Revelation 3
1 “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 life, and that people say of you that you are living, though you are dead.
Og skriv til Menighedens Engel i Sardes: Dette siger han, som har de syv Guds Aander og de syv Stjerner: Jeg kender dine Gerninger, at da har Ord for at leve og er dog død.
2 Be on the watch, and strengthen what still survives, though once it was all but dead; for I have not found your life perfect in the eyes of my God.
Bliv vaagen og styrk det øvrige, som ellers vilde dø; thi jeg har ikke fundet dine Gerninger fuldkommede for min Gud.
3 Therefore remember what you have received and heard, and lay it to heart and repent. Unless you are on the watch, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I am coming to you.
Kom derfor i Hu, hvorledes du modtog og hørte, og bevar det og omvend dig! Dersom du altsaa ikke vaager, skal jeg komme som en Tyv, og du skal ikke vide, i hvilken Time jeg kommer over dig.
4 Yet there are some few among you at Sardis who did not soil their robes; they will walk with me, robed in white, for they are worthy.
Dog har du i Sardes nogle faa Personer, som ikke have besmittet deres Klæder; de skulle vandre med mig i hvide Klæder, thi de ere værdige dertil.
5 Those who conquer will be clothed in these white robes, and I will not strike their name out of the book of life; but I will own them before my Father, and before his angels.
Den, som sejrer, han skal saaledes iføres hvide Klæder, og jeg vil ikke udslette hans Navn af Livets Bog, og jeg vil bekende hans Navn for min Fader og for hans Engle.
6 Let those who have ears hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches.
Den, som har Øre, høre, hvad Aanden siger til Menighederne!
7 “To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the Key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and shuts and no one opens:
Og skriv til Menighedens Engel i Filadelfia: Dette siger den hellige, den sanddru, han, som har Davids Nøgle, han, som lukker op, saa ingen lukker i, og lukker i, saa ingen lukker op:
8 I know your life (see, I have set a door open before you which no one is able to shut), I know that, though you have but little strength, you kept my teaching in mind, and did not disown my name.
Jeg kender dine Gerninger. Se, jeg har givet dig, at der foran dig er en aabnet Dør, som ingen kan lukke; thi du har kun liden Kraft, og dog har du bevaret mit Ord og ikke fornægtet mit Navn.
9 Listen, I give some of the congregation of Satan, the people who declare that they are God’s people, though they are not, but are lying – I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will learn that I loved you.
Se, jeg lader komme nogle af Satans Synagoge, som kalde sig selv Jøder og ikke ere det, men lyve. Se, jeg vil gøre, at de skulle komme og tilbede for dine Fødder og kende, at jeg har fattet Kærlighed til dig.
10 Because you kept in mind the story of my endurance, I will keep you in the hour of trial that is about to come on the whole world, the hour that will test all who are living on earth.
Efterdi du har bevaret mit Ord om Udholdenheden, vil ogsaa jeg bevare dig ud af Fristelsens Stund, som skal komme over hele Jorderige for at friste dem, som bo paa Jorden.
11 I will come quickly. Hold to what you have received so that no one may take your crown.
Jeg kommer snart! Hold fast ved det, du har, for at ingen skal tage din Krone.
12 Those who conquer – I will make them a pillar in the Temple of my God; and never more will they leave it; and I will write on them the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the New Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God, and I will write on them my new name.
Den, som sejrer, ham vil jeg gøre til en Søjle i min Guds Tempel, og han skal ikke mere gaa ud derfra; og jeg vil skrive paa ham min Guds Navn og min Guds Stads Navn, det nye Jerusalem, der kommer ned fra Himmelen fra min Gud, og mit nye Navn.
13 Let those who have ears hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches.
Den, som har Øre, høre, hvad Aanden siger til Menighederne!
14 “To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Unchanging One, the witness faithful and true, the beginning of the Creation of God:
Og skriv til Menighedens Engel i Laodikea: Dette siger han, som er Amen, det troværdige og sanddru Vidne, Guds Skabnings Begyndelse:
15 I know your life; I know that you are neither cold nor hot. If only you were either cold or hot!
Jeg kender dine Gerninger, at du hverken er kold eller varm; gid du var kold eller varm!
16 But now, because you are lukewarm, neither hot nor cold, I am about to spit you out of my mouth.
Derfor, efterdi du er lunken og hverken varm eller kold, vil jeg udspy dig af min Mund;
17 You say ‘I am rich and have grown rich, and I want for nothing,’ and you do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, naked!
fordi du siger: Jeg er rig og har vundet Rigdom og fattes intet; og du ved ikke, at du er den elendige og jammerlige og fattige og blinde og nøgne.
18 Therefore I counsel you to buy from me gold which has been refined by fire so that you may grow rich; and white robes, so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness be hidden; and ointment to anoint your eyes, so that you may see.
Jeg raader dig, at du af mig køber Guld, lutret i Ilden, for at du kan blive rig, og hvide Klæder, for at du kan klæde dig dermed, og din Nøgenheds Skam ikke skal blottes, og Øjensalve til at salve dine Øjne med, for at du kan se.
19 All whom I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be in earnest and repent.
Alle dem, jeg elsker, dem revser og tugter jeg; vær derfor nidkær og omvend dig!
20 I am standing at the door and knocking! If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will go in, and will feast with them, and they will feast with me.
Se, jeg staar for Døren og banker; dersom nogen hører min Røst og aabner Døren, vil jeg gaa ind til ham og holde Nadvere med ham, og han med mig.
21 To those who conquer – to them I will give the right to sit beside me on my throne, as I, when I conquered, took my seat beside my Father on his throne.
Den, som sejrer, ham vil jeg give at tage Sæde hos mig paa min Trone, ligesom jeg har sejret og har taget Sæde hos min Fader paa hans Trone.
22 Let those who have ears hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches.”
Den, som har Øre, høre, hvad Aanden siger til Menighederne!
