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The Latin Vulgate VUL
1 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants what must soon take place; and he made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,
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apocalypsis Iesu Christi quam dedit illi Deus palam facere servis suis quae oportet fieri cito et significavit mittens per angelum suum servo suo Iohanni
2 who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw.
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qui testimonium perhibuit verbo Dei et testimonium Iesu Christi quaecumque vidit
3 Blessed is he who reads aloud the words of the prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written therein; for the time is near.
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beatus qui legit et qui audiunt verba prophetiae et servant ea quae in ea scripta sunt tempus enim prope est
4 John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne,
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Iohannes 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 and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the first-born of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood
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et ab Iesu Christo qui est testis fidelis primogenitus mortuorum et princeps regum terrae qui dilexit nos et lavit nos a peccatis nostris in sanguine suo
6 and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
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et fecit nostrum regnum sacerdotes Deo et Patri suo ipsi gloria et imperium in saecula saeculorum amen
7 Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, every one who pierced him; and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.
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ecce venit cum nubibus et videbit eum omnis oculus et qui eum pupugerunt et plangent se super eum omnes tribus terrae etiam amen
8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.
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ego sum Alpha et Omega principium et finis dicit Dominus Deus qui est et qui erat et qui venturus est Omnipotens
9 I John, your brother, who share with you in Jesus the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.
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ego Iohannes 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 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet
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fui in spiritu in dominica die et audivi post me vocem magnam tamquam tubae
11 saying, "Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Per'gamum and to Thyati'ra and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to La-odice'a."
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dicentis quod vides scribe in libro et mitte septem ecclesiis Ephesum et Zmyrnam et Pergamum et Thyatiram et Sardis et Philadelphiam et Laodiciam
12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands,
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et conversus sum ut viderem vocem quae loquebatur mecum et conversus vidi septem candelabra aurea
13 and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden girdle round his breast;
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et in medio septem candelabrorum similem Filio hominis vestitum podere et praecinctum ad mamillas zonam auream
14 his head and his hair were white as white wool, white as snow; his eyes were like a flame of fire,
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caput autem eius et capilli erant candidi tamquam lana alba tamquam nix et oculi eius velut flamma ignis
15 his feet were like burnished bronze, refined as in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of many waters;
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et pedes eius similes orichalco sicut in camino ardenti et vox illius tamquam vox aquarum multarum
16 in his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth issued a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength.
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et habebat in dextera sua stellas septem et de ore eius gladius utraque parte acutus exiebat et facies eius sicut sol lucet in virtute sua
17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand upon me, saying, "Fear not, I am the first and the last,
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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 and the living one; I died, and behold I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.
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et vivus et fui mortuus et ecce sum vivens in saecula saeculorum et habeo claves mortis et inferni
19 Now write what you see, what is and what is to take place hereafter.
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scribe ergo quae vidisti et quae sunt et quae oportet fieri post haec
20 As for the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
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sacramentum septem stellarum quas vidisti in dextera mea et septem candelabra aurea septem stellae angeli sunt septem ecclesiarum et candelabra septem septem ecclesiae sunt
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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