Kuna Sardhi
Matsamba matatu manango. Sardhi una dzina yakuti uli maso mbwenye ndi wakufa, mabasa ace nee akumala pamaso pa Baba wace. Filadhelfya una mphamvu zing'onozing'ono mbwenye wakoya fala yace, natenepa nsuwo wakufunguka wakuti nkhabe munthu anakwanisa kuufunga. Laodhiseya usacemera ekha kuti ndi wakupfuma mbwenye uli maliseche. Iye ali cimire mbagogoda, mbadikhira.
3 1“Lembera anju wa mpingo wa ku Sardhi tenepa: Ule anaphata Nzimu zinomwe za Baba wathu na nyenyezi zinomwe asalonga kuti: Ndisadziwa mabasa anu. Muna dzina yakuti muli maso, mbwenye muli akufa.
2“Lamukani! Limbisani pyakusala pyakuti pili cifupi na kufa, thangwi nee ndagumana mabasa anu akumala pamaso pa Baba wanga. 3Na tenepo kumbukani ninga mudatambira na mudabva; koyani penepo, mbamusanduka. Mungakhonda kulindira, ndinadzabwera ninga mbava, pontho nkhabe mudzadziwa ndzidzi wakuti ndinadzabwera kuna imwe. 4Mbwenye muna anthu angasi mu Sardhi akuti nee adapswipisa nguwo zawo; iwo anadzafamba na Ine akubvala nguwo zakucena, thangwi ndi akuthema. 5Ule anakunda anadzabvala nguwo zakucena ninga iwo, pontho cipo ndinadzabulusa dzina yace m'bukhu ya umaso. Ndinadzabvuma dzina yace pamaso pa Baba wanga na pamaso pa aanju ace. 6Ule ali na khutu, abve pinalonga Nzimu Wakucena kuna mipingo.
Kuna Filadhelfya
7“Pontho lembera anju wa mpingo wa ku Filadhelfya tenepa: Wakucena, Wandimomwene, ule anaphata cifungulo ca Dhavidhi, ule anafungula, nkhabe munthu anakwanisa kufunga, ule anafunga, nkhabe munthu anakwanisa kufungula, asalonga tenepa:
8“Ndisadziwa mabasa anu. Onani, ndaika pamaso panu nsuwo wakufunguka wakuti nkhabe munthu anakwanisa kuufunga, thangwi muna mphambvu zing'ono, mbwenye mwakoya fala yanga, pontho nee mwalamba dzina yanga. 9Ndinadzakupasani anango a sinagoga ya Sathani—akuti asadzicemera Ayudha mbwenye nkhabe; iwo asanama—ndinadzaacitisa abwere mbagodama pa miyendo yanu, pontho adzadziwe kuti ndakufunani. 10Thangwi mwakoya fala yanga ya kupirira, Ine-mbo ndinadzakutsidzikizani ku ndzidzi wa mayesero unafuna kudza pa dziko yonsene toera kuyesera ale anakhala pa dziko yapantsi. 11Ndinadzabwera mwakucimbiza. Phatisisani pinamuna, toera nkhabe munthu akwate nkhaka yanu. 12Ule anakunda, ndinadzamucita mpanda m'nyumba ya Baba wanga, pontho cipo anadzabuluka mwenemu. Pa iye ndinadzalemba dzina ya Baba wanga, na dzina ya nzinda wa Baba wanga, Yerusalemu Yipsa inabuluka kudzulu kwa Baba wanga, na dzina yanga ipsa. a a v12 Pakulonga pya Mulungu pano, Yezu asacemera Baba — ule adantuma, ule nyumba yace isamangwa na iye, ule nzinda wace usabuluka kudzulu. 13Ule ali na khutu, abve pinalonga Nzimu Wakucena kuna mipingo.
Kuna Laodhiseya
14“Lembera anju wa mpingo wa ku Laodhiseya tenepa: Ameni asalonga tenepa, mboni wakukhulupirika na wandimomwene, ciyambi ca pyakucitwa pya Baba wathu. b b v14 Yezu ndi ntombo wakuti kubulukira muna iye Baba wathu adacita pinthu pyonsene — si cinthu cakutoma cakucitwa tayu, mbwenye ndi ule kubulukira muna iye pyakucitwa pyonsene pyabalwa (Juwau 1:3; Akolose 1:16).
15“Ndisadziwa mabasa anu: nkhabe muli akutonthola nee akupisa. Ndikhafuna mbamukhala akutonthola peno akupisa! 16Na tenepo, thangwi muli akutekera—nee akupisa nee akutonthola—ndiri cifupi na kukulavirani kunja kwa mulomo wanga. 17Thangwi musalonga kuti, ‘Ndine wakupfuma, ndakhala na mpfuma zizinji, nee ndisasowa cinthu,’ mbwenye nkhabe kudziwa kuti ndimwe wakutsukwalisa, wakubverwa ntsisi, wakutcerenga, boliboli, na maliya. 18Ndisakucenjezani: gulani kuna Ine oru yakucenesewa na moto, toera mukhale akupfuma; nguwo zakucena toera mubvale, toera manyadzo a umaliya wanu akhonde kuoneka; na mafuta akudzola m'maso mwanu, toera mukwanise kuona. 19Ale ndinaafuna, ndisaasandika na kualanga. Na tenepo khalani na changu, mbamusanduka. 20Onani! Ine ndiri kuima mbandigogodza pa nsuwo. Ule anabva lizu langa mbafungula nsuwo, ndinadzapita kuna iye, mbandidya pabodzi na iye, na iye pabodzi na Ine. 21Ule anakunda ndinadzamukhazika pabodzi na Ine pa mpando wanga waumambo, ninga Ine-mbo ndakunda mbandikhala pabodzi na Baba wanga pa mpando wace waumambo. 22Ule ali na khutu, abve pinalonga Nzimu Wakucena kuna mipingo.”