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:

¹ Ma hantum Almasihu marga diya se kaŋ go Afasos ka ne: «Nga kaŋ goono ga handariyayze iyya din gaay nga kambe ŋwaaro ra, nga kaŋ goono ga dira wura fitilla suntulu iyya din game ra, sanno kaŋ a ci neeya:

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.

² Ay ga ni goyey bay, da ni taabo, da ni kookaro. Ay ga bay mo ni si hin ka suuru nda boro laaley. Borey kaŋ yaŋ ga ne ngey ya diyayaŋ no, amma manti yaadin no i go mo, ni n'i si, ni n'i gar mo tangarikomyaŋ.

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

³ Ni gonda kookari, ni hin suuru ay maa sabbay se, ni mana farga mo.

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

⁴ Amma ay gonda hay fo in da nin game ra: kaŋ ni na ni baakasinay sintina naŋ.

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.

⁵ Ma fongu nango kaŋ ni fun ka kaŋ din, ma tuubi mo, ka goy sintiney te. Da manti yaadin no, kala ya kaa ni do ka ni fitilla suntulo ganandi nga nango ra, da day ni mana tuubi.

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

⁶ Amma woone no ni gonda: Ni ga konna Nikalawitey* goyey, haŋ kaŋ ay mo ga konna.

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.

⁷ Boro kaŋ gonda hanga ma maa haŋ kaŋ Biya goono ga ci Almasihu margey se. Boro kaŋ te zaama, nga se no ay ga no a ma ŋwa fundi tuuro gaa, kaŋ go Irikoy Paradiso* ra.»

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:

⁸ Ma hantum Almasihu marga diya se kaŋ go Samurna ka ne: «Nga kaŋ ga ti Sintina nda Bananta, nga kaŋ bu ka ye ka funa koyne, sanno kaŋ a ci neeya:

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.

⁹ Ay ga ni kankamo bay, da ni talkatara mo (amma ni ya arzakante no). Ay g'i wowi bay, ngey kaŋ yaŋ ga ne ngey ya Yahudanceyaŋ no, manti yaadin no i go mo, amma Saytan* jama no.

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.

¹⁰ Ma si humburu taabi kaŋ ni ga ba ka haŋ. Guna Iblisi* goono ga soola nga m'araŋ ra boro fooyaŋ daŋ kasu, zama i m'araŋ si. Araŋ ga di kankami mo jirbi way. Ma ciya naanaykoy hala buuyaŋ, ay mo ga ni no fundi boŋtobay.

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.

¹¹ Boro kaŋ gonda hanga ma maa haŋ kaŋ Biya goono ga ci Almasihu margey se. Boro kaŋ te zaama si di buuyaŋ hinkanta.»

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

¹² Ma hantum Almasihu marga diya se kaŋ go Birgamos ka ne: «Nga kaŋ gonda takuba kaana, sanno kaŋ a ci neeya:

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.

¹³ Ay bay naŋ kaŋ ni goono ga goro, naŋ kaŋ Saytan* koytaray karga go. Ni go g'ay maa haggoy, ni man'ay cimi fonda ze mo, baa Antipas, ay seeda naanaykoyo jirbey ra, nga kaŋ i wi araŋ game ra, nango kaŋ Saytan goono ga goro.

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.

¹⁴ Amma ay gonda hay kayna yaŋ in da nin game ra: kaŋ ni gonda boro fooyaŋ noodin kaŋ yaŋ goono ga Balaam* dondonandiyaŋo gana, nga kaŋ na Balak* dondonandi a ma hartayaŋ hari daŋ Israyla izey jine, hal i ma haŋ kaŋ i sarga toorey se ŋwa ka zina te mo.

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

¹⁵ Yaadin mo no ni gonda boro fooyaŋ kaŋ yaŋ goono ga Nikalawitey* dondonandiyaŋo gana.

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

¹⁶ Ma tuubi fa! Da manti yaadin, ay ga kaa ni do da waasi, ya wongu nd'ey d'ay meyo takuba.

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.

¹⁷ Boro kaŋ gonda hanga ma maa haŋ kaŋ Biya goono ga ci Almasihu margey se. Boro kaŋ te zaama, nga se no ay ga Manna* tuganta no, ay g'a no tondi kwaaray mo. Tondi kwaara din boŋ, maa taji go hantumante, kaŋ boro kulu s'a bay, kala nga kaŋ du a.»

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:

¹⁸ Ma hantum Almasihu marga diya se kaŋ go Tiyatira ka ne: «Irikoy Izo kaŋ a moy go danga danji beele, a cey mo, sanda guuru-say ziirante, sanno kaŋ a ci neeya:

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

¹⁹ Ay ga ni goyey bay, da ni baakasina, da ni cimbeero*, nda ni saajawyaŋo, da ni kookaro. Ay ga bay kaŋ ni kokor banda goyey bisa sintina waney.

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.

²⁰ Amma ay gonda hay fo in da nin game ra: kaŋ ni naŋ waybora din Yezabel, kaŋ ga ne nga ya annabi no, a m'ay tamey dondonandi, a m'i fafagu mo hal i ma zina ka haŋ kaŋ i sarga toorey se ŋwa.

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

²¹ Ay n'a no alwaati mo hal a ma tuubi, amma a si ba nga ma tuubi ka fay da nga zinayaŋo.

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.

²² Guna, ay g'a catu dima fo boŋ, nga nda borey kaŋ yaŋ goono ga zina nd'a care banda, _k'i daŋ mo|_ kankami beeri ra, d'i mana tuubi ka fay d'a goy yaamo.

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.

²³ Ay g'a izey kar mo da buuyaŋ. Almasihu margey kulu ga bay mo kaŋ ay no ga _borey|_ miiley d'_i|_ biney guna. Koyne, ay g'araŋ boro kulu bana nga goyo boŋ.

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.

²⁴ Amma araŋ boro cindey kaŋ go Tiyatira se no, kaŋ yaŋ sinda dondonandiyaŋo din, kaŋ hayey kaŋ se i ga ne ‹Saytan* hari guusey›, araŋ s'i bay, ay ga woone ci: ay si jaraw fo mo dake araŋ boŋ koyne,

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

²⁵ kala day haŋ kaŋ go araŋ se din araŋ m'a gaay kal ay ma kaa.

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

²⁶ Boro kaŋ te zaama, kaŋ n'ay goyey haggoy kala bananta, nga no ay ga no dabari dumi cindey boŋ.

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:

²⁷ ‹A g'i dabari mo da guuru-bi goobu, sanda mate kaŋ i ga botogo kusey bagu-bagu,› sanda mate kaŋ ay mo, ay du _dabari|_ ay Baaba do.

²⁸ and I will give him the morning star.

²⁸ Ay g'a no mo boyaŋ handariya mo.

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

²⁹ Boro kaŋ gonda hanga ma maa haŋ kaŋ Biya goono ga ci Almasihu margey se.»