< Pahayag 3 >
1 “Sa anghel ng iglesya ng Sardis isulat: 'Ang mga salita ng isa na siyang hawak ang pitong mga espiritu ng Diyos at ng pitong mga bituin. “'Alam ko ang inyong ginawa. Mayroon kayong isang dangal na kayo ay buhay, pero kayo ay patay.
“And to the Angel of the Church of Sardis write: Thus says he who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars: I know your works, that you have a name which is alive, but you are dead.
2 Gumising at palakasin ninyo ang natitira, pero malapit ng mamatay, dahil hindi ko natagpuan ang inyong mga gawa na ganap sa paningin ng Diyos.
Be vigilant, and confirm the things that remain, lest they soon die out. For I do not find your works to be full in the sight of my God.
3 Kaya tandaan, kung ano ang inyong tinanggap at narinig. Sundin ito, at magsisi. Pero kung hindi kayo gigising, darating ako na parang isang magnanakaw, at hindi ninyo malalaman kung anong oras ako darating laban sa inyo.
Therefore, keep in mind the way that you have received and heard, and then observe it and repent. But if you will not be vigilant, I will come to you like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.
4 Pero may ilang mga pangalan ng mga tao sa Sardis na hindi dinumihan ang kanilang mga damit. Lalakad silang kasama ko, nakadamit ng puti, dahil sila ay karapat-dapat.
But you have a few names in Sardis who have not defiled their garments. And these shall walk with me in white, because they are worthy.
5 Ang isa na siyang nakalupig ay susuotan ng puting damit, at hindi ko kailanman buburahin ang kaniyang pangalan sa aklat ng buhay, at sasabihin ko ang kaniyang pangalan sa harap ng aking Ama, at sa harapan ng kaniyang mga anghel.
Whoever prevails, so shall he be clothed in white vestments. And I will not delete his name from the Book of Life. And I will confess his name in the presence of my Father and in the presence of his Angels.
6 Kung mayroon kayong tainga, pakinggan kung ano ang sinasabi ng Espiritu sa mga iglesya.
Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the Churches.
7 “Sa anghel ng iglesya ng Filadelfia isulat: Ang mga salita ng isa na siyang banal at tunay — hawak niya ang susi ni David, binubuksan niya at walang isang makapagsasara, sinasara niya at walang sinuman ang maaaring magbukas.
And to the Angel of the Church of Philadelphia write: Thus says the Holy One, the True One, he who holds the key of David. He opens and no one closes. He closes and no one opens.
8 Alam ko ang inyong ginawa. Tingnan ninyo, Inilagay ko sa inyong harap ang isang pintuang bukas na walang sinuman ang maaaring ikulong. Alam kong mayroon kayong kaunting kalakasan, gayunman sinunod ninyo ang aking salita at hindi itinanggi ang aking pangalan.
I know your works. Behold, I have set an open door before you, which no one is able to close. For you have little power, and you have observed my word, and you have not denied my name.
9 Bantayan ninyo! Sila na siyang nabibilang sa sinagoga ni Satanas, sila na siyang nagsabing na sila ay mga Judio pero hindi, — sa halip sila ay nagsisinungaling. Palalapitin ko sila at payuyukuin ko sa harap ng inyong mga paa, at malalaman nila na minahal ko kayo.
Behold, I will take from the synagogue of Satan those who declare themselves to be Jews and are not, for they are lying. Behold, I will cause them to approach and to reverence before your feet. And they shall know that I have loved you.
10 Yamang pinanatili ninyo ang aking utos na matiyagang pagtitiis. Iingatan ko rin kayo mula sa oras ng pagsubok na darating sa buong mundo, para subukin sila na siyang nakatira sa mundo.
Since you have kept the word of my patient endurance, I also will keep you from the hour of temptation, which shall overcome the whole world in order to test those living upon the earth.
11 Ako ay malapit nang dumating. Mahigpit na panghawakan kung anong mayroon kayo kaya walang sinuman ang maaaring mag-alis ng inyong korona.
Behold, I am approaching quickly. Hold on to what you have, so that no one may take your crown.
12 Gagawin kong isang haligi sa templo ng aking Diyos ang isa na siyang nakalupig, at hindi na siya kailanman lalabas dito. Isusulat ko sa kaniya ang pangalan ng aking Diyos, ang pangalan ng lungsod ng aking Diyos (ang bagong Jerusalem, na bumababa sa langit mula sa aking Diyos), at ang aking bagong pangalan.
Whoever prevails, I will set him as a column in the temple of my God, and he shall not depart from it anymore. And I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem that descends out of heaven from my God, and my new name.
13 Ang isa na siyang may tainga, hayaan siyang makinig sa sinasabi ng Espiritu sa mga iglesya.
Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the Churches.
14 Sa anghel ng iglesya sa Laodicea isulat: 'Ang mga salita ng Amen, ang maaasahan at totoong saksi, ang tagapamahala sa nilikha ng Diyos.
And to the Angel of the Church of Laodicea write: Thus says the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, who is the Beginning of the creation of God:
15 Alam ko kung ano ang inyong ginawa, at kayo na sinumang malamig o mainit. Nais ko na kayo ay maging malamig ni mainit!
I know your works: that you are neither cold, nor hot. I wish that you were either cold or hot.
16 Kaya, dahil kayo ay maligamgam — ni mainit o malamig — malapit ko na kayong isuka buhat sa aking bibig.
But because you are lukewarm and are neither cold nor hot, I will begin to vomit you out of my mouth.
17 Dahil sinabi mo, “Mayaman ako, marami akong materyal na pag-aari, at wala akong pangangailangan.” Pero hindi mo alam na ikaw ang pinakamalungkot, kaawa-awa, dukha, bulag at hubad.
For you declare, ‘I am wealthy, and I have been enriched further, and I have need of nothing.’ And you do not know that you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.
18 Pakinggan ang aking payo: Bumili ka mula sa akin ng gintong pinino sa pamamagitan ng apoy kaya maaari kang maging mayaman, at makinang na mga puting damit kaya maaari mong damitan ang iyong sarili at hindi makikita ang kahihiyan ng iyong kahubaran, at papanatag para pahiran ang iyong mga mata kaya maaari kang makakita.
I urge you to buy from me gold, tested by fire, so that you may be enriched and may be clothed in white vestments, and so that the shame of your nakedness may disappear. And anoint your eyes with an eye salve, so that you may see.
19 Bawat isa na mahal ko ay sinasanay ko at tinuturuan sila paano dapat mamuhay. Kaya, maging masigasig at magsisi.
Those whom I love, I rebuke and chastise. Therefore, be zealous and do penance.
20 Tingnan ninyo, ako ay nakatayo sa may pinto at kumakatok. Kung sinuman ang nakaririnig sa aking tinig at nagbubukas ng pinto, papasok ako sa kaniyang tahanan at kakain kasama niya, at siya sa akin.
Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone will hear my voice and will open the door to me, I will enter to him, and I will dine with him, and he with me.
21 Ang isa na siyang nakalupig, bibigyan ko ng karapatang umupo kasama ko sa aking trono, gaya nang ako ay nakalupig at umupo kasama ng aking Ama sa kaniang trono.
Whoever prevails, I will grant to him to sit with me on my throne, just as I also have overcome and have sat down with my Father on his throne.
22 Kung mayroon kang tainga, makinig sa sinasabi ng Espiritu sa mga iglesya.
Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the Churches.”