Revelation 1:1 | New International Reader’s Version

New International Reader’s Version

The revelation is given

1 This is the revelation from Jesus Christ. God gave it to him to show those who serve God what will happen soon. God made it known by sending his angel to his servant John. 2 John is a witness to everything he saw. What he saw is God’s word and what Jesus Christ has said. 3 Blessed is the one who reads out loud the words of this prophecy. Blessed are those who hear it and think everything it says is important. The time when these things will come true is near.

Greetings and praise to God

4 I, John, am writing this letter. I am sending it to the seven churches in Asia Minor. May grace and peace come to you from God. He is the one who is, and who was, and who will come. May grace and peace come to you from the seven spirits. These spirits are in front of God’s throne. 5 May grace and peace come to you from Jesus Christ. He is the faithful witness, so what he has shown can be trusted. He was the first to rise from the dead. He rules over the kings of the earth. Glory and power belong to Jesus Christ who loves us! He has set us free from our sins by pouring out his blood for us. 6 He has made us members of his royal family. He has made us priests who serve his God and Father. Glory and power belong to Jesus Christ for ever and ever! Amen. 7 ‘Look! He is coming with the clouds!’ ‘Every eye will see him. Even those who pierced him will see him.’ All the nations of the earth ‘will mourn because of him.’ This will really happen! Amen. (Da 7:13; Zec 12:10) 8 ‘I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,’ says the Lord God. ‘I am the God who is, and who was, and who will come. I am the Mighty One.’

John’s vision of Christ

9 I, John, am a believer like you. I am a friend who suffers like you. As members of Jesus’ royal family, we can put up with anything that happens to us. I was on the island of Patmos because I taught God’s word and what Jesus said. 10 The Holy Spirit gave me a vision on the Lord’s Day. I heard a loud voice behind me that sounded like a trumpet. 11 The voice said, ‘Write on a scroll what you see. Send it to the seven churches in Asia Minor. They are Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.’ 12 I turned round to see who was speaking to me. When I turned, I saw seven golden lampstands. 13 In the middle of them was someone who looked ‘like a son of man.’ He was dressed in a long robe with a gold strip of cloth around his chest. (Da 7:13) 14 The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow. His eyes were like a blazing fire. 15 His feet were like bronze metal glowing in a furnace. His voice sounded like rushing waters. 16 He held seven stars in his right hand. Coming out of his mouth was a sharp sword with two edges. His face was like the sun shining in all its brightness. 17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as if I were dead. Then he put 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. But now look! I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys to Death and Hell. 19 ‘So write down what you have seen. Write about what is happening now and what will happen later. 20 Here is the meaning of the mystery of the seven stars you saw in my right hand. They are the angels of the seven churches. And the seven golden lampstands you saw stand for the seven churches.

Kutsal Kitap Yeni Çeviri

from Turkish Bible Society

1 İsa Mesih'in vahyidir. Tanrı yakın zamanda olması gereken olayları kullarına göstermesi için O'na bu vahyi verdi. O da gönderdiği meleği aracılığıyla bunu kulu Yuhanna'ya iletti. 2 Yuhanna, Tanrı'nın sözüne ve İsa Mesih'in tanıklığına -gördüğü her şeye- tanıklık etmektedir. 3 Bu peygamberlik sözlerini okuyana, burada yazılanları dinleyip yerine getirene ne mutlu! Çünkü beklenen zaman yakındır.

Yedi Kiliseye Selam

4-6 Ben Yuhanna'dan, Asya İli'ndeki yedi kiliseye selam! Var olan, var olmuş ve gelecek olandan, O'nun tahtının önünde bulunan yedi ruhtan ve ölüler arasından ilk doğan, dünya krallarına egemen olan güvenilir tanık İsa Mesih'ten sizlere lütuf ve esenlik olsun. Yücelik ve güç sonsuzlara dek, bizi seven, kanıyla bizi günahlarımızdan özgür kılmış ve bizi bir krallık haline getirip Babası Tanrı'nın hizmetinde kâhinler yapmış olan Mesih'in olsun! Amin. 7 İşte bulutlarla geliyor! Her göz O'nu görecek, O'nun bedenini deşmiş olanlar bile. O'nun için dövünecek yeryüzünün bütün halkları. Evet, böyle olacak! Amin. 8 Var olan, var olmuş ve gelecek olan, Her Şeye Gücü Yeten Rab Tanrı, ‹‹Alfa ve Omega Ben'im›› diyor.

İlk ve Son İsa'dır

9 İsa'ya ait biri olarak sıkıntıda, tanrısal egemenlikte ve sabırda ortağınız ve kardeşiniz olan ben Yuhanna, Tanrı'nın sözü ve İsa'ya tanıklık uğruna Patmos denilen adada bulunuyordum. 10 Rab'bin gününde Ruh'un etkisinde kalarak arkamda borazan sesine benzer yüksek bir ses işittim. 11 Ses, ‹‹Gördüklerini kitaba yaz ve yedi kiliseye, yani Efes, İzmir, Bergama, Tiyatira, Sart, Filadelfya ve Laodikya'ya gönder›› dedi. 12-13 Bana sesleneni görmek için arkama döndüm. Döndüğümde yedi altın kandillik ve bunların ortasında, giysileri ayağına kadar uzanan, göğsüne altın kuşak sarınmış, insanoğluna benzer birini gördüm. 14 Başı, saçı ak yapağı gibi beyaz, kar gibi bembeyazdı. Gözleri alev alev yanan ateşti sanki. 15 Ayakları, ocakta kor haline gelmiş parlak tunca benziyordu. Sesi, gürül gürül akan suların sesi gibiydi. 16 Sağ elinde yedi yıldız vardı. Ağzından iki ağızlı keskin bir kılıç uzanıyordu. Yüzü bütün gücüyle parlayan güneş gibiydi. 17 O'nu görünce, ölü gibi ayaklarının dibine yığıldım. O ise sağ elini üzerime koyup şöyle dedi: ‹‹Korkma! İlk ve son Ben'im. 18 Diri Olan Ben'im. Ölmüştüm, ama işte sonsuzluklar boyunca diriyim. Ölümün ve ölüler diyarının anahtarları bendedir. 19 Bunun için gördüklerini, şimdi olanları ve bundan sonra olacakları yaz. 20 Sağ elimde gördüğün yedi yıldızla yedi altın kandilliğin sırrına gelince, yedi yıldız yedi kilisenin melekleri, yedi kandillikse yedi kilisedir.››