Apocalypsis Ioannis, 2

1. Angelo ecclesiae, quae est Ephesi, scribe: Haec dicit, qui tenet septem stellas in dextera sua, qui ambulat in medio septem candelabrorum aureorum:

1. "To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: `The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands.

2. Scio opera tua et laborem et patientiam tuam, et quia non potes sustinere malos et tentasti eos, qui se dicunt apostolos et non sunt, et invenisti eos mendaces;

2. "`I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear evil men but have tested those who call themselves apostles but are not, and found them to be false;

3. et patientiam habes et sustinuisti propter nomen meum et non defecisti.

3. I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name's sake, and you have not grown weary.

4. Sed habeo adversus te quod caritatem tuam primam reliquisti.

4. But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.

5. Memor esto itaque unde excideris, et age paenitentiam et prima opera fac; sin autem, venio tibi et movebo candelabrum tuum de loco suo, nisi paenitentiam egeris.

5. Remember then from what you have fallen, repent and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.

6. Sed hoc habes, quia odisti facta Nicolaitarum, quae et ego odi.

6. Yet this you have, you hate the works of the Nicola'itans, which I also hate.

7. Qui habet aurem, audiat quid Spiritus dicat ecclesiis. Vincenti dabo ei edere de ligno vitae, quod est in paradiso Dei.

7. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.'

8. Et angelo ecclesiae, quae est Smyrnae, scribe: Haec dicit Primus et Novissimus, qui fuit mortuus et vixit:

8. "And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: `The words of the first and the last, who died and came to life.

9. Scio tribulationem tuam et paupertatem tuam — sed dives es — et blasphemiam ab his, qui se dicunt Iudaeos esse et non sunt, sed sunt synagoga Satanae.

9. "`I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich) and the slander of those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

10. Nihil horum timeas, quae passurus es. Ecce missurus est Diabolus ex vobis in carcerem, ut tentemini, et habebitis tribulationem diebus decem. Esto fidelis usque ad mortem, et dabo tibi coronam vitae.

10. Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

11. Qui habet aurem, audiat quid Spiritus dicat ecclesiis. Qui vicerit, non laedetur a morte secunda.

11. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who conquers shall not be hurt by the second death.'

12. Et angelo ecclesiae, quae est Pergami, scribe: Haec dicit, qui habet romphaeam ancipitem acutam:

12. "And to the angel of the church in Per'gamum write: `The words of him who has the sharp two-edged sword.

13. Scio, ubi habitas, ubi thronus est Satanae, et tenes nomen meum et non negasti fidem meam et in diebus Antipas, testis meus fidelis, qui occisus est apud vos, ubi Satanas habitat.

13. "`I know where you dwell, where Satan's throne is; you hold fast my name and you did not deny my faith even in the days of An'tipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.

14. Sed habeo adversus te pauca, quia habes illic tenentes doctrinam Balaam, qui docebat Balac mittere scandalum coram filiis Israel, edere idolothyta et fornicari;

14. But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, that they might eat food sacrificed to idols and practice immorality.

15. ita habes et tu tenentes doctrinam Nicolaitarum similiter.

15. So you also have some who hold the teaching of the Nicola'itans.

16. Ergo paenitentiam age; si quo minus, venio tibi cito et pugnabo cum illis in gladio oris mei.

16. Repent then. If not, I will come to you soon and war against them with the sword of my mouth.

17. Qui habet aurem, audiat quid Spiritus dicat ecclesiis. Vincenti dabo ei de manna abscondito et dabo illi calculum candidum, et in calculo nomen novum scriptum, quod nemo scit, nisi qui accipit.

17. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone which no one knows except him who receives it.'

18. Et angelo ecclesiae, quae est Thyatirae, scribe: Haec dicit Filius Dei, qui habet oculos ut flammam ignis, et pedes eius similes orichalco:

18. "And to the angel of the church in Thyati'ra write: `The words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze.

19. Novi opera tua et caritatem et fidem et ministerium et patientiam tuam et opera tua novissima plura prioribus.

19. "`I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first.

20. Sed habeo adversus te, quia permittis mulierem Iezabel, quae se dicit prophetissam, et docet et seducit servos meos fornicari et manducare idolothyta.

20. But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jez'ebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and beguiling my servants to practice immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.

21. Et dedi illi tempus, ut paenitentiam ageret, et non vult paeniteri a fornicatione sua.

21. I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her immorality.

22. Ecce mitto eam in lectum et, qui moechantur cum ea, in tribulationem magnam, nisi paenitentiam egerint ab operibus eius.

22. Behold, I will throw her on a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her I will throw into great tribulation, unless they repent of her doings;

23. Et filios eius interficiam in morte, et scient omnes ecclesiae quia ego sum scrutans renes et corda, et dabo unicuique vestrum secundum opera vestra.

23. and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches shall know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you as your works deserve.

24. Vobis autem dico ceteris, qui Thyatirae estis, quicumque non habent doctrinam hanc, qui non cognoverunt altitudines Satanae, quemadmodum dicunt, non mittam super vos aliud pondus;

24. But to the rest of you in Thyati'ra, who do not hold this teaching, who have not learned what some call the deep things of Satan, to you I say, I do not lay upon you any other burden;

25. tamen id quod habetis, tenete, donec veniam.

25. only hold fast what you have, until I come.

26. Et, qui vicerit et qui custodierit usque in finem opera mea, dabo illi potestatem super gentes,

26. He who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, I will give him power over the nations,

27. et reget illas in virga ferrea, tamquam vasa fictilia confringentur,

27. and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself have received power from my Father;

28. sicut et ego accepi a Patre meo, et dabo illi stellam matutinam.

28. and I will give him the morning star.

29. Qui habet aurem, audiat quid Spiritus dicat ecclesiis.

29. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'