¹Kumutumwa wekereke iri paEfeso, nyora uti: Zvinhu izvi ndizvo zvinotaura iye wakabata nyeredzi nomwe muruoko rwake rwerudyi, unofamba pakati pezvigadziko zvemwenje zvinomwe zvendarama:

¹ “To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write: “He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks among the seven golden lampstands says these things:

²Ndinoziva mabasa ako, nekushingaira kwako, nokutsungirira kwako, uye kuti haumirisani nevakaipa; uye wakavaidza ivo vanoti tiri vaapositori asi vasiri ivo, uye ukavawana vari varevi venhema,

² “I know your works, and your toil and perseverance, and that you can’t tolerate evil men, and have tested those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and found them false.

³ukatsungirira, uye ukava nemoyo murefu, zvekare nekuda kwezita rangu, wakashingaira ukasaneta.

³ You have perseverance and have endured for my name’s sake, and have TR adds “have labored and” not grown weary.

⁴Asi ndine pandinopokana newe, kuti wakasiya rudo rwako rwekutanga.

⁴ But I have this against you, that you left your first love.

⁵Naizvozvo rangarira pawakawa, uye utendeuke ugoita mabasa ekutanga; kana zvikasadaro ndichauya kwauri nekukurumidza, ndigobvisa chigadziko chako chemwenje panzvimbo yacho, kunze kwekuti watendeuka.

⁵ Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I am coming to you swiftly, and will move your lampstand out of its place, unless you repent.

⁶Asi ichi unacho, kuti unovenga mabasa avaNikoraiti, andinovenga iniwo.

⁶ But this you have, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

⁷Une nzeve ngaanzwe zvinoreva Mweya kukereke; kuna iye unokunda ndichapa kuti adye zvemuti weupenyu, uri pakati peParadhiso yaMwari.

⁷ He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God.

⁸Nekumutumwa wekereke iri paSimina, nyora uti: Zvinhu izvi ndizvo zvinotaura wekutanga newekupedzisira, wakange akafa uye mupenyu:

⁸ “To the angel of the assembly in Smyrna write: “The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life says these things:

⁹Ndinoziva mabasa ako nedambudziko neurombo (asi uri mufumi), nekunyomba kwaivo vanoti vaJudha, izvo vasiri, asi vari sinagoge raSatani,

⁹ “I know your works, oppression, and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

¹⁰usatya zvinhu izvo zvauchatambudzika nazvo; tarira, dhiabhorosi woda kuisa vamwe venyu mutirongo, kuti muidzwe; uye muchava nedambudziko mazuva gumi. Uve wakatendeka kusvikira parufu, ndigokupa korona yeupenyu.

¹⁰ Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.

¹¹Uyo une nzeve ngaanzwe zvinoreva Mweya kukereke. Unokunda haangakuvadzwi nerufu rwechipiri.

¹¹ He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. He who overcomes won’t be harmed by the second death.

¹²Uye kumutumwa wekereke iri paPegamo nyora uti: Zvinhu izvi, unotaura iye une munondo unopinza, unocheka mativi maviri:

¹² “To the angel of the assembly in Pergamum write: “He who has the sharp two-edged sword says these things:

¹³Ndinoziva mabasa ako, uye paunogara ndipo pane chigaro cheushe chaSatani, asi wakabatisisa zita rangu, uye hauna kuramba rutendo rwangu, kunyange nepamazuva aAntipasi chapupu changu chakatendeka, wakaurawa pakati penyu, apo panogara Satani;

¹³ “I know your works and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. You hold firmly to my name, and didn’t deny my faith in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.

¹⁴asi ndine zvinhu zvishoma zvandinopokana newe, nekuti unavo ipapo vanobatisisa dzidziso yaBharami, wakadzidzisa Bharaki kuisa chigumbuso pamberi pevana vaIsraeri, kuti vadye zvakabayirwa zvifananidzo nekuita upombwe.

¹⁴ But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to throw a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality.

¹⁵Nekudaro newe unavo vanobatisisa dzidziso yevaNikoraiti, chinova chinhu chandinovenga.

¹⁵ So you also have some who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans likewise TR reads “which I hate” instead of “likewise” .

¹⁶Tendeuka; kana zvikasadaro, ndichakurumidza kuuya kwauri, ndigorwa navo nemunondo wemuromo wangu.

¹⁶ Repent therefore, or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.

¹⁷Une nzeve ngaanzwe zvinoreva Mweya kukereke. Unokunda, ndichapa kwaari kuti adye mana yakavanzika, uye ndichamupa ibwe jena, nepabwe iro zita idzva rakanyorwa, risingazikamwi nemunhu, asi naiye unorigamuchira.

¹⁷ He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden manna, Manna is supernatural food, named after the Hebrew for “What is it?”. See Exodus 11:7-9. and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no one knows but he who receives it.

¹⁸Uye nekumutumwa wekereke iri paTiatira, nyora uti: Zvinhu izvi unoreva Mwanakomana waMwari, une meso ake akafanana nemurazvo wemoto, netsoka dzake dzakaita sendarira inopenya;

¹⁸ “To the angel of the assembly in Thyatira write: “The Son of God, who has his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet are like burnished brass, says these things:

¹⁹Ndinoziva mabasa ako, nerudo, nekushumira nerutendo, nekutsungirira kwako, uye mabasa ako kuti ekupedzisira anopfuura ekutanga.

¹⁹ “I know your works, your love, faith, service, patient endurance, and that your last works are more than the first.

²⁰Asi zvakadaro ndine zvinhu zvishoma zvandinopokana newe, kuti unotendera mukadzi uya Jezebheri, unozviidza muporofitakadzi kudzidzisa nekutsausa varanda vangu kuti vaite upombwe, nekudya zvakabayirwa zvifananidzo,

²⁰ But I have this against you, that you tolerate your TR, NU read “that” instead of “your” woman, Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. She teaches and seduces my servants to commit sexual immorality, and to eat things sacrificed to idols.

²¹Ndakamupa nguva kuti atendeuke paufeve hwake akasatendeuka.

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

²²Tarira, ndichamukandira panhovo nevanoita upombwe naye padambudziko guru, kunze kwekuti vatendeuka pamabasa avo.

²² Behold, I will throw her into a bed, and those who commit adultery with her into great oppression, unless they repent of her works.

²³Uye ndichauraya vana vake nerufu; nekereke dzose dzichaziva kuti ndini ndinonzvera itsvo nemoyo; zvino ndichapa kwamuri umwe neumwe zvinoenderana nemabasa enyu.

²³ I will kill her children with Death, and all the assemblies will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.

²⁴Asi ndinotaura kwamuri nekune vamwe vakasara paTiatira, vose vasina dzidziso iyi, uye vasina kuziva zvakadzika zvaSatani, sezvavanotaura vachiti: Handingakutakudziyi umwe mutoro.

²⁴ But to you I say, to the rest who are in Thyatira, as many as don’t have this teaching, who don’t know what some call ‘the deep things of Satan,’ to you I say, I am not putting any other burden on you.

²⁵Asi izvo zvamunazvo batisai kusvikira ndichiuya.

²⁵ Nevertheless, hold that which you have firmly until I come.

²⁶Uye unokunda nekuchengeta mabasa angu kusvikira pakuguma, kwaari ndichapa simba pamusoro pemarudzi;

²⁶ He who overcomes, and he who keeps my works to the end, to him I will give authority over the nations.

²⁷uye uchaatonga netsvimbo yedare, semidziyo yemuumbi achaputsanyiwa; sezvandakagamuchirawo kuna Baba vangu.

²⁷ He will rule them with a rod of iron, shattering them like clay pots; Psalm 2:9 as I also have received of my Father:

²⁸uye ndichamupa hweva.

²⁸ and I will give him the morning star.

²⁹Une nzeve ngaanzwe zvinoreva Mweya kukereke.

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