1 Ndipo kwa mngelo wa Mpingo wa ku Sarde lemba:Izi anena iye wakukhala nayo mizimu isanu ndi iwiri ya Mulungu, ndi nyenyezi zisanu ndi riwiri: Ndidziwa nchito zako, kuti uli nalo dzina lakuti uli ndi moyo, ndipo uli wakufa.
2 Khala wodikira, ndipo limbitsa zotsalira, zimene zinafuna kufa; pakutisindinapeza nchito zako zakufikira pamaso pa Mulungu wanga.
3 Cifukwa cace kumbukila umo unalandira nunamvamo; nusunge nulape. Ukapanda kudikira tsono, ndidzafika ngati mbala, ndipo sudzazindikira nthawi yace ndidzadza pa iwe.
4 Komatu uli nao maina owerengeka m'Sarde, amene sanadetsa zobvala zao; ndipo adzayenda ndi Ine m'zoyera; cifukwa ali oyenera.
5 Iye amene alakika adzambveka motero zobvala zoyera; ndipo sindidzafafaniza ndithu dzina lace m'buku la moyo, ndipo ndidzambvomereza dzina lace pamaso pa Atate wanga, ndi pamaso pa angelo ace.
6 Iye wakukhala nalo khutu amve cimene Mzimu anena kwa Mipingo.
7 Ndipo kwa mngelo wa Mpingo wa ku Filadelfeya lemba;Izi anena iye amene ali Woyera, iye amene ali Woona, iye wakukhala naco cifungulo ca Davide, iye wotsegula, ndipo palibe wina atseka; iye wotseka, ndipo palibe wina atsegula: