“To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write: “He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks among the seven golden lamp stands says these things:
“I know your works, and your toil and perseverance, and that you can’t tolerate evil men, and have tested those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and found them false.
2:3
ወተዐገሥከወጾርከበእንተስምየወኢተቈጣዕከ።
你也能忍耐,曾為我的名勞苦,並不乏倦。
You have perseverance and have endured for my name’s sake, and have not grown weary.
2:4
ወባሕቱቦዘአሐይሰከእስመኀደገአፍቅሮተከዘቀዲሙ።
然而有一件事我要責備你,就是你把起初的愛心離棄了。
But I have this against you, that you left your first love.
Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I am coming to you swiftly, and will move your lamp stand out of its place, unless you repent.
2:6
ወዝንቱሰብከእስመትጸልእምግባሮሙለኒቆላውያንበከመአነእጸልእ።
然而你還有一件可取的事,就是你恨惡尼哥拉一黨人的行為,這也是我所恨惡的。
But this you have, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God.
“I know your works, oppression, and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.
“I know your works and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. You hold firmly to my name, and didn’t deny my faith in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to throw a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality.
2:15
ወእሉኒሀለዉኀቤከእለያጸንዑትምህርቶሙለኒቆላውያን።
你那裏也有人照樣服從了尼哥拉一黨人的教訓。
So also you likewise have some who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
2:16
ወይእዜኒነስሕወእመአኮሰእመጽእወእጸብኦሙፍጡነበሰይፈአፉየ።
所以,你當悔改;若不悔改,我就快臨到你那裏,用我口中的劍攻擊他們。
Repent therefore, or else I am coming to you quickly and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows but he who receives it.
“To the angel of the assembly in Thyatira write: “The Son of God, who has his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet are like burnished brass, says these things:
But I have this against you, that you tolerate your woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. She teaches and seduces my servants to commit sexual immorality and to eat things sacrificed to idols.
2:21
ወወሀብክዋመዋዕለበዘትኔስሕወአበየትነስሖእምነዝሙታ።
我曾給她悔改的機會,她卻不肯悔改她的淫行。
I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality.
I will kill her children with Death, and all the assemblies will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.
But to you I say, to the rest who are in Thyatira—as many as don’t have this teaching, who don’t know what some call ‘the deep things of Satan’—to you I say, I am not putting any other burden on you.
2:25
ወባሕቱዘብክሙአጽንዑእስከአመእሣሀል።
但你們已經有的,總要持守,直等到我來。
Nevertheless, hold that which you have firmly until I come.
2:26
ወለዘሞአወዐቀበግብርየለዝሉፉእሁቦሥልጣነላዕለአሕዛብ።
那得勝又遵守我命令到底的,我要賜給他權柄制伏列國;
He who overcomes, and he who keeps my works to the end, to him I will give authority over the nations.
2:27
ወይርዕዮሙበበትረኀጺንወከመንዋየለብሓይቀጠቅጦሙ።
他必用鐵杖轄管 他們,將他們如同窯戶的瓦器打得粉碎,像我從我父領受的權柄一樣。
He will rule them with a rod of iron, shattering them like clay pots, as I also have received of my Father;
2:28
በከመአነነሣእኩእምኀበአቡየወእሁቦኮከበጽባሕ።
我又要把晨星賜給他。
and I will give him the morning star.
2:29
ዘቦእዝንሰሚዐለይስማዕምንተይቤመንፈስቅዱስለአብያተክርስቲያናት።
聖靈向眾教會所說的話,凡有耳的,就應當聽!』」
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.