Revelation 3
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
The Message to Sardis
3 ‘And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars:
‘I know your works; you have a name for being alive, but you are dead. 2 Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is at the point of death, for I have not found your works perfect in the sight of my God. 3 Remember then what you received and heard; obey it, and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you. 4 Yet you have still a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes; they will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy. 5 If you conquer, you will be clothed like them in white robes, and I will not blot your name out of the book of life; I will confess your name before my Father and before his angels. 6 Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches.
The Message to Philadelphia
7 ‘And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:
These are the words of the holy one, the true one,
who has the key of David,
who opens and no one will shut,
who shuts and no one opens:
8 ‘I know your works. Look, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. 9 I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but are lying—I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you. 10 Because you have kept my word of patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth. 11 I am coming soon; hold fast to what you have, so that no one may seize your crown. 12 If you conquer, I will make you a pillar in the temple of my God; you will never go out of it. I will write on you the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem that comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name. 13 Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches.
The Message to Laodicea
14 ‘And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the origin[a] of God’s creation:
15 ‘I know your works; you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were either cold or hot. 16 So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to spit you out of my mouth. 17 For you say, “I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing.” You do not realize that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. 18 Therefore I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire so that you may be rich; and white robes to clothe you and to keep the shame of your nakedness from being seen; and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see. 19 I reprove and discipline those whom I love. Be earnest, therefore, and repent. 20 Listen! I am standing at the door, knocking; if you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to you and eat with you, and you with me. 21 To the one who conquers I will give a place with me on my throne, just as I myself conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. 22 Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches.’
Footnotes
- Revelation 3:14 Or beginning
启示录 3
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Simplified)
寄信给撒狄
3 “你要写信给撒狄教会的使者说：‘那有神的七灵和七星的说：我知道你的行为，按名你是活的，其实是死的。 2 你要警醒，坚固那剩下将要衰微[a]的，因我见你的行为在我神面前，没有一样是完全的。
当回想所听见所领受的
3 ‘所以要回想你是怎样领受、怎样听见的，又要遵守，并要悔改。若不警醒，我必临到你那里，如同贼一样。我几时临到，你也决不能知道。 4 然而在撒狄，你还有几名是未曾污秽自己衣服的，他们要穿白衣与我同行，因为他们是配得过的。 5 凡得胜的，必这样穿白衣，我也必不从生命册上涂抹他的名，且要在我父面前和我父众使者面前，认他的名。 6 圣灵向众教会所说的话，凡有耳的，就应当听！’
寄信给非拉铁非
7 “你要写信给非拉铁非教会的使者说：‘那圣洁、真实，拿着大卫的钥匙，开了就没有人能关、关了就没有人能开的说： 8 我知道你的行为，你略有一点力量，也曾遵守我的道，没有弃绝我的名，看哪，我在你面前给你一个敞开的门，是无人能关的。 9 那撒旦一会的，自称是犹太人，其实不是犹太人，乃是说谎话的，我要使他们来在你脚前下拜，也使他们知道我是已经爱你了。
要持守免得失去冠冕
10 ‘你既遵守我忍耐的道，我必在普天下人受试炼的时候，保守你免去你的试炼。 11 我必快来！你要持守你所有的，免得人夺去你的冠冕。 12 得胜的，我要叫他在我神殿中做柱子，他也必不再从那里出去。我又要将我神的名和我神城的名——这城就是从天上、从我神那里降下来的新耶路撒冷——并我的新名，都写在他上面。 13 圣灵向众教会所说的话，凡有耳的，就应当听！’
寄信给老底嘉
14 “你要写信给老底嘉教会的使者说：‘那为阿门的，为诚信真实见证的，在神创造万物之上为元首的说： 15 我知道你的行为，你也不冷也不热。我巴不得你或冷或热！ 16 你既如温水，也不冷也不热，所以我必从我口中把你吐出去。
当买火炼金子
17 ‘你说“我是富足，已经发了财，一样都不缺”，却不知道你是那困苦、可怜、贫穷、瞎眼、赤身的。 18 我劝你向我买火炼的金子，叫你富足；又买白衣穿上，叫你赤身的羞耻不露出来；又买眼药擦你的眼睛，使你能看见。 19 凡我所疼爱的，我就责备管教他，所以你要发热心，也要悔改。 20 看哪，我站在门外叩门；若有听见我声音就开门的，我要进到他那里去，我与他、他与我一同坐席。 21 得胜的，我要赐他在我宝座上与我同坐，就如我得了胜，在我父的宝座上与他同坐一般。 22 圣灵向众教会所说的话，凡有耳的，就应当听！’”
Footnotes
- 启示录 3:2 “衰微”原文作“死”。
Opinberun Jóhannesar 3
Icelandic Bible
3 Og engli safnaðarins í Sardes skalt þú rita: Þetta segir sá sem hefur þá sjö anda Guðs og stjörnurnar sjö. Ég þekki verkin þín, að þú lifir að nafninu, en ert dauður.
2 Vakna þú og styrk það sem eftir er og að dauða komið. Því margt hef ég fundið í fari þínu, sem ekki stenst fyrir Guði mínum.
3 Minnst þú því, hvernig þú tókst á móti og heyrðir, og varðveit það og gjör iðrun. Ef þú vakir ekki, mun ég koma eins og þjófur, og þú munt alls ekki vita, á hverri stundu ég kem yfir þig.
4 En þú átt fáein nöfn í Sardes, sem ekki hafa saurgað klæði sín, og þeir munu ganga með mér í hvítum klæðum, því að þeir eru maklegir.
5 Sá er sigrar, hann skal þá skrýðast hvítum klæðum, og eigi mun ég afmá nafn hans úr bók lífsins. Ég mun kannast við nafn hans fyrir föður mínum og fyrir englum hans.
6 Hver sem eyra hefur, hann heyri hvað andinn segir söfnuðunum.
7 Og engli safnaðarins í Fíladelfíu skalt þú rita: Þetta segir sá heilagi, sá sanni, sem hefur lykil Davíðs, hann sem lýkur upp, svo að enginn læsir, og læsir, svo að enginn lýkur upp.
8 Ég þekki verkin þín. Sjá, ég hef látið dyr standa opnar fyrir þér, sem enginn getur lokað. Þú hefur lítinn mátt, en hefur varðveitt orð mitt og ekki afneitað nafni mínu.
9 Ég skal láta nokkra af samkundu Satans, er segja sjálfa sig vera Gyðinga, en eru það ekki, heldur ljúga, _ ég skal láta þá koma og kasta sér fyrir fætur þér og láta þá vita, að ég elska þig.
10 Af því að þú hefur varðveitt orðið um þolgæði mitt mun ég og varðveita þig frá reynslustundinni, sem koma mun yfir alla heimsbyggðina, til að reyna þá sem á jörðunni búa.
11 Ég kem skjótt. Haltu fast því, sem þú hefur, til þess að enginn taki kórónu þína.
12 Þann er sigrar mun ég gjöra að stólpa í musteri Guðs míns, og hann skal aldrei þaðan út fara. Á hann mun ég rita nafn Guðs míns og nafn borgar Guðs míns, hinnar nýju Jerúsalem, er kemur af himni ofan frá Guði mínum, og nafnið mitt hið nýja.
13 Hver sem eyra hefur, hann heyri hvað andinn segir söfnuðunum.
14 Og engli safnaðarins í Laódíkeu skalt þú rita: Þetta segir hann, sem er amen, votturinn trúi og sanni, upphaf sköpunar Guðs:
15 Ég þekki verkin þín, að þú ert hvorki kaldur né heitur. Betur að þú værir kaldur eða heitur.
16 En af því að þú ert hálfvolgur og hvorki heitur né kaldur, mun ég skyrpa þér út af munni mínum.
17 Þú segir: "Ég er ríkur og orðinn auðugur og þarfnast einskis." Og þú veist ekki, að þú ert vesalingur og aumingi og fátækur og blindur og nakinn.
18 Ég ræð þér, að þú kaupir af mér gull, skírt í eldi, til þess að þú verðir auðugur, og hvít klæði til að skýla þér með, að eigi komi í ljós vanvirða nektar þinnar, og smyrsl að smyrja með augu þín, til þess að þú verðir sjáandi.
19 Alla þá, sem ég elska, tyfta ég og aga. Ver því heilhuga og gjör iðrun.
20 Sjá, ég stend við dyrnar og kný á. Ef einhver heyrir raust mína og lýkur upp dyrunum, þá mun ég fara inn til hans og neyta kvöldverðar með honum og hann með mér.
21 Þann er sigrar mun ég láta sitja hjá mér í hásæti mínu, eins og ég sjálfur sigraði og settist hjá föður mínum í hásæti hans.
22 Hver sem eyra hefur, hann heyri hvað andinn segir söfnuðunum.
Revelation 3
Lexham English Bible
The Letter to the Church in Sardis
3 “And to the angel of the church in Sardis write:
“This is what the one who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars says: ‘I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, and you are dead. 2 Be on the alert and strengthen the remaining things that are about to die, for I have not found your works completed before my God. 3 Therefore remember how you have received and heard, and observe it, and repent. If therefore you are not on the alert, I will come like a thief, and you will never know at what hour I will come against you. 4 But you have a few people[a] in Sardis who have not defiled their clothing, and they will walk with me in white, because they are worthy. 5 The one who conquers in this way will be dressed in white clothing, and I will never erase his name from the book of life, and I will declare his name before my Father and before his angels. 6 The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’
The Letter to the Church in Philadelphia
7 “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:
“This is what the holy one, the true one, the one who has the key of David, the one who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one can open, says: 8 ‘I know your works (behold, I have put before you an opened door that no one is able to shut[b]) that you have a little strength, and have kept my word, and did not deny my name. 9 Behold, I am causing those of the synagogue of Satan, the ones who call themselves Jews and are not, but are lying—behold, I will make them come[c] and kneel down before your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you. 10 Because you have kept the word of my patient endurance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole inhabited world, to put to the test those who live on the earth. 11 I am coming quickly! Hold fast to what you have, so that no one may take away your crown. 12 The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will never go outside again, and I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem that comes down from heaven from my God, and my new name. 13 The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’
The Letter to the Church in Laodicea
14 “And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write:
“This is what the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the originator[d] of God’s creation, says: 15 ‘I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were cold or hot! 16 Thus, because you are lukewarm and neither hot nor cold, I am about to vomit you out of my mouth! 17 Because you are saying, “I am rich, and have become rich, and I have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched and pitiable and poor and blind and naked, 18 I advise you to buy from me gold refined by fire, in order that you may become rich, and white clothing, in order that you may be clothed and the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed, and eye salve to smear on your eyes, in order that you may see. 19 As many as I love, I reprove and discipline. Be zealous, therefore, and repent! 20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock! If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, indeed I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with me. 21 The one who conquers, I will grant to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also have conquered and have sat down with my Father on his throne. 22 The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”
Footnotes
- Revelation 3:4 Literally “names”
- Revelation 3:8 Literally “to shut it,” but the direct object is not translated here in keeping with English style
- Revelation 3:9 Literally “that they will come”
- Revelation 3:14 Or “the ruler”; or “the beginning”; or “the source”
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