¹Uye kumutumwa wekereke iri paSadhisi, nyora uti: Zvinhu izvi, ndizvo zvinotaura une mweya minomwe yaMwari, nenyeredzi nomwe: Ndinoziva mabasa ako, kuti une zita rinonzi unorarama, asi wakafa.

¹And to the messenger of the assembly in Sardis write: These things saith he who is having the Seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I have known thy works, and that thou hast the name that thou dost live, and thou art dead;

²Rinda, usimbise zvinhu zvakasara, zvoda kufa; nekuti handina kuwana mabasa ako akaperedzerwa pamberi paMwari.

²become watching, and strengthen the rest of the things that are about to die, for I have not found thy works fulfilled before God.

³Naizvozvo rangarira kuti wakagamuchira nekunzwa sei; ubatisise, utendeuke. Naizvozvo kana usingarindi, ndichauya kwauri sembavha, uye haungazivi nguva yandichauya nayo pamusoro pako.

³`Remember, then, how thou hast received, and heard, and be keeping, and reform: if, then, thou mayest not watch, I will come upon thee as a thief, and thou mayest not know what hour I will come upon thee.

⁴Une mazita mashoma kunyange paSadhisi asina kusvibiswa nguvo dzawo; uye vachafamba neni vane nguvo chena, nekuti vakafanira.

⁴Thou hast a few names even in Sardis who did not defile their garments, and they shall walk with me in white, because they are worthy.

⁵Uyo unokunda ndiye uchapfekedzwa nguvo chena; uye handichadzimi zita rake pabhuku reupenyu, ndichareurura zita rake pamberi paBaba vangu, nepamberi pevatumwa vake.

⁵He who is overcoming — this one — shall be arrayed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the scroll of the life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before His messengers.

⁶Uyo une nzeve ngaanzwe zvinoreva mweya kukereke.

⁶He who is having an ear — let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies.

⁷Nekumutumwa wekereke paFiradhefia, nyora uti: Zvinhu izvi, ndizvo zvinoreva iye mutsvene, iye wechokwadi, iye une kiyi yaDhavhidhi, iye unozarura pasina unopfiga, nekupfiga pasina unozarura:

⁷`And to the messenger of the assembly in Philadelphia write: These things saith he who is holy, he who is true, he who is having the key of David, he who is opening and no one doth shut, and he shutteth and no one doth open!

⁸Ndinoziva mabasa ako; tarira, ndakaisa pamberi pako mukova wakazaruka, uye hakuna munhu ungagona kuupfiga, nekuti iwe une simba shoma, uye wakachengeta shoko rangu, nekusaramba zita rangu.

⁸I have known thy works; lo, I have set before thee a door — opened, and no one is able to shut it, because thou hast a little power, and didst keep my word, and didst not deny my name;

⁹Tarira ndichavaita vesinagoge raSatani, vanozviti vaJudha vasiri ivo, asi vanoreva nhema; tarira, ndichavauyisa kuti vanamate pamberi petsoka dzako, uye vazive kuti ndakakuda.

⁹lo, I make of the synagogue of the Adversary those saying themselves to be Jews, and are not, but do lie; lo, I will make them that they may come and bow before thy feet, and may know that I loved thee.

¹⁰Nekuti wakachengeta shoko rekutsungirira kwangu, ndichakuchengetawo panguva yekuidzwa kuchauya pamusoro penyika yose, kuidza vanogara panyika.

¹⁰`Because thou didst keep the word of my endurance, I also will keep thee from the hour of the trial that is about to come upon all the world, to try those dwelling upon the earth.

¹¹Tarira ndinouya nekukurumidza; batisisa icho chaunacho, kuti kusava neunogamuchira korona yako.

¹¹Lo, I come quickly, be holding fast that which thou hast, that no one may receive thy crown.

¹²Uyo unokunda ndichamuita mbiru mutembere yaMwari wangu, uye haangazobudizve; uye ndichanyora pamusoro pake zita raMwari wangu, nezita reguta raMwari wangu, Jerusarema idzva rinoburuka richibva kudenga kuna Mwari wangu, nezita rangu idzva.

¹²He who is overcoming — I will make him a pillar in the sanctuary of my God, and without he may not go any more, and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, that doth come down out of the heaven from my God — also my new name.

¹³Une nzeve ngaanzwe zvinoreva Mweya kukereke.

¹³He who is having an ear — let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies.

¹⁴Nekumutumwa wekereke yevaRaodhikia, nyora uti: Zvinhu izvi, ndizvo zvinoreva Ameni, chapupu chakatendeka chechokwadi, kutanga kwezvisikwa zvaMwari:

¹⁴`And to the messenger of the assembly of the Laodiceans write: These things saith the Amen, the witness — the faithful and true — the chief of the creation of God;

¹⁵Ndinoziva mabasa ako, kuti hautonhori kana kupisa. Ndaida kuti dai uchitonhora kana kupisa.

¹⁵I have known thy works, that neither cold art thou nor hot; I would thou wert cold or hot.

¹⁶Zvino zvaunodziya, usingatonhori kana kupisa, ndichakusvisvina mumuromo mangu.

¹⁶So — because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to vomit thee out of my mouth;

¹⁷Nekuti unoti ndakafuma, ndakafumiswa uye handishaiwi chinhu, usingazivi kuti ndiwe unotambura neune nhamo, uri murombo nebofu newakashama.

¹⁷because thou sayest — I am rich, and have grown rich, and have need of nothing, and hast not known that thou art the wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked,

¹⁸Ndinokupa zano kuti utenge kwandiri ndarama yakaidzwa mumoto, kuti uve wakafuma, nenguvo chena, kuti ufuke, nyadzi dzekushama kwako dzirege kuratidzika; uzore meso ako nechizoro chameso, kuti uone.

¹⁸I counsel thee to buy from me gold fired by fire, that thou mayest be rich, and white garments that thou mayest be arrayed, and the shame of thy nakedness may not be manifest, and with eye-salve anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.

¹⁹Vose vandinoda ndinotsiura nekuranga; naizvozvo shingaira utendeuke.

¹⁹`As many as I love, I do convict and chasten; be zealous, then, and reform;

²⁰Tarira, ndimire pamukova ndichigogodza; kana munhu achinzwa inzwi rangu, akazarura mukova ndichapinda maari, uye ndicharayira naye, naiye neni.

²⁰lo, I have stood at the door, and I knock; if any one may hear my voice, and may open the door, I will come in unto him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

²¹Unokunda, ndichapa kwaari kugara neni pachigaro changu cheushe, seni ndakakunda ndikagara pamwe nababa vangu pachigaro chavo cheushe.

²¹He who is overcoming — I will give to him to sit with me in my throne, as I also did overcome and did sit down with my Father in His throne.

²²Une nzeve ngaanzwe zinoreva Mweya kukereke.

²²He who is having an ear — let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies.`