Zvakazarurwa 2
1 Kumutumwa wekereke yeEfeso nyora uti: Zvinhu izvi ndizvo zvinotaura iye wakabata nyeredzi nomwe muruoko rwake rwerudyi, anofamba pakati pezvigadziko zvemwenje zvinomwe zvegoridhe,
[He also said to me], “Write [this message] to the leader [MET] of the congregation in Ephesus [city: ‘I] am saying these things [to you: I am] the one who firmly holds the seven stars in my right hand. [I am] the one who walks among the seven golden lampstands.
2 achiti: Ndinoziva mabasa ako, nekuremerwa kwako, nekutsungirira kwako, uye kuti haugoni kumirisana nevakaipa, uye wakavaidza ivo vanoti vaapositori asi vasiri ivo, uye wakavawana vari varevi venhema,
I know what you do: You labor [for me] intensely, and you continue [to serve me] steadfastly. [I know] that you cannot tolerate people [who teach what is] evil [MTY], and that you investigated people who falsely claimed that they are apostles, and you found that they were lying.
3 wakamirawo uye ukava nemoyo murefu, uye nekuda kwezita rangu wakarwisa, ukasaneta.
[I know] also that you continue [to serve me] steadfastly. [Even when people] ([caused you to suffer/persecuted you]), you continued to serve [me] because [you believe] in me, and you have not become too tired [to keep on serving me].
4 Asi ndine kupikisana newe, kuti wakasiya rudo rwako rwekutanga.
Nevertheless, I have [this complaint] against you: You no longer love [each other and me] as you did when you first [MTY] [trusted in me].
5 Naizvozvo rangarira pawakawa, uye tendeuka, uitewo mabasa ekutanga; kana zvikasadarowo ndichauya kwauri nekukurumidza, uye ndichabvisa chigadziko chako chemwenje kubva panzvimbo yacho, kana usingatendeuki.
[So, I tell you to] remember how you used to love [me and each other, and] to [realize] that you no longer love as you did. [I tell] you to turn away from your sin [of not loving me and each other], and start loving [each other and me again] as you did at first. If you do not turn away from your sinful behavior, I will come [to judge] you and cause your group to cease to be a Christian congregation [MET].
6 Asi ichi unacho, kuti unovenga mabasa aVaNikoraiti, neni andinovenga.
But you have the following good quality: Those Nicolaitans [teach you believers that you can worship idols and that you may act immorally]. However, you hate such teaching, just like I also hate it.
7 Ane nzeve ngaanzwe zvinoreva Mweya kumakereke. Kuna iye anokunda ndichapa kuti adye zvemuti weupenyu uri pakati peParadhiso yaMwari.
Everyone who wants to understand my message [MTY] must listen carefully to the message that [God’s] Spirit speaks to the congregations. To everyone who overcomes [Satan], I will give the right to eat [fruit] [MTY] from the tree [that gives] eternal life, the tree that is in God’s garden.’”
8 Nekumutumwa wekereke yeSimirina nyora uti: Zvinhu izvi ndizvo zvinotaura Wekutanga neWekupedzisira, wakava akafa ndokurarama:
“Write [this message] to the leader [MET] of the congregation in Smyrna [city: ‘I am] saying these things [to you. I am] the one who caused [everything to have a beginning] and [who will cause all things to] end. I am the one who died and became alive [again].
9 Ndinoziva mabasa ako nedambudziko neurombo (asi uri mufumi), nekutuka kwevanoti ivo VaJudha pachavo, asi vasiri, asi vari sinagoge raSatani.
I know that you suffer [because of what unbelievers do to you], and that you lack [material possessions]. But [I also know that] you are [spiritually] [MET] rich. [I know] that people (slander/say evil things about) you. They say that they are Jews, but I do not [consider that they are Jews. I consider that] they [belong to] the group that Satan [controls]!
10 Usatya chimwe chezvinhu zvaoda kutambudzika nazvo; tarira, dhiabhorosi woda kukanda vamwe venyu mutirongo, kuti muidzwe; uye muchava nedambudziko mazuva gumi. Uve wakatendeka kusvikira parufu, zvino ndichakupa korona yeupenyu.
Do not be afraid of any of the things that you are about to suffer. The truth is that the devil is about to [put] some of you in prison, to tempt you [to deny that you believe in me]. For a short period of time you will suffer [because of what people will do to you] [MTY]. Continue to trust in me, [even if] they kill you [because you trust in me]. As a result, I will [reward you with] eternal life, [just like] [MET] [people reward a victorious athlete by putting] a wreath [on his head].
11 Ane nzeve ngaanzwe zvinoreva Mweya kumakereke. Anokunda haatongokuvadzwi nerufu rwechipiri.
Everyone who wants to understand [MTY] must listen carefully to the message that [God’s] Spirit speaks to the congregations. [After] those who conquer [Satan die], they will live with God. They will never suffer again, even though many others will suffer as though they died a second time.’”
12 Uye kumutumwa wekereke yePegamo nyora uti: Zvinhu izvi anotaura iye ane munondo unopinza mativi maviri:
“Write [this message] to the leader [MET] of the congregation in Pergamum [city: ‘I am] saying these things [to you. I am] the one who has the sharp two-edged sword.
13 Ndinoziva mabasa ako uye paunogara, ipo pane chigaro cheushe chaSatani, uye wakabatisisa zita rangu, uye hauna kuramba rutendo rwangu, kunyange pamazuva paiva naAntipasi, chapupu changu chakatendeka, wakaurawa pakati penyu, apo panogara Satani.
I know where you live: It is where Satan controls [MTY] [people]. [I know] that you firmly believe in me [MTY]. You did not deny that you believe/trust in me, not even in the time when Antipas, (my faithful witness/who faithfully told people about me), [was alive]. He was killed {People killed him} in your city, a city where [people] habitually obey Satan.
14 Asi ndine zvinhu zvishoma zvinopokana newe, nokuti unavo ipapo vanobatirira dzidziso yaBharami, wakadzidzisa Bharaki kukanda chigumbuso pamberi pevana vaIsraeri, kuti vadye zvakabairwa zvifananidzo nekuita upombwe.
Nevertheless, I have this [complaint] against you: You permit some of your [members] to teach things like Balaam [taught long ago. He] taught Balak to persuade the Israeli people to sin. [Specifically], he taught them to eat food that had been offered to idols, and to practice sexual immorality.
15 Saizvozvo newe unavo vanobatisisa dzidziso yeVaNikoraiti, chinhu chandinovenga.
In that way, you are also permitting some of [your members] to practice what the Nicolaitans teach, [which is like what Balaam taught].
16 Tendeuka; zvino kana zvikasadaro, ndichakurumidza kuuya kwauri, ndigorwa navo nemunondo wemuromo wangu.
So you must stop doing [this]. If [you do] not stop doing [it], I will come to you suddenly. Using the words that I will say I will fight against those [who believe this false teaching] [MTY], and I will ([condemn them/say that they must be punished]).
17 Ane nzeve ngaanzwe zvinoreva Mweya kumakereke. Anokunda, ndichapa kwaari kuti adye kubva pamana yakavanzika, uye ndichamupa ibwe jena, nepabwe iro zita idzva rakanyorwa, risina anoziva, kunze kweanorigamuchira.
Everyone who wants to understand [MTY] must listen carefully to the message that [God’s] Spirit speaks to the congregations. To everyone who conquers [Satan], I will give [blessings that will be like] the [food called] manna [that is in a jar] that is {that someone has} hidden. I will also give them a white stone on which [I will] engrave a new name, a name that no one but the ones who receive it will know.’”
18 Nekumutumwa wekereke iri paTiatira nyora uti: Izvi anoreva Mwanakomana waMwari, ane meso ake akafanana nemurazvo wemoto, netsoka dzake dzakaita sendarira yakakwenenzverwa:
“Write [this message] to the leader [MET] of the congregation in Thyatira [city: ‘I], (the Son of God/the one who is also God), am saying these things [to you: I am] the one whose eyes [shine] [SIM] like a flame of fire, and whose feet [shine] [MET] like fine brass.
19 Ndinoziva mabasa ako, nerudo, nekushumira, nerutendo, nekutsungirira kwako, uye mabasa ako, uye kuti ekupedzisira anopfuura ekutanga.
I know that you love [me and each other], and that you trust [in me]. I know that you serve [others] and that you steadfastly endure [a lot of difficulties/trials. I know] that you are doing these things more now than [you have done them] in the past.
20 Asi ndine zvinhu zvishoma zvinopokana newe, kuti unotendera mukadzi Jezebheri, anozviidza muporofitakadzi kudzidzisa nekutsausa varanda vangu kuti vaite upombwe nekudya zvakabairwa zvifananidzo.
Nevertheless, I have this [complaint] about you: You tolerate that woman [among your members who is like] [MET] [that wicked queen] Jezebel [who lived long ago]. She says that she (is a prophetess/proclaims messages that come directly from God), but through what she teaches she is deceiving my servants. She is urging them to commit sexual immorality and to eat food that they have offered to idols.
21 Zvino ndakamupa nguva kuti atendeuke kubva paufeve hwake, asi haana kutendeuka.
Although I gave her time to stop [her sexual immorality and pagan practices], she did not want to stop [doing them].
22 Tarira, ini ndichamukandira panhovo, nevanoita upombwe naye padambudziko guru, kana vasingatendeuki kubva pamabasa avo.
[As a result], I will cause her to become very ill [MTY]. I will also cause those [who act immorally as she does] [MET] to suffer greatly, if they do not stop [doing] what she does.
23 Uye ndichauraya vana vake murufu; nemakereke ese achaziva kuti ini ndini ndinonzvera itsvo nemoyo; zvino ndichapa kwamuri umwe neumwe zvinoenderana nemabasa enyu.
Some [have become like] her children by doing [what she teaches] [MET]; I will certainly get rid of them. As a result, all the congregations will recognize that I am the one who finds out what everyone thinks and desires [MTY]. I will reward each of you according to what you have done.
24 Asi ndinotaura kwamuri nekune vamwe vari paTiatira, vese vasina dzidziso iyi, uye vasina kuziva zvakadzika zvaSatani, sezvavanotaura vachiti: Handingakutakudzii umwe mutoro.
But I have something good to say about the rest [of you believers] in Thyatira. [It is good] that you do not accept that [false] teaching. [It is good that you reject] what those [teachers] call their ‘secret [practices’, practices that] Satan [inspired] (OR, what those teachers [facetiously] call the secret, profound [practices that] Satan [inspires]). I will not burden you with any commands [other than that which you already have been told].
25 Asi izvo zvamunazvo batisisai kusvikira ndichiuya.
Just keep [believing firmly in me, and obey me] until I return.
26 Uye anokunda nekuchengeta mabasa angu kusvikira pakuguma, kwaari ndichapa simba pamusoro pemarudzi;
As for those who conquer [Satan] and who (OR, [because] they) keep on doing what I command until they die, I will give them authority, just like I myself received it from my Father. [They will exercise that authority] over the nations [that rebel against God].
27 uye achaatonga netsvimbo yedare; semidziyo yemuumbi achaputsanyiwa; sezvandakagamuchirawo kuna Baba vangu.
They will rule them [severely as if they were striking them] [HYP] with an iron rod. They [will destroy those who do evil things] just like [people] shatter clay pots [MET].
28 Uye ndichamupa nyeredzi yemangwanani.
I will also enable [everyone who conquers Satan to shine gloriously like] the morning star [does] [MTY, MET].
29 Ane nzeve ngaanzwe zvinoreva Mweya kumakereke.
Everyone who wants to understand [MTY] must listen carefully to the message that [God’s] Spirit speaks to the congregations.’”
