“ Family of Jacob, listen to me. People of Israel, pay attention. I have chosen you. I am the first and the last. I am the Lord.

“雅各、我所选召的以色列啊，当听我言：‘我是耶和华，我是首先的，也是末后的。

雅各—我所选召的以色列啊，当听从我：我是耶和华，我是首先的，也是末后的。

雅各—我所选召的以色列啊，当听从我：我是耶和华，我是首先的，也是末后的。

雅各，我所拣选的以色列啊，听我说！我是上帝，我是首先的，也是末后的。

“雅各，我所呼召的以色列啊！你要听我的话。我就是‘那位’，我是首先的，也是末后的。

“雅各——我所召唤的以色列啊，你要听我的话！我就是那一位；我是首先的，我也是末后的。

雅各－我所選召的以色列啊，當聽我言：我是耶和華，我是首先的，也是末後的。

雅各－我所選召的以色列啊，當聽從我：我是耶和華，我是首先的，也是末後的。

雅各－我所選召的以色列啊，當聽從我：我是耶和華，我是首先的，也是末後的。

雅各，我所揀選的以色列啊，聽我說！我是上帝，我是首先的，也是末後的。

“雅各，我所呼召的以色列啊！你要聽我的話。我就是‘那位’，我是首先的，也是末後的。

『雅各啊，聽我吧！我呼召的以色列啊，聽哦！是我；我是起始的；我也是末終的。

「雅各——我所召喚的以色列啊，你要聽我的話！我就是那一位；我是首先的，我也是末後的。

雅各我所選之以色列歟、爾其聽我、我乃耶和華、始我也、終亦我也、

雅各家以色列族我所遴選、宜聽我言、我乃始始之、終終之者也。

今爾雅各、我所選召之以色列、當聽我言、我乃主、我乃先者、我乃後者、

“ Listen to me, Jacob, Israel, whom I have called: I am he; I am the first and I am the last.

“ Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I called! I am he; I am the first, and I am the last.

“ Listen to me, O family of Jacob, Israel my chosen one! I alone am God, the First and the Last.

“ Listen to me, Jacob, and Israel, the one called by me: I am he; I am the first, I am also the last.

“ Listen to Me, Jacob, Israel whom I called; I am He, I am the first, I am also the last.

“ Listen to Me, O Jacob, And Israel, My called: I am He, I am the First, I am also the Last.

Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.

“ Listen to Me, Jacob, and Israel, the one called by Me: I am He; I am the first, I am also the last.

Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I[ am] he; I[ am] the first, I also[ am] the last.

Listen to me, O Jacob, Israel, whom I summoned! I am the one; I am present at the very beginning and at the very end.

“ Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he. I am the first. I am also the last.

Who has made that happen? Who has carried it out? Who has created all the people who have ever lived? I, the Lord, have done it. I was with the first of them. And I will be with the last of them.”

Listen and come to me. Pay attention to me. Then you will live. I will make a covenant with you that will last forever. I will give you my faithful love. I promised it to David.

“ I am Israel’s King. I set them free. I am the Lord who rules over all. So listen to what I am saying. I am the first and the last. I am the one and only God.

I am the Alpha and the Omega. I am the First and the Last. I am the Beginning and the End.

“ I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord God.“ I am the God who is, and who was, and who will come. I am the Mighty One.”

People who live on the islands, listen to me. Pay attention, you nations far away. Before I was born the Lord chose me to serve him. Before I was born the Lord spoke my name.

The Lord says,“ Family of Jacob, listen to me. Pay attention, you people of Israel who are left alive. I have taken good care of you since your life began. I have carried you since you were born as a nation.

I am the one and only Lord. I am the only one who can save you.

The voice said,“ Write on a scroll what you see. Send it to the seven churches in Asia Minor. They are Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.”

But God chose you to be his people. You are royal priests. You are a holy nation. You are God’s special treasure. You are all these things so that you can give him praise. God brought you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

Nations, come near and listen to me! Pay attention to what I’m about to say. Let the earth and everything in it listen. Let the world and everything that comes out of it pay attention.

“ So those who are last will be first. And those who are first will be last.”

The Lord says,“ Listen to me, you who want to do what is right. Pay attention, you who look to me. Consider the rock you were cut out of. Think about the rock pit you were dug from.

“ Listen to me, you who know what is right. Pay attention, you who have taken my instruction to heart. Do not be afraid when mere human beings make fun of you. Do not be terrified when they laugh at you.

My sons, listen to me. Pay attention to what I say.

We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him. He appointed them to be saved in keeping with his purpose.

You also are among those Gentiles who are appointed to belong to Jesus Christ.

“ My children, listen to me. Blessed are those who keep my ways.

“ Look! I am the One! There is no other God except me. I put some people to death. I bring others to life. I have wounded, and I will heal. No one can save you from my power.

They will make war against the Lamb. But the Lamb will have victory over them. That’s because he is the most powerful Lord of all and the greatest King of all. His appointed, chosen and faithful followers will be with him.”

“ Listen to me, my people. Pay attention, my nation. My instruction will go out to the nations. I make everything right. That will be a guiding light for them.

“ Here is what I command you to write to the church in Smyrna. Here are the words of Jesus, who is the First and the Last. He is the one who died and came to life again. He says,

But there are those God has chosen, both Jews and Greeks. To them Christ is God’s power and God’s wisdom.

When I saw him, I fell at his feet as if I were dead. Then he put his right hand on me and said,“ Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.I am the Living One. I was dead. But now look! I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys to Death and Hell.