KuSardisi
Ezinye iincwadi ezintathu. ISardisi inegama lokuba iyaphila, kanti ifile, nemisebenzi yayo ingagqitywanga phambi koBawo. IFiladelfiya inamandla amancinane kodwa iligcinile ilizwi lakhe, ngoko ke inomnyango ovulekileyo ongenakuvalwa mntu. ILawodikeya izibiza ngokuba sisityebi, kanti ihamba ze. Umi enkqonkqoza, elindile.
3 1“Bhalela isithunywa sebandla eliseSardisi, uthi: Lowo uphethe ooMoya abasixhenxe bakaBawo wethu neenkwenkwezi ezisixhenxe, uthi: Ndiyayazi imisebenzi yakho. Unegama lokuba uyaphila, kanti ufile.
2“Vuka! Qinisa oko kusaseleyo nokusele kuza kufa, kuba andifumananga imisebenzi yakho igqityiwe phambi koBawo. 3Khumbula ngoko indlela owamkela waza weva ngayo; yigcine, uguquke. Ukuba akulindanga, ndiya kufika njengesela, awuyi kwazi ixesha endiya kufika ngalo kuwe. 4Kodwa unabambalwa eSardisi abangazingcolisanga iingubo zabo; baya kuhamba nam bevethe ezimhlophe, kuba bafanelekile. 5Lowo weyisayo uya kwambathiswa ezimhlophe njengabo, yaye andisayi kuze ndilicime igama lakhe encwadini yobomi. Ndiya kuvuma igama lakhe phambi koBawo naphambi kwezithunywa zakhe. 6Onendlebe makeve oko uMoya oyiNgcwele akuthethayo kuwo amabandla.
KuFiladelfiya
7“Bhalela isithunywa sebandla eliseFiladelfiya, uthi: Oyingcwele, oyinyaniso, ophethe isitshixo sikaDavide, ovulayo kungabikho ovalayo, ovalayo kungabikho ovulayo, utsho oku:
8“Ndiyayazi imisebenzi yakho. Yabona, ndibeke phambi kwakho umnyango ovulekileyo, ongenakuvalwa mntu, kuba unamandla amancinane, ukanti uligcinile ilizwi lam, awalikhanyela igama lam. 9Ndiya kunika abathile basendlwini yesikhungu kaSathana—abazibiza ngokuba ngamaYuda bengenguwo; bayaxoka—ndiya kubenza beze baqubude ezinyaweni zakho, bazi ukuba ndikuthandile. 10Ngenxa yokuba uligcinile ilizwi lam lokunyamezela, nam ndiya kukugcina kwixesha lolingo eliza kuza phezu kwehlabathi lonke, ukuze alinge abo bemi emhlabeni. 11Ndiza kamsinya. Namathela koko unako, ukuze kungabikho mntu uthabathe isithsaba sakho. 12Lowo weyisayo, ndiya kumenza abe yintsika etempileni kaBawo, akasayi kuphuma kuyo naphakade. Ndiya kumbhalela igama likaBawo, negama lomzi kaBawo, iYerusalem entsha ehla iphuma ezulwini ivela kuBawo, negama lam elitsha. a a v12 Xa uYesu ethetha ngoThixo apha, ukhankanya uBawo—lowo wamthumayo, lowo atempile yakhe uyayakha, lowo umzi wakhe uhla uvela ezulwini. 13Onendlebe makeve oko uMoya oyiNgcwele akuthethayo kuwo amabandla.
KuLawodikeya
14“Bhalela isithunywa sebandla eliseLawodikeya, uthi: Utsho uAmen, ingqina elithembekileyo neliyinyaniso, isiqalo sendalo kaBawo wethu. b b v14 UYesu ungumthombo athe uBawo wethu wazidala ngaye zonke izinto—asiyiyo into yokuqala eyadalwayo, kodwa nguye othe ngaye yabakho yonke indalo (Yohane 1:3; Kolose 1:16).
15“Ndiyayazi imisebenzi yakho: awubandi, awushushu. Akwaba ubanda okanye ushushu! 16Ngoko ke, ngenxa yokuba udikidiki—awushushu, awubandi—sele ndiza kukutshica ndikukhuphe emlonyeni wam. 17Ngenxa yokuba usithi: ‘Ndisisityebi, ndityebile, andisweli nto,’ ungaqondi ukuba ulusizi, ngumntu ozisizelayo, ulihlwempu, uyimfama, uhamba ze. 18Ndikucebisa: thenga kum igolide ecwengwe emlilweni, ukuze ube sisityebi; neengubo ezimhlophe zokwambatha, ukuze bungatyhileki ubuze bakho obulihlazo; namafutha okuthambisa amehlo akho, ukuze ubone. 19Bonke endibathandayo, ndiyabakhalimela ndibaqeqeshe. Ngoko khuthala uguquke. 20Yabona! Ndimi ngasemnyango ndinkqonkqoza. Lowo oliva izwi lam, avule umnyango, ndiya kungena kuye, ndidle naye, naye adle nam. 21Lowo weyisayo ndiya kumhlalisa nam etroneni yam, njengoko nam ndeyisayo ndahlala noBawo etroneni yakhe. 22Onendlebe makeve oko uMoya oyiNgcwele akuthethayo kuwo amabandla.”
