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1:1
Ἀποκάλυψις Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἣν ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ ὁ θεός, δεῖξαι τοῖς δούλοις αὐτοῦ ἃ δεῖ γενέσθαι ἐν τάχει, καὶ ἐσήμανεν ἀποστείλας διὰ τοῦ ἀγγέλου αὐτοῦ τῷ δούλῳ αὐτοῦ Ἰωάννῃ,
Apocalypsis Jesu Christi, quam dedit illi Deus palam facere servis suis, quae oportet fieri cito : et significavit, mittens per angelum suum servo suo Joanni,
ራእዩ ለዮሐንስ ዘከመ ርእዮ ለኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ዘወሀቦ እግዚአብሔር ከመ ያርእዮሙ ለአግብርቲሁ ዘሀለዎ ይኩን ፍጡነ ወዘይከውን እምድኅረዝ ወፈነወ ምስለ መልአኩ ኀበ ዮሐንስ ገብሩ።
This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,
1:2
ὃς ἐμαρτύρησεν τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τὴν μαρτυρίαν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὅσα ἴδεν.
qui testimonium perhibuit verbo Dei, et testimonium Jesu Christi, quaecumque vidit.
ዘኮነ ስምዐ በእንተ ቃለ እግዚአብሔር ወበእንተ ስምዑ ለኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ወበእንተ ኵሉ ዘርእየ።
who testified to God’s word and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, about everything that he saw.
1:3
μακάριος ὁ ἀναγινώσκων καὶ οἱ ἀκούοντες τὸν λόγον τῆς προφητείας καὶ τηροῦντες τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ γεγραμμένα, ὁ γὰρ καιρὸς ἐγγύς.
Beatus qui legit, et audit verba prophetiae hujus, et servat ea, quae in ea scripta sunt : tempus enim prope est.
ወብፁዕ ውእቱ ዘያነብቦ ወዘይሰምዕ ቃለ ተነብዮቱ ለዝንቱ መጽሐፍ ወዘየዐቅብ ዘጽሑፍ ውስቴቱ እስመ ቅሩብ ዘመኑ።
Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written in it, for the time is near.
1:4
Ἰωάννης ταῖς ἑπτὰ ἐκκλησίαις ταῖς ἐν τῇ Ἀσίᾳ· χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ἐρχόμενος, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἑπτὰ πνευμάτων ἃ ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου αὐτοῦ,
Joannes septem ecclesiis, quae 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 :
ዘጸሐፈ ዮሐንስ ለሰብዑ አብያተ ክርስቲያናት እለ ውስተ እስያ ሞገሱ ለክሙ ወሰላሙ እምኀበ ዘሀሎ ወይሄሉ ዘመጽአ ወዘይመጽእ ወእምነ ሰብዐቱ መንፈስ ዘቅድመ መንበሩ ለኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ።
John, to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from God, who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits who are before his throne;
1:5
καὶ ἀπὸ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὁ μάρτυς ὁ πιστός, ὁ πρωτότοκος τῶν νεκρῶν καὶ ὁ ἄρχων τῶν βασιλέων τῆς γῆς. τῷ ἀγαπῶντι ἡμᾶς καὶ λύσαντι ἡμᾶς ἐκ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν ἐν τῷ αἵματι αὐτοῦ,
et a Jesu Christo, qui est testis fidelis, primogenitus mortuorum, et princeps regum terrae, qui dilexit nos, et lavit nos a peccatis nostris in sanguine suo,
ዘውእቱ ስምዕ መሃይምን ወውእቱ ቀደመ በኵረ ከዊነ እምነ ምዉታን ዘተንሥአ ወውእቱ መኰንኖሙ ለነገሥተ ምድር ውእቱ ዘአፍቀረክሙ ወኀፀበክሙ እምኀጣውኢክሙ በደሙ።
and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood—
1:6
καὶ ἐποίησεν ἡμᾶς βασιλείαν, ἱερεῖς τῷ θεῷ καὶ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ, αὐτῷ ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων· ἀμήν.
et fecit nos regnum, et sacerdotes Deo et Patri suo : ipsi gloria et imperium in saecula saeculorum. Amen.
ወረሰየክሙ ውስተ መንግሥተ ቅድሳተ አቡሁ እግዚአብሔር ዘሎቱ ስብሐት ወኀይል ለዓለመ ዓለም አሜን።
and he made us to be a Kingdom, priests to his God and Father—to him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
1:7
Ἰδοὺ ἔρχεται μετὰ τῶν νεφελῶν, καὶ ὄψεται αὐτὸν πᾶς ὀφθαλμὸς καὶ οἵτινες αὐτὸν ἐξεκέντησαν, καὶ κόψονται ἐπ’ αὐτὸν πᾶσαι αἱ φυλαὶ τῆς γῆς. ναί, ἀμήν.
Ecce venit cum nubibus, et videbit eum omnis oculus, et qui eum pupugerunt. Et plangent se super eum omnes tribus terrae. Etiam : amen.
ናሁ ይመጽእ በደመና ሰማይ ወትሬእዮ ኵላ ዐይን ወእልክቱሂ እለ ወግእዎ ይኔጽርዎ ወይበክዩ በእንቲኣሁ ኵሎሙ አሕዛበ ምድር እወ ወአማን።
Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.
1:8
ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ ἄλφα καὶ τὸ ω, λέγει κύριος ὁ θεός, ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ἐρχόμενος, ὁ παντοκράτωρ.
Ego sum alpha et omega, principium et finis, dicit Dominus Deus : qui est, et qui erat, et qui venturus est, omnipotens.
አነ ውእቱ አልፋ ወዖ ይቤ እግዚአብሔር ዘሀሎ ወይሄሉ ዘመጽአ ወዘይመጽእ ዘውእቱ ይመልክ ኵሎ።
“I am the Alpha and the Omega, ” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
1:9
Ἐγὼ Ἰωάννης, ὁ ἀδελφὸς ὑμῶν καὶ συνκοινωνὸς ἐν τῇ θλίψει καὶ βασιλείᾳ καὶ ὑπομονῇ ἐν Ἰησοῦ, ἐγενόμην ἐν τῇ νήσῳ τῇ καλουμένῃ Πάτμῳ διὰ τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ διὰ τὴν μαρτυρίαν Ἰησοῦ.
Ego Joannes frater vester, et particeps in tribulatione, et regno, et patientia in Christo Jesu : fui in insula, quae appellatur Patmos, propter verbum Dei, et testimonium Jesu :
ወአነ ዮሐንስ እኁክሙ ወሱታፌክሙ በሕማምክሙ ወበመንግሥትክሙ ወበትዕግሥትክሙ በእንተ ትዕግሥቱ ለኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ወእንዘ ሀሎኩ ውስተ ደሴት እንተ ስማ ፍጥሞ በእንተ ቃለ እግዚአብሔር ወበእንተ ስምዑ ለኢየሱስ።
I John, your brother and partner with you in the oppression, Kingdom, and perseverance in Christ Jesus, was on the isle that is called Patmos because of God’s Word and the testimony of Jesus Christ.
1:10
ἐγενόμην ἐν πνεύματι ἐν τῇ κυριακῇ ἡμέρᾳ, καὶ ἤκουσα ὀπίσω μου φωνὴν μεγάλην ὡς σάλπιγγος
fui in spiritu in Dominica die, et audivi post me vocem magnam tamquam tubae,
መጽአ ላዕሌየ መንፈስ በዕለተ እሑድ ወሰማዕኩ ቃለ ዐቢየ እምድኅሬየ ከመ ቃለ ቀርን።
I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like a trumpet
1:11
λεγούσης, ὃ βλέπεις γράψον εἰς βιβλίον καὶ πέμψον ταῖς ἑπτὰ ἐκκλησίαις, εἰς Ἔφεσον καὶ εἰς Ζμύρναν καὶ εἰς Πέργαμον καὶ εἰς Θυάτειρα καὶ εἰς Σάρδεις καὶ εἰς Φιλαδελφίαν καὶ εἰς Λαοδίκιαν.
dicentis : Quod vides, scribe in libro : et mitte septem ecclesiis, quae sunt in Asia, Epheso, et Smyrnae, et Pergamo, et Thyatirae, et Sardis, et Philadelphiae, et Laodiciae.
ወይቤለኒ ጸሐፍ እንከ ዘትሬኢ ወዘትሰምዕ ውስተ መጽሐፍ ወፈኑ ለአብያተ ክርስቲያናት ሰብዐቱ እለ ውስተ እስያ ዘኤፌሶን ወዘሴሜርኔስ ወዘጴርጋሞን ወዘትያጥሮን ወዘሰርዴስ ወዘፊልድልፍያ ወዘሎዶቅያ።
saying, “What you see, write in a book and send to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”
1:12
καὶ ἐπέστρεψα βλέπειν τὴν φωνὴν ἥτις ἐλάλει μετ’ ἐμοῦ· καὶ ἐπιστρέψας εἶδον ἑπτὰ λυχνίας χρυσᾶς,
Et conversus sum ut viderem vocem, quae loquebatur mecum : et conversus vidi septem candelabra aurea :
ወተመየጥኩ እርአይ ዝኰ ቃለ ዘይትናገር ምስሌየ ወሶበ ተመየጥኩ ናሁ እሬኢ ሰብዑ መኃትወ ዘወርቅ።
I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. Having turned, I saw seven golden lamp stands.
1:13
καὶ ἐν μέσῳ τῶν λυχνιῶν ὅμοιον υἱὸν ἀνθρώπου, ἐνδεδυμένον ποδήρη καὶ περιεζωσμένον πρὸς τοῖς μασθοῖς ζώνην χρυσᾶν·
et in medio septem candelabrorum aureorum, similem Filio hominis vestitum podere, et praecinctum ad mamillas zona aurea :
ወማእከለ ሰብዑ መኃትው ይነብር ከመ ወልደ ዕጓለ እመሕያው ወይለብስ ልብሰ ጶዴር ወቅኑት ውስተ ሐቌሁ በቅናት ዘወርቅ።
And among the lamp stands was one like a son of man, clothed with a robe reaching down to his feet, and with a golden sash around his chest.
1:14
ἡ δὲ κεφαλὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ αἱ τρίχες λευκαὶ ὡς ἔριον λευκόν, ὡς χιών, καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ ὡς φλὸξ πυρός,
caput autem ejus, et capilli erant candidi tamquam lana alba, et tamquam nix, et oculi ejus tamquam flamma ignis :
ወጸዐዳ ርእሱ ወሥዕርቱ ከመ ፀምር ጸዐዳ ወከመ በረድ ወአዕይንቲሁ ከመ ነደ እሳት።
His head and his hair were white as white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire.
1:15
καὶ οἱ πόδες αὐτοῦ ὅμοιοι χαλκολιβάνῳ ὡς ἐν καμίνῳ πεπυρωμένῳ, καὶ ἡ φωνὴ αὐτοῦ ὡς φωνὴ ὑδάτων πολλῶν,
et pedes ejus similes auricalco, sicut in camino ardenti, et vox illius tamquam vox aquarum multarum :
ወእገሪሁ ከመ ብርተ ሊባኖስ ዘአርሰንዎ በእሳት ወቃሉ ከመ ቃለ ማይ ብዙኅ።
His feet were like burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace. His voice was like the voice of many waters.
1:16
καὶ ἔχων ἐν τῇ δεξιᾷ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ ἀστέρας ἑπτά, καὶ ἐκ τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ ῥομφαία δίστομος ὀξεῖα ἐκπορευομένη, καὶ ἡ ὄψις αὐτοῦ ὡς ὁ ἥλιος φαίνει ἐν τῇ δυνάμει αὐτοῦ.
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.
ወውስተ እዴሁ ዘየማን ሰብዐቱ ኮከብ ወይወፅእ እምነ አፉሁ ሰይፍ በሊኅ ዘክልኤ አፉሁ ወገጹ ከመ ፀሓይ ብሩህ ዘያስተርኢ በኀይሉ።
He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.
1:17
καὶ ὅτε εἶδον αὐτόν, ἔπεσα πρὸς τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ ὡς νεκρός· καὶ ἔθηκεν τὴν δεξιὰν αὐτοῦ ἐπ’ ἐμὲ λέγων, μὴ φοβοῦ· ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ πρῶτος καὶ ὁ ἔσχατος,
Et cum vidissem eum, cecidi ad pedes ejus tamquam mortuus. Et posuit dexteram suam super me, dicens : Noli timere : ego sum primus, et novissimus,
ወሶበ ርኢክዎ ወደቁ ውስተ እገሪሁ ወኮንኩ ከመ በድን ወአኀዘኒ በየማኑ ወአንሥአኒ ወይቤለኒ ኢትፍራህ አነ ውእቱ ቀዳማዊ ወደኃራዊ ዘሕያው።
When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, “Don’t be afraid. I am the first and the last,
1:18
καὶ ὁ ζῶν, καὶ ἐγενόμην νεκρὸς καὶ ἰδοὺ ζῶν εἰμι εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, καὶ ἔχω τὰς κλεῖς τοῦ θανάτου καὶ τοῦ ᾅδου.
et vivus, et fui mortuus, et ecce sum vivens in saecula saeculorum : et habeo claves mortis, et inferni.
ወአንሰ ኮንኩ ከመ በድን ወይቤለኒ ናሁ ሕያው አነ ለዓለመ ዓለም ወኀቤየ ሀሎ መራኁተ ሞት ወሲኦል።
and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever and ever. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.
1:19
γράψον οὖν ἃ εἶδες καὶ ἃ εἰσὶν καὶ ἃ μέλλει γενέσθαι μετὰ ταῦτα.
Scribe ergo quae vidisti, et quae sunt, et quae oportet fieri post haec.
ጸሐፍ እንከ ዘትሬኢ ዘህልው ወዘሀለዎ ይኩን እምድኅረዝ።
Write therefore the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will happen hereafter.
1:20
τὸ μυστήριον τῶν ἑπτὰ ἀστέρων οὓς εἶδες ἐπὶ τῆς δεξιᾶς μου, καὶ τὰς ἑπτὰ λυχνίας τὰς χρυσᾶς· οἱ ἑπτὰ ἀστέρες ἄγγελοι τῶν ἑπτὰ ἐκκλησιῶν εἰσιν, καὶ αἱ λυχνίαι αἱ ἑπτὰ ἑπτὰ ἐκκλησίαι εἰσίν.
Sacramentum septem stellarum, quas vidisti in dextera mea, et septem candelabra aurea : septem stellae, angeli sunt septem ecclesiarum : et candelabra septem, septem ecclesiae sunt.
ወፍካሬሆሙሰ ለሰብዐቱ ከዋክብት እለ ርኢከ ውስተ የማኑ ወሰብዐቱ መኃትው እለ ወርቅ ዝንቱ ሰብዐቱ ከዋክብት መላእክት እሙንቱ እለ ሰብዐቱ አብያተ ክርስቲያናት ወእልክቱኒ ሰብዐቱ መኃትው ሰብዑ አብያተ ክርስቲያናት እማንቱ።
The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lamp stands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven assemblies. The seven lamp stands are seven assemblies.
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