啟示錄 2
1 你給厄弗所教會的天使寫：「那右手握著七顆星，而在那七盞金燈臺當中行走的這樣說：
“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: 'The words of the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand and who walks among the seven golden lampstands,
2 我知道你的作為、你的苦勞和你的堅忍；也知道你不能容忍惡人，並且你也會查驗出那些自稱為宗徒而實非宗徒的人，發現他們是撒謊的人；
“I know what you have done and your hard labor and your patient endurance. I know that you cannot tolerate the evil people. I know that you have tested those who say they are apostles, but are not, and that you have found them to be false.
3 也知道你有堅忍，為了我的名字受了苦，而毫不厭倦。
I know you have patient endurance, and you have suffered much because of my name, and that you have not grown weary.
4 可是，我有反對你的一條，就是你拋棄了你起初的愛德，
But I have against you the fact that you have left behind your first love.
5 所以你該回想你是從那裏跌下的，你該悔改，行先前所行的事：若你不悔改，我就要臨於你，把你的燈臺從原處挪去。
Remember therefore from where you have fallen. Repent and do the things you did at first. Unless you repent, I will come to you and I will remove your lampstand from its place.
6 不過你有一條：就是你惱恨了尼苛勞黨人的行為，這也是我所惱恨的。
But you have this: You hate what the Nicolaitans have done, which I also hate.
7 有耳朵的，應聽聖神向各教會說的話：勝利的，我要把天主樂園中生命樹的果實，賜給他吃。」
Let the one who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.”'”
8 你給斯米那教會的天使寫：「那身為元始和終末，曾死過而復生的這樣說：
“To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: 'The words of the one who is the first and the last, the one who was dead and who became alive again:
9 我知道你的困苦和貧窮，其實你是富足的；也知道你由那些自稱為猶太人的人受的誹謗，其實他們不是猶太人，而是撒殫的會眾。
“I know your sufferings and your poverty, but you are rich. I know the slander of those who say they are Jews, but they are not. They are a synagogue of Satan.
10 不要怕你要受的苦！看，魔鬼要把你們中的一些人投在監裏，叫你們受試探；你們要遭受困難十天之久。你應當忠信至死，我必要賜給你生命的華冠。
Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look! The devil is about to throw some of you into prison so that you will be tested, and you will suffer for ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.
11 有耳朵的，應聽聖神向各教會說的話：勝利的必不受第二次死亡的害。」
Let the one who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. The one who conquers will not be hurt by the second death.”'”
12 你給培爾加摩教會的天使寫：「那持有雙刃利劍的這樣說：
“To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: 'The words of the one who has the sword with two sharp edges:
13 我知道你居住的地方，在那裏有撒殫的寶座；當我忠信的見證安提帕在你們中間，即在撒殫居住的地方被殺的時日，你仍堅持了我的名字，從未否認對我的信仰。
“I know where you live, there where Satan's throne is. Yet you hold on tightly to my name. I know that you did not deny your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, there where Satan lives.
14 可是，我有反對你的幾條，就是：在你們那裏，你容忍了一些堅持巴郎教訓的人；巴郎曾教巴拉克在以色列子民前安放了絆腳石，叫他們吃祭肉，行邪淫；
But I have a few things against you: You have there some who hold tightly to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to throw a stumbling block before the children of Israel, so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and be sexually immoral.
15 同樣，你也容忍了一些堅持尼苛勞黨人教訓的人。
In the same way, you even have some who hold tightly to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
16 所以你應當悔改，不然，我就要迅速臨於你，用我口中的利劍攻擊他們。
Repent, therefore! If you do not, I will quickly come to you, and I will wage war against them with the sword in my mouth.
17 有耳朵的，應聽聖神向各教會說的話：勝利的，我要賜給他隱藏的「瑪納」，也要賜給他一塊刻有新名號的白石，除領受的人外，誰也不認得這名號。」
Let the one who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give a white stone with a new name written on the stone, a name which no one knows but the one who receives it.”'”
18 你給提雅提辣教會的天使寫：「那位眼睛有如火燄，雙腳有如光銅的天主子這樣說：
“To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: 'These are the words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire and feet like polished bronze:
19 我知道你的作為、你的愛德、信德、服務和堅忍，也知道你末後的作為比先前的更多。
“I know what you have done: your love and faith and service and your patient endurance. I know that what you have done recently is more than you did at first.
20 可是我有反對你的一條，就要你曾容許那自稱為先知的婦人依則貝耳教訓我的僕人，並引誘他們行邪淫，吃祭肉。
But I have this against you: You tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she deceives my servants to commit sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
21 我原給了她悔改的時間，可是她不肯悔改自己的淫行。
I gave her time to repent, but she is not willing to repent of her immorality.
22 看，我要把她投在病床上，並且把那些與她行邪淫的人，若他們對她的惡行不予以悔改，也投到重大的困苦中，
Look! I will throw her onto a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great suffering, unless they repent of her deeds.
23 並將她的子女置於死地；這樣各教會都知道我是洞察人心和肺腑的主，並且我要按照你們的行為，報應你們每一個人。
I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the one who searches thoughts and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.
24 至於你們其餘的提雅提辣人，凡不隨從這種教訓，不認識那所謂「撒殫奧義」的人，我對你們說：我不再把別的重擔加在你們身上，
But to the rest of you in Thyatira, to everyone who does not hold this teaching, and does not know what some call the deep things of Satan—to you I say, 'I do not put any other burden on you.'
25 可是你們應該堅持已有的，直到我來。
In any case, you must hold on tightly until I come.
26 勝利的，並且到最末堅守我事業的人，我必賜給他治理萬民的權柄－－
The one who conquers and who does what I have done until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations.
27 他將用鐵杖管轄他們，有如打碎瓦器－－
'He will rule them with an iron rod, like clay jars he will break them into pieces.'
28 正如我由我父所領受的權柄一樣；我還要賜給他那顆晨星。
Just as I have received from my Father, I will also give him the morning star.
29 有耳朵的，應聽聖神向各教會說的話。」
Let the one who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches.”'”
