¹Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;

¹Angelu cerkve v Efezu piši: To pravi on, ki drži sedmero zvezd v desnici svoji, ki hodi sredi sedmerih svečnikov zlatih:

²I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:

²Vem za dela tvoja in trud tvoj in stanovitnost tvojo, in da ne moreš prenašati hudobnih in si preizkusil nje, ki se imenujejo apostole, a niso, in si jih spoznal kot lažnike;

³And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.

³in stanovitnost imaš in za ime moje si mnogo prenesel in se nisi utrudil.

⁴Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.

⁴Toda imam zoper tebe, da si opustil prvo ljubezen svojo.

⁵Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.

⁵Spominjaj se torej, odkod si padel, in izpokóri se in delaj prva dela; ako pa ne, ti pridem in premaknem svečnik tvoj z mesta njegovega, če se ne izpokoriš.

⁶But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate.

⁶Ali to imaš, da sovražiš dela Nikolajcev, ki jih tudi jaz sovražim.

⁷He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

⁷Kdor ima uho, naj sliši, kaj Duh govori cerkvam. Njemu, kdor premaga, dam jesti z drevesa življenja, ki je v raju Božjem.

⁸And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;

⁸In angelu cerkve v Smirni piši: To pravi Prvi in Poslednji, ki je bil mrtev in je oživel:

⁹I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.

⁹Vem za stisko tvojo in uboštvo tvoje (bogat pa si!) in za preklinjanje njih, ki pravijo, da so Judje, a niso, ampak so zbornica Satanova.

¹⁰Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

¹⁰Nič se ne boj tega, kar ti bode trpeti. Glej, hudič bo vrgel nekatere izmed vas v ječo, da boste izkušeni, in imeli boste stisko deset dni. Bodi zvest do smrti, in dam ti venec življenja.

¹¹He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.

¹¹Kdor ima uho, naj sliši, kaj Duh govori cerkvam. Njemu, kdor premaga, se nič žalega ne zgodi od druge smrti.

¹²And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;

¹²In angelu cerkve v Pergamu piši: To pravi on, ki ima meč dvorezni, ostri:

¹³I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.

¹³Vem, kje prebivaš, namreč kjer je prestol satanov; in se trdno držiš imena mojega in nisi zatajil vere moje tudi v dneh Antipa, priče moje, zvestega mojega, ki je bil umorjen pri vas, kjer satan prebiva.

¹⁴But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.

¹⁴Toda imam zoper tebe nekaj malega, da imaš tam nekatere, ki se drže uka Balaamovega, ki je poučil Balaka, naj postavi pohujšanje pred sinove Izraelove, da jedo malikove žrtve in nečistujejo.

¹⁵So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate.

¹⁵Tako jih imaš tudi ti, ki se drže nauka Nikolajcev po podobnem načinu.

¹⁶Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

¹⁶Izpokóri se torej; ako pa ne, ti pridem hitro in vojskoval se bom ž njimi z mečem svojih ust.

¹⁷He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

¹⁷Kdor ima uho, naj sliši, kaj Duh govori cerkvam. Njemu, kdor premaga, dam mane skrite, in mu dam bel kamen in na kamenu zapisano novo ime, ki ga nihče ne pozna, razen kdor ga prejme.

¹⁸And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;

¹⁸In angelu cerkve v Tiatirih piši: To pravi Sin Božji, ki ima oči kakor plamen ognja, in noge njegove so podobne svetlemu bronu:

¹⁹I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first.

¹⁹Vem za dela tvoja in ljubezen in vero in službo in stanovitnost tvojo ter da je zadnjih del tvojih več nego prvih.

²⁰Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.

²⁰Toda imam zoper tebe, da trpiš ženo Jezabelo, ki se sama imenuje prorokinjo in uči in zapeljuje hlapce moje, da nečistujejo in jedo malikove žrtve.

²¹And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.

²¹In dal sem ji časa, da se izpokori, a se noče izpokoriti od nečistosti svoje.

²²Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.

²²Glej, vržem jo na posteljo in tiste, ki prešuštvujejo ž njo, v stisko veliko, če se ne izpokore od del njenih;

²³And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.

²³in otroke njene pomorim s smrtjo; in spoznajo vse cerkve, da sem jaz, ki preiskujem obisti in srca, in dam vam vsakemu po delih vaših.

²⁴But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.

²⁴Vam pa pravim, ostalim v Tiatirih, vsem, ki nimajo tega nauka, ki niso spoznali, kakor oni pravijo, globočin satanovih: Ne vržem na vas druge teže.

²⁵But that which ye have already hold fast till I come.

²⁵Toda kar imate, trdno držite, dokler ne pridem.

²⁶And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:

²⁶In njemu, kdor premaga in kdor ohrani do konca dela moja, dam oblast nad narodi,

²⁷And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.

²⁷in pasel jih bo s palico železno, kakor lončarjeve posode bodo strti, kakor sem tudi jaz prejel od Očeta svojega,

²⁸And I will give him the morning star.

²⁸in mu dam zvezdo jutranjo.Kdor ima uho, naj sliši, kaj Duh govori cerkvam.

²⁹He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

²⁹Kdor ima uho, naj sliši, kaj Duh govori cerkvam.