Revelation

The Revelation of Saint John the Divine, chapter 1, Vulgate and King James Version

Chapter 1 Vulgate

   1 Apocalypsis Iesu Christi, quam dedit illi Deus palam facere ser vis suis, quae oportet fieri cito, et significavit mittens per angelum suum servo suo Ioanni,
   2 qui testificatus est verbum Dei et testimonium Iesu Christi, quaecumque vidit.
   3 Beatus, qui legit et qui audiunt verba prophetiae et servant ea, quae in ea scripta sunt; tempus enim prope est.
   4 Ioannes 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 eius sunt,
   5 et ab Iesu Christo, qui est testis fidelis, primogenitus mortuorum et princeps regum terrae. Ei, qui diligit nos et solvit nos a peccatis nostris in sanguine suo
   6 et fecit nos regnum, sacerdotes Deo et Patri suo, ipsi gloria et imperium in saecula saeculorum. Amen.
   7 Ecce venit cum nubibus, et videbit eum omnis oculus et qui eum pupugerunt, et plangent se super eum omnes tribus terrae. Etiam, amen.
   8 Ego sum Alpha et Omega, dicit Dominus Deus, qui est et qui erat et qui venturus est, Omnipotens.
   9 Ego Ioannes, frater vester et particeps in tribulatione et regno et patientia in Iesu, fui in insula, quae appellatur Patmos, propter verbum Dei et testimonium Iesu.
   10 Fui in spiritu in dominica die et audivi post me vocem magnam tamquam tubae
   11 dicentis: "Quod vides, scribe in libro et mitte septem ecclesiis: Ephesum et Smyrnam et Pergamum et Thyatiram et Sardis et Philadelphiam et Laodiciam".
   12 Et conversus sum, ut viderem vocem, quae loquebatur mecum; et conversus vidi septem candelabra aurea
   13 et in medio candelabrorum quasi Filium hominis, vestitum podere et praecinctum ad mamillas zonam auream;
   14 caput autem eius et capilli erant candidi tamquam lana alba, tamquam nix, et oculi eius velut flamma ignis,
   15 et pedes eius similes orichalco sicut in camino ardenti, et vox illius tamquam vox aquarum multarum,
   16 et habebat in dextera manu sua stellas septem, et de ore eius gladius anceps acutus exibat, et facies eius sicut sol lucet in virtute sua.
   17 Et cum vidissem eum, cecidi ad pedes eius tamquam mortuus; et posuit dexteram suam super me dicens: "Noli timere! Ego sum primus et novissimus,
   18 et vivens et fui mortuus et ecce sum vivens in saecula saeculorum et habeo claves mortis et inferni.
   19 Scribe ergo, quae vidisti et quae sunt et quae oportet fieri post haec.
   20 Mysterium septem stellarum, quas vidisti ad dexteram meam, et septem candelabra aurea: septem stellae, angeli sunt septem ecclesiarum; et candelabra septem, septem ecclesiae sunt.

King James Version

   1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
   2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
   3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
   4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
   5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
   6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
   7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
   8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
   9 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
   10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
   11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
   12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
   13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
   14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
   15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
   16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
   17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
   18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
   19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
   20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.