1 Ἀποκάλυψις Ἰησοῦ χριστοῦ, ἣν ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ ὁ θεὸς δεῖξαι τοῖς δούλοις αὐτοῦ, ἃ δεῖ γενέσθαι ἐν τάχει, καὶ ἐσήμανεν ἀποστείλας διὰ τοῦ ἀγγέλου αὐτοῦ τῷ δούλῳ αὐτοῦ
1Ἰωάννῃ,
2 ὃς ἐμαρτύρησεν τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τὴν μαρτυρίαν Ἰησοῦ χριστοῦ,
2ὅσα
3εἶδεν.
3 Μακάριος ὁ ἀναγινώσκων, καὶ οἱ ἀκούοντες τοὺς λόγους τῆς προφητείας καὶ τηροῦντες τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ γεγραμμένα∙ ὁ γὰρ καιρὸς ἐγγύς.
4 4Ἰωάννης ταῖς ἑπτὰ ἐκκλησίαις ταῖς ἐν τῇ Ἀσίᾳ∙ χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ
5θεοῦ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ἐρχόμενος∙ καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἑπτὰ πνευμάτων
6ἃ ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου αὐτοῦ∙
5 καὶ ἀπὸ Ἰησοῦ χριστοῦ, ὁ μάρτυς ὁ πιστός, ὁ πρωτότοκος
7τῶν νεκρῶν, καὶ ὁ ἄρχων τῶν βασιλέων τῆς γῆς. Τῷ
8ἀγαπῶντι ἡμᾶς, καὶ
9λούσαντι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν
10ἡμῶν ἐν τῷ αἵματι αὐτοῦ∙
6 καὶ ἐποίησεν ἡμᾶς
11βασιλείαν, ἱερεῖς τῷ θεῷ καὶ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ∙ αὐτῷ ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας
12τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.
7 Ἰδού, ἔρχεται μετὰ τῶν νεφελῶν, καὶ ὄψεται αὐτὸν πᾶς ὀφθαλμός, καὶ οἵτινες αὐτὸν ἐξεκέντησαν∙ καὶ κόψονται ἐπ’ αὐτὸν πᾶσαι αἱ φυλαὶ τῆς γῆς. Ναί, ἀμήν.
8 Ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ
13Ἄλφα καὶ τὸ
14Ὦ, λέγει
15κύριος ὁ θεός, ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ἐρχόμενος, ὁ παντοκράτωρ.
9 Ἐγὼ
16Ἰωάννης, ὁ
17ἀδελφὸς ὑμῶν καὶ
18κοινωνὸς ἐν τῇ θλίψει καὶ
19βασιλείᾳ καὶ ὑπομονῇ
20ἐν χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, ἐγενόμην ἐν τῇ νήσῳ τῇ καλουμένῃ Πάτμῳ, διὰ τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ
21διὰ τὴν μαρτυρίαν Ἰησοῦ
22χριστοῦ.
10 Ἐγενόμην ἐν πνεύματι ἐν τῇ κυριακῇ ἡμέρᾳ∙ καὶ ἤκουσα
23φωνὴν ὀπίσω μου μεγάλην ὡς σάλπιγγος,
11 24λεγούσης, Ὃ βλέπεις γράψον εἰς βιβλίον, καὶ πέμψον ταῖς
25ἑπτὰ
26ἐκκλησίαις, εἰς Ἔφεσον, καὶ εἰς Σμύρναν, καὶ εἰς Πέργαμον, καὶ εἰς Θυάτειρα, καὶ εἰς Σάρδεις, καὶ εἰς
27Φιλαδέλφειαν, καὶ εἰς
28Λαοδίκειαν.
12 Καὶ
29ἐκεῖ ἐπέστρεψα βλέπειν τὴν φωνὴν ἥτις
30ἐλάλει μετ’ ἐμοῦ. Καὶ ἐπιστρέψας εἶδον ἑπτὰ λυχνίας χρυσᾶς,
13 καὶ ἐν μέσῳ τῶν
31ἑπτὰ λυχνιῶν ὅμοιον
32υἱῷ ἀνθρώπου, ἐνδεδυμένον ποδήρη, καὶ περιεζωσμένον πρὸς τοῖς
33μαστοῖς ζώνην
34χρυσῆν.
14 Ἡ δὲ κεφαλὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ αἱ τρίχες λευκαὶ
35ὡς ἔριον λευκόν, ὡς χιών∙ καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ ὡς φλὸξ πυρός∙
15 καὶ οἱ πόδες αὐτοῦ ὅμοιοι χαλκολιβάνῳ, ὡς ἐν καμίνῳ
36πεπυρωμένοι∙ καὶ ἡ φωνὴ αὐτοῦ ὡς φωνὴ ὑδάτων πολλῶν.
16 Καὶ ἔχων ἐν τῇ δεξιᾷ
37αὐτοῦ χειρὶ ἀστέρας ἑπτά∙ καὶ ἐκ τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ ῥομφαία δίστομος ὀξεῖα ἐκπορευομένη∙ καὶ ἡ ὄψις αὐτοῦ, ὡς ὁ ἥλιος φαίνει ἐν τῇ δυνάμει αὐτοῦ.
17 Καὶ ὅτε εἶδον αὐτόν, ἔπεσα πρὸς τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ ὡς νεκρός∙ καὶ
38ἔθηκεν τὴν δεξιὰν αὐτοῦ ἐπ’ ἐμέ,
39λέγων, Μὴ φοβοῦ∙ ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ πρῶτος καὶ ὁ ἔσχατος,
18 καὶ ὁ ζῶν, καὶ ἐγενόμην νεκρός, καὶ ἰδού, ζῶν εἰμὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων,
40ἀμήν∙ καὶ ἔχω τὰς
41κλεῖς τοῦ
42θανάτου καὶ τοῦ ᾍδου.
19 Γράψον
43οὖν ἃ εἶδες, καὶ ἅ εἰσιν, καὶ ἃ μέλλει
44γίνεσθαι μετὰ ταῦτα∙
20 τὸ μυστήριον τῶν ἑπτὰ ἀστέρων
45ὧν εἶδες ἐπὶ τῆς δεξιᾶς μου, καὶ τὰς ἑπτὰ λυχνίας τὰς χρυσᾶς. Οἱ ἑπτὰ ἀστέρες ἄγγελοι τῶν ἑπτὰ ἐκκλησιῶν εἰσίν∙ καὶ αἱ
46λυχνίαι αἱ ἑπτὰ ἑπτὰ ἐκκλησίαι εἰσίν.