17 When I saw him, I fell down at his feet like a dead man. Then he laid his right hand on me and said, "Don't be afraid! I am the first and the last, 18 the living one. I was dead, but now I am alive forever.
Lakini yeye akaweka mkono wake wa kulia juu yangu, akasema, "Usiogope! Mimi ni wa kwanza na wa mwisho. 18 Mimi ni yeye aliye hai! Nilikuwa nimekufa, lakini, tazama, sasa ni mzima milele na milele. Ninazo funguo za kifo na Kuzimu. 19 Basi, sasa andika mambo haya unayoyaona, mambo yanayotukia sasa na yale yatakayotukia baadaye.