Ufunuo 2
1 Kung'wa malaika nuitekeelo la kuefeso uandike. Izi inge nkani yang'wa uyu nuambie inzota izo nimupungate munkono wakwe nuwakigoha. Nuanso nuigenda muinala ya zahabu niyantala mupungate ukulungaite.
[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.
2 Ningile nukitendile nikinyangulu kakoni milimo nuigigimieli nuako nuatai kina singaukitendya nao niabe, hangi waagemile ehi niitanga kina atuugwa kumbe singa enso, igeelekile kina ateele.
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.
3 Ningile kina ulindeie sunga nuigigimieli. Hangi wakieela eedu kunsoko alina lane, hangi kukatala ukile.
[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].
4 Kuite ile lele nilekete kunsoko ako wauleka ulowa wako nuwang'wandyo.
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].
5 Kuite gwa kimbuka paaugwie wendo uungame hangi nukutenda intendo naiwitenda kupumila ung'wandyo. Angauhite kuungama, nzile kung'wako hangi kukiheja ikindakako kehege pakianza kakwe.
[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].
6 Kuite uewe ukikete ike, umabapewe aya nazaanikolai niomitumile, ga nune numabipiwe.
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.
7 Anga uze ukete ukutwe, tegeelya aya nung'waung'welu naza akumaila imatekeeelo. Hangi kung'wenso nukumahuma niikamupa ikibali kakulya pikota nilaupanga nuukulu muparadiso nang'wi Tunda.
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.’”
8 Kung'wa malaika ukole kitekeelo nilakusmirna uandike izi inge nkani yang'wa uyu nitangi hangi kwangu naukule nukutula mupanga hange.
“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].
9 Ningile ulwago lako hangi nuula wako (ingi ue umugole) nuutele wao niitanga ayahudi (inge singa enso) kumbe isinagogi lang'wa Shetani.
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]!
10 Uleke kogopa ulwago nelekakupata. Goza! Uibilisi uloilwe kumuguma iaoya anyu migeleza nsoko muhime kugeng'wa, hangi mukagigwa mahiku ikumi. Tuli nuuhueli sunga ensha, nii kapuma ingala naupanga.
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].
11 Ang'wi ukete ukutwe tegeelya ung'waung'welu nukumaila imatekeelo. Nuanso nuwkahuma shangaukupata uube wansha nakabeli.
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.’”
12 Kung'wa malaika nuitekeelo la Pargamo andike: Aya yaya nutambue uyu nukete ishenge nikitaki, nukete uwegi ubeele.
“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.
13 Mine ekeanza nuiikie ikaanza nikikole ituntu la utemi nilamulugu. Ga niuu uewe uliambile du ilina lane, hangi shangawaukana uhueli wako nuukule kung'wane, ga nimahiku ayo nang'wa Antipasi mihengi wane, muhueli wane, naubulagilwe mung'wanyu, pang'wanso papo umulugu wikie.
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.
14 Kuite nkete makani mashenyu kunsokoako, ukete kuang'wanso antu niaambile umanyisigwa nuang'wa Balaamu, nuanso naumumanyisilye Balaki kuika inkigo ntongeela amaisilaeli, uhumile kulya indya niipumigwe isongeelyo kuahing'we nukuulungu.
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.
15 Mukianza kikokiko, ganue ukete niauyaao niaambile umanyisigwa nua Nikolai.
In that way, you are also permitting some of [your members] to practice what the Nicolaitans teach, [which is like what Balaam taught].
16 Ungamagwa! Hangi anguhite kituma ite, kukaya kiza, hangi kuusha mbita kung'wao uwege ukupila mumulomo wane.
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]).
17 Angize ukete ukutwe, tegeelya ung'waung'welu nukulitembula itekeelo. Nuanso nuakadula, niikamupa ga ingwe nilyelu niliandikilwe lina nipya migulya ligwe. Lina nishalimanyilwe ila yuyu nukulisingilya udu.
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.’”
18 Kumalaika nuitekeelo lang'wa Thiatira andike. Izi zizi nkani niyang'wi Tunda, nuanso nukete amina akwe anga lulime lamonto, nimpambatilyo anga ishamba nikuluhusiwe kukila.
“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.
19 Ningile ite ikinuitumile ulowa wako nuhueli hangi nukuaelya nuigigimieli nuakowigee, hangi kina ike nukitumile kuupikela inge kukela ike naukitumile pang'wandyo.
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.
20 Kuite nkete ite ile kunsoko ako umigigimieye umusungu, uyezebeli nuanso nukuitanga munyakidagu nu musungu, kuumanyisi wakwe, ukuakongelaeitumi ane kugoolya. Nukulya indya niipumigwe isongelyo kuwa dudu.
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.
21 Ainumupee imatungo nuukuungama, kuite shangugombile kuungama uube wakwe.
Although I gave her time to stop [her sexual immorality and pagan practices], she did not want to stop [doing them].
22 Goza! Nikaungama mukitanda kandwala nawanituma uusambo nung'wenso mulwago nulutaki, angize shanga uu aungame kuiki naukitumile.
[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.
23 Kuakua ianaao ashe hangi imatekeelo ehi akulinga kina unene nilangaila imasigo ninsula kumupa kila ung'wi wanyu anga intendo yakwe.
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.
24 Kuite ung'wi anyu numusague mu Thiatira, kuawa ehi nishaambile umanyisigwa uwu, hangi nishaamumanyile iki niang'wi itanga umanyisigwa amulugu, kulunga kitalanyu, singa kuika muligo wihi migulya lanyu.
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].
25 Kikani lehi, yemupasile mutule muakomu sunga ninikasuka.
Just keep [believing firmly in me, and obey me] until I return.
26 Wehi nuikadula nukituma ike nainitumile kupikiila sunga impeelo, kung'waako nuanso uhumi mundugu.
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].
27 Ukumutawaala, kumulanga nuashuma, anga mabakuliaulole wikamubunanga ininoinino.
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 Nu nene nikaminkiilya inzota iyo na ki daudau.
I will also enable [everyone who conquers Satan to shine gloriously like] the morning star [does] [MTY, MET].
29 Angeze ukite ukutwi legeelya eke nung'waung'welu nukumatambuila imatekeelo
Everyone who wants to understand [MTY] must listen carefully to the message that [God’s] Spirit speaks to the congregations.’”
