Mensaje a la iglesia de Sardis

Y escribe al ángel de la iglesia en Sardis(A):

«El que tiene los siete Espíritus de Dios(B) y las siete estrellas(C), dice esto: “Yo conozco tus obras(D), que tienes nombre de que vives, pero estás muerto(E). Ponte en vela y afirma las cosas que quedan, que estaban a punto de morir, porque no he hallado completas tus obras delante de mi Dios. Acuérdate(F), pues, de lo que[a] has recibido y oído; guárdalo y arrepiéntete(G). Por tanto, si no velas, vendré(H) como ladrón(I), y no sabrás a qué hora vendré sobre ti(J). Pero tienes unos pocos[b](K) en Sardis(L) que no han manchado sus vestiduras(M), y andarán conmigo vestidos de blanco(N), porque son dignos. Así el vencedor[c](O) será vestido de[d] vestiduras(P) blancas y no borraré su nombre del libro de la vida(Q), y reconoceré su nombre delante de mi Padre(R) y delante de sus ángeles. El que tiene oído, oiga lo que el Espíritu dice a las iglesias(S)”».

Mensaje a la iglesia de Filadelfia

Y escribe al ángel de la iglesia en Filadelfia(T):

«El Santo(U), el Verdadero(V), el que tiene la llave de David(W), el que abre y nadie cierra[e], y cierra y nadie abre, dice esto: “Yo conozco tus obras(X). Mira, he puesto delante de ti una puerta abierta que nadie puede cerrar(Y), porque tienes un poco de poder, has guardado mi palabra y no has negado mi nombre(Z). He aquí, yo entregaré[f] a aquellos de la sinagoga de Satanás(AA) que se dicen ser judíos y no lo son, sino que mienten; he aquí, yo haré que vengan y se postren a[g] tus pies(AB), y sepan que yo te he amado(AC). 10 Porque has guardado la palabra(AD) de mi perseverancia(AE), yo también te guardaré(AF) de la hora de la prueba[h](AG), esa hora que está por venir sobre todo el mundo[i](AH) para poner a prueba[j] a los que habitan sobre la tierra(AI). 11 Vengo pronto(AJ); retén firme lo que tienes(AK), para que nadie tome tu corona(AL). 12 Al vencedor[k](AM) le haré una columna en el templo de mi Dios(AN), y nunca más saldrá de allí[l]; escribiré sobre él el nombre de mi Dios(AO), y el nombre de la ciudad de mi Dios(AP), la nueva Jerusalén(AQ), que desciende del cielo de mi Dios, y mi nombre nuevo(AR). 13 El que tiene oído, oiga lo que el Espíritu dice a las iglesias(AS)”».

Mensaje a la iglesia de Laodicea

14 Y escribe al ángel de la iglesia en Laodicea(AT):

«El Amén(AU), el Testigo fiel y verdadero(AV), el Principio[m] de la creación de Dios(AW), dice esto: 15 “Yo conozco tus obras(AX), que ni eres frío ni caliente. ¡Ojalá fueras frío o caliente(AY)! 16 Así, puesto que eres tibio, y no frío ni caliente, te vomitaré de mi boca. 17 Porque dices: ‘Soy rico, me he enriquecido y de nada tengo necesidad’; y no sabes que eres un miserable y digno de lástima, y pobre, ciego y desnudo(AZ), 18 te aconsejo que de mí compres(BA) oro refinado por fuego(BB) para que te hagas rico, y vestiduras blancas(BC) para que te vistas y no se manifieste la vergüenza de tu desnudez(BD), y colirio para ungir tus ojos para que puedas ver. 19 Yo reprendo y disciplino a todos los que amo(BE); sé, pues, celoso y arrepiéntete(BF). 20 He aquí, yo estoy a la puerta(BG) y llamo(BH); si alguno oye mi voz y abre la puerta, entraré a él, y cenaré con él y él conmigo(BI). 21 Al vencedor[n](BJ), le concederé sentarse conmigo en mi trono(BK), como yo también vencí y me senté con mi Padre en su trono(BL). 22 El que tiene oído, oiga lo que el Espíritu dice a las iglesias(BM)”».

Footnotes

  1. Apocalipsis 3:3 Lit., cómo
  2. Apocalipsis 3:4 Lit., unos pocos nombres
  3. Apocalipsis 3:5 O, el que venza
  4. Apocalipsis 3:5 Lit., envuelto en
  5. Apocalipsis 3:7 O, cerrará
  6. Apocalipsis 3:9 Lit., doy
  7. Apocalipsis 3:9 Lit., delante de
  8. Apocalipsis 3:10 O, tentación
  9. Apocalipsis 3:10 Lit., la tierra habitada
  10. Apocalipsis 3:10 O, tentar
  11. Apocalipsis 3:12 O, Al que venza
  12. Apocalipsis 3:12 Lit., fuera
  13. Apocalipsis 3:14 I.e., el origen o la fuente
  14. Apocalipsis 3:21 O, Al que venza

To Sardis

Write this to Sardis, to the Angel of the church. The One holding the Seven Spirits of God in one hand, a firm grip on the Seven Stars with the other, speaks:

“I see right through your work. You have a reputation for vigor and zest, but you’re dead, stone-dead.

2-3 “Up on your feet! Take a deep breath! Maybe there’s life in you yet. But I wouldn’t know it by looking at your busywork; nothing of God’s work has been completed. Your condition is desperate. Think of the gift you once had in your hands, the Message you heard with your ears—grasp it again and turn back to God.

“If you pull the covers back over your head and sleep on, oblivious to God, I’ll return when you least expect it, break into your life like a thief in the night.

“You still have a few followers of Jesus in Sardis who haven’t ruined themselves wallowing in the muck of the world’s ways. They’ll walk with me on parade! They’ve proved their worth!

“Conquerors will march in the victory parade, their names indelible in the Book of Life. I’ll lead them up and present them by name to my Father and his Angels.

“Are your ears awake? Listen. Listen to the Wind Words, the Spirit blowing through the churches.”

To Philadelphia

Write this to Philadelphia, to the Angel of the church. The Holy, the True—David’s key in his hand, opening doors no one can lock, locking doors no one can open—speaks:

“I see what you’ve done. Now see what I’ve done. I’ve opened a door before you that no one can slam shut. You don’t have much strength, I know that; you used what you had to keep my Word. You didn’t deny me when times were rough.

“And watch as I take those who call themselves true believers but are nothing of the kind, pretenders whose true membership is in the club of Satan—watch as I strip off their pretensions and they’re forced to acknowledge it’s you that I’ve loved.

10 “Because you kept my Word in passionate patience, I’ll keep you safe in the time of testing that will be here soon, and all over the earth, every man, woman, and child put to the test.

11 “I’m on my way; I’ll be there soon. Keep a tight grip on what you have so no one distracts you and steals your crown.

12 “I’ll make each conqueror a pillar in the sanctuary of my God, a permanent position of honor. Then I’ll write names on you, the pillars: the Name of my God, the Name of God’s City—the new Jerusalem coming down out of Heaven—and my new Name.

13 “Are your ears awake? Listen. Listen to the Wind Words, the Spirit blowing through the churches.”

To Laodicea

14 Write to Laodicea, to the Angel of the church. God’s Yes, the Faithful and Accurate Witness, the First of God’s creation, says:

15-17 “I know you inside and out, and find little to my liking. You’re not cold, you’re not hot—far better to be either cold or hot! You’re stale. You’re stagnant. You make me want to vomit. You brag, ‘I’m rich, I’ve got it made, I need nothing from anyone,’ oblivious that in fact you’re a pitiful, blind beggar, threadbare and homeless.

18 “Here’s what I want you to do: Buy your gold from me, gold that’s been through the refiner’s fire. Then you’ll be rich. Buy your clothes from me, clothes designed in Heaven. You’ve gone around half-naked long enough. And buy medicine for your eyes from me so you can see, really see.

19 “The people I love, I call to account—prod and correct and guide so that they’ll live at their best. Up on your feet, then! About face! Run after God!

20-21 “Look at me. I stand at the door. I knock. If you hear me call and open the door, I’ll come right in and sit down to supper with you. Conquerors will sit alongside me at the head table, just as I, having conquered, took the place of honor at the side of my Father. That’s my gift to the conquerors!

22 “Are your ears awake? Listen. Listen to the Wind Words, the Spirit blowing through the churches.”

寄信给撒狄

“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。 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

‘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。 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。 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。 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

“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: 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。 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

  1. 启示录 3:2 “衰微”原文作“死”。

To the Church in Sardis

“To the angel[a] of the church in Sardis(A) write:

These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits[b](B) of God and the seven stars.(C) I know your deeds;(D) you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.(E) Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God. Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent.(F) But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief,(G) and you will not know at what time(H) I will come to you.

Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes.(I) They will walk with me, dressed in white,(J) for they are worthy. The one who is victorious(K) will, like them, be dressed in white.(L) I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life,(M) but will acknowledge that name before my Father(N) and his angels. Whoever has ears, let them hear(O) what the Spirit says to the churches.

To the Church in Philadelphia

“To the angel of the church in Philadelphia(P) write:

These are the words of him who is holy(Q) and true,(R) who holds the key of David.(S) What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. I know your deeds.(T) See, I have placed before you an open door(U) that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.(V) I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan,(W) who claim to be Jews though they are not,(X) but are liars—I will make them come and fall down at your feet(Y) and acknowledge that I have loved you.(Z) 10 Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you(AA) from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world(AB) to test(AC) the inhabitants of the earth.(AD)

11 I am coming soon.(AE) Hold on to what you have,(AF) so that no one will take your crown.(AG) 12 The one who is victorious(AH) I will make a pillar(AI) in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God(AJ) and the name of the city of my God,(AK) the new Jerusalem,(AL) which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name. 13 Whoever has ears, let them hear(AM) what the Spirit says to the churches.

To the Church in Laodicea

14 “To the angel of the church in Laodicea(AN) write:

These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness,(AO) the ruler of God’s creation.(AP) 15 I know your deeds,(AQ) that you are neither cold nor hot.(AR) I wish you were either one or the other! 16 So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. 17 You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’(AS) But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.(AT) 18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire,(AU) so you can become rich; and white clothes(AV) to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness;(AW) and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.

19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline.(AX) So be earnest and repent.(AY) 20 Here I am! I stand at the door(AZ) and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door,(BA) I will come in(BB) and eat with that person, and they with me.

21 To the one who is victorious,(BC) I will give the right to sit with me on my throne,(BD) just as I was victorious(BE) and sat down with my Father on his throne. 22 Whoever has ears, let them hear(BF) what the Spirit says to the churches.”

Footnotes

  1. Revelation 3:1 Or messenger; also in verses 7 and 14
  2. Revelation 3:1 That is, the sevenfold Spirit

And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.

Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.

Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.

Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.

He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;

I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.

Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.

10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.

12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.

13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;

15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.

16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.