I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

我约翰就是你们的弟兄，和你们在耶稣的患难、国度、忍耐里一同有份，为　神的道，并为给耶稣作的见证，曾在那名叫拔摩的海岛上。

A cast-away lonely as Robinson Crusoe — a prisoner immured in a dungeon for life — nay, even a saint in Patmos, has his endurance, his strength, his faith, best described by being spoken of as " a man" .

一个像鲁滨逊漂流记那样被遗弃的孤独者——一个终身被关在地牢里的囚犯——不，即使是拔摩岛的圣人，也有他的忍耐力、他的力量和他的信仰，最好用“一个人”来形容。