Apocalypsis Ioannis

Apocalypsis, chapter 3, Vulgate and King James Version

Chapter 3 Vulgate

   1 Et angelo ecclesiae, quae est Sardis, scribe: Haec dicit, qui habet septem spiritus Dei et septem stellas: Scio opera tua, quia nomen habes quod vivas, et mortuus es.
   2 Esto vigilans et confirma cetera, quae moritura erant, non enim invenio opera tua plena coram Deo meo;
   3 in mente ergo habe qualiter acceperis et audieris, et serva et paenitentiam age. Si ergo non vigilaveris, veniam tamquam fur, et nescies qua hora veniam ad te.
   4 Sed habes pauca nomina in Sardis, qui non inquinaverunt vestimenta sua et ambulabunt mecum in albis, quia digni sunt.
   5 Qui vicerit, sic vestietur vestimentis albis, et non delebo nomen eius de libro vitae et confitebor nomen eius coram Patre meo et coram angelis eius.
   6 Qui habet aurem, audiat quid Spiritus dicat ecclesiis.
   7 Et angelo ecclesiae, quae est Philadelphiae, scribe: Haec dicit Sanctus, Verus, qui habet clavem David, qui aperit, et nemo claudet; et claudit, et nemo aperit:
   8 Scio opera tua - ecce dedi coram te ostium apertum, quod nemo potest claudere - quia modicam habes virtutem, et servasti verbum meum et non negasti nomen meum.
   9 Ecce dabo de synagoga Satanae, qui dicunt se Iudaeos esse et non sunt, sed mentiuntur; ecce faciam illos, ut veniant et adorent ante pedes tuos et scient quia ego dilexi te.
   10 Quoniam servasti verbum patientiae meae, et ego te servabo ab hora tentationis, quae ventura est super orbem universum tentare habitantes in terra.
   11 Venio cito; tene quod habes, ut nemo accipiat coronam tuam.
   12 Qui vicerit, faciam illum columnam in templo Dei mei, et foras non egredietur amplius; et scribam super eum nomen Dei mei et nomen civitatis Dei mei, novae Ierusalem, quae descendit de caelo a Deo meo, et nomen meum novum.
   13 Qui habet aurem, audiat quid Spiritus dicat ecclesiis.
   14 Et angelo ecclesiae, quae est Laodiciae, scribe: Haec dicit Amen, testis fidelis et verus, principium creaturae Dei:
   15 Scio opera tua, quia neque frigidus es neque calidus. Utinam frigidus esses aut calidus!
   16 Sic quia tepidus es et nec calidus nec frigidus, incipiam te evomere ex ore meo.
   17 Quia dicis: "Dives sum et locupletatus et nullius egeo", et nescis quia tu es miser et miserabilis et pauper et caecus et nudus,
   18 suadeo tibi emere a me aurum igne probatum, ut locuples fias et vestimentis albis induaris, et non appareat confusio nuditatis tuae, et collyrium ad inunguendum oculos tuos, ut videas.
   19 Ego, quos amo, arguo et castigo. Aemulare ergo et paenitentiam age.
   20 Ecce sto ad ostium et pulso. Si quis audierit vocem meam et aperuerit ianuam, introibo ad illum et cenabo cum illo, et ipse mecum.
   21 Qui vicerit, dabo ei sedere mecum in throno meo, sicut et ego vici et sedi cum Patre meo in throno eius.
   22 Qui habet aurem, audiat quid Spiritus dicat ecclesiis".

Source: Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio, Sacrosanti Oecumenici Concilii Vaticani II, Ratione Habita, Iussu Pauli PP. VI Recognita, Auctoritate Ioannis Pauli PP. II Promulgata, Editio Typica Altera

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.