prakāśitaṁ 2
1 iphiṣasthasamite rdūtaṁ prati tvam idaṁ likha; yo dakṣiṇakareṇa sapta tārā dhārayati saptānāṁ suvarṇadīpavṛkṣāṇāṁ madhye gamanāgamane karoti ca tenedam ucyate|
“To the messenger of the church in Ephesus write: “These things says He who holds the seven stars on His right hand, who walks about in the midst of the seven golden lampstands:
2 tava kriyāḥ śramaḥ sahiṣṇutā ca mama gocarāḥ, tvaṁ duṣṭān soḍhuṁ na śaknoṣi ye ca preritā na santaḥ svān preritān vadanti tvaṁ tān parīkṣya mṛṣābhāṣiṇo vijñātavān,
‘I know your works, yes the labor, and your endurance, and that you cannot stand those who are evil. And you have tested those who claim to be apostles and are not, and found them to be liars;
3 aparaṁ tvaṁ titikṣāṁ vidadhāsi mama nāmārthaṁ bahu soḍhavānasi tathāpi na paryyaklāmyastadapi jānāmi|
and you have born up and endured on account of my name, and not grown weary.
4 kiñca tava viruddhaṁ mayaitat vaktavyaṁ yat tava prathamaṁ prema tvayā vyahīyata|
“‘Nevertheless I have against you that you have left your first love.
5 ataḥ kutaḥ patito 'si tat smṛtvā manaḥ parāvarttya pūrvvīyakriyāḥ kuru na cet tvayā manasi na parivarttite 'haṁ tūrṇam āgatya tava dīpavṛkṣaṁ svasthānād apasārayiṣyāmi|
So think about from where you have drifted and repent, and do the first works, or else I will come at you swiftly and remove your lampstand out of its place—unless you do repent.
6 tathāpi taveṣa guṇo vidyate yat nīkalāyatīyalokānāṁ yāḥ kriyā aham ṛtīye tāstvamapi ṛtīyame|
But you do have this, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.’
7 yasya śrotraṁ vidyate sa samitīḥ pratyucyamānām ātmanaḥ kathāṁ śṛṇotu| yo jano jayati tasmā aham īśvarasyārāmasthajīvanataroḥ phalaṁ bhoktuṁ dāsyāmi|
“He who has an ear let him hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To the one who overcomes I will grant to eat of the Tree of Life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of my God.
8 aparaṁ smurṇāsthasamite rdūtaṁ pratīdaṁ likha; ya ādirantaśca yo mṛtavān punarjīvitavāṁśca tenedam ucyate,
“And to the messenger of the church in Smyrna write: “These things says the First and the Last, who became dead and came to life:
9 tava kriyāḥ kleśo dainyañca mama gocarāḥ kintu tvaṁ dhanavānasi ye ca yihūdīyā na santaḥ śayatānasya samājāḥ santi tathāpi svān yihūdīyān vadanti teṣāṁ nindāmapyahaṁ jānāmi|
‘I know your works and affliction and poverty (but you are rich), and the slander of those who claim to be Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
10 tvayā yo yaḥ kleśaḥ soḍhavyastasmāt mā bhaiṣīḥ paśya śayatāno yuṣmākaṁ parīkṣārthaṁ kāṁścit kārāyāṁ nikṣepsyati daśa dināni yāvat kleśo yuṣmāsu varttiṣyate ca| tvaṁ mṛtyuparyyantaṁ viśvāsyo bhava tenāhaṁ jīvanakirīṭaṁ tubhyaṁ dāsyāmi|
Do not fear any of the things that you are about to suffer: Take note, the devil is really about to throw some of you into prison, so that you may be tested, and you will have an affliction of ten days. Stay faithful until death and I will give you the crown of life.’
11 yasya śrotraṁ vidyate sa samitīḥ pratyucyamānām ātmanaḥ kathāṁ śṛṇotu| yo jayati sa dvitīyamṛtyunā na hiṁsiṣyate|
“He who has an ear let him hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches. The one who overcomes will absolutely not be harmed by the second death.
12 aparaṁ pargāmasthasamite rdūtaṁ pratīdaṁ likha, yastīkṣṇaṁ dvidhāraṁ khaṅgaṁ dhārayati sa eva bhāṣate|
“And to the messenger of the church in Pergamos write: “These things says He who has the sharp two-edged sword:
13 tava kriyā mama gocarāḥ, yatra śayatānasya siṁhāsanaṁ tatraiva tvaṁ vasasi tadapi jānāmi| tvaṁ mama nāma dhārayasi madbhakterasvīkārastvayā na kṛto mama viśvāsyasākṣiṇa āntipāḥ samaye 'pi na kṛtaḥ| sa tu yuṣmanmadhye 'ghāni yataḥ śayatānastatraiva nivasati|
‘I know your works, and where you live, where Satan's throne is. And you hold my name fast and did not deny my faith during the days in which Antipas was my faithful witness, who was killed among you, where Satan lives.
14 tathāpi tava viruddhaṁ mama kiñcid vaktavyaṁ yato devaprasādādanāya paradāragamanāya cesrāyelaḥ santānānāṁ sammukha unmāthaṁ sthāpayituṁ bālāk yenāśikṣyata tasya biliyamaḥ śikṣāvalambinastava kecit janāstatra santi|
“‘Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you have there adepts of the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to throw a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat things offered to idols and to fornicate.
15 tathā nīkalāyatīyānāṁ śikṣāvalambinastava kecit janā api santi tadevāham ṛtīye|
Thus you also have adepts of the doctrine of the Nicolaitans as well.
16 ato hetostvaṁ manaḥ parivarttaya na cedahaṁ tvarayā tava samīpamupasthāya madvaktasthakhaṅgena taiḥ saha yotsyāmi|
Repent! Or else I will come at you swiftly and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.’
17 yasya śrotraṁ vidyate sa samitīḥ pratyucyamānām ātmanaḥ kathāṁ śṛṇotu| yo jano jayati tasmā ahaṁ guptamānnāṁ bhoktuṁ dāsyāmi śubhraprastaramapi tasmai dāsyāmi tatra prastare nūtanaṁ nāma likhitaṁ tacca grahītāraṁ vinā nānyena kenāpyavagamyate|
“He who has an ear let him hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To the one who overcomes I will grant to eat from the hidden manna. And I will give him a white pebble, and on the pebble a new name written, which no one knows except the receiver.
18 aparaṁ thuyātīrāsthasamite rdūtaṁ pratīdaṁ likha| yasya locane vahniśikhāsadṛśe caraṇau ca supittalasaṅkāśau sa īśvaraputro bhāṣate,
“And to the messenger of the church in Thyatira write: “These things says the Son of God, He who has the eyes like a flame of fire and the feet like fine brass:
19 tava kriyāḥ prema viśvāsaḥ paricaryyā sahiṣṇutā ca mama gocarāḥ, tava prathamakriyābhyaḥ śeṣakriyāḥ śreṣṭhāstadapi jānāmi|
‘I know your works—the love, the faith, the service—and your endurance; in fact your last works are greater than the first.
20 tathāpi tava viruddhaṁ mayā kiñcid vaktavyaṁ yato yā īṣebalnāmikā yoṣit svāṁ bhaviṣyadvādinīṁ manyate veśyāgamanāya devaprasādāśanāya ca mama dāsān śikṣayati bhrāmayati ca sā tvayā na nivāryyate|
“‘Nevertheless I have against you that you tolerate your wife Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and teaches and deceives my slaves to fornicate and to eat things offered to idols.
21 ahaṁ manaḥparivarttanāya tasyai samayaṁ dattavān kintu sā svīyaveśyākriyāto manaḥparivarttayituṁ nābhilaṣati|
I even gave her time so that she might repent, but she does not want to repent of her fornication.
22 paśyāhaṁ tāṁ śayyāyāṁ nikṣepsyāmi, ye tayā sārddhaṁ vyabhicāraṁ kurvvanti te yadi svakriyābhyo manāṁsi na parāvarttayanti tarhi tānapi mahākleśe nikṣepsyāmi
So, I am throwing her into a sickbed and those adulterating with her into great affliction, unless they repent of her works.
23 tasyāḥ santānāṁśca mṛtyunā haniṣyāmi| tenāham antaḥkaraṇānāṁ manasāñcānusandhānakārī yuṣmākamekaikasmai ca svakriyāṇāṁ phalaṁ mayā dātavyamiti sarvvāḥ samitayo jñāsyanti|
And I will execute her children; and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will give to each one of you according to your works.
24 aparam avaśiṣṭān thuyātīrasthalokān arthato yāvantastāṁ śikṣāṁ na dhārayanti ye ca kaiścit śayatānasya gambhīrārthā ucyante tān ye nāvagatavantastānahaṁ vadāmi yuṣmāsu kamapyaparaṁ bhāraṁ nāropayiṣyāmi;
“‘Now to the rest of you who are in Thyatira I say—to as many as do not hold this teaching, those who have not known the depths of Satan, as they say—I will not put any other burden on you;
25 kintu yad yuṣmākaṁ vidyate tat mamāgamanaṁ yāvad dhārayata|
just hold fast what you have until I come.
26 yo jano jayati śeṣaparyyantaṁ mama kriyāḥ pālayati ca tasmā aham anyajātīyānām ādhipatyaṁ dāsyāmi;
And as for the one who overcomes and keeps my works until the end, I will give him authority over the nations;
27 pitṛto mayā yadvat kartṛtvaṁ labdhaṁ tadvat so 'pi lauhadaṇḍena tān cārayiṣyati tena mṛdbhājanānīva te cūrṇā bhaviṣyanti|
and he will shepherd them with a rod of iron; they will be smashed like clay pots
28 aparam ahaṁ tasmai prabhātīyatārām api dāsyāmi|
—just as I have received from my Father. And I will give him the morning star.’
29 yasya śrotraṁ vidyate sa samitīḥ pratyucyamānām ātmanaḥ kathāṁ śṛṇotu|
“He who has an ear let him hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches.
