Revelation 3
1 ANd write vnto the Angel of the Church which is at Sardis, These things saith he that hath the seuen Spirits of God, and the seuen starres, I knowe thy workes: for thou hast a name that thou liuest, but thou art dead.
“Kwa malaika wa kanisa la Sarde andika hivi: “Huu ndio ujumbe kutoka kwake yeye aliye na roho saba za Mungu na nyota saba. Nayajua mambo yako yote; najua unajulikana kuwa na uhai kumbe umekufa!
2 Be awake, and strengthen the things which remaine, that are readie to die: for I haue not found thy workes perfite before God.
Amka! Imarisha chochote chema kilichokubakia kabla nacho hakijatoweka kabisa. Maana, mpaka sasa, sijayaona matendo yako kuwa ni makamilifu mbele ya Mungu wangu.
3 Remember therefore, how thou hast receiued and heard, and hold fast and repent. If therefore thou wilt not watch, I will come on thee as a thiefe, and thou shalt not know what houre I wil come vpon thee.
Kumbuka, basi, yale uliyofundishwa na jinsi ulivyoyasikia, uyatii na ubadili nia yako mbaya. Usipokesha nitakujia ghafla kama mwizi, na wala hutaijua saa nitakapokujia.
4 Notwithstanding thou hast a few names yet in Sardis, which haue not defiled their garments: and they shall walke with me in white: for they are worthy.
Lakini wako wachache huko Sarde ambao hawakuyachafua mavazi yao. Hao wanastahili kutembea pamoja nami wakiwa wamevaa mavazi meupe.
5 He that ouercommeth, shalbe clothed in white araye, and I will not put out his name out of the booke of life, but I will confesse his name before my Father, and before his Angels.
“Wale wanaoshinda, watavikwa mavazi meupe kama hao. Nami sitayafuta majina yao kutoka katika kitabu cha uzima; tena nitawakiri kwamba ni wangu mbele ya Baba yangu na mbele ya malaika wake.
6 Let him that hath an eare, heare, what the Spirite saith vnto the Churches.
“Aliye na masikio, basi, na ayasikie yale Roho anayoyaambia makanisa!
7 And write vnto ye Angel of ye Church which is of Philadelphia, These things saith he that is Holy, and True, which hath ye keye of Dauid, which openeth and no man shutteth, and shutteth and no man openeth,
“Kwa malaika wa kanisa la Filadelfia andika hivi: “Huu ndio ujumbe kutoka kwake yeye aliye mtakatifu na wa kweli, ambaye anao ule ufunguo wa Daudi, na ambaye hufungua na hakuna mtu awezaye kufungua.
8 I knowe thy workes: beholde, I haue set before thee an open doore, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a litle strength and hast kept my worde, and hast not denied my Name.
Nayajua mambo yako yote! Sasa, nimefungua mbele yako mlango ambao hakuna mtu awezaye kuufunga; najua kwamba ingawa huna nguvu sana, hata hivyo, umezishika amri zangu, umelitii neno langu wala hukulikana jina langu.
9 Behold, I will make them of the Synagogue of Satan, which call themselues Iewes, and are not, but doe lye: beholde, I say, I will make them, that they shall come and worship before thy feete, and shall knowe that I haue loued thee.
Sikiliza! Nitawapeleka kwako watu wa kundi lake Shetani, watu ambao hujisema kuwa ni Wayahudi, kumbe ni wadanganyifu. Naam, nitawapeleka kwako na kuwafanya wapige magoti mbele yako wapate kujua kwamba kweli nakupenda wewe.
10 Because thou hast kept the woorde of my patience, therefore I wil deliuer thee from the houre of tentation, which will come vpon all the world, to trie them that dwell vpon the earth.
Kwa kuwa wewe umezingatia agizo langu la kuwa na uvumilivu, nami pia nitakutegemeza salama wakati ule wa dhiki inayoujia ulimwengu mzima kuwajaribu wote wanaoishi duniani.
11 Beholde, I come shortly: holde that which thou hast, that no man take thy crowne.
Naja kwako upesi! Linda, basi, ulicho nacho sasa, ili usije ukanyang'anywa na mtu yeyote taji yako ya ushindi.
12 Him that ouercommeth, will I make a pillar in the Temple of my God, and he shall goe no more out: and I will write vpon him the Name of my God, and the name of the citie of my God, which is the newe Hierusalem, which commeth downe out of heauen from my God, and I will write vpon him my newe Name.
“Wale wanaoshinda nitawafanya wawe minara katika Hekalu la Mungu wangu, na hawatatoka humo kamwe. Pia nitaandika juu yao jina la Mungu wangu na jina la mji wa Mungu wangu, yaani Yerusalemu mpya, mji ambao utashuka kutoka juu mbinguni kwa Mungu wangu. Tena nitaandika juu yao jina langu jipya.
13 Let him that hath an eare, heare what ye Spirit saith vnto the Churches.
“Aliye na masikio, basi, na ayasikie yale Roho anayoyaambia makanisa!
14 And vnto the Angell of the Church of the Laodiceans write, These things saieth Amen, the faithfull and true witnesse, that beginning of the creatures of God.
“Kwa malaika wa kanisa la Laodikea andika hivi: “Huu ndio ujumbe kutoka kwake yeye aitwaye Amina. Yeye ni shahidi mwaminifu na wa kweli, ambaye ni chanzo cha viumbe vyote alivyoumba Mungu.
15 I knowe thy woorkes, that thou art neither colde nor hote: I woulde thou werest colde or hote.
Nayajua mambo yako yote! Najua kwamba wewe si baridi wala si moto. Afadhali ungekuwa kimojawapo: baridi au moto.
16 Therefore, because thou art luke warme, and neither colde nor hote, it will come to passe, that I shall spewe thee out of my mouth.
Basi, kwa kuwa hali yako ni vuguvugu, si baridi wala si moto, nitakutapika!
17 For thou saiest, I am rich and increased with goods, and haue neede of nothing, and knowest not howe thou art wretched and miserable, and poore, and blinde, and naked.
Wewe unajisema, Mimi ni tajiri; ninajitosheleza, sina haja ya kitu chochote. Kumbe, hujui kwamba wewe ni mnyonge, unahitaji kuhurumiwa, maskini, kipofu tena uko uchi!
18 I counsell thee to bye of me gold tried by the fire, that thou maiest bee made rich: and white raiment, that thou maiest be clothed, and that thy filthie nakednesse doe not appeare: and anoynt thine eyes with eye salue, that thou maiest see.
Nakushauri ununue kwangu dhahabu iliyosafishwa kwa moto upate kuwa tajiri kweli. Tena afadhali ununue pia vazi jeupe, uvae na kufunika aibu ya uchi wako. Nunua pia mafuta ukapake machoni pako upate kuona.
19 As many as I loue, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore and amend.
Mimi ndiye mwenye kumwonya na kumrudi yeyote ninayempenda. Kwa hiyo kaza moyo, achana na dhambi zako.
20 Behold, I stand at the doore, and knocke. If any man heare my voice and open ye doore, I wil come in vnto him, and will suppe with him, and he with me.
Sikiliza! Mimi nasimama mlangoni na kubisha hodi. Mtu akisikia sauti yangu na kufungua mlango, nitaingia nyumbani kwake na kula chakula pamoja naye, naye atakula pamoja nami.
21 To him that ouercommeth, will I graunt to sit with me in my throne, euen as I ouercame, and sit with my Father in his throne.
“Wale wanaoshinda nitawaketisha pamoja nami juu ya kiti changu cha enzi, kama vile mimi mwenyewe nilivyoshinda nikaketi pamoja na Baba yangu juu ya kiti chake cha enzi.
22 Let him that hath an eare, heare what the Spirit saieth vnto the Churches.
“Aliye na masikio, basi, na ayasikie yale Roho anayoyaambia makanisa!”
