书卷介绍:启示录启示文学
坐在宝座上的神和羔羊终必得胜,祂要更新万物。
约翰被放逐在拔摩海岛时,看见了复活的基督,并受命写信给亚细亚的七个教会。接着他看见天上的宝座,以及羔羊揭开书卷,带出一连串的审判和属灵争战的异象。书中用了大量象征,对于这些异象的解释,历来有不同的看法,有人认为主要指当时的事,有人认为指整个教会历史,也有人认为主要指将来的事。但各种看法都同意,这卷书要鼓励信徒忠心到底,因为神终必擦去一切眼泪,带来新天新地。
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1耶稣基督的,就是 神赐给他,叫他将必要快成的事指示他的众仆人。他就差遣使者他的仆人约翰。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约翰便将 神的道和耶稣基督的见证,凡自己所看见的都证明出来。who testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.
3念这书上预言的和那些听见又遵守其中所记载的,都是有福的,因为日期近了。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约翰写信给的七个教会。但愿从那昔在、今在、以后永在的 神,和他宝座前的,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并那诚实作见证的、从死里首先复活、为世上君王的耶稣基督,有恩惠、平安归与你们!他爱我们,用自己的血使我们脱离(有古卷:洗去)罪恶,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又使我们成为国民,作他父 神的祭司。但愿荣耀、权能归给他,直到永永远远。阿们!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,他驾云降临!众目要看见他,连也要看见他;地上的万族都要因他哀哭。这话是真实的。阿们!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 神说:“我是,我是俄梅戛(阿拉法,俄梅戛:是希腊字母首末二字),是昔在、今在、以后永在的全能者。”“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.
9我—约翰就是你们的弟兄,和你们在耶稣的患难、国度、忍耐里一同有分,为 神的道,并为给耶稣作的见证,曾在那名叫的海岛上。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当,我被圣灵感动,听见在我后面有大声音如吹号,说:On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,
11“你所看见的当写在书上,达与、士每拿、别迦摩、推雅推喇、撒狄、非拉铁非、老底嘉那七个教会。”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我转过身来,要看是谁发声与我说话;既转过来,就看见七个金灯台。Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands,
13灯台中间有一位好像,身穿,直垂到脚,胸间束着金带。and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man, dressed in a long robe, with a golden sash around His chest.
14他的头与发皆白,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脚好像在炉中锻炼;声音如同众水的声音。His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of many waters.
16他右手拿着七星,从他口中出来一把;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我一看见,就仆倒在他脚前,像死了一样。他用右手按着我,说:“不要惧怕!我是首先的,我是末后的,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;我曾死过,现在又活了,直活到永永远远;并且拿着死亡和的钥匙。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所以你要把所看见的,和现在的事,并将来必成的事,都写出来。Therefore write down the things you have seen, the things that are, and the things that will happen after this.
20论到你所看见、在我右手中的七星和七个金灯台的奥秘,那七星就是七个教会的,七灯台就是七个教会。”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.