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].
aparaṁ sārddisthasamite rdūtaṁ pratīdaṁ likha, yo jana īśvarasya saptātmanaḥ sapta tārāśca dhārayati sa eva bhāṣate, tava kriyā mama gocarāḥ, tvaṁ jīvadākhyo 'si tathāpi mṛto 'si tadapi jānāmi|
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.
prabuddho bhava, avaśiṣṭaṁ yadyat mṛtakalpaṁ tadapi sabalīkuru yata īśvarasya sākṣāt tava karmmāṇi na siddhānīti pramāṇaṁ mayā prāptaṁ|
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.
ataḥ kīdṛśīṁ śikṣāṁ labdhavān śrutavāścāsi tat smaran tāṁ pālaya svamanaḥ parivarttaya ca| cet prabuddho na bhavestarhyahaṁ stena iva tava samīpam upasthāsyāmi kiñca kasmin daṇḍe upasthāsyāmi tanna jñāsyasi|
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].
tathāpi yaiḥ svavāsāṁsi na kalaṅkitāni tādṛśāḥ katipayalokāḥ sārddinagare 'pi tava vidyante te śubhraparicchadai rmama saṅge gamanāgamane kariṣyanti yataste yogyāḥ|
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].
yo jano jayati sa śubhraparicchadaṁ paridhāpayiṣyante, ahañca jīvanagranthāt tasya nāma nāntardhāpayiṣyāmi kintu matpituḥ sākṣāt tasya dūtānāṁ sākṣācca tasya nāma svīkariṣyāmi|
6 Everyone who wants to understand [MTY] must listen carefully to the message that [God’s] Spirit speaks to the congregations.’”
yasya śrotraṁ vidyate sa samitīḥ pratyucyamānām ātmanaḥ kathāṁ śṛṇotu|
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.
aparañca philādilphiyāsthasamite rdūtaṁ pratīdaṁ likha, yaḥ pavitraḥ satyamayaścāsti dāyūdaḥ kuñjikāṁ dhārayati ca yena mocite 'paraḥ ko'pi na ruṇaddhi ruddhe cāparaḥ ko'pi na mocayati sa eva bhāṣate|
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].
tava kriyā mama gocarāḥ paśya tava samīpe 'haṁ muktaṁ dvāraṁ sthāpitavān tat kenāpi roddhuṁ na śakyate yatastavālpaṁ balamāste tathāpi tvaṁ mama vākyaṁ pālitavān mama nāmno 'svīkāraṁ na kṛtavāṁśca|
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.
paśya yihūdīyā na santo ye mṛṣāvādinaḥ svān yihūdīyān vadanti teṣāṁ śayatānasamājīyānāṁ kāṁścid aham āneṣyāmi paśya te madājñāta āgatya tava caraṇayoḥ praṇaṁsyanti tvañca mama priyo 'sīti jñāsyanti|
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].
tvaṁ mama sahiṣṇutāsūcakaṁ vākyaṁ rakṣitavānasi tatkāraṇāt pṛthivīnivāsināṁ parīkṣārthaṁ kṛtsnaṁ jagad yenāgāmiparīkṣādinenākramiṣyate tasmād ahamapi tvāṁ rakṣiṣyāmi|
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.
paśya mayā śīghram āgantavyaṁ tava yadasti tat dhāraya ko 'pi tava kirīṭaṁ nāpaharatu|
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].
yo jano jayati tamahaṁ madīyeśvarasya mandire stambhaṁ kṛtvā sthāpayisyāmi sa puna rna nirgamiṣyati| aparañca tasmin madīyeśvarasya nāma madīyeśvarasya puryyā api nāma arthato yā navīnā yirūśānam purī svargāt madīyeśvarasya samīpād avarokṣyati tasyā nāma mamāpi nūtanaṁ nāma lekhiṣyāmi|
13 Everyone who wants to understand [MTY] must listen carefully to the message that [God’s] Spirit speaks to the congregations.’”
yasya śrotraṁ vidyate sa samitīḥ pratyucyamānām ātmanaḥ kathāṁ śṛṇotu|
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].
aparañca lāyadikeyāsthasamite rdūtaṁ pratīdaṁ likha, ya āmen arthato viśvāsyaḥ satyamayaśca sākṣī, īśvarasya sṛṣṭerādiścāsti sa eva bhāṣate|
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!
tava kriyā mama gocarāḥ tvaṁ śīto nāsi tapto 'pi nāsīti jānāmi|
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.
tava śītatvaṁ taptatvaṁ vā varaṁ bhavet, śīto na bhūtvā tapto 'pi na bhūtvā tvamevambhūtaḥ kadūṣṇo 'si tatkāraṇād ahaṁ svamukhāt tvām udvamiṣyāmi|
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.
ahaṁ dhanī samṛddhaścāsmi mama kasyāpyabhāvo na bhavatīti tvaṁ vadasi kintu tvameva duḥkhārtto durgato daridro 'ndho nagnaścāsi tat tvayā nāvagamyate|
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.
tvaṁ yad dhanī bhavestadarthaṁ matto vahnau tāpitaṁ suvarṇaṁ krīṇīhi nagnatvāt tava lajjā yanna prakāśeta tadarthaṁ paridhānāya mattaḥ śubhravāsāṁsi krīṇīhi yacca tava dṛṣṭiḥ prasannā bhavet tadarthaṁ cakṣurlepanāyāñjanaṁ mattaḥ krīṇīhīti mama mantraṇā|
19 [Since] I rebuke and correct all those whom I affectionately love, earnestly stop your sinful behavior.
yeṣvahaṁ prīye tān sarvvān bhartsayāmi śāsmi ca, atastvam udyamaṁ vidhāya manaḥ parivarttaya|
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].
paśyāhaṁ dvāri tiṣṭhan tad āhanmi yadi kaścit mama ravaṁ śrutvā dvāraṁ mocayati tarhyahaṁ tasya sannidhiṁ praviśya tena sārddhaṁ bhokṣye so 'pi mayā sārddhaṁ bhokṣyate|
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.
aparamahaṁ yathā jitavān mama pitrā ca saha tasya siṁhāsana upaviṣṭaścāsmi, tathā yo jano jayati tamahaṁ mayā sārddhaṁ matsiṁhāsana upaveśayiṣyāmi|
22 Everyone who wants to understand [MTY] must listen carefully to the message that [God’s] Spirit speaks to the congregations.’”
yasya śrotraṁ vidyate sa samitīḥ pratyucyamānam ātmanaḥ kathāṁ śṛṇotu|
