OrthJBC - Revelation of John - 1

1:1  The Gilluy Shechinah of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua which Hashem gave to him to show to his mesharetim (servants, klei kodesh, ministers) MAH DI LEHEVE ("what will happen," Daniel 2:28f), the things which are destined to take place, and speedily; Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach made it known by sending his malach (angel) to his mesharet (servant, keli kodesh, minister), Yochanan. [Amos 3:7]

1:2  Yochanan gave solemn edut (testimony) to the Dvar Hashem and to the edut of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, even to all that Yochanan saw.

1:3  Ashrey (Blessed/Happy) is the one reading and the ones hearing the divrei hanevu'ah (words of [this] prophecy) and remaining shomer regarding what is written in it, for kerovah (near) is the et [the time of crisis and the events related to the Bias HaMoshiach].

1:4  Yochanan to the sheva (seven) hakehillot (congregations) in Asia: Chen v'Chesed Hashem to you and Shalom from the One who is [Shemot 3:14], who was, and who is to come [Yeshayah 41:4], and from the shevat haruchot (seven spirits, Yeshayah 11:2) which are before Hashem's kisseh [merkavah chariot throne in Shomayim, Yechezkel 1:4-28].

1:5  And from Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, the eidus hane'eman (faithful witness), the Bechor (Firstborn, Tehillim 89:28 [27]) of the Mesim and the Nagid, Elyon L'Malkhey A'retz ("Leader, Most exalted of Kings of the earth, Tehillim 89:27). To the One who has ahavah for us and has made the full pedut (redemption for the Geulah) to free us from avoneinu (our gross wickednesses) by the dahm [blood kapparah] of him, [Tehillim 130:8; Yeshayah 40:2; Tehillim 89:38; Yirmeyah 42:5; Yeshayah 55:4; Bereshis 22:8; Shemot 12:13; Yeshayah 53:7]

1:6  and made us a Malchut, a Mamlekhet kohanim [Shemot 19:6], kohanim doing avodas kodesh to his Elohim HaAv, lo hakavod v'hagevurah l'olmey olamim. Omein. [Shemot 19:6; 23:22; Yeshayah 61:6]

1:7  Hinei! Hu habah (He comes) with HA'ANANIM (glory clouds) and kol ayin (every eye) will see him, even the ones who PIERCED HIM, and all the mishpachot (families) of ha'aretz will MOURN for Him. Ken, Omein. [Daniel 7:13; Zecharyah 12:10f; Bereshis 12:3;28:14]

1:8  "Ani Hu the Alef and the Tav," says Hashem Adonoi, the One who is and the One who was and the One coming, Adonoi Tzvaot. [Shemot 3:14; Yeshayah 41:4; Amos 3:13; 4:13 Targum Ha-Shivim (Septuagint)] A CHAZON (CHABAKUK 2:2) OF THE MOSHIACH AND THE RAZ OF THE MENOROT AND THE KOKHAVIM

1:9  I, Yochanan, your Ach b'Moshiach and your fellow partaker of the khelek (inheritance) and the tzarah (Mt.24:15f), the Chevlai Moshiach, and the Malchut and the savlanut (patient endurance) in Moshiach, was on the island called Patmos because of the dvar Hashem and the solemn edut of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach. [Shemot 20:18; Daniel 8:1]

1:10  I was in the Ruach Hakodesh on Yom HaAdon and I heard behind me a great sound, like the blast of a shofar, [Yechezkel 3:12; Shemot 19:16]

1:11  saying, "What you see [in the chazon], write in a sefer and send it to the sheva Kehillot, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea. [Yeshayah 30:8]

1:12  Then I turned to see the kol which was speaking with me, and, having turned, I saw sheva golden menorot. [Zecharyah 4:2; Shemot 25:31-40]

1:13  And in the midst of the menorot stood One like the Ben HaAdam [Daniel 7:13-14; Yechezkel 1:26], having been clothed in a kaftan (long coat) reaching to the feet and having been wrapped around at the chest with a golden gartel. [Daniel 7:13; Yechezkel 1:26; 9:2,11 Targum Ha-Shivim (Septuagint); Daniel 10:5,16; Yeshayah 6:1]

1:14  And the rosh of him and the hair were lavan (white) like wool, like snow, and the eynayim (eyes) of him were like a flame of aish (fire), [Daniel 7:9]

1:15  and the feet of him were like burnished bronze as if in a furnace having been made to glow, and the kol of him as the sound of mayim rabbim (many waters). [Daniel 10:6; Yechezkel 1:7,24; 43:2; Yeshayah 1:20; 49:2; Shofetim 5:31]

1:16  And he had in the yad yamin of him shevat hakokhavim (seven stars) and out of the mouth of him a sharp two-edged cherev going forth and the face of him was like the shemesh (sun) shining in its power. [Yeshayah 1:20; 49:2; Shofetim 5:31]

1:17  And when I saw him, I fell at the feet of him as though dead, and he placed the yad yamin of him upon me saying, "Do not fear; I am HaRishon (The First) and HaAcharon (The Last) [Yeshayah 41:4; 44:6; 48:12; Yechezkel 1:28; Daniel 8:17,18;]

1:18  and HaChai (The Living One), and I became Niftar and,-- hinei!-- Chai Ani l'Olam va'ed and I have the maftekhot haMavet (keys of Death) and the maftekhot haShe'ol.[Yeshayah 41:4; 44:2,6; 48:12; Yechezkel 1:28; Daniel 4:34; 12:7; 8:17-18; Devarim 32:40; Iyov 38:17]

1:19  Write down the Chazon (Revelation, Prophecy, Vision, Chabakuk 2:2), therefore, that is, the things you saw and the things which are and the things which are about to happen after these things.[Yeshayah 48:6 Targum Ha-Shivim (Septuagint); Daniel 2:28,29,45;]

1:20  The raz (mystery, sod) of the shevat hakokhavim (seven stars) which you saw in the yad yamin of me and the sheva golden menorot: the shevat hakokhavim are the malachim of the Kehillot (Congregations) and the sheva menorot are the sheva Kehillot.