Apocalypsis 2
1 Et Angelo Ephesi Ecclesiae scribe: Haec dicit, qui tenet septem stellas in dextera sua, qui ambulat in medio septem candelabrorum aureorum:
To the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things says he that holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the middle of the seven golden candlesticks;
2 Scio opera tua, et laborem, et patientiam tuam, et quia non potes sustinere malos: et tentasti eos, qui se dicunt Apostolos esse, et non sunt: et invenisti eos mendaces:
I know your works, and your labor, and your patience, and how you can not bear them which are evil: and you have tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and have found them liars:
3 et patientiam habes, et sustinuisti propter nomen meum, et non defecisti.
And have borne, and have patience, and for my name’s sake have labored, and have not fainted.
4 Sed habeo adversum te pauca, quod charitatem tuam primam reliquisti.
Nevertheless I have somewhat against you, because you have left your first love.
5 Memor esto itaque unde excideris: et age poenitentiam, et prima opera fac. sin autem, veniam tibi cito, et movebo candelabrum tuum de loco suo, nisi poenitentiam egeris.
Remember therefore from where you are fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come to you quickly, and will remove your candlestick out of his place, except you repent.
6 Sed hoc habes, quia odisti facta Nicolaitarum, quae et ego odi.
But this you have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate.
7 Qui habet aurem, audiat quid Spiritus dicat Ecclesiis: Vincenti dabo edere de ligno vitae, quod est in Paradiso Dei mei.
He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches; To him that overcomes will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the middle of the paradise of God.
8 Et Angelo Smyrnae Ecclesiae scribe: Haec dicit primus, et novissimus, qui fuit mortuus, et vivit:
And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things says the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
9 Scio tribulationem tuam, et paupertatem tuam, sed dives es: et blasphemaris ab his, qui se dicunt Iudaeos esse, et non sunt, sed sunt synagogae satanae.
I know your works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but you are rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
10 Nihil horum timeas quae passurus es. Ecce missurus est diabolus aliquos ex vobis in carcerem ut tentemini: et habebitis tribulationem diebus decem. Esto fidelis usque ad mortem, et dabo tibi coronam vitae.
Fear none of those things which you shall suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried; and you shall have tribulation ten days: be you faithful to death, and I will give you a crown of life.
11 Qui habet aurem, audiat quid Spiritus dicat Ecclesiis: Qui vicerit, non laedetur a morte secunda.
He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches; He that overcomes shall not be hurt of the second death.
12 Et Angelo Pergami Ecclesiae scribe: Haec dicit qui habet rhomphaeam ex utraque parte acutam:
And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things says he which has the sharp sword with two edges;
13 Scio ubi habitas, ubi sedes est satanae: et tenes nomen meum, et non negasti fidem meam. Et in diebus illis Antipas testis meus fidelis, qui occisus est apud vos, ubi satanas habitat.
I know your works, and where you dwell, even where Satan’s seat is: and you hold fast my name, and have not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwells.
14 Sed habeo adversus te pauca: quia habes illic tenentes doctrinam Balaam, qui docebat Balac mittere scandalum coram filiis Israel, edere, et fornicari:
But I have a few things against you, because you have there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit fornication.
15 ita habes et tu tenentes doctrinam Nicolaitarum.
So have you also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate.
16 Similiter poenitentiam age: si quo minus veniam tibi cito, et pugnabo cum illis in gladio oris mei.
Repent; or else I will come to you quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
17 Qui habet aurem, audiat quid Spiritus dicat Ecclesiis: Vincenti dabo manna absconditum, et dabo illi calculum candidum: et in calculo nomen novum scriptum, quod nemo scit, nisi qui accipit.
He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches; To him that overcomes 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 knows saving he that receives it.
18 Et Angelo Thyatirae Ecclesiae scribe: Haec dicit Filius Dei, qui habet oculos tamquam flammam ignis, et pedes eius similes aurichalco:
And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things says the Son of God, who has his eyes like to a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;
19 Novi opera tua, et fidem, et charitatem tuam, et ministerium, et patientiam tuam, et opera tua novissima plura prioribus.
I know your works, and charity, and service, and faith, and your patience, and your works; and the last to be more than the first.
20 Sed habeo adversus te pauca: quia permittis mulierem Iezabel, quae se dicit propheten, docere, et seducere servos meos, fornicari, et manducare de idolothytis.
Notwithstanding I have a few things against you, because you suffer that woman Jezebel, which calls herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed to idols.
21 Et dedi illi tempus ut poenitentiam ageret: et non vult poenitere a fornicatione sua.
And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.
22 Ecce ego mitto eam in lectum: et qui moechantur cum ea, in tribulatione maxima erunt, nisi poenitentiam ab operibus suis egerint.
Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
23 et filios eius interficiam in morte, et scient omnes Ecclesiae, quia ego sum scrutans renes, et corda: et dabo unicuique vestrum secundum opera sua. Vobis autem dico,
And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searches the reins and hearts: and I will give to every one of you according to your works.
24 et ceteris quia Thyatirae estis: Quicumque non habent doctrinam hanc, et qui non cognoverunt altitudines satanae, quemadmodum dicunt, non mittam super vos aliud pondus:
But to you I say, and to 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 on you none other burden.
25 tamen id, quod habetis, tenete donec veniam.
But that which you have already hold fast till I come.
26 Et qui vicerit, et custodierit usque in finem opera mea, dabo illi potestatem super Gentes,
And he that overcomes, and keeps my works to the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
27 et reget eas in virga ferrea, et tamquam vas figuli confringentur,
And 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.
28 sicut et ego accepi a Patre meo: et dabo illi stellam matutinam.
And I will give him the morning star.
29 Qui habet aurem, audiat quid Spiritus dicat Ecclesiis.
He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
