Chapter 22 (CV)
1 And he shows me a river of water of life,
resplendent as crystal, issuing out of the throne of God and the Lambkin.
2 In the center of its square, and on either side of the
river, is the log of life, producing twelve fruits, rendering its fruit in accord with
each month. And the leaves of the log are for the cure of the nations.
3 And there shall be no more any doom, and the throne of
God and of the Lambkin shall be in it. And His slaves shall be offering divine service to
Him.
4 And they shall be seeing His face, and His name shall
be on their foreheads.
5 And night shall be no more, and they have no need of
lamplight and sunlight, for the Lord God shall be illuminating them. And they shall be
reigning for the eons of the eons.
6 And he said to me, "These sayings are faithful and
true. And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, commissions His messenger to
show to His slaves what must occur swiftly.
7 And lo! I am coming swiftly! Happy is he who is keeping
the sayings of the prophecy of this scroll."
8 And I, John, am the one hearing and observing these
things. And when I hear and observe, I fall to worship in front of the feet of the
messenger who is showing me these things.
9 And he is saying to me, "See! No! a fellow slave
of yours am I, and of your brethren, the prophets and those keeping the sayings of this
scroll. Worship God!"
10 And he is saying to me, "You should not be
sealing the sayings of the prophecy of this scroll, for the era is near.
11 Let the injurer injure still; and let the filthy one
be filthy still; and let the just one do righteousness still; and let the holy one be
hallowed still."
12 "Lo! I am coming swiftly, and My wage is with Me,
to pay each one as his work is.
13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,
the Origin and the Consummation.
14 Happy are those who are rinsing their robes, that it
will be their license to the log of life, and they may be entering the portals into the
city.
15 Outside are curs, and enchanters, and paramours, and
murderers, and idolaters, and everyone fabricating and fondling falsehood.
16 "I, Jesus, send My messenger to testify these
things to you in the ecclesias. I am the root and the race of David, the resplendent
morning star.
17 And the spirit and the bride are saying, 'Come!' and
let him who is hearing say, 'Come !' And let him who is thirsting come. Let him who will,
take the water of life gratuitously.
18 "I am testifying to everyone who is hearing the
words of the prophecy of this scroll: If ever anyone may be appending to them, God shall
be appending to him the calamities written in this scroll.
19 And if ever anyone should be eliminating from the
words of the scroll of this prophecy, God shall be eliminating his part from the log of
life, and out of the holy city, that is written in this scroll.
20 "He Who is testifying these things is saying,
'Yea, I am coming swiftly.'" "Amen! Come, Lord Jesus!"
21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all the saints!
Amen! |
Chapter 22 (KJV)
1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life,
clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of
the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her
fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God
and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in
their foreheads.
5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no
candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign
for ever and ever.
6 And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and
true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the
things which must shortly be done.
7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the
sayings of the prophecy of this book.
8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I
had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me
these things.
9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy
fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of
this book: worship God.
10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the
prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.
11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he
which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous
still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me,
to give every man according as his work shall be.
13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the
first and the last.
14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they
may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers,
and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these
things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and
morning star.
17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him
that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take
the water of life freely.
18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of
the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him
the plagues that are written in this book:
19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the
book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of
the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come
quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
Amen. |