Alkukirkko
The Letter to the Church in Philadelphia
The glorified Christ sends a letter to the church in Philadelphia and praises their faithfulness. He promises to keep them through the hour of trial and urges them to hold fast so that no one takes their crown.
Johanneksen ilmestys 3,7-13
7To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the Holy One, the True One, who holds the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.
Καὶ τῷ ἀγγέλῳ τῆς ἐν Φιλαδελφείᾳ ἐκκλησίας γράψον· Τάδε λέγει ὁ ἅγιος, ὁ ἀληθινός, ὁ ἔχων τὴν κλεῖν ⸀Δαυίδ, ὁ ἀνοίγων καὶ οὐδεὶς κλείσει, ⸂καὶ κλείων⸃ καὶ οὐδεὶς ⸀ἀνοίγει·
8I know your works. Look, I have set before you an open door that no one can shut. You have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.
Οἶδά σου τὰ ἔργα— ἰδοὺ δέδωκα ἐνώπιόν σου θύραν ἠνεῳγμένην, ἣν οὐδεὶς δύναται κλεῖσαι αὐτήν— ὅτι μικρὰν ἔχεις δύναμιν, καὶ ἐτήρησάς μου τὸν λόγον, καὶ οὐκ ἠρνήσω τὸ ὄνομά μου.
9Look, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews and are not, but are lying—I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will know that I have loved you.
ἰδοὺ ⸀διδῶ ἐκ τῆς συναγωγῆς τοῦ Σατανᾶ, τῶν λεγόντων ἑαυτοὺς Ἰουδαίους εἶναι, καὶ οὐκ εἰσὶν ἀλλὰ ψεύδονται— ἰδοὺ ποιήσω αὐτοὺς ἵνα ⸂ἥξουσιν καὶ προσκυνήσουσιν⸃ ἐνώπιον τῶν ποδῶν σου, καὶ γνῶσιν ὅτι ⸀ἐγὼ ἠγάπησά σε.
10Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
ὅτι ἐτήρησας τὸν λόγον τῆς ὑπομονῆς μου, κἀγώ σε τηρήσω ἐκ τῆς ὥρας τοῦ πειρασμοῦ τῆς μελλούσης ἔρχεσθαι ἐπὶ τῆς οἰκουμένης ὅλης, πειράσαι τοὺς κατοικοῦντας ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
11I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one takes your crown.
ἔρχομαι ταχύ· κράτει ὃ ἔχεις, ἵνα μηδεὶς λάβῃ τὸν στέφανόν σου.
12The one who conquers I will make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will never leave it again. I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from my God, and my own new name.
ὁ νικῶν ποιήσω αὐτὸν στῦλον ἐν τῷ ναῷ τοῦ θεοῦ μου, καὶ ἔξω οὐ μὴ ἐξέλθῃ ἔτι, καὶ γράψω ἐπʼ αὐτὸν τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ θεοῦ μου καὶ τὸ ὄνομα τῆς πόλεως τοῦ θεοῦ μου, τῆς καινῆς Ἰερουσαλήμ, ἡ ⸀καταβαίνουσα ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ μου, καὶ τὸ ὄνομά μου τὸ καινόν.
13Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
ὁ ἔχων οὖς ἀκουσάτω τί τὸ πνεῦμα λέγει ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις.