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Apocalypse 1

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1 Révélation[1] de Jésus-Christ. Cette révélation, Dieu l’a confiée à Jésus-Christ pour qu’il montre à ses serviteurs ce qui doit arriver bientôt[2]; et Jésus-Christ, en envoyant son ange, l’a fait connaître à son serviteur Jean. 2 En tant que témoin, celui-ci a annoncé la Parole de Dieu que Jésus-Christ lui a transmise par son propre témoignage: il a annoncé tout ce qu’il a vu. 3 Heureux celui qui donne lecture des paroles de cette prophétie et ceux qui les entendent, et qui obéissent à ce qui est écrit dans ce livre, car le temps est proche. 4 Jean salue les sept Eglises qui sont dans la province d’Asie[3]: que la grâce et la paix vous soient données de la part de celui qui est, qui était et qui vient[4], de la part des sept esprits[5] qui se tiennent devant son trône (Ex 3:14; He 13:8) 5 et de la part de Jésus-Christ, le témoin[6] digne de foi, le premier-né d’entre les morts[7] et le souverain des rois de la terre. Il nous aime, il nous a délivrés de nos péchés par son sacrifice, (Is 55:4; 1Co 15:20; 1Co 15:23) 6 il a fait de nous un peuple de rois, des prêtres au service de Dieu[8], son Père: à lui donc soient la gloire et le pouvoir pour l’éternité! Amen. (Ex 19:6) 7 Voici! Il vient au milieu des nuées[9], et tout le monde le verra, même ceux qui l’ont transpercé, et toutes les familles de la terre se lamenteront à cause de lui[10]. Oui, amen! (Ex 19:16; Is 6:4; Da 7:13; Za 12:10; Za 12:14; Mt 24:30; Mt 25:31; Mt 26:64; Mc 9:7; Ac 1:9) 8 « Moi je suis l’Alpha et l’Oméga[11] », dit le Seigneur Dieu, celui qui est, qui était et qui vient, le Tout-Puissant[12]. (Ex 3:14; Ap 21:6; Ap 22:13) 



9 Moi, Jean, votre frère, qui partage avec vous la détresse, le royaume et la persévérance dans l’union avec Jésus, j’étais dans l’île de Patmos[13] parce que j’avais proclamé la Parole de Dieu et le témoignage rendu par Jésus. 10 Le jour du Seigneur[14], l’Esprit de Dieu se saisit de moi, et j’entendis derrière moi une voix forte, pareille au son d’une trompette. 11 Elle disait: Inscris dans un livre ce que tu vois, et envoie-le à ces sept Eglises: Ephèse, Smyrne, Pergame, Thyatire, Sardes, Philadelphie et Laodicée. 12 Je me retournai pour découvrir quelle était cette voix. Et l’ayant fait, voici ce que je vis: il y avait sept chandeliers d’or 13 et, au milieu des chandeliers, quelqu’un qui ressemblait à un homme. Il portait une longue tunique, et une ceinture d’or lui entourait la poitrine. 14 Sa tête et ses cheveux étaient blancs comme de la laine blanche, oui, comme la neige. Ses yeux étaient comme une flamme ardente 15 et ses pieds étincelaient comme du bronze incandescent au sortir d’un creuset. Sa voix retentissait comme celle des grandes eaux[15]. (Da 7:9; Da 7:13; Da 10:5; Da 10:6) 16 Dans sa main droite, il tenait sept étoiles, et de sa bouche sortait une épée aiguisée à double tranchant[16]. Son visage était éblouissant comme le soleil quand il brille de tout son éclat. (Is 49:2) 17 Quand je le vis, je tombai à ses pieds, comme mort. Alors il posa sa main droite sur moi en disant: N’aie pas peur. Moi, je suis le premier et le dernier[17], (Is 44:6; Is 48:12; Ap 2:1; Ap 8:1; Ap 22:13) 18 le vivant. J’ai été mort, et voici: je suis vivant pour l’éternité! Je détiens les clés de la mort et du séjour des morts. 19 Ecris donc ce que tu as vu, ce qui est, et ce qui va arriver ensuite. 20 Mais d’abord voici quel est le secret des sept étoiles que tu as vues dans ma main droite et des sept chandeliers d’or: les sept étoiles sont les anges des sept Eglises et les sept chandeliers les sept Eglises. 

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Apocalypse 1

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1 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants[1] the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, (Jn 8:26; Jn 14:10; Jn 17:7; Ap 22:6; Ap 22:16) 2 who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. (Jn 19:35; 1Co 1:6; Ap 1:11; Ap 1:19; Ap 6:9; Ap 12:17; Ap 19:10) 3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. (Lc 11:28; Jn 8:51; Rm 13:11; 1Jn 2:3; 1Jn 2:18; Ap 22:7; Ap 22:10) 



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, (Ex 3:14; Jn 1:1; He 13:8; Ap 1:8; Ap 3:1; Ap 4:5; Ap 4:8; Ap 5:6) 5 and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn 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 (Ps 89:27; Ps 89:37; Is 55:4; Jn 13:34; Jn 15:9; Jn 18:37; Ac 26:23; 1Co 15:20; Col 1:18; 1Tm 6:13; 1P 1:18; Ap 2:13; Ap 3:14; Ap 17:14; Ap 19:16) 6 and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. (Rm 11:36; Rm 15:6; 1P 2:9; 1P 4:11; Ap 5:10; Ap 20:6) 7 Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail[2] on account of him. Even so. Amen. (Da 7:13; Za 12:10; Mt 16:27; Jn 19:37) 8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” (Is 41:4; Is 43:10; Is 44:6; Ap 1:4; Ap 21:6; Ap 22:13) 



9 I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. (Jn 16:33; Ph 4:14; 2Tm 2:12; Ap 1:2; Ap 3:10) 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet (1R 18:12; Ez 3:12; Mt 22:43; Ac 20:7; 1Co 16:2; 2Co 12:2; Ap 4:1; Ap 4:2; Ap 17:3; Ap 21:10) 11 saying, “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.” (Ap 1:2; Ap 1:19) 12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands, (Ex 25:37; 2Ch 4:20; Za 4:2; Ap 1:20; Ap 2:1; Ap 11:4) 13 and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest. (Da 7:13; Da 10:5; Da 10:16; Ap 14:14; Ap 15:6) 14 The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire, (Da 7:9; Da 10:6; Ap 2:18; Ap 19:12) 15 his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters. (Ez 1:7; Ez 43:2; Da 10:6; Ap 14:2; Ap 19:6) 16 In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength. (Jg 5:31; Is 49:2; Mt 17:2; Ep 6:17; He 4:12; Ap 1:20; Ap 2:1; Ap 2:12; Ap 2:16; Ap 3:1; Ap 19:15) 17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last, (Is 41:4; Is 44:6; Is 48:12; Da 8:17; Da 10:9; Da 10:15; Mt 17:7; Lc 24:37; Jn 21:12; Ap 2:8; Ap 22:13) 18 and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades. (Rm 6:9; Rm 14:9; Ap 9:1; Ap 20:1) 19 Write therefore the things that you have seen, those that are and those that are to take place after this. (Ap 1:2; Ap 1:11; Ap 1:12) 20 As for the mystery of the seven stars that 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. (Mt 5:14; Ap 1:12) 

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