Revelation 1
1 [This book tells the message] that God revealed to Jesus Christ. God revealed it to him in order that he might reveal to his servants the [things/events] that must happen soon. Jesus communicated [this message] to [me], his servant John, by sending his angel to me.
yat prakāśitaṁ vākyam īśvaraḥ svadāsānāṁ nikaṭaṁ śīghramupasthāsyantīnāṁ ghaṭanānāṁ darśanārthaṁ yīśukhrīṣṭe samarpitavān tat sa svīyadūtaṁ preṣya nijasevakaṁ yohanaṁ jñāpitavān|
2 [As I write it, I], John, am truthfully reporting everything that I saw [and heard], the message from God that Jesus Christ [truthfully reported to me].
sa ceśvarasya vākye khrīṣṭasya sākṣye ca yadyad dṛṣṭavān tasya pramāṇaṁ dattavān|
3 [God is] pleased with those who read [this book to the congregations], and he will be pleased with those who listen carefully to it and obey what [he has commanded in this prophetic message that I] am writing. [So read this message to the congregations, listen carefully to it, and obey it], because [these things that Jesus has revealed] will happen soon.
etasya bhaviṣyadvaktṛgranthasya vākyānāṁ pāṭhakaḥ śrotāraśca tanmadhye likhitājñāgrāhiṇaśca dhanyā yataḥ sa kālaḥ sannikaṭaḥ|
4 [I], John, am [writing this] to [you believers in] the seven congregations [that are located] in Asia [province]. [I pray that God the Father, God’s Spirit, and Jesus Christ] be kind to (OR, bless) you and cause you to have [inner] peace. [God the Father is] the one who exists, who has always existed, and who will always exist. The Spirit [of God, who] is in front of God’s throne, has [all kinds of power] (OR, The Spirit of God [is symbolized] by seven spirits who are in front of God’s throne).
yohan āśiyādeśasthāḥ sapta samitīḥ prati patraṁ likhati| yo varttamāno bhūto bhaviṣyaṁśca ye ca saptātmānastasya siṁhāsanasya sammukhe tiṣṭhanti
5 Jesus Christ is the one who has faithfully told [people about God]. He is the first one (whom God has raised from the dead/who became alive again after being dead), in order [to show that God will raise us who trust in Jesus]. Jesus is the one who rules the kings of the earth. He is the one who loves us. He is the one who has erased the record our sins. He did that by shedding his blood [when he died on the cross].
yaśca yīśukhrīṣṭo viśvastaḥ sākṣī mṛtānāṁ madhye prathamajāto bhūmaṇḍalastharājānām adhipatiśca bhavati, etebhyo 'nugrahaḥ śāntiśca yuṣmāsu varttatāṁ|
6 He is [the one who] has caused us to become people whose lives God rules, and he has made us to be priests [who serve] God his Father. [As a result of this, we acknowledge that] Jesus Christ is eternally divine and eternally powerful. (Amen!/That is true!) (aiōn g165)
yo 'smāsu prītavān svarudhireṇāsmān svapāpebhyaḥ prakṣālitavān tasya piturīśvarasya yājakān kṛtvāsmān rājavarge niyuktavāṁśca tasmin mahimā parākramaścānantakālaṁ yāvad varttatāṁ| āmen| (aiōn g165)
7 Listen carefully! Christ will surely come in the midst of the clouds [in order that he may judge the rebellious people of earth], and everyone [SYN] will see him [come]. Even those who [are responsible for] piercing [and killing] him [MTY] [will see him come. People from] all people-groups on earth will mourn because he [will punish them]. (Amen!/May it be so.)
paśyata sa meghairāgacchati tenaikaikasya cakṣustaṁ drakṣyati ye ca taṁ viddhavantaste 'pi taṁ vilokiṣyante tasya kṛte pṛthivīsthāḥ sarvve vaṁśā vilapiṣyanti| satyam āmen|
8 The Lord God declares, “I am the one who created [everything], and I am the [one who will cause everything to] end [MET].” He is the one who exists, who has always existed, and who will always exist. He is the Almighty One.
varttamāno bhūto bhaviṣyaṁśca yaḥ sarvvaśaktimān prabhuḥ parameśvaraḥ sa gadati, ahameva kaḥ kṣaścārthata ādirantaśca|
9 I, John, your fellow believer, am suffering as you [are] because of our letting Jesus rule [our lives]. We are steadfastly enduring [trials] because of our relationship with him. I was punished by being sent/exiled to Patmos island because [of my proclaiming] God’s message and telling [people about] Jesus.
yuṣmākaṁ bhrātā yīśukhrīṣṭasya kleśarājyatitikṣāṇāṁ sahabhāgī cāhaṁ yohan īśvarasya vākyaheto ryīśukhrīṣṭasya sākṣyahetośca pātmanāmaka upadvīpa āsaṁ|
10 [God’s] Spirit took control of me on one of the days [that we believers met to worship] the Lord.
tatra prabho rdine ātmanāviṣṭo 'haṁ svapaścāt tūrīdhvanivat mahāravam aśrauṣaṁ,
11 [At that time], I heard behind me someone [speaking to me as loudly and as clearly] [SIM] as a trumpet. He was saying [to me], “Write on a scroll what you see, and send it to seven congregations. Send it to [the congregations] in Ephesus [city], in Smyrna [city], in Pergamum [city], in Thyatira [city], in Sardis [city], in Philadelphia [city], and in Laodicea [city].”
tenoktam, ahaṁ kaḥ kṣaścārthata ādirantaśca| tvaṁ yad drakṣyasi tad granthe likhitvāśiyādeśasthānāṁ sapta samitīnāṁ samīpam iphiṣaṁ smurṇāṁ thuyātīrāṁ sārddiṁ philādilphiyāṁ lāyadīkeyāñca preṣaya|
12 [In this vision] I turned in order that I might see who had spoken to me [SYN]. When I turned,
tato mayā sambhāṣamāṇasya kasya ravaḥ śrūyate taddarśanārthaṁ mukhaṁ parāvarttitaṁ tat parāvartya svarṇamayāḥ sapta dīpavṛkṣā dṛṣṭāḥ|
13 I saw seven golden lampstands. In the midst of the lampstands there was [someone] who looked like he came from heaven. He wore a robe that reached to his feet, and he wore a gold band around his chest.
teṣāṁ sapta dīpavṛkṣāṇāṁ madhye dīrghaparicchadaparihitaḥ suvarṇaśṛṅkhalena veṣṭitavakṣaśca manuṣyaputrākṛtireko janastiṣṭhati,
14 The hair on his head was white like white wool [or] like snow. His eyes were [shining brightly] [SIM], like a flame of fire.
tasya śiraḥ keśaśca śvetameṣalomānīva himavat śretau locane vahniśikhāsame
15 His feet [looked] like brass that glows [as it is being] purified {as [people] purify it} in a furnace. [When he spoke], his voice [sounded] like the sound [made by] a huge waterfall (OR, a great/wide river of rushing water).
caraṇau vahnikuṇḍetāpitasupittalasadṛśau ravaśca bahutoyānāṁ ravatulyaḥ|
16 In his right hand he held seven stars. A sword that had two sharp edges extended from his mouth. His face [shone as bright] as the sun shines [at midday] [MTY].
tasya dakṣiṇahaste sapta tārā vidyante vaktrācca tīkṣṇo dvidhāraḥ khaṅgo nirgacchati mukhamaṇḍalañca svatejasā dedīpyamānasya sūryyasya sadṛśaṁ|
17 When I saw him, I fell down at his feet [and was unable to move or speak] [SIM], as though [I were] dead. But he put his right hand on me and said to me, “Don’t be afraid! I am the one who created [all things] and the [one who will cause all things to] end.
taṁ dṛṣṭvāhaṁ mṛtakalpastaccaraṇe patitastataḥ svadakṣiṇakaraṁ mayi nidhāya tenoktam mā bhaiṣīḥ; aham ādirantaśca|
19 So write the [vision] that you are seeing. Write about the [conditions] that exist now, and the [events] that are about to happen next.
ato yad bhavati yaccetaḥ paraṁ bhaviṣyati tvayā dṛṣṭaṁ tat sarvvaṁ likhyatāṁ|
20 The meaning of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven golden lampstands [that you saw is this]: The seven stars [in my hand represent the leaders, who are like] angels, [who watch over] the seven congregations, and the [seven] lampstands [represent] the seven congregations.”
mama dakṣiṇahaste sthitā yāḥ sapta tārā ye ca svarṇamayāḥ sapta dīpavṛkṣāstvayā dṛṣṭāstattātparyyamidaṁ tāḥ sapta tārāḥ sapta samitīnāṁ dūtāḥ suvarṇamayāḥ sapta dīpavṛkṣāśca sapta samitayaḥ santi|
