ヨハネの黙示録 1
1 イエス・キリストの黙示。これは、すぐに起こるはずの事をそのしもべたちに示すため、神がキリストにお与えになったものである。そしてキリストは、その御使いを遣わして、これをしもべヨハネにお告げになった。
[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.
2 ヨハネは、神のことばとイエス・キリストのあかし、すなわち、彼の見たすべての事をあかしした。
[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].
3 この預言のことばを朗読する者と、それを聞いて、そこに書かれていることを心に留める人々は幸いである。時が近づいているからである。
[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.
4 ヨハネから、アジヤにある七つの教会へ。常にいまし、昔いまし、後に来られる方から、また、その御座の前におられる七つの御霊から、
[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).
5 また、忠実な証人、死者の中から最初によみがえられた方、地上の王たちの支配者であるイエス・キリストから、恵みと平安が、あなたがたにあるように。イエス・キリストは私たちを愛して、その血によって私たちを罪から解き放ち、
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].
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)
7 見よ、彼が、雲に乗って来られる。すべての目、ことに彼を突き刺した者たちが、彼を見る。地上の諸族はみな、彼のゆえに嘆く。しかり。アーメン。
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.)
8 神である主、常にいまし、昔いまし、後に来られる方、万物の支配者がこう言われる。「わたしはアルファであり、オメガである。」
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.
9 私ヨハネは、あなたがたの兄弟であり、あなたがたとともにイエスにある苦難と御国と忍耐とにあずかっている者であって、神のことばとイエスのあかしとのゆえに、パトモスという島にいた。
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.
10 私は、主の日に御霊に感じ、私のうしろにラッパの音のような大きな声を聞いた。
[God’s] Spirit took control of me on one of the days [that we believers met to worship] the Lord.
11 その声はこう言った。「あなたの見ることを巻き物にしるして、七つの教会、すなわち、エペソ、スミルナ、ペルガモ、テアテラ、サルデス、フィラデルフィヤ、ラオデキヤに送りなさい。」
[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].”
12 そこで私は、私に語りかける声を見ようとして振り向いた。振り向くと、七つの金の燭台が見えた。
[In this vision] I turned in order that I might see who had spoken to me [SYN]. When I turned,
13 それらの燭台の真中には、足までたれた衣を着て、胸に金の帯を締めた、人の子のような方が見えた。
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.
14 その頭と髪の毛は、白い羊毛のように、また雪のように白く、その目は、燃える炎のようであった。
The hair on his head was white like white wool [or] like snow. His eyes were [shining brightly] [SIM], like a flame of fire.
15 その足は、炉で精練されて光り輝くしんちゅうのようであり、その声は大水の音のようであった。
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).
16 また、右手に七つの星を持ち、口からは鋭い両刃の剣が出ており、顔は強く照り輝く太陽のようであった。
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].
17 それで私は、この方を見たとき、その足もとに倒れて死者のようになった。しかし彼は右手を私の上に置いてこう言われた。「恐れるな。わたしは、最初であり、最後であり、
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.
19 そこで、あなたの見た事、今ある事、この後に起こる事を書きしるせ。
So write the [vision] that you are seeing. Write about the [conditions] that exist now, and the [events] that are about to happen next.
20 わたしの右の手の中に見えた七つの星と、七つの金の燭台について、その秘められた意味を言えば、七つの星は七つの教会の御使いたち、七つの燭台は七つの教会である。
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.”
