Adiyisɛm 2
1 “Kyerɛw krataa yi kɔma ɔbɔfo a otua Efeso asafo no ano, na ka kyerɛ no se: Eyi ne nsɛm a efi obi a okura nsoromma ason wɔ ne nsa nifa mu a ɔnantew wɔ sika akaneadua ason no ntam no hɔ.
“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of Him who holds the seven stars in His right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.
2 Minim nea woayɛ. Minim nsi a wode ayɛ adwuma ne boasetɔ a wowɔ. Minim sɛ wunnye nnebɔneyɛfo, na afei woasɔ wɔn a wɔka se wɔyɛ asomafo nanso wɔnnyɛ bi no ahwɛ, na woahu sɛ wɔyɛ atorofo.
I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles.
3 Wowɔ boasetɔ, na me nti woahu amane bebree, nanso wompaa abaw ɛ.
Without growing weary, you have persevered and endured many things for the sake of My name.
4 Nanso nea mewɔ tia wo ne sɛ, wonnɔ me sɛnea kan no na wodɔ me no.
But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love.
5 Hu ba a woaba fam no. Sakra wʼadwene na yɛ sɛnea kan no na woyɛ no. Sɛ woansakra wʼadwene a, mɛba wo nkyɛn na mabeyi wo kaneadua no afi ne sibea.
Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.
6 Nanso nea eye wɔ wo ho ne sɛ, wukyi nea Nikolaifo no yɛ no, na saa ara na me nso mikyi.
But you have this to your credit: You hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
7 Nea ɔwɔ aso no ntie nea Honhom no ka kyerɛ asafo ahorow no. Wɔn a wɔadi nkonim no, mɛma wɔn tumi na wɔadi nkwadua a ɛwɔ Onyankopɔn paradise hɔ.
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.
8 “Kyerɛw krataa yi kɔma ɔbɔfo a otua Smirnaasafo no ano se: Saa asɛm yi fi Ɔkannifo ne Okyikafo no nkyɛn. Nea owui na ɔte ase bio no.
To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of the First and the Last, who died and returned to life.
9 Minim amane a wuhu maa Awurade na minim wʼahiasɛm nyinaa nso, nanso wowɔ agyapade wɔ ɔsoro. Minim nsɛm a wɔn a wose wɔyɛ Yudafo nanso wɔnyɛ Yudafo no ka tia wo. Wɔyɛ ɔbonsam hyiadan.
I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.
10 Nsuro ɔhaw a ɛrebɛto wo no. Tie! Wɔde mo mu bi bɛto afiase na ɔbonsam nam so asɔ mo ahwɛ. Na mo haw bedi nnafua du. Sɛ owu mu mpo a, gye me di na mɛma wo nkwa abotiri.
Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
11 Nea ɔwɔ aso no ntie nea Honhom no ka kyerɛ asafo no. Wɔn a wodi nkonim no renwu owuprenu.
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.
12 “Kyerɛw krataa yi kɔma ɔbɔfo a ɔwɔ Pergamo asafo mu se: Saa krataa yi fi nea ɔwɔ afoa anofanu a ɛyɛ nnam no nkyɛn.
To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of the One who holds the sharp, double-edged sword.
13 Minim sɛ faako a wote no, ɛhɔ na ɔbonsam ahengua si. Wudi me nokware; na bere a wokum Antipa a ɔyɛ ɔdanseni nokwafo wɔ faako a ɔbonsam te no mpo, woampa me.
I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits. Yet you have held fast to My name and have not denied your faith in Me, even in the day when My faithful witness Antipas was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
14 Nanso nneɛma kakra a mewɔ tia wo ne sɛ, nnipa bi a wodi Bileam nkyerɛkyerɛakyi no ka wo ho wɔ hɔ. Saa Bileam no na ɔkyerɛɛ Balak ma ɔmaa Israelfo dii abosom so nnuan, kyerɛɛ wɔn aguamammɔ, nam so ma wɔyɛɛ bɔne no.
But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.
15 Saa ara nso na wowɔ nnipa bi ka wo ho a wodi Nikolaifo nkyerɛkyerɛ akyi.
In the same way, some of you also hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
16 Twe wo ho fi wo bɔne ho. Anyɛ saa a, ɛrenkyɛ biara mɛba wo nkyɛn, na mede afoa a efi mʼanom no abɛko atia saa nnipa no.
Therefore repent! Otherwise I will come to you shortly and wage war against them with the sword of My mouth.
17 Nea ɔwɔ aso no ntie nea Honhom no ka kyerɛ asafo ahorow no. Mo a moadi nkonim no, mɛma mo mana a ahintaw no bi. Afei, mɛma wɔn mu biara ɔbo fitaa a wɔakyerɛw din foforo wɔ so a obiara nnim, gye onipa a wɔde bɛma no no.
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.
18 “Kyerɛw krataa kɔma ɔbɔfo a ɔwɔ Tiatira asafo mu se: Eyi ne asɛm a efi Onyankopɔn Ba no a nʼani dɛw sɛ ogyatannaa a ne nan ase hyerɛn sɛ asanka no nkyɛn.
To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like a blazing fire and whose feet are like polished bronze.
19 Minim nea woyɛ. Minim wo dɔ, wo gyidi, wo som ne boasetɔ a wowɔ. Minim sɛ woreyɛ adwuma sen kan no.
I know your deeds—your love, your faith, your service, your perseverance—and your latter deeds are greater than your first.
20 Nanso nea mewɔ tia wo ne sɛ, wugyee ɔbea bi a ne din de Isabel, a ɔfrɛ ne ho, Onyankopɔn odiyifo no too mu. Saa ɔbea yi kyerɛkyerɛ, na odi mʼasomafo anim ma wɔbɔ aguaman di abosom aduan.
But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
21 Mama no bere sɛ ɔnsakra mfi ne bɔne mu, nanso ɔmpɛ sɛ ɔsakra fi nʼaguamammɔ mu.
Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling.
22 Ɛno nti, sɛ wɔansakra amfi amumɔyɛ a wɔne no yɛe no mu a, mɛtow no ahwe mpa so na ɔno ne wɔn a wɔsɛe aware no ahu amane a ano yɛ den yiye.
Behold, I will cast her onto a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her will suffer great tribulation unless they repent of her deeds.
23 Afei, mekunkum nʼakyidifono, na asafo no nyinaa behu sɛ mene obi a mihu nnipa adwene mu ne wɔn akɔnnɔ. Nea mo mu biara yɛe no, metua no so ka pɛpɛɛpɛ.
Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
24 Nanso mo mu bi a mowɔ Tiatira no nni saa nkyerɛkyerɛ bɔne no akyi. Munsuaa nea afoforo frɛ no, ‘Ɔbonsam asumansɛm’ no. Meka kyerɛ mo se, meremfa adesoa foforo biara nto mo so.
But I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned the so-called deep things of Satan: I will place no further burden upon you.
25 Na munso nea mowɔ no mu dennen nkosi sɛ mɛba.
Nevertheless, hold fast to what you have until I come.
26 Wɔn a wodi nkonim na wɔkɔ so yɛ nea mepɛ kosi awiei no, mede tumi koro no ara a minya fii
And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations.
27 mʼAgya hɔ no bɛma wɔn. Mɛma wɔn aman so tumi na wɔde dade pema adi wɔn so na wɔabobɔ wɔn sɛ nkuku.
He will rule them with an iron scepter and shatter them like pottery —just as I have received authority from My Father.
28 Afei, mede anɔpa nsoromma bɛma wɔn.
And I will give him the morning star.
29 Nea ɔwɔ aso no ntie nea Honhom no ka kyerɛ asafo no.
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
