ISityhilelo
2:1 Isithunywa sebandla elise-Efese, sibhalele; Uzithetha ezi zinto
ubambe iinkwenkwezi ezisixhenxe ngesandla sakhe sokunene, ohamba esazulwini sakhe
kwiziphatho zezibane zosixhenxe zegolide;
2:2 Ndiyayazi imisebenzi yakho, nokubulaleka kwakho, nomonde wakho, nokuba unako
musa ukubathwala abangendawo;
bangabapostile, bengengabo, wabafumana bengamaxoki;
2:3 Uye wanyamezela, waba nomonde, nabulaleka ngenxa yegama lam.
kwaye akazange atyhafe.
2:4 Noko ke ndinendawo ngakuwe, yokuba usuke wayishiya indlu yakho
uthando lokuqala.
2:5 Khumbula ngoko apho uwe usuka khona, uguquke, wenze
imisebenzi yokuqala; okanye ndoza kuwe kamsinya, ndikususe eyakho
isiphatho sesibane endaweni yaso, ukuba akuthanga uguquke.
2:6 Kodwa unale ndawo, yokuba uzithiyile izenzo zamaNikolawo.
endiyithiyileyo nam.
2:7 Lowo unendlebe, makayive into ayithethayo uMoya kuni
iicawe; Lowo weyisayo ndiya kumnika ukuba adle kuwo umthi wobomi;
ephakathi kweparadesi kaThixo.
2:8 Isithunywa sebandla eliseSmirna, sibhalele; Utsho ezi zinto
owokuqala nowokugqibela, owayefile, wabuya wadla ubomi;
2:9 Ndiyayazi imisebenzi yakho, nembandezelo, nobuhlwempu, (noko usisityebi), nokuba usisityebi
Ndiyakwazi unyeliso lwabo bathi bangamaYuda, bengengawo, bengengawo
yindlu yesikhungu kaSathana.
2:10 Musa ukoyika nabunye ubunzima oza kubuva; nanko uMtyholi lo
inxenye yenu iya kubaphosa entolongweni, ukuze nilingwe; nani niya kuyenza
yiba nembandezelo imihla elishumi; thembeka kude kuse ekufeni, ndikunike
isithsaba sobomi.
2:11 Lowo unendlebe, makayive into ayithethayo uMoya kuni
iicawe; Lowo weyisayo akayi kwenziwa kukufa kwesibini.
2:12 Isithunywa sebandla elisePergamo, sibhalele; Uzithetha ezi zinto
lona linekrele elibukhali, elintlangothi mbini;
2:13 Ndiyayazi imisebenzi yakho, nalapho uhlala khona, apho sikhoyo isihlalo sikaSathana.
kwaye ulibambe waliqinisa igama lam, akwalukhanyela ukholo lwam, nakulo
ngaloo mihla apho uAntipas wayelingqina lam elithembekileyo, owabulawa phakathi kwawo
nawe, apho ahleli khona uSathana.
2:14 Noko ke ndineendawana ngakuwe, ezinokuba unabo apho abo
nibambe imfundiso kaBhileham, owafundisa uBhalaki ukuphosa isikhubekiso
phambi koonyana bakaSirayeli, ukuze badle izinto ezibingelelwe kwizithixo, kwaye
ukwenza umbulo.
2:15 Ngokunjalo nawe unabayibambe bayiqinisa imfundiso yamaNikolawo, leyo
into endiyithiyileyo.
2:16 Guquka; okanye ndoza kuwe kamsinya, ndilwe
ngekrele lomlomo wam.
2:17 Lowo unendlebe, makayive into ayithethayo uMoya kuni
iicawe; Lowo weyisayo ndiya kumnika ukuba adle kuyo imana efihlakeleyo;
uya kumnika ilitye elimhlophe, kuthi elo litye libhalwe igama elitsha;
ekungekho bani uyaziyo, ingenguye lowo uwamkelayo.
2:18 Isithunywa sebandla eliseTiyatira, sibhalele; Zitsho ezi zinto
uNyana kaThixo, omehlo akhe anjengelangatye lomlilo, nelangatye lakhe
iinyawo zinjengobhedu olubengezelayo;
2:19 Ndiyayazi imisebenzi yakho, nothando, nolungiselelo, nokholo, nomonde wakho.
nemisebenzi yakho; aze abokugqibela abe ngaphezu kwabokuqala.
2:20 Noko ke ndineendawana ngakuwe, zokuba uve ubunzima
laa mfazi uIzebhele, othi yena ungumprofetikazi, ukufundisa nokufundisa
balukuhle abakhonzi bam, ukuba benze umbulo, badle izinto ezibingelelwe
kwizithixo.
2:21 Ndamnika ixesha lokuba aguquke kuwo umbulo wakhe; akaguquka.
2:22 Yabona, mna ndiya kumphosa elukhukweni, nabakrexezayo
bamse embandezelweni enkulu, ukuba abathanga baguquke emisebenzini yabo.
2:23 nabantwana bakhe ndibabulale ngokufa; kwaye onke amabandla aya kwazi
ukuba ndingulowo uphengulula izintso neentliziyo;
elowo ngokwemisebenzi yakhe.
2:24 Ndithi ke kuni, nakwabanye abaseTiyatira, abo bonke bangenako
le mfundiso, kwaye abangazazanga iinzulu zikaSathana, njengoko benjalo
thetha; andiyi kubeka phezu kwenu mthwalo wumbi.
2:25 Noko ke oko ninako kubambeni nikuqinise, ndide ndifike.
2:26 Lowo weyisayo, lowo uyigcinayo imisebenzi yam, ade ase ekupheleni, ndiya kuye mna
yibani amandla phezu kwezizwe;
2:27 Uya kuzalusa ngentonga yentsimbi; njengezitya zombumbi
njengokuba nam ndamkele kuye uBawo.
2:28 kwaye ndiya kumnika ikhwezi lokusa.
2:29 Lowo unendlebe, makayive into ayithethayo uMoya kuni
amabandla.