Ugubutulu 3
1 “Gulembi hangu kwa ntumintumi gwa kumpindi gwa shipinga sha wantu shawamjimira Yesu wa aku Saridi. “Avi ndo visoweru vya ulii yakawera na rohu saba zya Mlungu na ntondu saba nonga hangu. Nuvimana vitwatira vyaku vyoseri, nuvimana gumanika kuwera na ukomu kumbiti guhowa!
‘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.
2 Gwimuki! Gugangamaziyi shoseri shiheri shashisigala, shashiwera pakwegera kufuwa. Toziya mpaka vinu, haneniwoni matendu gaku kuwera gaherepa palongolu pa Mlungu gwangu.
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.
3 Guliholi galii gagufunditwi na yagugapikaniriti, gugajimili na kulonga madoda. Paguwera masu ndiri hanukwiziri vumu gambira shimpegu na haguvimani ndiri nakamu lisaa lyanukwizira kukutoza.
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.
4 Kumbiti kwana wadidini aku Saridi weni wazidodisiya ndiri nguwu zyawu. Womberi ndo wastahili kugendagenda pamuhera naneni, wavala nguwu mfufu.
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.
5 Mkanka gambira awa, hakavalisiwi nguwu mfufu. Naneni hapeni mbusiyi litawu lyakuwi kulawa mushintola sha ukomu, kayi hanumjimili handa ndo gwangu palongolu pa Tati gwangu na palongolu pa wantumintumi wa kumpindi wakuwi.
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.
6 “Yakawera na makutu su kagapikiniri weri galii Rohu yakavigambira vipinga vya wantu vyawamjimira Yesu!
Let those who have ears hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches.
7 “Gulembi hangu kwa ntumintumi gwa kumpindi gwa shipinga sha wantu shawamjimira Yesu wa aku Filadefiya. “Avi ndo visoweru vya ulii yakawera mnanagala na gwa nakaka, nayomberi kana funguwu wa Dawudi na yomberi pakavugula kwahera yakaweza kutata na kwahera yakaweza kuvugula.
‘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:
8 Nuvimana vitwatira vyaku vyoseri! Vinu nvugula palongolu paku mlyangu gweni kwahera muntu yakaweza kugutata, nuvimana handa tembera gwahera makakala nentu. Ata hangu, gushijimira shisoweru shangu pota kulilema litawu lyangu.
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.
9 Gupikaniri! Hanukupanani wantu wa shipinga sha Shetani, wantu weni walishema kuwera ndo Wayawudi, kumbiti ndiri, ira walonga upaya, hanuwatendi wizi kwa gwenga na kuwatenda wasuntumali palongolu paku wapati kuvimana handa neni nukufira gwenga.
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.
10 Toziya gwenga guvikola visoweru vyangu vya kuwera na uhepelera nakamu, neni hanukuloleri weri shipindi sha uhushu wauwiza pasipanu poseri kuwajera woseri yawalikala isi zoseri.
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.
11 Niza kwa gwenga kanongola! Gukolileri kwa makakala shaguwera nashu vinu, su nagupokwa lijenjeri lyaku na muntu yoseri.
I will come quickly. Hold to what you have received so that no one may take your crown.
12 Mkanka hanumtendi kaweri mpanda munumba nkulu ya Mlungu gwangu na hapeni kalawi nakamu. Hanembi viraa pampindi pakuwi litawu lya Mlungu gwangu na litawu lya lushi lya Mlungu gwangu, ndo Yerusalemu ya syayi, lushi lweni halusuluki kulawa kumpindi kwa Mlungu gwangu. Kayi hanembi pampindi pakuwi litawu lyangu lya syayi.
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.
13 “Yakawera na makutu su kagapikiniri weri galii Rohu yakavigambira vipinga vya wantu vyawamjimira Yesu!”
Let those who have ears hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches.
14 “Gulembi hangu kwa ntumintumi gwa kumpindi gwa shipinga sha wantu shawamjimira Yesu wa aku Laudikiya. “Avi ndo visoweru vya ulii yawanshema Yina hangu, kapitawu mwaminika na gwa nakaka, mweni ndo shanjiru sha viwumbi vyoseri vyakavinyawiti Mlungu.
‘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:
15 Nugamana matendu gaku goseri! Nuvimana handa gwenga gupyupa ndiri ama guzizima ndiri. Mbaka meguweri shimushawu, kuzizima ama kupyupa!
I know your life; I know that you are neither cold nor hot. If only you were either cold or hot!
16 Su toziya ntambu yaku yahemuhemu, gupyupa ndiri ama guzizima ndiri, su napakwegera kukutapika!
But now, because you are lukewarm, neither hot nor cold, I am about to spit you out of my mouth.
17 Gwenga gulitakulira, ‘Neni na mlunda nana vintu vivuwa su mfira ndiri shintu shoseri.’ Kumbiti guvimana ndiri handa gwenga gwana tabu, gufiruwa wakuwoneri lusungu, mhushu, mlwisi kayi gwa shivula!
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!
18 Nukugambira guhemeri kwaneni zaabu igululitwi kwa motu guweri mlunda nakaka. Kayi mbaka guhemeri vilaa nguwu mfufu, guvali na kugubika soni za shivula shaku. Guhemeri vilaa mgota gwakaswagi gupati kuwona.
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.
19 Neni numkalipira na kumwazibu yoseri yanumfira. Hangu gulanguziyi nfiru yaku yoseri na kuleka vidoda vyagutenda.
All whom I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be in earnest and repent.
20 Gupikaniri! Neni ngoloka pamlyangu na kukota hodi. Muntu pakapikanira liziwu lyangu na kuvugula mlyangu, haningiri mngati na kuliya shiboga pamuhera nayomberi, nayomberi hakaliyi pamuhera naneni.
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.
21 Mkanka hanumpanani kulivaga pamuhera naneni mushigoda shangu sha ufalumi, gambira vilii neni namweni panewiti mkanka nulivagiti pamuhera na Tati gwangu mushibanta shakuwi sha ufalumi.
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.
22 “Yakawera na makutu su kapikaniri weri galii Rohu yakavigambira vipinga vya wantu vyawamjimira Yesu!”
Let those who have ears hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches.’
