1Und dem Engel der Gemeinde in Sardes schreibe: Dies sagt der, der die sieben Geister Gottes und die sieben Sterne hat: Ich kenne deine Werke, dass du den Namen hast, dass du lebst, und bist tot. (Ps 33,15; 1Tim 5,6; Offb 1,4; Offb 1,16; Offb 2,2)2Wach auf und stärke das Übrige, das im Begriff stand zu sterben! Denn ich habe vor meinem Gott deine Werke nicht als völlig befunden.3Denke nun daran, wie du empfangen und gehört hast, und bewahre es und tue Buße! Wenn du nun nicht wachst, werde ich kommen wie ein Dieb, und du wirst nicht wissen, zu welcher Stunde ich über dich kommen werde. (Mt 24,42; 1Thess 5,2; Offb 2,5; Offb 16,15)4Aber du hast einige wenige Namen[1] in Sardes, die ihre Kleider nicht besudelt haben; und sie werden mit mir einhergehen in weißen ⟨Kleidern⟩, denn sie sind es wert[2]. (Jud 1,23; Offb 4,4; Offb 6,11; Offb 7,9; Offb 19,8)5Wer überwindet, der wird so mit weißen Kleidern bekleidet werden, und ich werde seinen Namen aus dem Buch des Lebens nicht auslöschen und seinen Namen bekennen vor meinem Vater und vor seinen Engeln. (Mt 10,32; Lk 10,20; Offb 2,7; Offb 4,4; Offb 6,11; Offb 7,9; Offb 13,8; Offb 17,8; Offb 19,8; Offb 20,12; Offb 21,27)6Wer ein Ohr hat, höre, was der Geist den Gemeinden sagt! (Offb 2,7)
Sendschreiben an Philadelphia
7Und dem Engel der Gemeinde in Philadelphia schreibe: Dies sagt der Heilige, der Wahrhaftige, der den Schlüssel Davids hat, der öffnet, und niemand wird schließen, und schließt, und niemand wird öffnen: (Hi 12,14; Jes 22,22; Lk 1,35; 1Joh 5,20; Offb 6,10)8Ich kenne deine Werke. Siehe, ich habe eine geöffnete Tür vor dir gegeben, die niemand schließen kann; denn du hast eine kleine Kraft und hast mein Wort bewahrt und hast meinen Namen nicht verleugnet. (Joh 17,6; 1Kor 16,9; 1Tim 6,14; Offb 2,2)9Siehe, ich gebe[3] ⟨Leute⟩ aus der Synagoge des Satans, von denen, die sich Juden nennen und es nicht sind, sondern lügen; siehe, ich werde sie dahin bringen, dass sie kommen und sich niederwerfen vor deinen Füßen und erkennen, dass ich dich geliebt habe. (Jes 43,4; Jes 45,14; Jes 49,23; Jes 60,14; Offb 2,9)10Weil du das Wort vom Harren auf mich[4] bewahrt hast, werde auch ich dich bewahren vor der Stunde der Versuchung, die über den ganzen Erdkreis kommen wird[5], um die zu versuchen, die auf der Erde wohnen. (2Petr 2,9; Offb 6,10; Offb 7,14; Offb 8,13; Offb 11,10; Offb 13,8; Offb 14,6; Offb 14,12; Offb 17,8)11Ich komme bald[6]. Halte fest, was du hast, damit niemand deinen Siegeskranz nimmt! (Hebr 10,37; Offb 2,25; Offb 4,4; Offb 22,7)12Wer überwindet, den werde ich im Tempel meines Gottes zu einer Säule machen, und er wird nie mehr hinausgehen; und ich werde auf ihn schreiben den Namen meines Gottes und den Namen der Stadt meines Gottes, des neuen Jerusalem, das aus dem Himmel herabkommt von meinem Gott, und meinen neuen Namen. (1Kor 3,16; Hebr 12,22; Offb 2,7; Offb 2,17; Offb 14,1; Offb 21,2; Offb 22,4)13Wer ein Ohr hat, höre, was der Geist den Gemeinden sagt! (Offb 2,7)
Sendschreiben an Laodizea
14Und dem Engel der Gemeinde in Laodizea schreibe: Dies sagt, der »Amen«[7] ⟨heißt⟩, der treue und wahrhaftige Zeuge, der Anfang[8] der Schöpfung Gottes: (2Kor 1,20; Kol 1,15; Kol 2,1; Offb 1,5; Offb 19,11)15Ich kenne deine Werke, dass du weder kalt noch heiß bist. Ach, dass du kalt oder heiß wärest! (1Kön 18,21; Offb 2,2)16Also, weil du lau bist und weder heiß noch kalt, werde ich dich ausspeien aus meinem Munde.17Weil du sagst: Ich bin reich und bin reich geworden und brauche nichts!, und nicht weißt, dass du der Elende und bemitleidenswert und arm und blind und bloß bist, (Hos 12,9; Joh 9,40; 1Kor 4,8; 2Kor 5,3)18rate ich dir, von mir im Feuer geläutertes Gold zu kaufen, damit du reich wirst; und weiße Kleider, damit du bekleidet wirst und die Schande deiner Blöße nicht offenbar werde; und Augensalbe, deine Augen zu salben, damit du siehst. (Spr 8,18; Jes 55,1; 2Kor 8,9; Offb 16,15)19Ich überführe und züchtige alle, die ich liebe. Sei nun eifrig und tu Buße! (Hebr 12,6; Offb 2,5)20Siehe, ich stehe an der Tür und klopfe an; wenn jemand meine Stimme hört und die Tür öffnet, zu dem werde ich hineingehen und mit ihm essen und er mit mir. (Hl 5,2)21Wer überwindet, dem werde ich geben, mit mir auf meinem Thron zu sitzen, wie auch ich überwunden und mich mit meinem Vater auf seinen Thron gesetzt habe. (Hi 36,7; Joh 16,33; Hebr 8,1; Offb 2,7)22Wer ein Ohr hat, höre, was der Geist den Gemeinden sagt! (Offb 2,7)
1“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. “I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead. (Lk 15,24; 1Tim 5,6; Offb 1,4; Offb 1,16)2Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God. (Apg 14,26)3Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you. (Mt 24,43; 1Thess 5,2; 1Thess 5,4; 2Tim 1,13; 2Petr 3,10; Offb 2,5; Offb 16,15)4Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not soiled their garments, and they will walk with me in white, for they are worthy. (Pred 9,8; Lk 20,35; Jud 1,23; Offb 6,11; Offb 7,9)5The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels. (2Mo 32,32; Mt 10,32; Lk 12,8; Phil 4,3; Offb 2,7; Offb 13,8; Offb 17,8; Offb 20,12; Offb 20,15; Offb 21,27)6He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’ (Offb 2,7)
To the Church in Philadelphia
7“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens. (Hi 12,14; Jes 22,22; Mt 16,19; Lk 1,32; 1Joh 5,20; Offb 3,14; Offb 6,10; Offb 19,11)8“I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. (Apg 14,27; 1Kor 16,9; 2Kor 2,12; Kol 4,3)9Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you. (Jes 43,4; Jes 45,14; Jes 49,23; Jes 60,14; Offb 2,9)10Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth. (2Petr 2,9; Offb 1,9; Offb 6,10; Offb 8,13; Offb 11,10; Offb 13,8; Offb 13,14; Offb 17,8)11I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown. (Offb 2,10; Offb 2,25; Offb 22,7; Offb 22,12; Offb 22,20)12The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name. (1Kön 7,21; 2Chr 3,17; Ps 23,6; Ps 27,4; Jer 1,18; Hes 48,35; Gal 2,9; Gal 4,26; Hebr 12,22; Offb 2,7; Offb 2,17; Offb 14,1; Offb 21,2; Offb 21,10; Offb 22,4)13He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’ (Offb 2,7)
To the Church in Laodicea
14“And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: ‘The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s creation. (Spr 8,22; 2Kor 1,20; Kol 1,15; Kol 1,18; Offb 1,5; Offb 3,7; Offb 19,11; Offb 21,6; Offb 22,6; Offb 22,13)15“I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! (2Petr 2,21)16So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.17For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. (Hos 12,8; Sach 11,5; Joh 9,39; 1Kor 4,8; Eph 1,18)18I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see. (Spr 8,19; Jes 55,1; Mt 13,44; Mt 25,9; Offb 3,4; Offb 3,17; Offb 16,15; Offb 19,8)19Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent. (Hebr 12,6)20Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. (Hl 5,2; Lk 12,36; Lk 24,29; Joh 14,23)21The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. (Mt 19,28; Joh 12,26; Joh 16,33; 2Tim 2,12; Offb 2,7; Offb 2,26; Offb 5,5; Offb 6,2; Offb 17,14; Offb 20,4)22He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’” (Offb 2,7)
Offenbarung 3
King James Version
1And unto 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 art dead.2Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.3Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.4Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.5He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.6He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.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 no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;8I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.9Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and 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.10Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.11Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.12Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.13He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.14And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;15I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.16So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.17Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:18I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.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.21To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.22He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Offenbarung 3
Nuova Riveduta 2006
von Società Biblica di Ginevra
Lettera alla chiesa di Sardi
1«All’angelo della chiesa di Sardi scrivi: queste cose dice colui che ha i sette spiriti di Dio e le sette stelle: “Io conosco le tue opere: tu hai fama di vivere, ma sei morto.2Sii vigilante e rafforza il resto che sta per morire; poiché non ho trovato le tue opere perfette davanti al mio Dio.3Ricòrdati dunque di quello che hai ricevuto e ascoltato; serbalo e ravvediti. Perché, se non sarai vigilante, io verrò come un ladro, e tu non saprai a che ora verrò da te.4Tuttavia a Sardi ci sono alcuni che non hanno contaminato le loro vesti; essi cammineranno con me in bianche vesti, perché ne sono degni.5Chi vince sarà dunque vestito di vesti bianche, e io non cancellerò il suo nome dal libro della vita, ma confesserò il suo nome davanti al Padre mio e davanti ai suoi angeli.6Chi ha orecchi ascolti ciò che lo Spirito dice alle chiese”.
Lettera alla chiesa di Filadelfia
7«All’angelo della chiesa di Filadelfia scrivi: queste cose dice il Santo, il Veritiero, colui che ha la chiave di Davide, colui che apre e nessuno chiude, che chiude e nessuno apre[1]:8“Io conosco le tue opere. Ecco, ti ho posto davanti una porta aperta, che nessuno può chiudere, perché, pur avendo poca forza, hai serbato la mia parola e non hai rinnegato il mio nome.9Ecco, ti do alcuni della sinagoga di Satana, i quali dicono di essere Giudei e non lo sono, ma mentono; ecco, io li farò venire a prostrarsi ai tuoi piedi per riconoscere che io ti ho amato.10Siccome hai osservato la mia esortazione alla costanza, anch’io ti preserverò dall’ora della tentazione che sta per venire sul mondo intero, per mettere alla prova gli abitanti della terra.11Io vengo presto; tieni fermamente quello che hai, perché nessuno ti tolga la tua corona.12Chi vince io lo porrò come colonna nel tempio del mio Dio, ed egli non ne uscirà mai più; scriverò su di lui il nome del mio Dio e il nome della città del mio Dio (la nuova Gerusalemme che scende dal cielo da presso il mio Dio) e il mio nuovo nome.13Chi ha orecchi ascolti ciò che lo Spirito dice alle chiese”.
Lettera alla chiesa di Laodicea
14«All’angelo della chiesa di Laodicea scrivi: queste cose dice l’Amen, il testimone fedele e veritiero, il principio della creazione di Dio:15“Io conosco le tue opere: tu non sei né freddo né fervente. Oh, fossi tu pur freddo o fervente!16Così, perché sei tiepido e non sei né freddo né fervente, io ti vomiterò dalla mia bocca.17Tu dici: ‘Sono ricco, mi sono arricchito e non ho bisogno di niente!’ Tu non sai, invece, che sei infelice fra tutti, miserabile, povero, cieco e nudo.18Perciò io ti consiglio di comprare da me dell’oro purificato dal fuoco per arricchirti, e delle vesti bianche per vestirti e perché non appaia la vergogna della tua nudità, e del collirio per ungerti gli occhi e vedere.19Tutti quelli che amo, io li riprendo e li correggo; sii dunque zelante e ravvediti.20Ecco, io sto alla porta e busso: se qualcuno ascolta la mia voce e apre la porta, io entrerò da lui e cenerò con lui ed egli con me.21Chi vince lo farò sedere presso di me sul mio trono, come anch’io ho vinto e mi sono seduto con il Padre mio sul suo trono.22Chi ha orecchi ascolti ciò che lo Spirito dice alle chiese”».