የሕይወት ወንዝ
1ከዚህ በኋላ መልአኩ ከእግዚአብሔርና ከበጉ ዙፋን የሚወጣውን እንደ መስተዋት የጠራውን የሕይወት ውሃ ወንዝ አሳየኝ፤ 2ወንዙም በከተማዪቱ አውራ መንገድ መካከል ይፈስስ ነበር። በወንዙ ግራና ቀኝ በየወሩ እያፈራ ዐሥራ ሁለት ጊዜ ፍሬ የሚሰጥ የሕይወት ዛፍ ነበረ፤ የዛፉም ቅጠሎች ሕዝቦች የሚፈወሱባቸው ነበሩ። 3ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ ርግማን ከቶ አይኖርም፤ የእግዚአብሔርና የበጉ ዙፋን በከተማዪቱ ውስጥ ይሆናል፤ አገልጋዮቹም ያመልኩታል፤ 4ፊቱን ያያሉ፤ ስሙም በግንባራቸው ላይ ይሆናል። 5ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ ሌሊት አይኖርም፤ ጌታ አምላክ ስለሚያበራላቸው የመብራት ወይም የፀሓይ ብርሃን አያስፈልጋቸውም፤ ከዘላለም እስከ ዘላለምም ይነግሣሉ።
6መልአኩም፣ “እነዚህ ቃሎች የታመኑና እውነተኞች ናቸው። የነቢያት መናፍስት ጌታ አምላክ በቅርብ የሚሆነውን ነገር ለአገልጋዮቹ እንዲያሳይ መልአኩን ልኳል” አለኝ።
ኢየሱስ ይመጣል
7“እነሆ፤ ቶሎ እመጣለሁ፤ የዚህን መጽሐፍ የትንቢት ቃል የሚጠብቅ ብፁዕ ነው።”
8እነዚህን ነገሮች የሰማሁና ያየሁ እኔ ዮሐንስ ነኝ። እነዚህን ነገሮች በሰማሁና ባየሁ ጊዜ፣ እነዚህን ነገሮች ላሳየኝ መልአክ ልሰግድ በእግሩ ሥር ተደፋሁ፤ 9እርሱ ግን፣ “ተው፤ ይህን አታድርግ እኔ ከአንተና ከወንድሞችህ ከነቢያት እንዲሁም የዚህን መጽሐፍ ቃል ከሚጠብቁት ሁሉ ጋር አገልጋይ ነኝ፤ ለእግዚአብሔር ስገድ” አለኝ።
10እንዲህም አለኝ፤ “ጊዜው ስለ ደረሰ፣ የዚህን መጽሐፍ የትንቢት ቃል በማኅተም አትዝጋው፤ 11ዐመፀኛው በዐመፁ ይቀጥል፤ ርኩሱም ይርከስ፤ ጻድቁም ይጽደቅ፤ ቅዱሱም ይቀደስ።”
12“እነሆ፤ ቶሎ እመጣለሁ፤ ዋጋዬ በእኔ ዘንድ አለ፤ ለእያንዳንዱም እንደ ሥራው መጠን እከፍለዋለሁ። 13አልፋና ዖሜጋ፣ ፊተኛውና ኋለኛው፣ መጀመሪያውና መጨረሻው እኔ ነኝ።
14“ወደ ሕይወት ዛፍ ለመድረስና በበሮቿም በኩል ወደ ከተማዪቱ ለመግባት መብት እንዲኖራቸው ልብሳቸውን የሚያጥቡ ብፁዓን ናቸው። 15ውሾች፣ አስማተኞች፣ ሴሰኞች፣ ነፍሰ ገዳዮች፣ ጣዖት አምላኪዎች፣ ውሸትን የሚወድዱና የሚያደርጉ ሁሉ በውጭ አሉ።
16“እኔ ኢየሱስ እነዚህን ነገሮች እንዲመሰክር መልአኬን ለአብያተ ክርስቲያናት ልኬአለሁ። እኔ የዳዊት ሥርና ዘር ነኝ፣ የሚያበራም የንጋት ኮከብ ነኝ።”
17መንፈስና ሙሽራዪቱ፣ “ና” ይላሉ፤ የሚሰማም፣ “ና” ይበል፤ የተጠማም ሁሉ ይምጣ፤ የሚፈልግም ሁሉ የሕይወትን ውሃ በነጻ ይውሰድ።
18የዚህን መጽሐፍ የትንቢት ቃል የሚሰማውን ሁሉ አስጠነቅቃለሁ፤ ማንም በዚህ ቃል ላይ አንዳች ቢጨምር፣ እግዚአብሔር በዚህ መጽሐፍ የተጻፉትን መቅሠፍቶች ይጨምርበታል፤ 19ማንም በዚህ የትንቢት መጽሐፍ ከተጻፈው ቃል አንዳች ቢያጐድል፣ እግዚአብሔር በዚህ መጽሐፍ ከተጻፉት ከሕይወት ዛፍና ከቅድስቲቱ ከተማ ዕድሉን ያጐድልበታል።
20እነዚህን ነገሮች የሚመሰክረው፣ “አዎ፣ ቶሎ እመጣለሁ” ይላል።
አሜን፤ ጌታ ኢየሱስ ሆይ፤ ና።
21የጌታ የኢየሱስ ጸጋ ከእግዚአብሔር ሕዝብ22፥21 አንዳንድ ቅጆች …ከቅዱሳን ጋር ይሁን ይላሉ። ጋር ይሁን፤ አሜን።22፥21 አንዳንድ ቅጆች አሜን የሚለውን አይጨምሩም።
Eden Restored
1Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. 3No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. 4They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever.
John and the Angel
6The angel said to me, “These words are trustworthy and true. The Lord, the God who inspires the prophets, sent his angel to show his servants the things that must soon take place.”
7“Look, I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy written in this scroll.”
8I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had been showing them to me. 9But he said to me, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your fellow prophets and with all who keep the words of this scroll. Worship God!”
10Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this scroll, because the time is near. 11Let the one who does wrong continue to do wrong; let the vile person continue to be vile; let the one who does right continue to do right; and let the holy person continue to be holy.”
Epilogue: Invitation and Warning
12“Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done. 13I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
14“Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. 15Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
16“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you22:16 The Greek is plural. this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star.”
17The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.
18I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll. 19And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll.
20He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.”
Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.
21The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people. Amen.
