榮耀、權能歸給他,直到永永遠遠。阿們!who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.
7看哪,他駕雲降臨!眾目要看見他,連也要看見他;地上的萬族都要因他哀哭。這話是真實的。阿們!Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen.
8主 神說:「我是,我是俄梅戛(阿拉法,俄梅戛:是希臘字母首末二字),是昔在、今在、以後永在的全能者。」“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.
9我─約翰就是你們的弟兄,和你們在耶穌的患難、國度、忍耐裡一同有分,為 神的道,並為給耶穌作的見證,曾在那名叫的海島上。I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance that are in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and my testimony about Jesus.
10當,我被聖靈感動,聽見在我後面有大聲音如吹號,說:On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,
11「你所看見的當寫在書上,達與、士每拿、別迦摩、推雅推喇、撒狄、非拉鐵非、老底嘉那七個教會。」saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
12我轉過身來,要看是誰發聲與我說話;既轉過來,就看見七個金燈臺。Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands,
13燈臺中間有一位好像,身穿,直垂到腳,胸間束著金帶。and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man, dressed in a long robe, with a golden sash around His chest.
14他的頭與髮皆白,如白羊毛,如雪;眼目如同火焰;The hair of His head was white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were like a blazing fire.
15腳好像在爐中鍛鍊;聲音如同眾水的聲音。His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of many waters.
16他右手拿著七星,從他口中出來一把;面貌如同烈日放光。He held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.
17我一看見,就仆倒在他腳前,像死了一樣。他用右手按著我,說:「不要懼怕!我是首先的,我是末後的,When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,
18又是那存活的;我曾死過,現在又活了,直活到永永遠遠;並且拿著死亡和的鑰匙。the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.
19所以你要把所看見的,和現在的事,並將來必成的事,都寫出來。Therefore write down the things you have seen, the things that are, and the things that will happen after this.
20論到你所看見、在我右手中的七星和七個金燈臺的奧祕,那七星就是七個教會的,七燈臺就是七個教會。」This is the mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.