1The revelation of Iesus Christe, which God gave unto him, for to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass. And he sent and shewed by his angel unto his servant Ihon, 2which bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Iesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. 3Happy is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of the prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein. For the time is at hand.

4Ihon to the vij. congregations in Asia. Grace be with you and peace, from him which is and which was, and which is to come: and from the vij. spirits which are present before his throne, 5and from Iesus Christ which is a faithful witness, and first begotten of the dead: and Lord over the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood, 6and made us kings and priests unto God his father, be glory, and dominion for evermore amen. 7Behold he cometh with clouds, and all eyes shall see him: and they also which pierced him. And all kindreds of the earth shall wail. Even so amen.

8I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord almighty, which is and which was and which is to come.

9Ihon your brother and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience which is in Iesu Christ, was in the isle of Pathmos for the word of God, and for the witnessing of Iesu Christ. 10I was in the spirit on a son day, and heard behind me, a great voice, as it had been of a trompe 11saying: I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last. That thou seest write in a book, and send it unto the congregations which are in Asia, unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thiatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicia.

12And I turned back to see the voice that spake to me. And when I was turned: I saw vij. golden candlesticks. 13and in the midst of the candlesticks, one like unto the son of man clothed with a linen garment down to the ground, and gird about the paps with a golden girdle. 14His head, and his hairs were white, as white wool, and as snow: and his eyes were as a flame of fire: 15and his feet like unto brass, as though they brent in a furnace: and his voice as the sound of many waters. 16And he had in his right hand vij. stars. And out of his mouth went a two edged sword. And his face shone even as the sun in his strength.

17And when I saw him, I fell at his feet, even as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me: fear not. I am the first and the last, 18and am alive, and was dead. And behold I am alive for evermore, and have the keys of hell and of death. 19Write therefore the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be fulfilled hereafter: 20and the mystery of the vij. stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the vij. golden candlesticks. The vij. stars are the angels of the vij. congregations: And the vij. candlesticks which thou sawest are the vij. congregations.