Revelation Chapter 1

            1^:1(The) Revelation of-Jesus Christ that [the] God gave him to-show to-the servants of-him that are-necessary to-occur in quickness/soon, and he-signified (them), having-sent through the angel of-him to-the servant of-him, John, ² who testified the word of-[the] God and the testimony of-Jesus Christ as-many-things-as he-saw.  ³ Blessed (is) the-one reading and the-ones hearing/heeding the words of-the prophecy and keeping the-things written in it, for the time (is) near.

            ⁴ John, to-the seven churches [the] in [the] Asia.  Grace to-you and peace from the-One being and the-One he-was and the-One coming, and from the seven spirits that (are) before the throne  of-him, ⁵ and from Jesus Christ, the witness, the faithful-One, the firstborn of-the dead and the ruler of-the kings of-the earth.

            To-the-One loving us and having-loosed us from the sins of-us by the blood of-him, ⁶ and he-made us (into-a) kingdom, priests to-the God and Fathers of-him.  To-him (be) [the] glory and [the] might unto the ages of-the ages/forever³ [and-ever²]^ms.  Amen.

⁷ Behold, he-comes with the clouds,

                                    and every eye will-see-him,

                        even who pierced him,

                                    and all the tribes of-the earth will-mourn over him.

Yes, truly.

            ⁸ “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says (the) Lord [the] God, “the-One being and the he-was and the-One coming, the Almighty.”

            ⁹ I, John, the brother of-you and fellow-partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and patience/endurance in Jesus, was on the island [the] called Patmos on-account-of the word of-[the] God and the testimony of-Jesus.  ¹⁰ I-was in (the) Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I-heard behind me (a) loud voice/sound like (a) trumpet, ¹¹ saying, “What you-see write in/into (a) blood and sent (it) to-the seven churches:  to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicia.”

            ¹² And I-turned-around to-see the voice that was-speaking with me; and, having-turned-around, I-saw seven gold lampstands.  ¹³ And in (the) midst of-the lampstands (was) (one)-like (a/the) son/Son of-man, dressed (with a) long-robe and (a) gold belt/breastplate-around [to] the chest[s].  ¹⁴ And the head of-him and the hair[s] (were) white like white wool, like snow; and the eyes of-him (were) like (a) flame of-fire.  ¹⁵ And the feet of-him (were) like polished-brass as having-been-melted/refined in (a) furnace.  And the/his voice (was) like (the) sound of many waters, ¹⁶ and having in the right hand of-him seven stars and out-of the mouth of-him (a) sharp, two-edged sword coming-out, and the face of-him shines like the sun in the power of-it.

            ¹⁷ And when I-saw him, I-fell to the feet of-him as-if dead, and he-put the right (hand) of-him on me, saying,

“Do┘not└fear. I am the first and the last, ¹⁸ and the-One living, and I-was dead and, behold, I-am living forever³ and ever², and I-have the keys of-[the] death and the grave.  ¹⁹ So write what-things you-saw and what-things are and what-things are-about to-be after these-things.  ²⁰ The mystery of-the seven stars that you-saw on the right (hand) of-me and the seven [the] gold lampstands—the seven stars are angels/preachers/messengers of-the seven churches and the seven [the] lampstands are (the) seven churches.”