11. saying, “I am the ‘Aleph’ and the ‘Taw’, the First and the Last,” and, “Write in a book what you see and send it to the seven assemblies of Asia – to Ephesos, and to Smurna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodikeia.”
12. And I turned to see the voice which spoke with me. And having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands,
13. and in the midst of the seven lampstands One like the Son of Aḏam, dressed in a robe down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band.
14. And His head and hair were white as white wool, as snow, and His eyes as a flame of fire,
15. and His feet like burnished brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters.
16. And in His right hand He held seven stars, and out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and His face was as the sun shining in its strength.
17. And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead, and He placed His right hand on me, saying, “Do not be afraid, I am the First and the Last,
18. and the living One. And I became dead, and see, I am living forever and ever. Amĕn. And I possess the keys of the grave and of death.
19. “Write therefore what you have seen, both what is now and what shall take place after these:
20. “The secret of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are messengers of the seven assemblies, and the seven lampstands which you saw are seven assemblies.