Revelation 1

Latin original · 20 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

📖 This chapter exists in 2 other originals — side by side (Greek New Testament, Ge'ez Bible)

1:1

Apocalypsis Jesu Christi, quam dedit illi Deus palam facere servis suis, quae oportet fieri cito : et significavit, mittens per angelum suum servo suo Joanni,

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

耶穌基督的啟示，就是上帝賜給他，叫他將必要快成的事指示他的眾僕人。他就差遣使者曉諭他的僕人約翰。

1:2

qui testimonium perhibuit verbo Dei, et testimonium Jesu Christi, quaecumque vidit.

who testified to God’s word and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, about everything that he saw.

約翰便將上帝的道和耶穌基督的見證，凡自己所看見的都證明出來。

1:3

Beatus qui legit, et audit verba prophetiae hujus, et servat ea, quae in ea scripta sunt : tempus enim prope est.

Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written in it, for the time is near.

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。

1:4

Joannes 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 ejus sunt :

John, to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from God, who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits who are before his throne;

約翰寫信給亞細亞的七個教會。但願從那昔在、今在、以後永在的上帝，和他寶座前的七靈，

1:5

et a Jesu Christo, qui est testis fidelis, primogenitus mortuorum, et princeps regum terrae, qui dilexit nos, et lavit nos a peccatis nostris in sanguine suo,

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood—

並那誠實作見證的、從死裏首先復活、為世上君王元首的耶穌基督，有恩惠、平安歸與你們！他愛我們，用自己的血使我們脫離罪惡，

1:6

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

and he made us to be a Kingdom, priests to his God and Father—to him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

又使我們成為國民，作他父上帝的祭司。但願榮耀、權能歸給他，直到永永遠遠。阿們！

1:7

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

Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.

看哪，他駕雲降臨！眾目要看見他，連刺他的人也要看見他；地上的萬族都要因他哀哭。這話是真實的。阿們！

1:8

Ego sum alpha et omega, principium et finis, dicit Dominus Deus : qui est, et qui erat, et qui venturus est, omnipotens.

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

主上帝說：「我是阿拉法，我是俄梅戛，是昔在、今在、以後永在的全能者。」

1:9

Ego Joannes frater vester, et particeps in tribulatione, et regno, et patientia in Christo Jesu : fui in insula, quae appellatur Patmos, propter verbum Dei, et testimonium Jesu :

I John, your brother and partner with you in the oppression, Kingdom, and perseverance in Christ Jesus, was on the isle that is called Patmos because of God’s Word and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

我－約翰就是你們的弟兄，和你們在耶穌的患難、國度、忍耐裏一同有分，為上帝的道，並為給耶穌作的見證，曾在那名叫拔摩的海島上。