A Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to Him to show to His slaves things which must occur quickly. And He signified by sending through His angel to His slave, John,
and while I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, touched me when I being weary in my weariness, about the time of the evening sacrifice.
At the beginning of your prayers the Word came forth, and I have come to declare it. For you are greatly beloved, and to discern the matter and understand the vision:
I no longer call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master does. But I called you friends, because all things which I heard from My Father I made known to you.
For the words which You have given to Me, I have given to them. And they received and truly knew that I came out from beside You, and they believed that You sent Me.
Now to the One who is able to establish you according to my gospel, and the proclaiming of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery having been kept unvoiced during eternal times,
I, even your brother John, and cosharer in the affliction, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, came to be in the island being called Patmos on account of the Word of God, and for the witness of Jesus Christ.
And one of the seven angels having the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying to me, Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot, the one sitting on the many waters,
And I fell before his feet to worship him, but he said to me, See that you do not do it! I am a fellow-slave of yours, and of your brothers, the ones having the testimony of Jesus. Worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
And he says to me, Write: Blessed are the ones having been called to the supper of the marriage of the Lamb. And he says to me, These are the true words of God.
And I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of Heaven from God, having been prepared as a bride, having been adorned for her Husband.
And one of the seven angels came to me, the ones having the seven bowls being filled with the seven last plagues, and spoke with me, saying, Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.
And I, John, was the one seeing and hearing these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel showing me these things.
And he said to me, Behold! See that you do not do it! For I am your fellowslave, and of your brothers, the prophets, and of the ones guarding the words of this Book. Worship God.
After these things I saw. And behold, a door being opened in Heaven! And I heard the first voice as a trumpet speaking with me, saying, Come up here, and I will show you what needs to happen after these things.