Revelation 3
1 “Write [this message] to the leader [MET] of the congregation in Sardis [city]: ‘I am saying these things [to you. I am] the one who can give [to people] all the power of God’s Spirit (OR, in whom is the Spirit of God who has all kinds of power; OR, [who has God’s Spirit, who is symbolized as] seven spirits), and [I am the one] who has the seven stars. I know everything that you have done. You [(pl)] appear to be alive [spiritually], but [you are so weak spiritually it is as though] you are dead [MET].
“Sardis chaas dowa rangsah suh raang uh: “Arah tiitkhaap ah marah jinni Rangte moong achaang sinet nyia ritsi sinet angta wah taangnawa. Ngah ih ejat ehang an tiimjih reelu; mina loong ih liiha an ething anglu enoothong an etek choi!
2 [Become aware of your spiritual need as though you were] awaking [from sleep] [MET], and strengthen [yourself spiritually, because you are so useless that you are like someone who is] about to die [MET]. [You must do this] because I know that my God considers that nothing that you do is satisfactory.
Maangthoon thotti ko doh saat uh eno an tah timthan jeela erah hukchat uh. Mamah liidih sen sok rumha di sen loong ah Rangte reeni maang pun kan.
3 So then, keep remembering [God’s message, what] you accepted when you heard it. Obey it continually, and turn away from your sinful behavior. If [you do not become aware of your spiritual need and turn away from your] [MET] [sinful behavior], I will come to you [when you are not expecting me], as a thief [comes] [SIM]. You will never know at what time I will come to [judge] you.
Dokthun thaak an, sen suh mamah ih nyoot tahan nyia sen ih mamah ih chaattan rah ah; erah nyootsoot tahan ah kap anno sen rangdah nawa ngaak han. Sen lamok saat kanbah, ngah sen jinna ehuh likhiik raahang, eno sen ih tim saapoot doh raahang erah uh tah jatkan ang an.
4 Nevertheless, [there] in Sardis you have a few members who [have not been doing what is wrong. It is as though they] have not soiled their garments [MET]. As a result, because they are worthy [to live with me], they will live with me [and will be pure in every way] [MET], [like people who are dressed] in [pure] white [clothing].
Enoothong Sardis ni tongte marah marah sen loong ih nyuh akhat ah esa thinhan. Sen loong nga damdoh nyuh epuung ah kap anno jen nong khoom ehan, mamah liidih sen loong ah nga damdoh khoom suh epun eh an.
5 Everyone who conquers [Satan] I will dress in these same white garments [MET] (OR, will be [pure in every way as though they are] dressed in these white garments), and I will never erase their names from the book [that contains the names of the people who have eternal] life. Instead, as my Father and his angels are listening, I will acknowledge that they [MTY] [belong to me].
Ngo ih rangdah jen ah erah mina ih erah likhiik nyuh puung ejen kap eh ah, eno nga ih neng men ah ething leedap dowa tamat hut kang. Seng Wah nyia heh rangsah loong ngathong nah neng loong ah nga mina ngeh dokbaat rum ang.
6 Everyone who wants to understand [MTY] must listen carefully to the message that [God’s] Spirit speaks to the congregations.’”
“Sen na je an baleh chaat an, Chiiala ih chaas loong suh baat ha rah ah!
7 “Write [this message] to the leader [MET] of the congregation in Philadelphia [city]: ‘I am saying these things [to you. I am] God’s Holy One, the True One. [Just like King] David had authority [MTY] [to allow people to enter the ancient city of Jerusalem, so I have the authority to allow people to enter] my kingdom. [I am] the one who opens [doors] so that no one can close them, and who closes doors so that no one can open them.
“Philadelphia chaas nawa rangsah suh raang uh: “Arah tiitkhaap ah esa wah nyia amiisak wah taangnawa. Dewid saabi ah heh taang ni, eno heh ih kaasak ah daap adoh wahoh ih tajen sakka ang ah, eno heh ih kaasak ah sak abah, ngo ih uh tajen daapka.
8 I know everything you have done. Be aware that I have opened a door before you, a door that no one can close. [I know that although] there are not [many believers] (OR, much [spiritual] strength) [MTY] [in your congregation], you have obeyed what I say, and you have not denied [that you believe in] me [MTY].
Ngah ih an tiimjih reelu ejat ehang; erah uh ejat ehang an jiinni chaan aphaan tanang jeeka; ngah ih nyoot rum taha rah ekap etan eno ngah suh rapne ih tuungmaang tahe. Ngah ih sen ngathong ni ngo ih uh lajen sakka kaasak ah daap tang.
9 [I am aware that] some of your people meet together with those who [follow/worship] Satan. They claim to be Jews, but I know that they are not true Jews. They are lying. I will cause them to come to you and to bow down [humbly] at your feet and to acknowledge that I love you.
Chaat thaak an! Jehudi lah ang rum kaadi Jehudi ngeh chaangte loong ah Soitaan roomte eno neng loong ah eleek, neng loong ah sen lathong nah khorongngot wang thuk rum hang. Sen suh minchan rumhala rah neng ih dong jat rum ah.
10 Because you have paid attention to the message to endure patiently [when you suffered], I will keep you [safe from those who will try to harm you spiritually] during the period/time that is about to come. At that time [God will cause rebellious people] on the earth to suffer, in order that I can determine [whether they will turn away from their sins or not].
Mamah liidih sen ih enaan esuh jengdang koh rum taha rah ekap etan, arah mongrep dowa mina loong ih hatoh adoh mina loong chamnaang taari rum adoh ngah ih uh sen epang erumha.
11 I am coming soon. [So] continue believe firmly the [message] that you have received, in order that no one may cause you to lose the reward [that God has reserved for] you.
Nga raak ah chang ela. An jiinni timjih jeela erah rapneene ih thin uh, thaang chotu rah mih ih nak toom jen nyeeho suh ah.
12 I will make everyone who conquers [Satan secure]. They will stand in the temple of my God, [they will stand firm like] [MET] pillars, and they will remain there forever. I will mark them with the name of my God, [showing that they belong to him. I will also mark them] with the name of the city of my God, [showing that they will live there. That city is] the New Jerusalem, the city that my God will cause to descend down from heaven. [I will also mark them] with my new name, [showing that they belong to me].
Ngo ih rangdah ah jen ah, erah mina ah ngah ih seng Rangte rangsoomnok nah thong ih hoon rum ang, eno neng ih erah tathin haat rumka. Erah doh nga Rangte men, nga Rangte samnuthung Jerusalem men raang ang, erah rangmong nawa nga Rangte taangnawa raaha. Nga men ena ah uh neng sak nah raang ang.
13 Everyone who wants to understand [MTY] must listen carefully to the message that [God’s] Spirit speaks to the congregations.’”
“Sen na je an baleh chaat an, Chiiala ih chaas loong suh baat ha rah ah!
14 “Write [this message] to the leader [MET] of the congregation in Laodicea [city: ‘I] am saying these things [to you. I am] the one who (guarantees [everything that God’s promises/] that [he] will do [all that he has promised]) [MET]. I am the one who testifies [about God] reliably and accurately. I am the one who God used to create [everything].
“Laodisia chaas dowa rangsah suh raang uh: “Arah tiitkhaap ah Amen wah taangnawa, tuungmaang theng nyia amiisak haaki, Rangte ih mathan dongsiitta erah dowa hehiing thoon ah heh.
15 I know everything that you have done: You [neither deny that you trust in me nor love/obey me zealously/wholeheartedly. You are like water that is] neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were either cold or hot!
Sen timjih re lan ngah ih ejat ehang; ngah ih ejat erum hala sen ekih uh tah ang kan ekhaam uh tah ang kan. Ngah nooklang ah langla sen arah nyi tung dowa esiit siit ba lah ang tan!
16 Because you are neither enthusiastic about me nor concerned about your lack of spiritual growth [MET], I am about to [reject] you [MET], [as if] I were spitting [lukewarm water] out of my mouth.
Enoothong sen loong lombuh, ekhaam uh tah ang kan ekih uh tah ang kan, erah raangtaan ih nga tui nawa doktook haat eh rumhala!
17 You are saying, “[Because we have all that we need spiritually], we are [like] rich [people who] have acquired a lot of wealth. We lack nothing!” But you do not realize that you are [lacking in so many ways spiritually that you are like] [MET] people who are very wretched and pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.
An ih liihu, ‘Ngah changteng nyia lasoot lasaam ih tongte; Enoothong an menmi chanke anglu eno chamnaang elu rah tajatko! An changthih, khookla, nyia edook anglu.
18 I advise you [to obtain from me all that you need spiritually, as though you were] buying from me gold that has been refined by fire {that fire has refined}, in order that you may be [truly] rich [MET] [spiritually. Let me make you righteous, as though you were] [MET] buying from me white garments in order that you might wear clothes instead of being naked and ashamed. [Let me help you to perceive spiritual things, as though] [MET] you were buying from me eye salve to put in your eyes in order that you might see.
Erah thoidi ngah ih huk renbaat hala, an changteng angsuh li ubah nga jin nawa hun miimi ah reh hang. An rakriiri khookla tonglu rah loop suh nga jin nawa nyuh epuung ah rehang. An miksing hut suh nyia tup suh phon anep uh eriik ehang.
19 [Since] I rebuke and correct all those whom I affectionately love, earnestly stop your sinful behavior.
Ngah ih minchanchan hang rah huk baat ehang nyia hoocham thuk ehang. An rangdah nawa lek suh esek eh uh.
20 Be aware that [I invite each one of you to respond to me] as though [MET] I [was] standing [waiting] at [your] door and knocking. I will come to all those who hear my voice and respond to me, and I [will fellowship] with them [as friends do when they] eat together [MET].
Boichaat thaak uh! An kaaluung reeni rengtok angno chaplang; marah mina ih nga root ah chaat ano kaaluung ah daap koh halang, erah nok adoh nopwang angno neng damdoh phaksat nong phaksah wang ang, eno neng ih nga damdoh nong phaksah rumha.
21 I will permit everyone who conquers [Satan] to sit [and rule] with me on my throne, just like I conquered [Satan] and now sit [and rule] beside my Father on his throne.
Marah mina ih rangdah jen ah, erah mina ah, ngah ih rangdah jen angno amadi seng Wah luuwang tongtheng ni tonglang likhiik nga tongtheng luuwang tongtheng re nah jen tong thuk ang.
22 Everyone who wants to understand [MTY] must listen carefully to the message that [God’s] Spirit speaks to the congregations.’”
“Sen na je an baleh chaat an, Chiiala ih chaas loong suh baat ha rah ah!
