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.
“Ephisas chaas rangsah suh raang uh: “Arah tiitkhaap ah heh reeni dakchah kooni ritsi sinet joha taangnawa nyia kom weetook thin theng sinet damdi khoomla wah taangnawa.
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.
Tim reelu ngah ih jat eh hala; Naan uno timthan mootchaan kaatchaan motu ah ejat ih hala. Erah ejat ih hala mih lajak loong ah an ih tah naan sokko. Erah damdi kaamwah lah angka di ngah kaamwah ngeh chaang ha mina loong ah thaak taari uno jat hu, neng loong ah ehuh eleek.
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].
Nga thoithoi di an ih lah toihaat thang ih rapne naan uno chamnaang lu,
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].
Enoothong an suh laseechoh abah jaakhoh ni minchan tahang likhiik amadi lah minchan rang nooba laseechoh ih hala.
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].
Taatthaak thunthaak uh, timthan haloh ni moonglu! Rangdah mootkaat thinhaat uno jaakhoh ni motu erah likhiik moh uh. An rangdah nawa lamok lek koobah, ngah eraak ehang weetook thin theng ah etoon raak ehang.
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.
Enoothong ngah ih an suh seechoh hala abah ngah ih Nikolai loong reeraang miksuk tang likhiik an ih uh emamah miksuk hu erah suh ba seechoh lang.
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.’”
“Sen na je an bah, Chiiala ih chaas suh timjih baat ha erah chaat an! “Ngo mina ih jen jen ah, erah mina suh Rangte Pa ni roidong potiik bang angla erah tiik ah jen thi phak thuk ang.
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].
“Ismirna chaas dowa rangsah suh raang uh: “Arah tiitkhaap ah marah wah ephang, ethoon nyia etek eta eno ewe ngaakthingta erah wah taangnawa.
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]!
Ngah ih an chamnaang ah ejat ehang, an changthih ngeh uh ejat ehang—enoothong an amiimi diibah changthih tah angko! Ngah ih jat ehang Jehudi lah angka di Jehudi ngeh ih chaang rumha loong rah ih an tiit ethih thetbaat rum halu, amiidi bah neng ah Soitaan mina!
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].
Tim ang abah uh chamnaang ra nakcho uh. Chaat uh! Hakhoh luuwang ih phaatak nah sak hono eteeme mok eho, eno an sa asih tuk ih ba chamnaang uh. Etek theng thok ha bah uh ngah suh rapneene ih hanpi hang, enooba ngah ih an suh ejen thaang ah roidong koha.
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.’”
“Sen na je an bah, Chiiala ih chaas suh timjih baat ha erah chaat an! “Ngo mina ih jen jen ah erate ah etek we etheng rah ih tajen haamka.
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.
“Pargamum chaas dowa rangsah suh raang uh: “Arah tiitkhaap ah haanghop langtheh ang arah piita wah taangnawa.
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.
Ngah ih jat ehang maradi an tonglu erah hah rah Soitaan luuwang tongtheng angla eradi tonglu. Ngah haaki tuungmaang maang ih chapte Antipaas ah Soitaan tongtheng ni tek haatta tok adi uh an ih ngah suh tuungmaang ah tah thin haattu.
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.
Enoothong sen suh amasah laseechoh ah langla: sen laktung ni marah marah mina Baalam jeng chaatte eje, Marah ih Baalak suh Ijirel mina loong mokwaan thuk rum ano tongmih suh koha phaksat ah phaksat thuk rumta eno minuh damdoh roomjup roongtong ah nyootsoot ano rangdah ni dat hoom rumta, erah Baalam jeng kapte sen jaachi ni eje.
15 In that way, you are also permitting some of [your members] to practice what the Nicolaitans teach, [which is like what Balaam taught].
Erah likhiikkhiik sen jaachi ni uh marah marah mina Nikolai loong jeng nyootte eje.
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]).
Amadoh engaak ehan sen rangdah nawa ah! lah ngaak ran bah, ngah sen jinnah kharok eraak ehang eno nga tui nawa dong taha lang ah pi angno neng damdoh rook raahang.
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.’”
“Sen na je an baleh chaat an, marah Chiiala ih chaas loong suh baat ha rah ah! “Ngo ih jen ah erah suh ngah ih ehotthin eha manna ah koh ang. Jong epuung nah men ena raang choi korum ang, erah wahoh ih tajatka ang ah enoothong marah ih thaangha erah ih ba jat ah.
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.
“Thaitira chaas dowa rangsah suh raang uh: “Arah tiitkhaap ah Rangte Sah, heh mik ah weelak kaphaak ajih phaakla, heh lah ah jaanmeen leep hut choi phaakphaak phaakla taangnawa.
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.
Ngah ih ejat ehang an timjih reelu ah. An jinni minchan, tuungmaang, mootkaat ah eje, nyia an ten jen naan hu rah uh ejat ehang. Jaakhoh nawa thaknang ibah amadi ehan reelu rah uh ejat ehang.
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.
Enoothong ngah ih an miksuk hala ah langla: an ih minuh Jejebel ih liita ngah Rangte kongphaak huite eno eradi enaan etu, heh ih nga laksuh loong mokwaan rumta ah langla minuh damdoh roomjup, tongmih suh koh arah phaksat ah phaksat suh ki nyoot rumta, erah suh khalang.
21 Although I gave her time to stop [her sexual immorality and pagan practices], she did not want to stop [doing them].
Ngah ih heh suh rangdah nawa ngaak suh saapoot ekot taat etang, ang abah uh heh tenthun thih dowa ngaak suh tah nookta.
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.
Erah raangtaan ih ngah ih heh teenuh nyia heh damdi roomjupte loong ah juptheng adoh haat ang eno rapne chamnaang thuk rum ah. Erah nuh ah damdi thet reete loong uh lah sekthun rumka bah neng uh amah doh juptheng nah haat rum ang.
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.
Ngah ih erah nuh liphante loong ah nep tek haat ang, eno erah lih adoh chaas nawa mina loong ih jat rum hang, mina tenthun nyia tim nook rumla erah jatte ah ngah. Sen ih mamah ih re an ngah ih sen damdoh emamah ih re ang.
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].
“Enoothong Thaitira dowa rukho loong rah ih ethih nyootsootta ah tah kap rumta; rukho loong ih Soitaan husah tiit baat hah rah sen ih tanyoottan. Ngah ih liihang abah sen suh arah khotok doh huijih taka hui thuk rumra.
25 Just keep [believing firmly in me, and obey me] until I return.
Enoothong ngah maang ngaak raara amadi ang lan ah likhiik rongtangtang jaatjaat tong an.
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].
Ngo mina ih jen jen ah, nyia ethoon tuk ih ngah ih liihang jun ih reela, erah suh seng Wah jin nawa chaan chotang ah koh ang: Deek akaan jen pan suh chaan ah koh ang, jom ajaan likhiik ih pan rum ah, nyia paaktek bunbuh arah likhiik bun bot thuk rum ang. Ngah ih rangkhano ritsi ah uh ekot erum ang.
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].
28 I will also enable [everyone who conquers Satan to shine gloriously like] the morning star [does] [MTY, MET].
29 Everyone who wants to understand [MTY] must listen carefully to the message that [God’s] Spirit speaks to the congregations.’”
“Sen na je an baleh, chaat an marah Chiiala ih chaas loong suh baat ha rah ah!
