Prologue
1The 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, 2who testifies to everything he saw—that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. 3Blessed 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.
Greetings and Doxology
4John,
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 spirits1:4 That is, the sevenfold Spirit before his throne, 5and 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, 6and 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,”1:7 Daniel 7:13
and “every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him”;
and all peoples on earth “will mourn because of him.”1:7 Zech. 12:10
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.”
John’s Vision of Christ
9I, 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. 10On the Lord’s Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, 11which said: “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.”
12I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands, 13and among the lampstands was someone like a son of man,1:13 See Daniel 7:13. dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest. 14The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. 15His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. 16In 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.
17When 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. 18I 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. 20The 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 angels1:20 Or messengers of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
Weche motelo
1Ma e fweny ma Nyasaye nomiyo Yesu Kristo mondo onyisgo jotichne gik manyaka timre mapiyo. Kristo nomiyo fwenyni ongʼere ka nooro malaikane mondo onyis Johana jatichne. 2Johana nyiso gigo duto mane oneno e fweny ma en wach Nyasaye kod weche duto mane Yesu Kristo owacho. 3Ngʼatno masomo weche mokorgi en jahawi kendo ogwedh jogo mawinjo wechegi kendo kano weche mondikgi e chunygi, nikech kinde ma gigi biro timoree chiegni.
Mos kod pak
4An Johana,
Andiko ni kanise abiriyo manie piny Asia:
Ngʼwono kod kwe obednu koa kuom Jal mantie, Jal mane nitie kendo Jal mabiro betie, kendo koa kuom Roho abiriyo manie nyim kom duongʼne, 5kendo moa kuom Yesu Kristo, ma janeno mar adier ma ok lokre, jal mane okwongo chier oa kuom joma otho, jaloch mar ruodhi manie piny.
Ne Jal moherowa kendo mosegonyowa kuom richowa gi rembe, 6mi osemiyo wadoko oganda mag pinyruodhi kod jodolo matiyone Nyasache kendo Wuon mare kendo wuon-gi, mad duongʼ odogne manyaka chiengʼ! Amin.
7“Neuru, obiro gi boche polo,”1:7 Dan 7:13
kendo “wenge duto nonene,
nyaka jogo mane ochwowe gi tongʼ”;
kendo ogendini duto “manie piny noywagre nikech en.”1:7 Zek 12:10
Mano e kaka enobedi! Amin.
8Ruoth Nyasaye wacho niya, “An e Alfa gi Omega, tiende ni Chakruok kendo Giko, Jal mantie, Jal mane nitie, kendo Jal mabiro betie, Jehova Nyasaye Maratego.”
Johana oneno ngʼat machalo gi Wuod Dhano
9An Johana ma owadu, ma bende achiel kodu e sand gi pinyruoth kod dhil e kinda marwa kuom Yesu, ne an e chula mar Fatimo nikech wach Nyasaye, kod timo neno kuom Yesu. 10E odiechieng Ruoth, ne an kuom Roho, ne awinjo dwol maduongʼ makok ka turumbete yo kangʼeya. 11Kowacho niya, “Ndik gik moko duto mineno e kitabu kendo orgi ne kanise abiriyogi: Efeso, gi Smurna, gi Pergamo, gi Thuatira, gi Sarde gi Filadelfia kod Laodikia.”
12Eka nalokora mondo ane ngʼat mane wuoyo koda. Kane alokora ne aneno rachungi teyni abiriyo mag dhahabu, 13to e dier rachungi teynigo ne nitie ngʼato machalo gi wuod dhano1:13 Dan 7:13 morwakore gi kandho mochopo nyaka e tiende piny, kendo kotweyo kore gi okanda mar dhahabu. 14Yie wiye ne rachar ka yie rombo, bende ne rachar ka pe, to wengene ne chalo gi mach makakni. 15Tiendene ne pakni ka mula mopwodhi gi mach, bende dwonde ne mor ka pi mopongʼ mawuo. 16E lwete ma korachwich notingʼo sulwe abiriyo, bende ligangla mabith ma dhoge ariyo ne wuok e dhoge. Lela wangʼe ne rieny ka chiengʼ marieny mangʼangʼni.
17Kane anene, ne apodho e tiende mana ka ngʼat motho. Eka noketo lwete ma korachwich kuoma mowachona niya, “Kik iluor. An e Jal Mokwongo kendo Jal Mogik. 18An e Jal Mangima; ne atho, to koro angima nyaka chiengʼ! An-gi rayaw mar tho kod mar piny joma otho.
19“Kuom mano, ndik gigo miseneno, gigo mantie kod gigo mabiro timore e kindego mabiro. 20Tiend wach mopandi mar sulwe abiriyo mane ineno e lweta ma korachwich, kod rachungi teyni abiriyogo mag dhahabu ema: Sulwe abiriyogo e malaike mag kanise abiriyo, to rachungi teyni abiriyo gin e kanise abiriyogo.
