Happy is he who is reading, and those hearing, the words of the prophecy, and keeping the things written in it -- for the time is nigh!
O the happiness of the man hearkening to me, To watch at my doors day by day, To watch at the door-posts of my entrance.
And Jeremiah saith unto Seraiah, `When thou dost enter Babylon, then thou hast seen, and hast read all these words,
`Whenever, therefore, ye may see the abomination of the desolation, that was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (whoever is reading let him observe)
And he said, `Yea, rather, happy those hearing the word of God, and keeping `it'!'
And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already `is' to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer `is' our salvation than when we did believe;
the night did advance, and the day came nigh; let us lay aside, therefore, the works of the darkness, and let us put on the armour of the light;
And of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers,
And this one thing let not be unobserved by you, beloved, that one day with the Lord `is' as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day;
And he saith to me, `Thou mayest not seal the words of the prophecy of this scroll, because the time is nigh;
And lo, I come quickly, and my reward `is' with me, to render to each as his work shall be;
he saith -- who is testifying these things -- `Yes, I come quickly!' Amen! Yes, be coming, Lord Jesus!
Lo, I come quickly, be holding fast that which thou hast, that no one may receive thy crown.