¹`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:

¹በኤፌሶን ወዳለው ወደ ቤተ ክርስቲያን መልአክ እንዲህ ብለህ ጻፍ። በቀኝ እጁ ሰባቱን ከዋክብት የያዘው በሰባቱም የወርቅ መቅረዞች መካከል የሚሄደው እንዲህ ይላል።

²I 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,

²ሥራህንና ድካምህን ትዕግሥትህንም አውቃለሁ፤ ክፉዎችንም ልትታገሥ እንዳትችል፥ እንዲሁም ሳይሆኑ። ሐዋርያት ነን የሚሉቱን መርምረህ ሐሰተኞች ሆነው እንዳገኘሃቸው አውቃለሁ፤

³and thou didst bear, and hast endurance, and because of my name hast toiled, and hast not been weary.

³ታግሠህማል፥ ስለ ስሜም ብለህ ጸንተህ አልደከምህም።

⁴`But I have against thee: That thy first love thou didst leave!

⁴ዳሩ ግን የምነቅፍብህ ነገር አለኝ የቀደመውን ፍቅርህን ትተሃልና።

⁵remember, 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;

⁵እንግዲህ ከወዴት እንደ ወደቅህ አስብ ንስሐም ግባ የቀደመውንም ሥራህን አድርግ፤ አለዚያ እመጣብሃለሁ ንስሐም ባትገባ መቅረዝህን ከስፍራው እወስዳለሁ።

⁶but this thou hast, that thou dost hate the works of the Nicolaitans, that I also hate.

⁶ነገር ግን ይህ አለህ፤ እኔ ደግሞ የምጠላውን የኒቆላውያንን ሥራ ጠልተሃልና።

⁷He 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.

⁷መንፈስ ለአብያተ ክርስቲያናት የሚለውን ጆሮ ያለው ይስማ። ድል ለነሣው በእግዚአብሔር ገነት ካለው ከሕይወት ዛፍ እንዲበላ እሰጠዋለሁ።

⁸`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;

⁸በሰምርኔስም ወዳለው ወደ ቤተ ክርስቲያን መልአክ እንዲህ ብለህ ጻፍ። ሞቶ የነበረው ሕያውም የሆነው ፊተኛውና መጨረሻው እንዲህ ይላል።

⁹I 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.

⁹መከራህንና ድህነትህን አውቃለሁ፥ ነገር ግን ባለ ጠጋ ነህ፤ የሰይጣንም ማኅበር ናቸው እንጂ አይሁድ ሳይሆኑ። አይሁድ ነን የሚሉት የሚሳደቡትን ስድብ አውቃለሁ።

¹⁰`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.

¹⁰ልትቀበለው ያለህን መከራ አትፍራ። እነሆ፥ እንድትፈተኑ ዲያብሎስ ከእናንተ አንዳንዶቻችሁን በወኅኒ ሊያገባችሁ አለው፥ አሥር ቀንም መከራን ትቀበላላችሁ። እስከሞት ድረስ የታመንህ ሁን የሕይወትንም አክሊል እሰጥሃለሁ።

¹¹He 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.

¹¹መንፈስ ለአብያተ ክርስቲያናት የሚለውን ጆሮ ያለው ይስማ። ድል የነሣው በሁለተኛው ሞት አይጐዳም።

¹²`And to the messenger of the assembly in Pergamos write: These things saith he who is having the sharp two-edged sword:

¹²በጴርጋሞንም ወዳለው ወደ ቤተ ክርስቲያን መልአክ እንዲህ ብለህ ጻፍ። በሁለት ወገን የተሳለ ስለታም ሰይፍ ያለው እንዲህ ይላል።

¹³I 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.

¹³የሰይጣን ዙፋን ባለበት የምትኖርበትን አውቃለሁ፤ ስሜንም ትጠብቃለህ፥ ሰይጣንም በሚኖርበት፥ በእናንተ ዘንድ የተገደለው የታመነው ምስክሬ አንቲጳስ በነበረበት ዘመን እንኳ ሃይማኖቴን አልካድህም።

¹⁴`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;

¹⁴ዳሩ ግን ለጣዖት የታረደውን እንዲበሉና እንዲሴስኑ በእስራኤል ልጆች ፊት ማሰናከያን ሊያኖርባቸው ባላቅን ያስተማረ የበልዓምን ትምህርት የሚጠብቁ በዚያ ከአንተ ጋር ስላሉ፥ የምነቅፍብህ ጥቂት ነገር አለኝ።

¹⁵so hast thou, even thou, those holding the teaching of the Nicolaitans — which thing I hate.

¹⁵እንዲሁ የኒቆላውያንን ትምህርት እንደ እነዚህ የሚጠብቁ ሰዎች ከአንተ ጋር ደግሞ አሉ።

¹⁶`Reform! and if not, I come to thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

¹⁶እንግዲህ ንስሐ ግባ፤ አለዚያ ፈጥኜ እመጣብሃለሁ፥ በአፌም ሰይፍ እዋጋቸዋለሁ።

¹⁷He 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].

¹⁷መንፈስ ለአብያተ ክርስቲያናት የሚለውን ጆሮ ያለው ይስማ። ድል ለነሣው ከተሰወረ መና እሰጠዋለሁ፥ ነጭ ድንጋይንም እሰጠዋለሁ፥ በድንጋዩም ላይ ከተቀበለው በቀር አንድ ስንኳ የሚያውቀው የሌለ አዲስ ስም ተጽፎአል።

¹⁸`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;

¹⁸በትያጥሮንም ወዳለው ወደ ቤተ ክርስቲያን መልአክ እንዲህ ብለህ ጻፍ። እንደ እሳት ነበልባል የሆኑ ዓይኖች ያሉት በእቶንም የነጠረ የጋለ ናስ የሚመስሉ እግሮች ያሉት የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ እንዲህ ይላል።

¹⁹I have known thy works, and love, and ministration, and faith, and thy endurance, and thy works — and the last [are] more than the first.

¹⁹ሥራህንና ፍቅርህን እምነትህንም አገልግሎትህንም ትዕግሥትህንም ከፊተኛውም ሥራህ ይልቅ የኋለኛው እንዲበዛ አውቃለሁ።

²⁰`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;

²⁰ዳሩ ግን። ነቢይ ነኝ የምትለውን ባሪያዎቼንም እንዲሴስኑና ለጣዖት የታረደውን እንዲበሉ የምታስተምረውንና የምታስተውን ያችን ሴት ኤልዛቤልን ስለምትተዋት የምነቅፍብህ ነገር አለኝ፤

²¹and I did give to her a time that she might reform from her whoredom, and she did not reform;

²¹ንስሐም እንድትገባ ጊዜ ሰጠኋት ከዝሙትዋም ንስሐ እንድትገባ አልወደደችም።

²²lo, I will cast her into a couch, and those committing adultery with her into great tribulation — if they may not repent of their works,

²²እነሆ፥ በአልጋ ላይ እጥላታለሁ፥ ከእርስዋም ጋር የሚያመነዝሩትን ከሥራዋ ንስሐ ባይገቡ በታላቅ መከራ እጥላቸዋለሁ፤

²³and 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.

²³ልጆችዋንም በሞት እገድላቸዋለሁ፤ አብያተ ክርስቲያናትም ሁሉ ኵላሊትንና ልብን የምመረምር እኔ እንደ ሆንሁ ያውቃሉ፥ ለእያንዳንዳችሁም እንደ ሥራችሁ እሰጣችኋለሁ።

²⁴`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;

²⁴ዳሩ ግን ይህን ትምህርት ለማትይዙ ሁሉ የሰይጣንንም ጥልቅ ነገር እነርሱ እንደሚሉት ለማታውቁ ለእናንተ በትያጥሮን ለቀራችሁት እላለሁ፤ ሌላ ሸክም አልጭንባችሁም፥

²⁵but that which ye have — hold ye, till I may come;

²⁵ነገር ግን እስክመጣ ድረስ ያላችሁን ጠብቁ።

²⁶and he who is overcoming, and who is keeping unto the end my works, I will give to him authority over the nations,

²⁶ድል ለነሣውና እስከ መጨረሻም ሥራዬን ለጠበቀው እኔ ደግሞ ከአባቴ እንደ ተቀበልሁ በአሕዛብ ላይ ሥልጣንን እሰጠዋለሁ፥ በብረትም በትር ይገዛቸዋል፥ እንደ ሸክላ ዕቃም ይቀጠቀጣሉ፤

²⁷and 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;

²⁸የንጋትንም ኮከብ እሰጠዋለሁ።

²⁸and I will give to him the morning star.

²⁹መንፈስ ለአብያተ ክርስቲያናት የሚለውን ጆሮ ያለው ይስማ።

²⁹He who is having an ear — let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies.