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.
Uñolele iñiloyi lye Kereke ya Sarde. Aya njimanzwi ozo yokwatilile inkani zitenda iyaza ni zobele kwiyanza lyakwe lyabulyo imi yoyenda mukati kamalambi egauda akwana iyanza ni obele,
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.
“Nizi zobapangi imi musebezi wako mukando ni inkulo inde yakulindila. Nizi kuti kowoli kulolelela bantu bachive. Nizi kuti ubaliki abo baliwamba kuti ba Apositola, kono nisali njibona, imi ubabawani kuti babuhata.
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].
Nizi kuti wina inkulo inde yakulindila, imi ubanyandi maswe chebaka lyezina lyangu, imi kena ubakatali.
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].
Kono nikubengelele kuchokuti ubasiyi kumasule ilato lyako lyetanzi.
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].
Uzeze chobulyo kukazwilila hobakawili. Ubakele zive imi utatike kutende zintu zobatatiki kwitazi. Konji chiwabakela zive, Kanikeze kwako imi kanizwise mekalilo amalambi hazikalilo zateni.
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.
Kono uzikwete izi: Utoyete bulyo za Filadelfia zabapangi, izo name nizitoyete.
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.’”
Usiye abo bene matwi bazuwe chiluwamba Luhuho kwi Kereke. Kwabo bakoma kanibahe inswanelo yakulya kwisamu lyabuhalo, uwanika mumubuso muhya wa Ireeza.””
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].
Uñolele iñiloyi kwi Keleke ya Laudisea: Aya njimanzwi uzo we tanzi ni mamani mani, uzo habafwile imi chabukila kuhala hape.
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]!
Nizi masukuluka ako ni bunjebwe bwako, kono ufumite. Nizi kuti kwina baliwamba kuti Majuda, kono nisali njibona. Bezwile bulyo Buhedeni.
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].
Sanzi mutiyi kuamana kuzete munyandiswe. Mubone! Jabulosi ukwete kulitukiseza kusohela bamwi mutolongo kutendela kuti mulikwe, imi munyandiswe chamazuba atenda ikumi. Musepahale bulyo kutwala ifu, imi kanimihe mushukwe wa buhalo.
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.’”
Musiye bena matwi bazuwe Luhuho chiluwamba kwi Keleke. Iyemwine yatakome kesenabone kusasama kwefu lyabubeli.””
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.
Uñolele iñiloyi lye Keleke ya Pergamum: Aya njimanzi ozo yokwete mukwale ucheka kobele. Nizikale kumuhala, uko kuwanika mubuso wa Satani. Njokuti mukwatilile kwizina lyangu.
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.
“Nizi kuti kene mubakani intumelo yenu yakwangu, nihakuba mumazuba aa Antipas muzimanini wangu, Basepahala bangu, njeni yabahayiwa mukati kenu, uko kwahala Satani.
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.
Nina zintu zilikene zinisatabeli: Kwina bamwi mukatikenu bakwatilile kwi tuto za Balaamu, uzo yabaluti Balaki kuzinda zisitataliso pili kubana ba Masilaele, kuti bawole kulya zilyo za chitabelo cha maswaniso imi nikuba basangu.
15 In that way, you are also permitting some of [your members] to practice what the Nicolaitans teach, [which is like what Balaam taught].
Mwinzila iswana, musina bamwi bakwatilile kwituto za Nicolaitans.
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]).
Mubakele zive, chobulyo, Haiba nimusa tendi bulyo, imi munibutule indwa ya kusazumizana nabo chamukwale wamulomo wangu.
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.’”
Musiye abo bene mantwi bazuwe Luhuho chiluwamba kwi Keleke. Kwabo bakoma, kanihe bamwi kumanna apatitwe, imi kanihe inbwe lituba izina ihywa liñolitwe hebwe, izina ilyo kakwina nanga yenke wizi kono iye yolitambula.””
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.
Uñolele Iñiloi be Keleke ya Thyatira. Aa njimanzwi azwa ku Mwan'a Ireeza, uzo wina menso amunika sina malimi amuliloimi matende abenya sina makatulo abasizwe sinte.
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.
Nizi zimubapangi: Izwalo lyenu ni tumelo ni musebezi ni inkulo inde ilindila. Nizi kuti zintu zimubapangi linuhanu zihita zimubapangi kutanzi.
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.
Kono ninazi zinilwisanisa namwe: Mubasilili uzo mwanakazi Jezebele, yolisumpa kuti mupolofita wamwana. Chituto zakwe abachengeleli bantu kutende buhule ni kulya zilyo zamatelo aziswaniso.
21 Although I gave her time to stop [her sexual immorality and pagan practices], she did not want to stop [doing them].
Nibamuhi inako yakubakela chive, kono kasuni kubakela zive za muyendelo wakwe mubi.
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.
Bone; Kani musohele hesasa nikulwala, nabo batenda naye busangu muma sukuluka makando, konji chini ba baka muzipangatu zakwe,
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.
Kani kave bana bakwe bafwe, imi zose ikereke kazi zibe kuti njeme yosakisiza kuzeza nikulo. Kani he wumwi ni wumwi kuya kamitendo yakwe.
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].
Kono bamwi kwenu mwa Tayatira. basa tendi kezi zirutwa, imi hape kabezi zintu zile za Satani muba zisupila - kwenu nimi wambila,' Kani mikulikisi kulemenwa kumwi;
25 Just keep [believing firmly in me, and obey me] until I return.
Niha kuba bulyo, mukwatilile kaku kola mbwiteli hese nini kabole.
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].
Iye mwine yozunda hape natenda zinali kutenda kuka sika kuma maninizo, kani muhe itukelo hewulu lyechisi.
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].
Mwa ba buse ke nkoli yesipi, Sina tuhambwe twelongo mwaba pwachole bufwafwali. '
28 I will also enable [everyone who conquers Satan to shine gloriously like] the morning star [does] [MTY, MET].
Sina muniba tambwili kwaTayo, Name muni muhe ikani ya lilungwe.
29 Everyone who wants to understand [MTY] must listen carefully to the message that [God’s] Spirit speaks to the congregations.’”
Musiye wina matwi atekeleze chilu wamba Luhuho kwi kereke."”'
