Revelation 2
1 [He also said to me], “Write [this message] to the leader [MET] of the congregation in Ephesus [city: ‘I] am saying these things [to you: I am] the one who firmly holds the seven stars in my right hand. [I am] the one who walks among the seven golden lampstands.
Diani ne ki teni Efesi Kiristi jaancagli maleki: Ne tie yua n muubi ŋmaabila lele o nuujienu, ki cuoni wula fidsantuankaani lele siiga nni ya lanbona i,
2 I know what you do: You labor [for me] intensely, and you continue [to serve me] steadfastly. [I know] that you cannot tolerate people [who teach what is] evil [MTY], and that you investigated people who falsely claimed that they are apostles, and you found that they were lying.
“N bani ŋan tieni yaali yeni ŋan sɔni ya tuoncianli yeni a juunli mɔndli (ŋaniali). N bani ke ŋaa tieni nibiadba nunmanga. N bani ke a bigni yaaba n yedi ke bi tie tonda kaa tie ba, ki bandi ke bi tie faagu danba i.
3 [I know] also that you continue [to serve me] steadfastly. [Even when people] ([caused you to suffer/persecuted you]), you continued to serve [me] because [you believe] in me, and you have not become too tired [to keep on serving me].
N bani ke a mɔndi ki juuni, ki go ga fala hali boncianla n ya yeli po, ama, li naa wadi a pali.
4 Nevertheless, I have [this complaint] against you: You no longer love [each other and me] as you did when you first [MTY] [trusted in me].
Ama, n ba jalgi a yeni ŋan lindi a cincinbuama.
5 [So, I tell you to] remember how you used to love [me and each other, and] to [realize] that you no longer love as you did. [I tell] you to turn away from your sin [of not loving me and each other], and start loving [each other and me again] as you did at first. If you do not turn away from your sinful behavior, I will come [to judge] you and cause your group to cease to be a Christian congregation [MET].
Lanwani ii, ŋan ya tiani ŋan cindi ki baa naani. ŋan tuubi, ki guani ki ya tiendi ŋan den kpia ki tiendi maama. A yaa tuubi, n ba cua a kani ki ñani a fidsantuankaanu, un ye naani.
6 But you have the following good quality: Those Nicolaitans [teach you believers that you can worship idols and that you may act immorally]. However, you hate such teaching, just like I also hate it.
Ama n bani yaali n tie a ŋandi: a yie Nikolasi yaaba tuada, N mo ń yie yaali n yeni.
7 Everyone who wants to understand my message [MTY] must listen carefully to the message that [God’s] Spirit speaks to the congregations. To everyone who overcomes [Satan], I will give the right to eat [fruit] [MTY] from the tree [that gives] eternal life, the tree that is in God’s garden.’”
Yua n pia a tuba wan cengi foŋanma ń maadi Kiristi jaancaga yaali. Yua n kɔni mi jama, ki paadi, n ba puni o u sanu wan di li miali tibu yaabu n se U Tienu Diema nni.'”
8 “Write [this message] to the leader [MET] of the congregation in Smyrna [city: ‘I am] saying these things [to you. I am] the one who caused [everything to have a beginning] and [who will cause all things to] end. I am the one who died and became alive [again].
Diani ki teni Simiirni jaancagli maleki: Yua cindi yeni yua n juodi, Yua n den kpe ki go ji fo lanbona n ne:
9 I know that you suffer [because of what unbelievers do to you], and that you lack [material possessions]. But [I also know that] you are [spiritually] [MET] rich. [I know] that people (slander/say evil things about) you. They say that they are Jews, but I do not [consider that they are Jews. I consider that] they [belong to] the group that Satan [controls]!
N bani a cacagma, yeni a namu ama a tie piado i. N bani yaaba n yedi ke bi tie Juufinba ki naa tie ba jonjongu. Bi tie Sutaani jaandiegu yaaba i.
10 Do not be afraid of any of the things that you are about to suffer. The truth is that the devil is about to [put] some of you in prison, to tempt you [to deny that you believe in me]. For a short period of time you will suffer [because of what people will do to you] [MTY]. Continue to trust in me, [even if] they kill you [because you trust in me]. As a result, I will [reward you with] eternal life, [just like] [MET] [people reward a victorious athlete by putting] a wreath [on his head].
Da jie ya fala n bili ki guu a. Diidi! Sutani bobindi ki ba cuo ki luoni i siiga nni nitianba li dansaldieli nni, yin la fala dana piiga. Yin ya dugi n po hali yeni mi kuuma, n ba puni a li miali badfegliga.
11 Everyone who wants to understand [MTY] must listen carefully to the message that [God’s] Spirit speaks to the congregations. [After] those who conquer [Satan die], they will live with God. They will never suffer again, even though many others will suffer as though they died a second time.’”
Yua n pia tubli wan cengi Foŋanma ń maadi Kiristi jaancaga yaali. Yua n kɔni mi jama, ki paadi, kan la mi kuuliema fala.” “
12 “Write [this message] to the leader [MET] of the congregation in Pergamum [city: ‘I am] saying these things [to you. I am] the one who has the sharp two-edged sword.
Diani ki teni Pergami Kiristi jaancagli maleki: 'Yua n kubi ya jugsiega n mani kaani lie lanbona n ne:
13 I know where you live: It is where Satan controls [MTY] [people]. [I know] that you firmly believe in me [MTY]. You did not deny that you believe/trust in me, not even in the time when Antipas, (my faithful witness/who faithfully told people about me), [was alive]. He was killed {People killed him} in your city, a city where [people] habitually obey Satan.
N bani ŋan kua naani, Sutaani badigbandi ń ye naani n yeni. Yeni lankuli, a juuni ki kubi yeli. N bani ke yii nia ke yii dugi n po, bayeni Antipasi, n kasiedo daali, yua n dugi n po hali boncianla, ke bi den kpa o i siiga nni, Sutaani ń kua naani n yeni.
14 Nevertheless, I have this [complaint] against you: You permit some of your [members] to teach things like Balaam [taught long ago. He] taught Balak to persuade the Israeli people to sin. [Specifically], he taught them to eat food that had been offered to idols, and to practice sexual immorality.
Ama n pia i jalgi waamu a po: I siiga, bi niba ye, ki ŋua Balaami tundma boncianla, Yua n den tundi Balaki ke o tulni Israyeli bila, ke bi dini i buli padjiema, ki go conbi.
15 In that way, you are also permitting some of [your members] to practice what the Nicolaitans teach, [which is like what Balaam taught].
Lani n go yeni, i siiga nni, nitianba ŋua Nikola yaaba bangma ke li paa.
16 So you must stop doing [this]. If [you do] not stop doing [it], I will come to you suddenly. Using the words that I will say I will fight against those [who believe this false teaching] [MTY], and I will ([condemn them/say that they must be punished]).
Lanwani ii, ŋan tuubi! A yaa tuubi, N ba cua tontoni a kani, ki pua bu tɔbu yeni ba yeni n ñɔbu nni jugsiega.
17 Everyone who wants to understand [MTY] must listen carefully to the message that [God’s] Spirit speaks to the congregations. To everyone who conquers [Satan], I will give [blessings that will be like] the [food called] manna [that is in a jar] that is {that someone has} hidden. I will also give them a white stone on which [I will] engrave a new name, a name that no one but the ones who receive it will know.’”
Yua n pia tubli, wan cengi Foŋanma ń maadi Kiristi jaancaga yaali. Yua n kɔni ki paadi, n ba teni o yaali n tie Maani, ki wuo, n go ba teni o tanpienli, ke yepaanli diani lipo, ya yeli ke niloba ki bani, kase yua baa li baba.” “
18 “Write [this message] to the leader [MET] of the congregation in Thyatira [city: ‘I], (the Son of God/the one who is also God), am saying these things [to you: I am] the one whose eyes [shine] [SIM] like a flame of fire, and whose feet [shine] [MET] like fine brass.
Diani ki teni Tiyatiri Kiristi jaancagli maleki: U Tienu Bijua yua n pia a ninbina nani umupienu yeni, ke o taana tie nani ban duadi ya kudmɔndi yeni lanbona n ne:
19 I know that you love [me and each other], and that you trust [in me]. I know that you serve [others] and that you steadfastly endure [a lot of difficulties/trials. I know] that you are doing these things more now than [you have done them] in the past.
“N bani ŋan tieni yaali: A buama a dudugdi a tuonli yeni a juunli mɔndli. N bani a tuona, a buama, a dudugdi, mɔndli, a tuona mɔlane cie ŋan den cindi ki tieni yaali.
20 Nevertheless, I have this [complaint] about you: You tolerate that woman [among your members who is like] [MET] [that wicked queen] Jezebel [who lived long ago]. She says that she (is a prophetess/proclaims messages that come directly from God), but through what she teaches she is deceiving my servants. She is urging them to commit sexual immorality and to eat food that they have offered to idols.
Ama min jalgi a yaali ya po n ne: A cabi o pua Jesabili, yua n tama ke o tie sawalpualo yeni u sanu. O tundima po, o tulni n tonda ke bi tieni mi conconma, ki go dini i buli padjiema.
21 Although I gave her time to stop [her sexual immorality and pagan practices], she did not want to stop [doing them].
N bili o po u yogu waamu, wan baa ki tuubi, ama waa bua wan mia sugli o conconma po.
22 [As a result], I will cause her to become very ill [MTY]. I will also cause those [who act immorally as she does] [MET] to suffer greatly, if they do not stop [doing] what she does.
Diidi! N ba lu o u yianu, wani yeni yaaba n tieni mi conconma kuli ba la falaciamo, kase bi ya tuubi bi tuonbiadi po.
23 Some [have become like] her children by doing [what she teaches] [MET]; I will certainly get rid of them. As a result, all the congregations will recognize that I am the one who finds out what everyone thinks and desires [MTY]. I will reward each of you according to what you have done.
N ba pua ki kpa o bila, Kiristi jaancaga kuli ba bandi ke mini n fiidi ki bani yaali n ye mi maalma yeni a pala nni kuli. N ba teni i siiga nni, yuakuli yeni wan sɔni o tuona maama i.
24 But I have something good to say about the rest [of you believers] in Thyatira. [It is good] that you do not accept that [false] teaching. [It is good that you reject] what those [teachers] call their ‘secret [practices’, practices that] Satan [inspired] (OR, what those teachers [facetiously] call the secret, profound [practices that] Satan [inspires]). I will not burden you with any commands [other than that which you already have been told].
Ama yinba yaaba n sieni Tiyatiiri nni, yua n ki ŋua lanya tunda, kaa bani ban yii yaali ya bona n wuo Sutaani ŋasiili nni - yinba wani, n yedi yi, 'N kan tugni yi tugtɔli.'
25 Just keep [believing firmly in me, and obey me] until I return.
Lan baa maama kuli, yin ya kubi ke li paa, hali min ba cua.
26 As for those who conquer [Satan] and who (OR, [because] they) keep on doing what I command until they die, I will give them authority, just like I myself received it from my Father. [They will exercise that authority] over the nations [that rebel against God].
Yua n kɔni mi jama ki paadi, ki tiendi min tieni yaali hali yeni mi juodma, n ba puni u paalu, wan diedi i nibuoli kuli.
27 They will rule them [severely as if they were striking them] [HYP] with an iron rod. They [will destroy those who do evil things] just like [people] shatter clay pots [MET].
O baa diedi ba yeni u badkudigbiamu, o ba pua ki mumudi ba nani ku yɔgu tiamaakaadi yeni.'
28 I will also enable [everyone who conquers Satan to shine gloriously like] the morning star [does] [MTY, MET].
Nani min ga N Báa kani maama, n mo ba teni o ku siŋaagu ŋmaabiga.
29 Everyone who wants to understand [MTY] must listen carefully to the message that [God’s] Spirit speaks to the congregations.’”
Yua n pia tubli, wan cengi Foŋanma ń maadi Kiristi jaancaga ya maama.”
