Behold I come quickly
(and don't change anything in this book)
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.
They will see his face,
and his name will be on 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.
They won't need the sun in the daytime or candles at night,
because there won't be any night and God will give them light.
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.
7Behold, 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.
The angel said to me,
It's all true.
These things will happen soon.
I'll come quickly.
Blessed are those who believe the prophecy in this book.
10
And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book:
for the time is at hand.
Don't keep this prophecy secret.
The time for these things to happen is now.
11He 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.
Let unjust people stay unjust;
filthy people stay filthy.
just people stay just;
and holy people stay holy. [1]
12
And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as
his work shall be. [2]
I'll come quickly,
and judge everyone according to their works. [2]
13
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
I'm the alpha and omega, the first and the last.
14Blessed 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.
Blessed are those who do the commandments. [3]
15For without are dogs,
and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever
loveth and maketh a lie.
Outside of this city are dogs, sorcerers, whoremongers, murderers, idolaters, and liars. [4]
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.
I, Jesus, sent my angel to tell you these things in the churches.
I'm the root and offspring of David, [5]
the bright and morning star. [6]
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.
The spirit and the bride say, "Come."
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:
If anyone adds anything to this book,
God will give him the plagues that are mentioned in this book.
19And 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.
If anyone removes anything from this book,
God will remove that person from the book of life.
The one who says these things, says,
I'll surely come quickly.
Amen. Come, Jesus, come.
21
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.