Apocalypsis 2
1 Et Angelo Ephesi Ecclesiae scribe: Haec dicit, qui tenet septem stellas in dextera sua, qui ambulat in medio septem candelabrorum aureorum:
'To the messenger of the Ephesian assembly write: These things saith he who is holding the seven stars in his right hand, who is walking in the midst of the seven lamp-stands — the golden:
2 Scio opera tua, et laborem, et patientiam tuam, et quia non potes sustinere malos: et tentasti eos, qui se dicunt Apostolos esse, et non sunt: et invenisti eos mendaces:
I have known thy works, and thy labour, and thy endurance, and that thou art not able to bear evil ones, and that thou hast tried those saying themselves to be apostles and are not, and hast found them liars,
3 et patientiam habes, et sustinuisti propter nomen meum, et non defecisti.
and thou didst bear, and hast endurance, and because of my name hast toiled, and hast not been weary.
4 Sed habeo adversum te pauca, quod charitatem tuam primam reliquisti.
'But I have against thee: That thy first love thou didst leave!
5 Memor esto itaque unde excideris: et age poenitentiam, et prima opera fac. sin autem, veniam tibi cito, et movebo candelabrum tuum de loco suo, nisi poenitentiam egeris.
remember, then, whence thou hast fallen, and reform, and the first works do; and if not, I come to thee quickly, and will remove thy lamp-stand from its place — if thou mayest not reform;
6 Sed hoc habes, quia odisti facta Nicolaitarum, quae et ego odi.
but this thou hast, that thou dost hate the works of the Nicolaitans, that I also hate.
7 Qui habet aurem, audiat quid Spiritus dicat Ecclesiis: Vincenti dabo edere de ligno vitae, quod est in Paradiso Dei mei.
He who is having an ear — let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies: To him who is overcoming — I will give to him to eat of the tree of life that is in the midst of the paradise of God.
8 Et Angelo Smyrnae Ecclesiae scribe: Haec dicit primus, et novissimus, qui fuit mortuus, et vivit:
'And to the messenger of the assembly of the Smyrneans write: These things saith the First and the Last, who did become dead and did live;
9 Scio tribulationem tuam, et paupertatem tuam, sed dives es: et blasphemaris ab his, qui se dicunt Iudaeos esse, et non sunt, sed sunt synagogae satanae.
I have known thy works, and tribulation, and poverty — yet thou art rich — and the evil-speaking of those saying themselves to be Jews, and are not, but [are] a synagogue of the Adversary.
10 Nihil horum timeas quae passurus es. Ecce missurus est diabolus aliquos ex vobis in carcerem ut tentemini: et habebitis tribulationem diebus decem. Esto fidelis usque ad mortem, et dabo tibi coronam vitae.
'Be not afraid of the things that thou art about to suffer; lo, the devil is about to cast of you to prison, that ye may be tried, and ye shall have tribulation ten days; become thou faithful unto death, and I will give to thee the crown of the life.
11 Qui habet aurem, audiat quid Spiritus dicat Ecclesiis: Qui vicerit, non laedetur a morte secunda.
He who is having an ear — let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies: He who is overcoming may not be injured of the second death.
12 Et Angelo Pergami Ecclesiae scribe: Haec dicit qui habet rhomphaeam ex utraque parte acutam:
'And to the messenger of the assembly in Pergamos write: These things saith he who is having the sharp two-edged sword:
13 Scio ubi habitas, ubi sedes est satanae: et tenes nomen meum, et non negasti fidem meam. Et in diebus illis Antipas testis meus fidelis, qui occisus est apud vos, ubi satanas habitat.
I have known thy works, and where thou dost dwell — where the throne of the Adversary [is] — and thou dost hold fast my name, and thou didst not deny my faith, even in the days in which Antipas [was] my faithful witness, who was put to death beside you, where the Adversary doth dwell.
14 Sed habeo adversus te pauca: quia habes illic tenentes doctrinam Balaam, qui docebat Balac mittere scandalum coram filiis Israel, edere, et fornicari:
'But I have against thee a few things: That thou hast there those holding the teaching of Balaam, who did teach Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the sons of Israel, to eat idol-sacrifices, and to commit whoredom;
15 ita habes et tu tenentes doctrinam Nicolaitarum.
so hast thou, even thou, those holding the teaching of the Nicolaitans — which thing I hate.
16 Similiter poenitentiam age: si quo minus veniam tibi cito, et pugnabo cum illis in gladio oris mei.
'Reform! and if not, I come to thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
17 Qui habet aurem, audiat quid Spiritus dicat Ecclesiis: Vincenti dabo manna absconditum, et dabo illi calculum candidum: et in calculo nomen novum scriptum, quod nemo scit, nisi qui accipit.
He who is having an ear — let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies: To him who is overcoming, I will give to him to eat from the hidden manna, and will give to him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, that no one knew except him who is receiving [it].
18 Et Angelo Thyatirae Ecclesiae scribe: Haec dicit Filius Dei, qui habet oculos tamquam flammam ignis, et pedes eius similes aurichalco:
'And to the messenger of the assembly of Thyatira write: These things saith the Son of God, who is having his eyes as a flame of fire, and his feet like to fine brass;
19 Novi opera tua, et fidem, et charitatem tuam, et ministerium, et patientiam tuam, et opera tua novissima plura prioribus.
I have known thy works, and love, and ministration, and faith, and thy endurance, and thy works — and the last [are] more than the first.
20 Sed habeo adversus te pauca: quia permittis mulierem Iezabel, quae se dicit propheten, docere, et seducere servos meos, fornicari, et manducare de idolothytis.
'But I have against thee a few things: That thou dost suffer the woman Jezebel, who is calling herself a prophetess, to teach, and to lead astray, my servants to commit whoredom, and idol-sacrifices to eat;
21 Et dedi illi tempus ut poenitentiam ageret: et non vult poenitere a fornicatione sua.
and I did give to her a time that she might reform from her whoredom, and she did not reform;
22 Ecce ego mitto eam in lectum: et qui moechantur cum ea, in tribulatione maxima erunt, nisi poenitentiam ab operibus suis egerint.
lo, I will cast her into a couch, and those committing adultery with her into great tribulation — if they may not repent of their works,
23 et filios eius interficiam in morte, et scient omnes Ecclesiae, quia ego sum scrutans renes, et corda: et dabo unicuique vestrum secundum opera sua. Vobis autem dico,
and her children I will kill in death, and know shall all the assemblies that I am he who is searching reins and hearts; and I will give to you — to each — according to your works.
24 et ceteris quia Thyatirae estis: Quicumque non habent doctrinam hanc, et qui non cognoverunt altitudines satanae, quemadmodum dicunt, non mittam super vos aliud pondus:
'And to you I say, and to the rest who are in Thyatira, as many as have not this teaching, and who did not know the depths of the Adversary, as they say; I will not put upon you other burden;
25 tamen id, quod habetis, tenete donec veniam.
but that which ye have — hold ye, till I may come;
26 Et qui vicerit, et custodierit usque in finem opera mea, dabo illi potestatem super Gentes,
and he who is overcoming, and who is keeping unto the end my works, I will give to him authority over the nations,
27 et reget eas in virga ferrea, et tamquam vas figuli confringentur,
and he shall rule them with a rod of iron — as the vessels of the potter they shall be broken — as I also have received from my Father;
28 sicut et ego accepi a Patre meo: et dabo illi stellam matutinam.
and I will give to him the morning star.
29 Qui habet aurem, audiat quid Spiritus dicat Ecclesiis.
He who is having an ear — let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies.
