Revelation 2
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 lamp stands says these things:
“Kwa malaika wa kanisa lililoko Efeso andika: “Haya ndiyo maneno ya yule aliyezishika zile nyota saba katika mkono wake wa kuume na ambaye hutembea kati ya vile vinara saba vya taa vya dhahabu.
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.
Nayajua matendo yako, bidii yako na saburi yako. Najua kuwa huwezi kuvumiliana na watu waovu na ya kwamba umewajaribu wale wanaojifanya kuwa mitume na kumbe sio, nawe umewatambua kuwa ni waongo.
3 You have perseverance and have endured for my name’s sake, and have not grown weary.
Umevumilia na kustahimili taabu kwa ajili ya Jina langu, wala hukuchoka.
4 But I have this against you, that you left your first love.
“Lakini nina neno dhidi yako: Umeuacha upendo wako wa kwanza.
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 lamp stand out of its place, unless you repent.
Kumbuka basi ni wapi ulikoangukia! Tubu na ukafanye matendo yale ya kwanza. Kama usipotubu, nitakuja kwako na kukiondoa kinara chako cha taa kutoka mahali pake.
6 But this you have, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
Lakini una jambo hili kwa upande wako: Unayachukia matendo ya Wanikolai, ambayo nami pia nayachukia.
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 from the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God.
“Yeye aliye na sikio na asikie yale ambayo Roho ayaambia makanisa. Yeye ashindaye, nitampa haki ya kula matunda toka kwa mti wa uzima, ambao uko katika paradisoya Mungu.
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:
“Kwa malaika wa kanisa lililoko Smirna andika: “Haya ndiyo maneno yake yeye aliye wa Kwanza na wa Mwisho, aliyekufa kisha akafufuka.
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.
Naijua dhiki yako na umaskini wako, lakini wewe ni tajiri! Nayajua masingizio ya wale wasemao kuwa ni Wayahudi lakini sio, bali wao ni sinagogi la Shetani.
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.
Usiogope mateso yatakayokupata. Nakuambia ibilisi atawatia baadhi yenu gerezani ili kuwajaribu, nanyi mtapata dhiki kwa muda wa siku kumi. Uwe mwaminifu hata kufa, nami nitakupa taji ya uzima.
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.
“Yeye aliye na sikio na asikie yale ambayo Roho ayaambia makanisa. Yeye ashindaye hatadhuriwa kamwe na mauti ya pili.
12 “To the angel of the assembly in Pergamum write: “He who has the sharp two-edged sword says these things:
“Kwa malaika wa Kanisa lililoko Pergamo andika: “Haya ndiyo maneno yake yeye aliye na upanga mkali wenye makali kuwili.
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.
Ninajua unakoishi, ni kule ambako Shetani ana kiti chake cha enzi. Lakini umelishika Jina langu. Wala hukuikana imani yako kwangu hata katika siku za shahidi wangu mwaminifu Antipa, ambaye aliuawa katika mji mkuu wenu, ambako ndiko anakoishi Shetani.
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.
“Hata hivyo, nina mambo machache dhidi yako: Unao watu wafuatao mafundisho ya Balaamu, yule aliyemfundisha Balaki kuwashawishi Waisraeli watende dhambi kwa kula vitu vilivyotolewa kafara kwa sanamu na kufanya uasherati.
15 So also you likewise have some who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
Vivyo hivyo unao wale wayashikayo mafundisho ya Wanikolai.
16 Repent therefore, or else I am coming to you quickly and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.
Basi tubu! Ama sivyo, nitakuja kwako upesi na kupigana na watu hao kwa upanga wa kinywa changu.
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, 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.
“Yeye aliye na sikio na asikie yale ambayo Roho ayaambia makanisa. Yeye ashindaye nitampa baadhi ya ile mana iliyofichwa. Nitampa pia jiwe jeupe ambalo juu yake limeandikwa jina jipya asilolijua mtu, isipokuwa yule anayelipokea.
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:
“Kwa malaika wa kanisa lililoko Thiatira andika: “Haya ndiyo maneno ya Mwana wa Mungu, ambaye macho yake ni kama mwali wa moto na ambaye miguu yake ni kama shaba iliyosuguliwa sana.
19 “I know your works, your love, faith, service, patient endurance, and that your last works are more than the first.
Nayajua matendo yako, upendo wako na imani yako, huduma na saburi yako na kwamba matendo yako ya sasa yamezidi yale ya kwanza.
20 But I have this against you, that you tolerate 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.
“Hata hivyo, nina neno dhidi yako: Unamvumilia yule mwanamke Yezebeli ambaye anajiita nabii, lakini anawafundisha na kuwapotosha watumishi wangu ili wafanye uasherati na kula vyakula vilivyotolewa kafara kwa sanamu.
21 I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality.
Nimempa muda ili atubu kwa ajili ya uasherati wake, lakini hataki.
22 Behold, I will throw her and those who commit adultery with her into a bed of great oppression, unless they repent of her works.
Kwa hiyo nitamtupa kwenye kitanda cha mateso, na nitawafanya hao wanaozini naye kupata mateso makali wasipotubia njia zake.
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.
Nami nitawaua watoto wake. Nayo makanisa yote yatajua kwamba Mimi ndiye nichunguzaye mioyo na nia, na kwamba nitamlipa kila mmoja wenu kwa kadiri ya matendo yake.
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.
Basi nawaambia ninyi wengine mlioko Thiatira, ninyi ambao hamyafuati mafundisho ya Yezebeli, wala hamkujifunza hayo yanayoitwa mambo ya ndani sana ya Shetani (sitaweka mzigo mwingine wowote juu yenu):
25 Nevertheless, hold that which you have firmly until I come.
Lakini shikeni sana mlicho nacho, mpaka nitakapokuja.
26 He who overcomes, and he who keeps my works to the end, to him I will give authority over the nations.
“Atakayeshinda na kutenda mapenzi yangu mpaka mwisho, nitampa mamlaka juu ya mataifa:
27 He will rule them with a rod of iron, shattering them like clay pots, as I also have received of my Father;
“‘Atawatawala kwa fimbo ya chuma, atawavunja vipande vipande kama chombo cha udongo’: kama vile mimi nilivyopokea mamlaka kutoka kwa Baba yangu.
28 and I will give him the morning star.
Nami nitampa pia ile nyota ya asubuhi.
29 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.
Yeye aliye na sikio na asikie yale ambayo Roho ayaambia makanisa.
