< Revelation 2 >
1 "To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: "He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks among the seven golden lampstands says these things:
“Mwalembele katumetume jwa kwinani jwakwimilila mpingo wa ŵandu ŵakunkulupilila Kilisito wa ku Efeso, ngunsalila aga. “Uneji ni jungukamulila ndondwa saba kunkono wangu wa kundyo ni sooni ni jungwendajenda pasikati pa indu saba yakuŵichila imuli yaikolochekwe ni sahabu.
2 "I know your works, and your toil and perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and have tested those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and found them false.
Nguimanyilila ipanganyo yenu ni kuchalila kwenu ni upililiu wenu mu kundumichila une, nguimanyilila kuti ngankukombola kwapililila ŵandu ŵangalumbana ni sooni mwalinjile aŵala ŵakuliŵilanga achinduna akuno nganaŵa achinduna ni mwamanyilile kuti ali ŵakulambusya.
3 You have perseverance and have endured for my name's sake, and have not grown weary.
Mmweji nli jwakupililila ni mwasawiche kwa liwamba lya liina lyangu pangapela.
4 But I have this against you, that you left your first love.
Nambo ngwete chindu chimo nkati mmwe, yakuti: ngankuunonyela une mpela imwatiji kundanda.
5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I am coming to you, and will move your lampstand out of its place, unless you repent.
Nipele nkumbuchile imwaliji nkanaŵe kulyungasika, ngalauche ni kuleka sambi ni ntende imwaitesile kundanda. Nambo iŵaga ngantenda yeleyo, ngunnyichilila ni kuchityosya chindu chenu chakuŵichila lumuli kutyochela peuto pakwe.
6 But this you have, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
Nambo ngusengwa kwa ligongo lya chindu chimo: nkuichima ipanganyo ya Ŵanikolai inguichima none jwakwe.
7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.
“Jwakwete mapilikanilo gakupilikanila apilikane agala Mbumu jwa Akunnungu gakwasalila mipingo ja ŵandu ŵakunkulupilila Kilisito. “Jwakupunda chinannechele alye isogosi ya chitela cha umi chachili mungunda wa Akunnungu kumbepo.
8 "To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: "The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life says these things:
“Mwalembele katumetume jwa kwinani jwakwimilila mpingo wa ŵandu ŵakunkulupilila Kilisito wa ku Similina. “Gelega ni gakusala ajula jwali jwaandanda ni jwambesi, juŵajasiche ni sambano ali jwanjumi.
9 "I know your tribulation 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.
Ngugamanyilila masausyo genu ni iyoyo nguumanyilila ulaje wenu nambo isyene mwe nli ŵakusichila! Ngumanyilila yakuti pakuntukana ŵanyawo ŵakuliŵilanga Ŵayahudi akuno nganaŵa Ŵayahudi, nambo ali nyuumba ja kupopelela mpingo wa Shetani.
10 Do not be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Look, 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 until death, and I will give you the crown of life.
Nkajogopa masausyo gachigansimane. Mpilikane! Shetani chachaponya ŵampepe ŵenu mu nyuumba jakutaŵilwa kuti anlinje, ni ŵanyamwe chinsauche moŵa likumi. Mmeje ŵakukulupilichika mpaka kuwa, ni une chinampe chindu mpela singwa ja umi nti mbote kwa ligongo lya kupunda.
11 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes won't be harmed by the second death.
“Jwakwete mapilikanilo gakupilikanila, apilikane agala Mbumu jwa Akunnungu gakwasalila mipingo ja ŵandu ŵakunkulupilila Kilisito! “Jwakuipunda yeleyo ngapotekwa ng'o ni chiwa chaaŵili.
12 "To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: "He who has the sharp two-edged sword says these things:
“Mwalembele katumetume jwa kwinani jwakwimilila mpingo wa ŵandu ŵakunkulupilila Kilisito wa ku Peligamo. “Gelega ni gakusala ajula jwakwete lipanga lyenole mosemose.
13 "I know where you dwell, where Satan's throne is. You hold firmly to my name, and did not deny my faith even in the days of Antipas, my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
Ngumanyilila kuti nkutama mu musi waukulongoswa ni umwenye wa Shetani. Nambo mwe nkwendelechela kulikamulisya liina lyangu. Nganinchikana chikulupi chandinacho kukwangu, namose mmoŵa ga che Antipa jwaumboni jwangu jwakukulupilichika, juŵaulajikwe mu chilambo chenu chachikulongoswa ni Shetani.
14 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.
Nambo ngwete indu kanandi yangaŵa yambone nkati mmwe pakuŵa mwalesile ŵandu ŵane mwa ŵanyamwe ajiganyikwe majiganyo gaŵajiganyaga che Balaamu kalakala. Ŵanjigenye che Balaki ŵanyenje ŵandu ŵa Isilaeli atende sambi. Usyene ŵajigenye alye chakulya chachityochekwe mbopesi kwa inyago, ni kutenda chigwagwa.
15 So you also have some who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans likewise.
Sooni nkwete ŵane ŵakugajitichisya majiganyo ga Ŵanikolai.
16 Repent therefore, or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.
Ngalauche ni kuleka sambi, pangatenda yeleyo chinanyichilile chitema ni kumenyana nawo ŵandu wo kwa lipanga lyalikutyochela mu kang'wa jangu.
17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. 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.
“Jwakwete mapilikanilo gakupilikanila, apilikane agala Mbumu jwa Akunnungu gakwasalila mipingo ja ŵandu ŵakunkulupilila Kilisito! “Jwakupunda, jwelejo chinaape chakulya chachikuŵilanjikwa mana jajisisiche kwinani ni sooni chinaape ŵelewo liganga lyeswela ni peganga po palembekwe liina lya sambano lyangalikumanyika ni jwine ikaŵe ajula pe jwakulipochela.”
18 "To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: "The Son of God, who has his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet are like burnished bronze, says these things:
“Mwalembele katumetume jwa kwinani jwakwimilila mpingo wa ŵandu ŵakunkulupilila Kilisito wa ku Siatila. “Ayi ni yakuisala Mwana jwa Akunnungu, jwakwete meeso mpela lilamba lya mooto ni makongolo gakwe gali mpela shaba jajikundikwe kwannope.
19 "I know your works, your love, faith, service, patient endurance, and that your last works are more than the first.
Nguimanyilila ipanganyo yenu ni unonyelo ni chikulupi ni utumichile wenu ni upililiu wenu. Ngumanyilila kuti sambano nkupanganya yambone nnope kupunda imwaliji kundanda.
20 But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman, Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. She teaches and seduces my servants to commit sexual immorality, and to eat things sacrificed to idols.
Nambo ngwete chindu chimo nkati mmwe chingachikusengwasya chakuti: nkunkunda jwankongwe Yesebeli jwakuliŵilanga jwakulondola, ni kwajiganya ŵakutumichila ŵangu ni kwalyungasya kuti atende chigwagwa ni kulya indu yetajikwe mbopesi kwa inyago.
21 I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality.
None naapele lipesa kuti aleche sambi, nambo ngakusaka kugalauka ni kuleka sambi sya chikululu chakwe.
22 Look, I will throw her into a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great oppression, unless they repent of her works.
Mpilikane! Chinaajamuche kwa kwataga ulwele wakalipa. Sooni aŵala ŵakutenda nawo chikululu chasauche kwannope, iŵaga ngakugalauka ni kuleka sambi syatesile nawo.
23 I will kill her children with Death, and all the churches will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.
Sooni chinaaulaje achalongo ŵakwe. Ni mipingo jose ja ŵandu ŵakunkulupilila Kilisito chijimanyilile kuti une ni jungujimanya mitima ni nganisyo sya ŵandu. None chinaalipe jwalijose jwa mwenumwe malinga ni yakuitenda.
24 But to you I say, to the rest who are in Thyatira, as many as do not have this teaching, who do not know what some call 'the deep things of Satan,' to you I say, I am not putting any other burden on you.
“Nambo mwanya ŵane ŵanli ku Seatela ŵanganinkuye majiganyo ga ŵakwiganya ŵa unami ni nganinlijiganya indu yaikuŵilanjikwa kuti ili indu ya munkati nnope ya Shetani. Ngunsalila kuti ngisinantwika nsigo wine kupunda agala gunkwete.
25 Nevertheless, hold that which you have firmly until I come.
Nkusachilwa kwendelechela kukulupilila ni kuujitichisya utenga wa chikulupi umpochele, mpaka pachiiche po.
26 He who overcomes, and he who keeps my works to the end, to him I will give authority over the nations.
Ni jwele jwakupunda ni kwendelechela kupanganya ingusaka mpaka kumbesi chinampe ulamusi ulaula umbochele kutyochela kwa Atati ŵangu, pachanya pa ŵandu ŵa ilambo yose.
27 He will rule them with an iron scepter, shattering them like clay pots; as I also have received of my Father:
Nombejo chachalamula ŵandu ŵa ilambo kwa nkongojo wa chisyano ni kwaliŵata mpela yaikuti kukasikwa yombo ya lilongo.
28 and I will give him the morning star.
Chinampe ndondwa ja mng'andu mpela indite kupochela ulamusi kutyochela kwa Atati ŵangu.
29 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
“Jwakwete mapilikanilo gakupilikanila, apilikane agala Mbumu jwa Akunnungu gakwasalila mipingo ja ŵandu ŵakunkulupilila Kilisito!