7. “See, I am coming speedily! Blessed is he who guards the words of the prophecy of this book.”
8. And I, Yoḥanan, saw and heard these matters. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the messenger who showed me these matters.
9. And he said to me, “See, do not! For I am your fellow servant, and of your brothers the prophets, and of those who are guarding the words of this book. Worship Elohim.”
10. And he said to me, “Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book, because the time is near.
11. “He who does wrong, let him do more wrong; he who is filthy, let him be more filthy; he who is righteous, let him be more righteous; he who is set-apart, let him be more set-apart.
12. “And see, I am coming speedily, and My reward is with Me, to give to each according to his work.
13. “I am the ‘Aleph’ and the ‘Taw’, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.
14. “Blessed are those doing His commands, so that the authority shall be theirs unto the tree of life, and to enter through the gates into the city.