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 angel of the church in Sardis write: These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and thou art dead.

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

²Be thou watchful, and establish the things that remain, which were ready to die: for I have found no works of thine perfected before my God.

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

³Remember therefore how thou hast received and didst hear; and keep [it], and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come as a thief, and thou shalt 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.

⁴But thou hast a few names in Sardis that did not defile their garments: and they shall walk with me in white; for 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 that overcometh shall thus be arrayed in white garments; and I will in no wise blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

⁶Uyo une nzeve ngaanzwe zvinoreva mweya kukereke.

⁶He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.

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

⁷And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth and none shall shut, and that shutteth and none openeth:

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 know thy works (behold, I have set before thee a door opened, which none can shut), that 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.

⁹Behold, I give of the synagogue of Satan, of them that say they are Jews, and they are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.

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

¹⁰Because thou didst keep the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of trial, that [hour] which is to come upon the whole world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

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

¹¹I come quickly: hold fast that which thou hast, that no one take 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 that overcometh, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go out thence no more: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God, and mine own new name.

¹³Une nzeve ngaanzwe zvinoreva Mweya kukereke.

¹³He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.

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

¹⁴And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God:

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

¹⁵I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.

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

¹⁶So because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spew 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 gotten riches, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art the wretched one 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 of me gold refined by fire, that thou mayest become rich; and white garments, that thou mayest clothe thyself, and [that] the shame of thy nakedness be not made manifest; and eyesalve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.

¹⁹Vose vandinoda ndinotsiura nekuranga; naizvozvo shingaira utendeuke.

¹⁹As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

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

²⁰Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to 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 that overcometh, I will give to him to sit down with me in my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father in his throne.

²²Une nzeve ngaanzwe zinoreva Mweya kukereke.

²²He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.