Apocalisse 3 | Nuova Riveduta 2006

Nuova Riveduta 2006

di 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. 2 Sii vigilante e rafforza il resto che sta per morire; poiché non ho trovato le tue opere perfette davanti al mio Dio. 3 Ricòrdati 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. 4 Tuttavia a Sardi ci sono alcuni che non hanno contaminato le loro vesti; essi cammineranno con me in bianche vesti, perché ne sono degni. 5 Chi 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. 6 Chi 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. 9 Ecco, 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. 10 Siccome 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. 11 Io vengo presto; tieni fermamente quello che hai, perché nessuno ti tolga la tua corona. 12 Chi 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. 13 Chi 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! 16 Così, perché sei tiepido e non sei né freddo né fervente, io ti vomiterò dalla mia bocca. 17 Tu 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. 18 Perciò 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. 19 Tutti quelli che amo, io li riprendo e li correggo; sii dunque zelante e ravvediti. 20 Ecco, 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. 21 Chi 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. 22 Chi ha orecchi ascolti ciò che lo Spirito dice alle chiese”».

English Standard Version

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To the Church in Sardis

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. (Lu 15,24; 1Ti 5,6; Ap 1,4; Ap 1,16)

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2 Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God. (At 14,26) 3 Remember, 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. (Mat 24,43; 1Te 5,2; 1Te 5,4; 2Ti 1,13; 2P 3,10; Ap 2,5; Ap 16,15)

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4 Yet 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. (Ec 9,8; Lu 20,35; Giuda 1,23; Ap 6,11; Ap 7,9)

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5 The 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. (Eso 32,32; Mat 10,32; Lu 12,8; Fili 4,3; Ap 2,7; Ap 13,8; Ap 17,8; Ap 20,12; Ap 20,15; Ap 21,27)

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6 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’ (Ap 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. (Giob 12,14; Is 22,22; Mat 16,19; Lu 1,32; 1G 5,20; Ap 3,14; Ap 6,10; Ap 19,11)

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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. (At 14,27; 1Co 16,9; 2Co 2,12; Col 4,3)

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9 Behold, 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. (Is 43,4; Is 45,14; Is 49,23; Is 60,14; Ap 2,9)

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10 Because 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. (2P 2,9; Ap 1,9; Ap 6,10; Ap 8,13; Ap 11,10; Ap 13,8; Ap 13,14; Ap 17,8)

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11 I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown. (Ap 2,10; Ap 2,25; Ap 22,7; Ap 22,12; Ap 22,20)

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12 The 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. (1Re 7,21; 2Cr 3,17; Sal 23,6; Sal 27,4; Ger 1,18; Ez 48,35; Ga 2,9; Ga 4,26; Eb 12,22; Ap 2,7; Ap 2,17; Ap 14,1; Ap 21,2; Ap 21,10; Ap 22,4)

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13 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’ (Ap 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. (Prov 8,22; 2Co 1,20; Col 1,15; Col 1,18; Ap 1,5; Ap 3,7; Ap 19,11; Ap 21,6; Ap 22,6; Ap 22,13)

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15 “I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! (2P 2,21) 16 So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. 17 For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. (Os 12,8; Zac 11,5; Giov 9,39; 1Co 4,8; Ef 1,18)

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18 I 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. (Prov 8,19; Is 55,1; Mat 13,44; Mat 25,9; Ap 3,4; Ap 3,17; Ap 16,15; Ap 19,8)

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19 Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent. (Eb 12,6) 20 Behold, 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. (Cc 5,2; Lu 12,36; Lu 24,29; Giov 14,23)

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21 The 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. (Mat 19,28; Giov 12,26; Giov 16,33; 2Ti 2,12; Ap 2,7; Ap 2,26; Ap 5,5; Ap 6,2; Ap 17,14; Ap 20,4)

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22 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’” (Ap 2,7)

King James Version

1 And 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. 2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God. 3 Remember 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. 4 Thou 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. 5 He 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. 6 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. 7 And 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; 8 I 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. 9 Behold, 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. 10 Because 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. 11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. 12 Him 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. 13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. 14 And 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; 15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. 17 Because 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: 18 I 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. 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. 20 Behold, 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. 21 To 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. 22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.