Apocalypsis Ioannis, 1

1. Apocalypsis Iesu Christi, quam dedit illi Deus palam facere ser vis suis, quae oportet fieri cito, et significavit mittens per angelum suum servo suo Ioanni,

1. The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants what must soon take place; and he made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

2. qui testificatus est verbum Dei et testimonium Iesu Christi, quaecumque vidit.

2. who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw.

3. Beatus, qui legit et qui audiunt verba prophetiae et servant ea, quae in ea scripta sunt; tempus enim prope est.

3. Blessed is he who reads aloud the words of the prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written therein; for the time is near.

4. Ioannes septem ecclesiis, quae sunt in Asia: Gratia vobis et pax ab eo, qui est et qui erat et qui venturus est, et a septem spiritibus, qui in conspectu throni eius sunt,

4. John 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,

5. et ab Iesu Christo, qui est testis fidelis, primogenitus mortuorum et princeps regum terrae. Ei, qui diligit nos et solvit nos a peccatis nostris in sanguine suo

5. and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the first-born 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

6. et fecit nos regnum, sacerdotes Deo et Patri suo, ipsi gloria et imperium in saecula saeculorum. Amen.

6. and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

7. Ecce venit cum nubibus, et videbit eum omnis oculus et qui eum pupugerunt, et plangent se super eum omnes tribus terrae. Etiam, amen.

7. Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, every one who pierced him; and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.

8. Ego sum Alpha et Omega, dicit Dominus Deus, qui est et qui erat et qui venturus est, Omnipotens.

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

9. Ego Ioannes, frater vester et particeps in tribulatione et regno et patientia in Iesu, fui in insula, quae appellatur Patmos, propter verbum Dei et testimonium Iesu.

9. I John, your brother, who share with you in Jesus the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

10. Fui in spiritu in dominica die et audivi post me vocem magnam tamquam tubae

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

11. dicentis: “Quod vides, scribe in libro et mitte septem ecclesiis: Ephesum et Smyrnam et Pergamum et Thyatiram et Sardis et Philadelphiam et Laodiciam”.

11. saying, "Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Per'gamum and to Thyati'ra and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to La-odice'a."

12. Et conversus sum, ut viderem vocem, quae loquebatur mecum; et conversus vidi septem candelabra aurea

12. Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands,

13. et in medio candelabrorum quasi Filium hominis, vestitum podere et praecinctum ad mamillas zonam auream;

13. and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden girdle round his breast;

14. caput autem eius et capilli erant candidi tamquam lana alba, tamquam nix, et oculi eius velut flamma ignis,

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

15. et pedes eius similes orichalco sicut in camino ardenti, et vox illius tamquam vox aquarum multarum,

15. his feet were like burnished bronze, refined as in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of many waters;

16. et habebat in dextera manu sua stellas septem, et de ore eius gladius anceps acutus exibat, et facies eius sicut sol lucet in virtute sua.

16. in his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth issued a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength.

17. Et cum vidissem eum, cecidi ad pedes eius tamquam mortuus; et posuit dexteram suam super me dicens: “Noli timere! Ego sum primus et novissimus,

17. When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand upon me, saying, "Fear not, I am the first and the last,

18. et vivens et fui mortuus et ecce sum vivens in saecula saeculorum et habeo claves mortis et inferni.

18. and the living one; I died, and behold I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.

19. Scribe ergo, quae vidisti et quae sunt et quae oportet fieri post haec.

19. Now write what you see, what is and what is to take place hereafter.

20. Mysterium septem stellarum, quas vidisti ad dexteram meam, et septem candelabra aurea: septem stellae, angeli sunt septem ecclesiarum; et candelabra septem, septem ecclesiae sunt.

20. As for the mystery of the seven stars which 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.