1 The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,2 who testifies to everything he saw —that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.4 John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits "before his throne,5 and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood,6 and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father —to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.7 "Look, he is coming with the clouds," "and "every eye will see him, even those who pierced him"; and all peoples on earth "will mourn because of him." "So shall it be! Amen.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 I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.10 On the Lord's Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,11 which said: "Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea."12 I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands,13 and among the lampstands was someone like a son of man, "dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest.14 The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire.15 His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters.16 In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: "Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.18 I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.19 "Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later.20 The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels "of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

1 Apocalypsis Jesu Christi, quam dedit illi Deus palam facere servis suis, qu oportet fieri cito : et significavit, mittens per angelum suum servo suo Joanni, 2 qui testimonium perhibuit verbo Dei, et testimonium Jesu Christi, qucumque vidit. 3 Beatus qui legit, et audit verba propheti hujus, et servat ea, qu in ea scripta sunt : tempus enim prope est.4 Joannes septem ecclesiis, qu 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 : 5 et a Jesu Christo, qui est testis fidelis, primogenitus mortuorum, et princeps regum terr, qui dilexit nos, et lavit nos a peccatis nostris in sanguine suo, 6 et fecit nos regnum, et sacerdotes Deo et Patri suo : ipsi gloria et imperium in scula sculorum. Amen. 7 Ecce venit cum nubibus, et videbit eum omnis oculus, et qui eum pupugerunt. Et plangent se super eum omnes tribus terr. Etiam : amen. 8 Ego sum alpha et omega, principium et finis, dicit Dominus Deus : qui est, et qui erat, et qui venturus est, omnipotens.9 Ego Joannes frater vester, et particeps in tribulatione, et regno, et patientia in Christo Jesu : fui in insula, qu appellatur Patmos, propter verbum Dei, et testimonium Jesu : 10 fui in spiritu in dominica die, et audivi post me vocem magnam tamquam tub, 11 dicentis : Quod vides, scribe in libro : et mitte septem ecclesiis, qu sunt in Asia, Epheso, et Smyrn, et Pergamo, et Thyatir, et Sardis, et Philadelphi, et Laodici. 12 Et conversus sum ut viderem vocem, qu loquebatur mecum : et conversus vidi septem candelabra aurea : 13 et in medio septem candelabrorum aureorum, similem Filio hominis vestitum podere, et prcinctum ad mamillas zona aurea : 14 caput autem ejus, et capilli erant candidi tamquam lana alba, et tamquam nix, et oculi ejus tamquam flamma ignis : 15 et pedes ejus similes auricalco, sicut in camino ardenti, et vox illius tamquam vox aquarum multarum : 16 et habebat in dextera sua stellas septem : et de ore ejus gladius utraque parte acutus exibat : et facies ejus sicut sol lucet in virtute sua. 17 Et cum vidissem eum, cecidi ad pedes ejus tamquam mortuus. Et posuit dexteram suam super me, dicens : Noli timere : ego sum primus, et novissimus, 18 et vivus, et fui mortuus, et ecce sum vivens in scula sculorum : et habeo claves mortis, et inferni. 19 Scribe ergo qu vidisti, et qu sunt, et qu oportet fieri post hc. 20 Sacramentum septem stellarum, quas vidisti in dextera mea, et septem candelabra aurea : septem stell, angeli sunt septem ecclesiarum : et candelabra septem, septem ecclesi sunt.