IsAmbulo
2:1 Kuyo ingelosi yebandla lase-Efesu loba ukuthi: Uthi lezizinto
ophethe izinkanyezi eziyisikhombisa esandleni sakhe sokunene, ohamba phakathi
wezinti zezibani eziyisikhombisa zegolide;
2:2 Ngiyayazi imisebenzi yakho, nomshikashika wakho, nokubekezela kwakho, nokuthi ungakwazi kanjani
ungabathwali ababi; uyabavivinya abashoyo
bangabaphostoli, kepha abasibo, ubafumene bengabaqambimanga;
2:3 Wabekezela, wabekezela, wakhandleka ngenxa yegama lami.
futhi akazange aquleke.
2:4 Nokho, nginento ngawe, ngoba ushiye eyakho
uthando lokuqala.
2:5 Ngakho khumbula lapho uwe khona, futhi uphenduke, futhi wenze
imisebenzi yokuqala; uma kungenjalo, ngizakuza kuwe masinyane, ngisuse okwakho
uthi lwesibane endaweni yalo, ngaphandle kokuthi uphenduke.
2:6 Kepha lokhu onakho, ukuthi uyazizonda izenzo zamaNikolawu.
engikuzondayo nami.
2:7 Onendlebe makezwe lokho akushoyo uMoya kubo
amabandla; Onqobayo ngiyakumnika ukuba adle emthini wokuphila;
eliphakathi kwepharadesi likaNkulunkulu.
2:8 Nakuyo ingelosi yebandla laseSmirna loba ukuthi: Lezi zinto azishoyo
owokuqala nowokugcina, owayefile, wabuye waphila;
2:9 Ngiyayazi imisebenzi yakho, nosizi, nobumpofu, (kodwa ucebile) futhi
Ngiyayazi inhlamba yalabo abathi bangamaJuda, bengesiwo, kodwa
yisinagoge likaSathane.
2:10 Ungesabi lutho lwalezo zinto ozohlupheka ngazo: bheka, uSathane
uyakufaka abanye kini etilongweni, ukuze nilingwe; futhi niyakwenza
Yiba nosizi izinsuku eziyishumi: Thembeka kuze kube sekufeni, futhi ngizokunika
umqhele wokuphila.
2:11 Onendlebe makezwe lokho akushoyo uMoya kubo
amabandla; Onqobayo kayikulinyazwa ngukufa kwesibili.
2:12 Nakuyo ingelosi yebandla lasePhergamu loba ukuthi: Uthi lezizinto
onenkemba ebukhali esika nhlangothi zombili;
2:13 Ngiyayazi imisebenzi yakho, nalapho uhlala khona, lapho kukhona isihlalo sikaSathane.
futhi ubambe igama lami, futhi kawukuphikanga ukholo lwami, ngisho nakuyo
ngalezo zinsuku u-Antipase ayengumfel’ ukholo wami othembekileyo, owabulawa phakathi kwazo
wena, lapho uSathane ehlala khona.
2:14 Kodwa nginezinto ezimbalwa ngokumelene nawe, ngoba unabo lapho
babambe isifundiso sikaBalami owafundisa uBalaki ukuphosa isikhubekiso
phambi kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli, ukuba badle okuhlatshelwe izithombe, futhi
ukwenza ubufebe.
2:15 Kanjalo nawe unabo ababambelela emfundisweni yamaNikolawo, okuyinto
into engiyizondayo.
2:16 Phendukani; uma kungenjalo, ngizakuza kuwe masinyane, ngilwe
ngenkemba yomlomo wami.
2:17 Onendlebe makezwe lokho akushoyo uMoya kubo
amabandla; Onqobayo ngiyakumnika ukuba adle imana elifihliweyo;
futhi uyomnika itshe elimhlophe, futhi etsheni igama elisha elilotshiwe.
okungaziwa muntu, kuphela owamukelayo.
2:18 Nakuyo ingelosi yebandla laseThiyathira loba ukuthi: Lezi zinto zisho
iNdodana kaNkulunkulu, enamehlo anjengelangabi lomlilo, nelakhe
izinyawo zinjengethusi elicolekileyo;
2:19 Ngiyayazi imisebenzi yakho, nothando, nenkonzo, nokukholwa, nokubekezela kwakho.
nemisebenzi yakho; futhi abokugcina babe baningi kunezokuqala.
2:20 Nokho nginezinto ezimbalwa ngawe, ngoba ukuhlupheka
lowo wesifazane uJezebeli, ozibiza ngomprofethikazi, ukufundisa nokufundisa
uyengela izinceku zami ukuba zifebe, zidle okuhlatshelwe
ezithombeni.
2:21 Ngamnika isikhathi sokuba aphenduke ebufebeni bakhe; futhi kaphendukanga.
2:22 Bheka, Ngizomphonsa embhedeni, futhi labo abaphingayo
bangene osizini olukhulu, ngaphandle kokuthi baphenduke ezenzweni zabo.
2:23 Futhi ngiyobulala abantwana bakhe ngokufa; lamabandla wonke azakwazi
ukuthi mina nginguye ohlola izinso nezinhliziyo;
yilowo nalowo ngokwemisebenzi yakhe.
2:24 Kodwa ngithi kini, nakwabanye eThiyathira, njengoba abaningi abangenalo
le mfundiso, nabangakwazi ukujula kukaSathane, njengabo
khuluma; angiyikubeka phezu kwenu omunye umthwalo.
2:25 Kodwa lokho eninakho kakade, kubambisiseni ngize ngifike.
2:26 Futhi onqobayo futhi agcine imisebenzi yami kuze kube sekupheleni, kuye ngiyokwenza
nika amandla phezu kwezizwe;
2:27 Futhi uyozibusa ngentonga yensimbi; njengezitsha zombumbi
ziyakuphahlazwa, njengalokho nami ngamukele kuBaba.
2:28 Futhi ngizomnika inkanyezi yokusa.
2:29 Onendlebe makezwe lokho akushoyo uMoya kubo
amabandla.